Professor in Synthetic Organic Chemistry University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!

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The Dept of Chemistry at UC Irvine invites applications for a tenured faculty position in Synthetic Organic Chemistry. Deadline: July 1, 2026.

More information about the position can be found here: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10109

@uciphyssci.bsky.social

Poster bearing the UofT department of Chemistry logo, a photo of a lecturer, and the same info, time/date and links as the text of this social post.

A.R. Gordon Distinguished Lecture Series: Distinguished Professor Christopher Jarzynski, University of Maryland, will speak April 15-17, in our flagship seminar series. To learn topics, read abstracts, and learn more about these outstanding lectures, visit: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/argordon

Not sure she's on BSky, (and it'd be trans-atlantic/maple tinged), but my colleague Xiang Li is keen on this: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/people/direc...
(I could make an introduction if useful.)

...it's an all-time earworm, sez I.
Changing to ever-higher keys...

Calling all physics/astronomy science communicators! Applications are open for the 2026 #Scicomm Collider at @perimeterinstitute.ca! A great opportunity for folks doing all kinds of astro/phys engagement to meet, network, and share expertise on connecting the public with science! ⚛️🧪🔭🎢

Completely on-point analysis from @minaskar.bsky.social. Required reading for every astrophysicist (and scientist).

#JOB OPP: We're hiring Staff Scientists across a range of levels to support our AI and Automation self-driving lab at the AC🚀

Staff Scientist ⮕ jobs.utoronto.ca/job-invite/4...
Staff Research Scientist ⮕ jobs.utoronto.ca/job-invite/4...
Senior Staff Scientist ⮕ jobs.utoronto.ca/job-invite/4...

Inside the push to make ice rinks sustainable. Rinks use energy, water, and refrigerants, and they create microplastics. People are trying to reduce this footprint. by Prachi Patel. A woman in a jacket kneels next to an ice rink in an indoor arena setting and gazes at the ice.

Stefania Impellizzeri, a sustainable-materials chemist at @torontomet.bsky.social, is trying to make ice rinks more efficient and sustainable by fine-tuning water chemistry and rink-related materials. Read more: cen.acs.org/environment/...

#chemsky 🧪 @stefimpellizzeri.bsky.social

Remembering Dwight Seferos

It is with sadness that we are sharing the news that Dwight, our colleague here at @chemuoft.bsky.social, died this past Monday.
Our thoughts are with all those who knew him and his work.
www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/remembe...

The Canadian researcher whose discovery led to Ozempic is still making breakthroughs Tackling obesity, diabetes only the beginning for GLP-1s, which have been found to reduce risks of other major diseases

Skinny, Inc. Part 1: How Dr. Daniel Drucker's research on a stout lizard helped unlock the science behind Ozempic, a drug taken by more 1M+ Canadians.
www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the...
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article... via @theglobeandmail.com @kellygrant1.bsky.social

On 3–4 September 2026 @rsc-photochem.bsky.social will host the RSC Photophysics and Photochemistry Group Early Career Meeting 2026, giving early career researchers in this field the opportunity to present their research.
Abstract submission and registration are open: www.rsc.org/events/detai...

Photograph of David Waldeck - in the background is the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning

I share the sad news that Prof. David H. Waldeck passed away after a battle with cancer. Dave was an extraordinarily creative scientist, a devoted educator, and to all of us a friend, mentor, and leader.

He will be deeply missed

#chemsky #chemchat

International Women’s Day Event: “Your Career in Climate” with Catherine McKenna and Katharine Hayhoe To mark International Women’s Day 2026, the Lawson Climate Institute at University of Toronto, together with the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and the School of the Environment…

Almost sold out! 🎟️ Join us March 9 at @utoronto.ca for an International Women’s Day conversation on your career in climate with me and @katharinehayhoe.com! Register while you still can:

lci.utoronto.ca/event/intern...

