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Department of Chemistry, Stanford University @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social · 1h

Congratulations to Prof. Bianxiao Cui on receiving the NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award! Her bold, high-risk, high-reward research is advancing the frontiers of chemistry and biology. Details: chemistry.stanford.edu/news/bianxia...

#StanfordChemistry #NIH #TransformativeResearch

Bianxiao Cui receives NIH Director's Transformative Research Award | Chemistry

This year’s awardees are researching cancer treatments, age-related disease, and much more.Six Stanford scientists have been awarded High-Risk, High-Reward Research program grants from the National In...

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 1h

Congratulations to chem @nobelprize.bsky.social laureates Kitagawa, Robson and Yaghi! Reposting some recent work from Yaghi and collaborators from ACS Cent Sci:

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Pinpointing the Onset of Water Harvesting in Reticular Frameworks from Structure

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have emerged as promising atmospheric water harvesters, offering a potential solution to the pressing global issue of water scarcity, which threatens millions of liv...

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Stephanie @stephy.bsky.social · 1h

CAS has openings for interns, information scientists, searchers, analysts recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1095ACHM/... #chemjobs

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 3h

MOFs receive the #chemnobel ! That’s two for @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social this week! 🎉

C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 8h

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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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · 1d

Come join us at @stanford-chemh.bsky.social! I feel incredibly lucky to have launched my career here -- it is a fantastic place to do bold interdisciplinary science surrounded by creative & supportive colleagues. Applications are due 10/15/2025 -- DM me if you have questions about the search!

Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · Aug 26

Open faculty position!
We're seeking applicants for a tenure-track faculty position at the junior level (Assistant or untenured Associate Professor) with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation. Apply here: stanford.io/45MF3Qa

Open Faculty Position: Assistant or Associate (Untenured) Professor

Application deadline: 11:55 PM on Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Sarafan ChEM-H is seeking candidates with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation.

Click the link above to learn more & apply!

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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing news that the 5th Virtual @chembiotalks.bsky.social attracted 450 participants from 50 countries.

If you are as excited as we are, already mark next year's date (29th of September, 2026) in your calendars and make sure to suggest your favorite speakers!

#ChemSky #ChemBio #DrugDiscovery

Virtual ChemBioTalks @chembiotalks.bsky.social · 1d

We are excited that the 5th Virtual #ChemBioTalks attracted 450 participants from 50 different countries world-wide. Thank you all for making this such an engaging event!

If you want to suggest speakers and keynotes for 2026, please do so by October 31st at [email protected]

#ChemBio #ChemSky

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Ian L Morgan @ianlmorgan.bsky.social · 2d

This is a great op-ed by Dr. Stanley about the effects of anti-science politicized attacks on "gain-of-function" research. Much of this research poses little risk and has huge benefits for people across the globe. If your research has been affected, please consider writing an op-ed like Dr. Stanley.

The NIH ordered me to stop my ‘dangerous’ gain-of-function research. It isn’t dangerous at all

Safe gain-of-function research is necessary to identify new treatments for diseases like for tuberculosis — but the NIH has imposed unfounded stops.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 3d

Concise summary of the Trump admin’s proposed “compact” with universities: “In other words, this is the most sweeping pile of unconstitutional conditions that any American constitutional lawyer has ever seen in the wild.”

Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 3d

I thought I'd put the administration's proposed "compact" with universities in context, so I wrote the blog post below.

It's especially for journalists covering this story!

Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.

Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 4d

Shared how the greater shutdown of NIH science has been underway since January on @msnbc.com today.

We need Congress to stand firm to protect science, democracy and the American people.

www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/wat...

Furloughed NIH worker: Left office with 'pit' in my stomach about future of our country

On day three of the government shutdown, around 750,000 federal employees are furloughed as the White House threatens mass firings as early as today. Furloughed NIH Program Director Jenna Norton joins...

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 4d

Sometimes I think about how from 1935-1975ish, Bell Labs produced an insane amount of revolutionary science and technology, including 11 Nobel Prizes, the transistor, UNIX, C, the laser, the solar cell, information theory, etc. The secret? Provide scientists with ample, steady, no-strings funding.

