Patrick Lutz
@patricklutz.bsky.social
Asst. Prof. at St. Lawrence U. Organic chemist making and breaking polymers. Mostly here for pictures of cats. he/him/his, https://lutzpolymerlab.weebly.com/
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God I wish it was only because of DOGE
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 AM
God I wish it was only because of DOGE
We didn't want to pay $800 for a TLC plate cutter, so we built one of our own – here's how you can too.
An Open-Source, Low-Cost Thin-Layer Chromatography Plate Cutter
Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) is widely used in teaching and research laboratories, but TLC plate cutters remain expensive, with most commercial models priced above $800 USD. This article presents a...
pubs.acs.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
We didn't want to pay $800 for a TLC plate cutter, so we built one of our own – here's how you can too.
I am begging graduate programs to put the deadline for recommendation letters in the email.
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I am begging graduate programs to put the deadline for recommendation letters in the email.
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If you (or an undergraduate in your life) is thinking about graduate school in Chemistry, I want to share that Stony Brook Chemistry will be holding two virtual info sessions in about 2 weeks on our PhD program! Register: forms.gle/exxMufpr2dLv...
November 3, 2025 at 1:35 AM
If you (or an undergraduate in your life) is thinking about graduate school in Chemistry, I want to share that Stony Brook Chemistry will be holding two virtual info sessions in about 2 weeks on our PhD program! Register: forms.gle/exxMufpr2dLv...
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Hey #chemsky peeps! Are you or someone you know a grad student that has been affected by changes to the #grfp application rules? @cenmag.bsky.social wants to hear from you! My DMs are open :)
September 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Hey #chemsky peeps! Are you or someone you know a grad student that has been affected by changes to the #grfp application rules? @cenmag.bsky.social wants to hear from you! My DMs are open :)
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🚨FEE WAIVERS!🚨
Sign up for our info sessions on Nov. 4 and Nov. 11th - anyone who registers and attends will get an application fee waiver!
chemistry.uchicago.edu/graduate-pro...
Sign up for our info sessions on Nov. 4 and Nov. 11th - anyone who registers and attends will get an application fee waiver!
chemistry.uchicago.edu/graduate-pro...
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🚨FEE WAIVERS!🚨
Sign up for our info sessions on Nov. 4 and Nov. 11th - anyone who registers and attends will get an application fee waiver!
chemistry.uchicago.edu/graduate-pro...
Sign up for our info sessions on Nov. 4 and Nov. 11th - anyone who registers and attends will get an application fee waiver!
chemistry.uchicago.edu/graduate-pro...
Happy 3²/4²/5²!
September 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Happy 3²/4²/5²!
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It so was hard to imagine having successful career in science as a disabled PhD student that eventually I just left.
Who could have guessed that years later I would help create a magazine issue dedicated to highlighting Trailblazing disabled chemists!
cen.acs.org/people/profi...
#DisabledInSTEM
Who could have guessed that years later I would help create a magazine issue dedicated to highlighting Trailblazing disabled chemists!
cen.acs.org/people/profi...
#DisabledInSTEM
Trailblazers: Chemists with disabilities rethink how we do science
C&EN’s 2025 Trailblazers issue, curated by guest editor Mona Minkara, looks at how chemists can solve problems in new ways
cen.acs.org
September 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
It so was hard to imagine having successful career in science as a disabled PhD student that eventually I just left.
Who could have guessed that years later I would help create a magazine issue dedicated to highlighting Trailblazing disabled chemists!
cen.acs.org/people/profi...
#DisabledInSTEM
Who could have guessed that years later I would help create a magazine issue dedicated to highlighting Trailblazing disabled chemists!
cen.acs.org/people/profi...
#DisabledInSTEM
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What if the Moon were made entirely of electrons?
Watch the latest What If? video collaboration with @minuteearth.bsky.social!
youtu.be/DiWFXv9N0Vs
Watch the latest What If? video collaboration with @minuteearth.bsky.social!
youtu.be/DiWFXv9N0Vs
What if the Moon were made entirely of electrons?
YouTube video by xkcd's What If?
youtu.be
September 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
What if the Moon were made entirely of electrons?
Watch the latest What If? video collaboration with @minuteearth.bsky.social!
youtu.be/DiWFXv9N0Vs
Watch the latest What If? video collaboration with @minuteearth.bsky.social!
youtu.be/DiWFXv9N0Vs
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It's been a long time coming, but I've finally made some improvements to RealOrganicChemistry.org, including adding literally over a million practice problems for stereochemistry and line-angle drawing.
The original collection of reaction examples is still there. Feedback is welcome. More to come!
The original collection of reaction examples is still there. Feedback is welcome. More to come!
Real Organic Chemistry Practice Problem Generators | Home
RealOrganicChemistry.org
September 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It's been a long time coming, but I've finally made some improvements to RealOrganicChemistry.org, including adding literally over a million practice problems for stereochemistry and line-angle drawing.
The original collection of reaction examples is still there. Feedback is welcome. More to come!
The original collection of reaction examples is still there. Feedback is welcome. More to come!
Resharing in case it's useful at the start of the new semester!
This year I changed to a flipped course for Organic I & II, using in-class time for group work. I've shared the problem sets from these classes on my website as a resource for students/instructors.
Problem Sets
This is a collection of problem sets used in my Organic Chemistry I and II classes. Instructors are welcome to contact me if you'd like access to the answer keys or Chemdraw/Word files.
lutzpolymerlab.weebly.com
August 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Resharing in case it's useful at the start of the new semester!
