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Mustafa O. Guler @mustafaoguler.bsky.social · 1d

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys www.nature.com/articles/d41...

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys

The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.

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UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · 1d

Join us for the On-Campus Open House at UChicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and explore our MEng program firsthand.

📅 October 21 – 12:00 PM
📍 The University of Chicago
🔗 Register today: ms.spr.ly/63320sFH9o

Ad for UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering's Master of Engineering open house on 10/21. Professor points to diagrams on a chalkboard in front of students. Text: "Master of Engineering."

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Mustafa O. Guler @mustafaoguler.bsky.social · 1d

A pivot from research to business development | Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering | The University of Chicago pme.uchicago.edu/news/pivot-r...

A pivot from research to business development

Ashley Ellis, MEng ’25, is using her biology and biotech background, along with the Master of Engineering program, to innovate where science meets business.

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 2d

In honour of the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry, we’ve curated a collection of impactful articles from across RSC journals on metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) 🏆 Free to read until the end of November 👉 buff.ly/z9x8mNT

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 2d

The 2025 #NobelPrize laureates in chemistry have created MOFs, which are useful for storing and purifying gases, separating hydrocarbons, capturing carbon dioxide from exhaust gas streams, mediating catalytic reactions, and soaking up uranium from seawater cen.acs.org/articles/91/... #chemsky 🧪

Materials Chemistry: Metal-Organic Frameworks Go Commercial

Porous materials used for gas storage and catalysis can now be made on a ton scale, but producers still seek opportunities for large-scale use

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 2d

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi are this year's winners of the Nobel prize in chemistry for their work on MOFs – just a few grams of these materials can have the same surface area as a football pitch. Julia Robinson with the details.

2025 chemistry Nobel prize goes to the scientists behind metal–organic frameworks

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi take top prize for discovery and development of versatile materials with a huge surface area

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Nature @nature.com · 3d

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit"

Stay tuned for more.

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The Science Matters @tscimat.bsky.social · 4d

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for uncovering peripheral immune tolerance — the mechanism that prevents our immune system from attacking our own tissues.

Guardians of The Immune System: The 2025 Nobel Prize Honours Discoveries That Keep Our Defences In Check – The Science Matters

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine honours discoveries that reveal how the immune system keeps itself in check, unlocking cures for autoimmunity and cancer.

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Nature @nature.com · 4d

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three scientists for discovering a class of immune cells that help to prevent the body from attacking its own tissues

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Medicine Nobel goes to scientists who revealed secrets of immune system ‘regulation’

Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi discovered cells that protect the body from autoimmune diseases.

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UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · 5d

Your Sunday watch: Visualize key quantum concepts with Argonne National Laboratory: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Argonne presents Quantum Concepts

In our Quantum Concepts series, we bring key quantum ideas to life by imagining how a familiar object - the apple that inspired Isaac Newton - might act in t...

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Mustafa O. Guler @mustafaoguler.bsky.social · 19d

D-peptide-magnetic nanoparticles fragment tau fibrils and rescue behavioral deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

D-peptide-magnetic nanoparticles fragment tau fibrils and rescue behavioral deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

A short peptide disassembles stable pathogenic tau fibrils of Alzheimer’s disease.

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Science Magazine @science.org · 23d

A new #ScienceSignaling study reveals how a cytokine cocktail used to activate natural killer cells for cancer #immunotherapy invigorates their antitumor abilities through a twin-pronged molecular pathway, potentially informing future clinical applications. https://scim.ag/4nt5SA2

Interleukins 15 and 18 synergistically prime the antitumor function of natural killer cells through noncanonical activation of mTORC1

mTORC1 activation by components of a cytokine cocktail enhances NK cell cytotoxicity toward cancer cells.

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Mustafa O. Guler @mustafaoguler.bsky.social · Sep 5

Multifunctional peptide nanofiber coatings enhance bone regeneration on xenograft materials www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Multifunctional peptide nanofiber coatings enhance bone regeneration on xenograft materials - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Multifunctional peptide nanofiber coatings enhance bone regeneration on xenograft materials

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Mustafa O. Guler @mustafaoguler.bsky.social · Sep 1

Mucin 1 Antigen Mimetic Functionalized Mannosylated Peptide Nanofibers for Antigen Uptake and Immune Modulation @biomatersci.rsc.org @rscbiomaterchem.bsky.social pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Mucin 1 Antigen Mimetic Functionalized Mannosylated Peptide Nanofibers for Antigen Uptake and Immune Modulation

In this work, immune modulation of the monocyte-derived dendritic cells was studied by in vitro cell culture and organ-on-chip models. Self-assembled mannosylated peptide nanofibers were prepared and ...

