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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

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NO. I am told 'be patient' regarding my renewal. I am patient. But I am also losing my grip. My spouse did receive her non-competing renewal.

You are still unfolding , becoming something you are supposed to be. (Says the Chair, trying to write the Grand Unifying Memo which will unleash chthonic joy…)

Thank you thank you thank you.

Yes!

One random bit of gratitude today. Thank you @csecooney.bsky.social and Dr. HusbandHernandezPants for introducing me to @sleepymonkcoffee.bsky.social ... their brew is delicious and is a safe harbor in these tumultuous seas.

Women are not obligated to report on abusive men.

Every woman has been sexually harassed or worse in the workplace. I do not know one who hasn’t.

The problem is the men.

Other men need to get WAY better at calling creeps out. Period.

Maybe you are waiting on your moment …

Congratulations Dr Shivam Kumar, whose PhD on PFOR redox enzymology was next level!

You say "AI Hallucination", I say "The Plagiarism Barfinator Has Coughed Up a Whoopsie"... let's call the whole th(ai)ng off.

The use of “hallucinate” is a stroke of true evil genius in the AI world.

In ANY other context we’d just call them errors & the fail rate would be crystal clear.

Instead, “hallucinate” implies genuine sentience & the *absence* of real error.

Aw, this software isn’t shit! Boo’s just dreaming!

So say we all!

The thing about there needing to be a path of redemption for people who have been “canceled” is: there already is a path to redemption and it’s called “redeeming yourself.” The path is open! No one is blocking that! You just have to do it!

Thank you for giving what you can. Before I always have ended up too woozy to donate regularly; and now, being T1D, I just don't wanna trouble anyone with my syrupy haemotological buggery.

This beautiful metaphor also works for any of you working on Theses or doing Science. The Blade of No One Made You Do This is a mighty tool, and you get better and better at wielding it with time.

The Blade of No One Made You Do This only gets sharper and more powerful over time, sharpened on the whetstone of For Decades. Feels good in the hand!

Chemistry cat meme with white cat cat with glasses and a bow tie. Of course He is risen. Helium is lighter than air

Happy Easter, #chemsky 🧪

Xenonite #NotARealAnswer

It is so good, but at the same time in my work-world, everyone feels like quitting, so the current turn on the Pitt is ... tough. Still very impressed with each and every character arc.

Xmen Asgardian Wars

No Kings. No Fucking Kings in America. #NoKings

Mastering Python for Bioinformatics - YouTube Mastering Python for Bioinformatics (O'Reilly, 2022) by Ken Youens-Clark demonstrates how to write effective Python code and how to use tests to write and re...

Found out today that @kyclark.bsky.social has made their great 'Mastering Python for Bioinformatics' book into a YouTube series.

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Great title!!!

A black-and-white historical photograph of Dr. Maud Leonora Menten (1879–1960), the Canadian physician and biochemist who co-developed the Michaelis–Menten equation for enzyme kinetics. Taken in her laboratory (likely at the University of Pittsburgh in the 1910s–1920s), she stands with a serious, focused expression—lips closed, eyes direct and thoughtful—against a backdrop of wooden shelves filled with glass bottles, jars, scientific equipment, and a wire-mesh enclosure. She wears a dark dress with a lace collar, a string of beads, and her hair styled in a neat bun. Superimposed on the image is the Michaelis–Menten equation in white text:v=Vmax⁡[S]Km+[S]v = \frac{V_{\max} [S]}{K_m + [S]}v = \frac{V_{\max} [S]}{K_m + [S]} This iconic portrait captures Menten during her groundbreaking research in biochemistry and histochemistry, where she helped establish the foundational mathematical model of enzyme-substrate reactions still used today, while overcoming significant gender barriers as one of the first women in Canada to earn both an M.D. and a Ph.D.

Chemist/physician Dr. Maud Menten co-authored the seminal paper 𝘋𝘪𝘦 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘬 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘸𝘪𝘳𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘨, 1931. This intro'd the Michaelis–Menten equation (image). It remains a cornerstone of #biochemistry, used in drug design, metabolic studies & enzyme engineering. She was born #OTD in 1879.

#WomenInSTEM

Oh Lord grant me the serenity of this small mammal

"Chemistry at BU: the spiciest molecules shai-hulud can handle", a reference to Dune, and to Boston University's Chemistry department

I just couldn't not participate...

Folks, more good news!

Our latest paper on oyster microbiomes out in @pnas.org. Led by the inestimable Dr. Andrea Unzueta-Martinez and with great support from the Wang lab @whoi.edu we explore the how a persistent community of microbes in calcifying fluid could shape shell deposition.

Enjoy!

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