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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 3d

The 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.” Stay tuned for the full story to come! cen.acs.org/people/nobel...

#ChemNobel #Chem #Chemistry #chemsky 🧪

The 2025 chemistry Nobel goes to MOFs

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi win the prize for developing metal–organic frameworks

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Andre the Chemist @andrechemist.bsky.social · 4d

You think BlueSky doesn't have the juice to rival old chemtwitter, and it doesn't... yet.

However, nobel prize season comes along and you see the potential. It's there.

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Henrique C. S. Junior @hcsj.bsky.social · 9d

Goodbye Jane #Goodall. You were trully amazing.

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ALT: a blurred image of a person 's face in the dark

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 9d

Even when she saw terrible, horrible things, she kept hoping and working and fighting for a better future. May we all carry some of her spirit into the work ahead.

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 9d

The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS

An image of Jane Goodall and a chimpanzee, from 1965. Photo courtesy CBS Photo Archive / Getty.

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Kresten Lindorff-Larsen @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social · 29d

I’m biased 🇩🇰, but this is quite nice to read:

I thought science hinged on prestige. Moving abroad made me reassess my priorities

www.science.org/content/arti...

I thought science hinged on prestige. Moving abroad made me reassess my priorities

In Denmark, this Ph.D. student fell in love with an egalitarian society that values work-life balance

www.science.org

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Patrick McCann @pjmccann3.bsky.social · Sep 9

Scientific American has created graphics outlining the vaccines recommended by the FDA’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) as of its final meeting in 2024 br (Before RFK Jr).

Save lives, share widely.

@sciam.bsky.social
🧪 #MedSky

www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...

Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science

These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults

www.scientificamerican.com

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ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry @acsmedi.bsky.social · Aug 13

Don’t miss our First Time Disclosures session on Wednesday, August 20 at #ACSFall2025. Wrap up the day with the Pharma Community Networking Reception and Future Pharma Innovators Poster Session afterward.

Thank you to our sponsor Drug Hunter!

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Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · Jul 18

#ChemSky - Since the demise of #ChemTwitter there are a lot of people posting papers here which is great
But…
Others are sharing papers with commentary over on LinkedIn but without acknowledging the authors - don’t do that - authors put a lot of work into their publications. They deserve it

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Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · Jul 6

Working on the ORGN program for the Spring 2026 ACS meeting (yes already)
Song titles/lyrics that could be ACS symposia

Offspring: Gotta keep ‘em separated (ANYL)
Aerosmith: Make it (ORGN)
Who: The kids are alright (YCC)
Don Felder: Heavy Metal (INOR)
David Gilmour: Blue Light (ORGN)
#ChemSky

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · Jun 16

Word. Spoken.

Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · Jun 15

This is worth 3 minutes of your time. No one wants to eat at a restaurant that only serves bland chicken. (It’s not about chicken, or restaurants, tho)

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · Jun 7

"Black applicants would, on average, need credit scores approximately 120 points higher than white applicants to receive the same approval rate, and about 30 points higher to receive the same interest rate."

Ripperoni @ripperoni.com · Jun 7

“Why do people hate AI?”

Meanwhile

news.lehigh.edu/ai-exhibits-...

AI Exhibits Racial Bias in Mortgage Underwriting Decisions

LLM training data likely reflects persistent societal biases, but simple fixes can help, according to findings from Donald Bowen III, McKay Price and Ke Yang.

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Marion H Emmert @emmertlab.bsky.social · Jun 3

how doing science is doing a thing you love and would do anyway even if no one would care, but somehow you can get paid for it if you choose the right thing to do- and then returns to the ice age. Großes Kino (as we used to say in my youth. In German.) 🔥 2/2

Marion H Emmert @emmertlab.bsky.social · Jun 3

Truly fabulous 😊 At least to science nerds like me. Loved the part where she talks about how the ice age was discovered, interspersed with a monologue on 1/2

Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · Jun 2

This (lengthy) thread is really amazing - def take a few min and read all of it through twists and turns

Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · May 29

The tragic landslide in Blatten gives me the excuse to tell you the story of how we found out Ice Ages existed. It's a cool story and the most important bit is rather similar to what's happening now.