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Mustafa O. Guler @mustafaoguler.bsky.social · Aug 30

The Safest and Richest US Cities To Live in 2025 www.gobankingrates.com/money/econom...

The Safest and Richest US Cities To Live in 2025

We compare these results to our 2024 study.

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Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org · Aug 27

If you’ve ever wondered about becoming a Fellow of the RSC, our free webinar is here to answer your questions. Learn about the FRSC application process, criteria, required experience and what you need to put on your CV. Save your space: https://rsc.li/4oMDAC2 #ChemSky

Promotional image for a Royal Society of Chemistry event titled "ChemCareers: Applying for Fellow," scheduled for 10 September 2025 from 12:30-13:30 (UK time). Features two individuals seated at a table, working on laptops. A registration prompt for a free place is visible.

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · Aug 26

The US Department of Energy is looking to fund research in the areas of rare earth element exploration and magnetic-material science. The programs’ emphasis is on improving domestic supply chains for magnets and electronic materials. cen.acs.org/energy/ARPA-... #chemsky 🧪

ARPA-E offers funding for magnetic materials and rare-mineral recovery

US Department of Energy offers $60 million for drilling and analytical technologies, materials science

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UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · Aug 19

Get to know a Master of Engineering student! 🔬 Destini Wiseman, a graduate student at UChicago PME, is combining her education in engineering, leadership, and business to develop and bring to market vaccines and other therapies.

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Master of Engineering student Destini Wiseman in the lab (Photo by Jason Smith)

Master of Engineering student Destini Wiseman portrait photo (Photo by Jason Smith)

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Mustafa O. Guler @mustafaoguler.bsky.social · Aug 20

Applications are OPEN for the Master of Engineering program at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering. Take the next step in advancing your career at the intersection of science and engineering.
Explore the program and apply here — pme.uchicago.edu/academics/ma...

Master of Engineering

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Mustafa O. Guler @mustafaoguler.bsky.social · Aug 19

Combining engineering and business leadership to improve health outcomes | Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering | The University of Chicago pme.uchicago.edu/news/combini...

Combining engineering and business leadership to improve health outcomes

Graduate student Destini Wiseman is leveraging her bioengineering studies to fast-track breakthroughs that can advance human health

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Mustafa O. Guler @mustafaoguler.bsky.social · Aug 17

Am I actually getting anything from this, or am I just hooked on the fact that the screen keeps changing? If the answer is the second one, put the phone down and look around. There is probably something in the real world worth paying attention to, www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/comp...

Monkey See, Monkey Scroll

Why are we so attached to our phones? What keeps us hooked may not necessarily be what’s on the screen; it might just be that the screen keeps changing.

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kate conger @kateconger.com · Aug 11

I wrote last week about how the tech dream is ending for mid-career workers. This is a really good companion piece about how entry level tech jobs are vanishing, too, and the Silicon Valley gold rush is coming to a close: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...

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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · Aug 5

The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 65 tenure-track positions and 5 teaching-only positions:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #chemsky #chemjobs

The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List

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Mustafa O. Guler @mustafaoguler.bsky.social · Aug 5

Senior Instructional Professor (open rank) - Polymer Science
Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Salary Range: Assistant SIP: $110,000 - $120,000; Associate SIP: $120,000 - $130,000; SIP: $130,000 - $175,000 academicjobs.uchicago.edu/positions/16...

Academic Jobs | The University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is a private, nondenominational, culturally rich and ethnically diverse coeducational research university located in Hyde Park, Chicago.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Jul 21

There's been a big surge of people getting injections of biologically active peptides without data to support their use or FDA approval (and off-label use). I've written about the status of 15 of them here, along with NAD+.
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The Peptide Craze

The Surge in Use of Off-Label and Non-FDA Approved Peptides

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