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New York Times story with profiles of researchers whose grants were terminated.
[Gift Link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
[Gift Link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.
www.nytimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
New York Times story with profiles of researchers whose grants were terminated.
[Gift Link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
[Gift Link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
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HAPPY 20TH ANNIVERSARY TO THE ALL-TIME BANGER THEY'RE TAKING THE HOBBITS TO ISENGARD
m.youtube.com/watch?v=2X-A...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=2X-A...
They're Taking The Hobbits To Isengard HQ
YouTube video by Erwin Beekveld
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August 18, 2025 at 8:13 AM
HAPPY 20TH ANNIVERSARY TO THE ALL-TIME BANGER THEY'RE TAKING THE HOBBITS TO ISENGARD
m.youtube.com/watch?v=2X-A...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=2X-A...
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The 2025 @acs.org Fall Meeting in Washington, D.C. while D.C. is in the midst of a take-over by the Trump administration. In spite of the circumstances, ACS is not allowing any speakers to switch to virtual presentations. This threatens the safety of vulnerable community members.
⚗️ 🧪 #AcademicSky
⚗️ 🧪 #AcademicSky
August 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The 2025 @acs.org Fall Meeting in Washington, D.C. while D.C. is in the midst of a take-over by the Trump administration. In spite of the circumstances, ACS is not allowing any speakers to switch to virtual presentations. This threatens the safety of vulnerable community members.
⚗️ 🧪 #AcademicSky
⚗️ 🧪 #AcademicSky
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Just to give the TL;DR on this one:
*The* main purpose of the EO is to move funding priorities and decisions away from experts and career professionals over to political appointees. With the ultimate power held by Vought / OMB.
*The* main purpose of the EO is to move funding priorities and decisions away from experts and career professionals over to political appointees. With the ultimate power held by Vought / OMB.
This is literally some of the craziest shit I have ever read.
And that's saying a lot.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
And that's saying a lot.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal
www.whitehouse.gov
August 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Just to give the TL;DR on this one:
*The* main purpose of the EO is to move funding priorities and decisions away from experts and career professionals over to political appointees. With the ultimate power held by Vought / OMB.
*The* main purpose of the EO is to move funding priorities and decisions away from experts and career professionals over to political appointees. With the ultimate power held by Vought / OMB.
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Sign of the times- Michigan State, one of the biggest astronomy programs in the USA, is not accepting ANY applications for its graduate program this year 😖
🔭🧪🎢
🔭🧪🎢
July 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Sign of the times- Michigan State, one of the biggest astronomy programs in the USA, is not accepting ANY applications for its graduate program this year 😖
🔭🧪🎢
🔭🧪🎢
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It is an extraordinary loss of intellectual expertise that the American people invested millions in developing
Every scientist who earns a graduate degree in the US is the product of an investment by the public
This is like setting money on fire
Every scientist who earns a graduate degree in the US is the product of an investment by the public
This is like setting money on fire
4,000 NASA workers are leaving through deferred resignation. "The cuts amount to an estimated 20% of NASA's workforce" www.npr.org/2025/07/26/n...
Nearly 4,000 NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program
The employees who have chosen to leave the agency amount to about 20% of NASA's workforce.
www.npr.org
July 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
It is an extraordinary loss of intellectual expertise that the American people invested millions in developing
Every scientist who earns a graduate degree in the US is the product of an investment by the public
This is like setting money on fire
Every scientist who earns a graduate degree in the US is the product of an investment by the public
This is like setting money on fire
There are worse things I could be known for.
July 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
There are worse things I could be known for.
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It's hard to capture the National Organic Symposium in words. But @cenmag.bsky.social made my try, because it was the conference's 100th birthday ( it doesn't look a day over 49) and also it's my job to capture things in words which is why they paid for me to be there:
cen.acs.org/acs-news/mee...
cen.acs.org/acs-news/mee...
The time I ate breakfast with a Nobel laureate
And other tales from the National Organic Chemistry Symposium's 100th anniversary
cen.acs.org
July 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
It's hard to capture the National Organic Symposium in words. But @cenmag.bsky.social made my try, because it was the conference's 100th birthday ( it doesn't look a day over 49) and also it's my job to capture things in words which is why they paid for me to be there:
cen.acs.org/acs-news/mee...
cen.acs.org/acs-news/mee...
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I can't stress enough how close U.S. science is to the cliff.
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels
“There is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” one Ph.D. student says
www.science.org
July 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I can't stress enough how close U.S. science is to the cliff.
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
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If you know people who are thinking about going to medical school, financing and thus access has been significantly impacted. www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-re...
How Republican’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” will Drastically Reduce Access to Medical Education in the United States
Because… math. Just look at the numbers.
www.linkedin.com
July 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
If you know people who are thinking about going to medical school, financing and thus access has been significantly impacted. www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-re...
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A 4th of July like no other in our lifetimes, unfortunately. But despair is not an option:
The Fourth Of July, 2025
www.science.org
July 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
A 4th of July like no other in our lifetimes, unfortunately. But despair is not an option:
really cool time to be an Assistant Professor
As someone who has greatly benefited from the NSF MRI program, I'm sad to see that the 2025 submission window was canceled. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program:
www.nsf.gov
July 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
really cool time to be an Assistant Professor