CIC Fellowship recognizes the merits of CIC members who have made outstanding contributions across multiple areas. Congrats to Dr. Andrew P. Dicks, Dr. Paul G. Hayes, Dr. Robin Hutchinson, Dr. Philip Jessop, and Dr. Dongling Ma on being chosen as the 2026 CIC Fellows. buff.ly/KRvM6Nc

The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List

The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 381 tenure-track positions and 82 teaching-only positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemjobs #chemsky #chemchat ⚗️🧪

Bluesky Map Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!

bluesky-map.theo.io

I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

A graph of average Grade 12 marks for first-year students enrolled in full-time university studies in Ontario. It shows a steady rise for all universities with a noticeable upward slope change after 2019. Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-high-school-grades-on-the-rise-9.7072730?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Academica-Top-Ten---Fri%2C-Feb-6%2C-2026&utm_source=Envoke-1-Academica-Top-Ten-Daily-Newsletter&utm_term=Today%27s-Top-Ten-in-Higher-Ed

Wow. I knew there was grade inflation going on with high school grades, but this data from Ontario is shocking. This really can't continue much longer. There probably needs to be some kind of resetting of the grade levels, plus possibly the addition of a standardized exam like the SAT. 🍎

The future of quantum chemistry research is being redefined today.

After 8 months of exploration and hard work, we are thrilled to introduce two agents for chemistry:

⚛️ El Agente Quntur for quantum computing, and

🔬 El Agente Estructural for molecular geometry generation and manipulation.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

🌟 Applications are now open for the Next Generation of AI Chemists Programme, a funded opportunity for penultimate-year undergraduates from backgrounds under-represented in chemistry.

📍 Imperial London | 📅 6–7 July 2026 (in person)
👉 Apply here: buff.ly/MLfs9Zg

#JOB OPPORTUNITY: We're hiring a Lab Technician in our Human Organ Mimicry self-driving lab to support projects focused on diverse organoid + organ-on-chip technologies. Learn more

Apply now: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

World Economic Forum: Special Address by PM Mark Carney Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers remarks and participates in a discussion while attending a meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. Joining the prime minister are Laurenc...

“The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy. But from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger and more just." It’s well worth watching the @mark-carney.bsky.social address in its entirety.

Data sharing helps avoid “smoking gun” claims of topological milestones Manipulating the topology of electronic bands can realize new states of matter, with possible implications for information technology. A central question is how to tell whether a topological regime ha...

The rarest of sights - a big glossy journal publishing negative replications! Yes, we had to bundle 4 replications into one article AND we had to wait 2 (!!) years in peer review, but here we are:

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Launch of new Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards As announced in Budget 2025 -

🚨Extremely short notice: Looking for prospective PhD or postdoc w/ geological engineering or modelling experience, w/ interests in mountain geohazards for project focused on landslide-triggered tsunamis in subarctic w/ me & @geocron.bsky.social 🧵 🧪⚒️ Pls share!

nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/news/laun...

Announcement of a Chemistry department news story, with a photo of principal interviewee(s) and a QR code leading to Chemistry Stories at UofT.

Chemistry Stories: Von Lilienfeld to edit new journal, PRX Intelligence: uoft.me/VLPRXIntelli...

[...] and I looked at it, and I thought a bit,
and I looked at my frozen chum [...]

Molecular organohalides as general precursors for direct synthesis of two-dimensional transition metal carbide MXenes - Nature Synthesis Ti-, Zr- and Nb-based MXenes with Cl, Br or mixed terminations can be synthesized by a bottom-up, atom-economic route directly from metals and molecular organohalides. The reactivity of organohalide p...

Now online:

Article by Dmitri V. Talapin & co-workers

Molecular organohalides as general precursors for direct synthesis of two-dimensional transition metal carbide MXenes

www.nature.com/articles/s44... ($)
#Chemsky

Faster, Simpler, and More Precise Calibration Curves: Expanding the Scope of Continuous Calibration Accurate calibration curves are essential for quantitative analysis but are often neglected due to their time, cost, and labour demands. Traditional calibration involves measuring solutions of known c...

Want an easier and faster way to collect calibration curves? Check out our pre-print describing a modernized continuous calibration method, facilitated by an open-access web application: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr.... We even measure molar absorption coefficients and pKas from single experiments!

looking for a 5y postdoc to work with Stephen Dale (scholar.google.com/citations?us...) and myself within a collaboration between the Acceleration consortium at UofT and the Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials at NUS.