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Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · May 14

Come join us 2pm ET tomorrow for a wonderful @acs.org webinar featuring @tejaskshah.bsky.social and Nikki Goodwin on the similarities and differences between Farm-a and Pharma Medchem
I'm so excited to be moderating Live from The BagCave ™
Sign up at the link below and join us! #ChemSky

Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · May 7

Join us on Wed May 14 @ 2 PM ET!
I'm excited to host the next @AmerChemSociety Webinar exploring the similarities between Pharma & Farm-a with speakers Nikki Goodwin #MerckChemistry (MedChem) and Tejas Shah @corteva (AgroChem) #ChemSky

Free sign up at link below

Shared Roots with Divergent Paths: Exploring Discovery R&D in Pharma and Agrochemistry - American Chemical Society

Join us for a unique side-by-side comparison of the discovery, research, and development (R&D) processes that drive innovation in pharma and agrochemistry.

www.acs.org

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Marion H Emmert @emmertlab.bsky.social · Apr 23

Dilute!

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pruitigoe.bsky.social @pruitigoe.bsky.social · Apr 20

The whole speech is here:
www.vatican.va/news_service...

Way of the Cross at the Colosseum - Meditations (Good Friday, 18 April 2025)

Meditations for the celebration of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum (Good Friday,18 April 2025)

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Elizabeth Cerkez @zekrec.bsky.social · Apr 7

I was invited to write a blog post for our Center for the Advancement of Teaching about belonging in large lectures. It came out today 😊 Shoutout to Neal Zondlo (who I don't think is here yet) for the friendship bracelet idea! #ChemSky #EduSky

Crafting Space for Student Belonging Part VIII: “So, make the friendship bracelets”: Fostering student belonging in large lectures – EDVICE EXCHANGE

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Tim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · Mar 7

Philly is out in full force to Stand Up for Science!!

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Marion H Emmert @emmertlab.bsky.social · Mar 4

Thrilled to join @tnoel82.bsky.social and Gabriele Laudadio for a discussion of collaboration vs competition today at 11 am EST under the framework of the #RSCposter competition.

ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · Mar 4

As part of #RSCPoster we're holding several free, online webinars.

The next one starts at 4pm GMT, led by @tnoel82.bsky.social

#ChemSky

www.linkedin.com/events/73004...

Collaboration vs competition in academia and industry #RSCPoster | LinkedIn

Tim Noël (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) leads this panel discussion on collaboration vs competition in academia and industry. He will be speaking with Marion Emmert (Merck, USA) and Gabriele L...

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Dr. Danielle Maxwell @daniellemaxwell.bsky.social · Feb 25

Our first round of acceptances for the 2025 Chemistry Education Research and Practice Gordon Research Seminar (CERP GRS) went out today! 🤩 We still have about 25 spots left to fill, so if you are a CER graduate student or postdoctoral scholar, please consider applying. #ChemEd #CER #DBER

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Marion H Emmert @emmertlab.bsky.social · Feb 19

There’s very few good things about winter, but the statistically significant increase in cat cuddles is one of them #chemistswithcats #springcantcometoosoon

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Michael Baym @baym.lol · Feb 17

Please don’t stop sharing and posting your science because of the current attack on it, it is still valuable and reminds us what the fight is for

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Marion H Emmert @emmertlab.bsky.social · Feb 17

New from a #merckchemistry internal collaboration with Cyndi He and Stephanie Felten: ML and active learning as a tool for heterocycle CH functionalization method development. Now out in JOC
pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...

C–H Aminoalkylation of 5-Membered Heterocycles: Influence of Descriptors, Data Set Size, and Data Quality on the Predictiveness of Machine Learning Models and Expansion of the Substrate Space Beyond 1...

We report a general C–H aminoalkylation of 5-membered heterocycles through a combined machine learning/experimental workflow. Our work describes previously unknown C–H functionalization reactivity and...

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Manfred Jung @chemepi.bsky.social · Feb 13

First time I saw white salsify (Haferwurzel) on a market , bought it. I know the black one (Schwarzwurzel, in the picture) from my childhood but not this one. Any experiences #ChemistsWhoCook ? @microtopico.bsky.social ? www.farmersalmanac.com/what-the-hec...

What The Heck Is Salsify?

Learn all about salsify, the root vegetable you've probably never heard of. It may be ugly, but it's oh, so tasty!

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