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Annika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 6d

Despite These Times...my department is hiring! I really like my department, we have a good mix of disciplines and organisms and we're really low-drama. We also get pizza at faculty meeting. So if you're a computational and structural biologist, join us! 🧪 jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/260...

Assistant Professor - Tenure Track Faculty

The Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is inviting applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. The position requires a doc...

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 7d

The world has lost its most powerful advocate for nature and hope. Yet many remain who will continue her legacy and I know she will continue to inspire generations more.

A screenshot of a post by the Jane Goodall Institute on LinkedIn stating that they learned that Dr. Goodall passed away due to natural causes in California while on her speaking to her current speaking tour there.

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 8d

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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · 9d

Come and join us @stanford-chemh.bsky.social! It's an amazing place to do interdisciplinary science & I'm so grateful to be in this community. Faculty applications due 10/15/2025 -- please share widely. Interested but not sure you're ready to apply this year? DM me & I'm happy to provide advice :)

Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · Aug 26

Open faculty position!
We're seeking applicants for a tenure-track faculty position at the junior level (Assistant or untenured Associate Professor) with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation. Apply here: stanford.io/45MF3Qa

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Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · Aug 26

Open faculty position!
We're seeking applicants for a tenure-track faculty position at the junior level (Assistant or untenured Associate Professor) with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation. Apply here: stanford.io/45MF3Qa

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 11d

The NSF GRFP is now limited to undergrads and first-year grads drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/t...

The NSF GRFP is now limited to undergrads and first-year grads

The solicitation for the 2025 submission dates for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program is out, with the first deadline of November 10 for life-sciences disciplines. The big news is that el…

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 12d

Beautiful enzyme evolution work by Steve Withers and coworkers 👏

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Reshaping of a Glycoside Hydrolase Active Site through Expression-Compensated Droplet-Based Microfluidic Screening Provides Useful Tools for Glycomics

The glycosylation of proteins endows them with distinct biophysical properties and allows them to play fundamental roles in cellular communication. Much of our understanding of glycoproteins has deriv...

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Prakash Lab at Stanford @prakashlab.bsky.social · 16d

For last 10 years - we have worked with thousands of organizations around the world helping support them in integrating foldscope programs.

To bring in a new cohort of organizations - we are re-launching “fast and curious” 2025 edition - apply and get a Foldscope trainer and Foldscopes for free!

TeamFoldscope @teamfoldscope.bsky.social · 18d

🔬 Free microscopes + teacher training!

📅 Applications are now open. To apply, visit www.foldscope.com or scan the QR code (video)

✉️ Any questions? Email us at [email protected]

#stem #education #science #teachers #training #free #microscopy #educators #professionaldevelopment #microscope

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 18d

www.statnews.com/2025/09/20/d...

Winner of mRNA Nobel Prize says ACIP member’s claim that Covid vaccines persist is “absolutely impossible”

In a Q&A with STAT, Nobel winner Drew Weissman addressed concerns raised about Covid shots at a recent meeting of federal vaccine advisers.

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Stephanie @stephy.bsky.social · 20d

Merck is accepting applications for its 2026 Future Talent Program - these are internships and co-ops in a variety of areas including drug discovery, vaccines, clinical trials, biostatistics, epidemiology, HEOR, data science, regulatory affairs, and more
#chemsky 🧪⚗️
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Your job search results | Merck Careers

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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 20d

There isn't a single college major where women (who outnumber men in college) earn more than men. Examples:
Social Work: 9.5%
Nursing: 14.6%
Elementary Ed 16.0%
Comp Sci: 20.4%
Sociology: 20.7%
Business: 26.0%
Criminal Justice: 27.1%
Engineering: 26.3%
www.forbes.com/sites/eriksh...

Surprising Data On College Majors, Poverty Rates, And Gender Pay Gaps

No matter the major, there is a significant gap between male and female wages, and one of three majors with the lowest poverty rate has a twist.

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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · 21d

Please apply to our tenure-track faculty position at
@stanford-chemh.bsky.social! We are searching for a new colleague working at the interface between computation and molecular sciences. See post below and pls forward widely!
chemh.stanford.edu/opportunitie...

Faculty Recruitment

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Chris Chang @christhechang.bsky.social · 21d

Happy to share our latest in @jacs.acspublications.org led by Xiao and @genlichem.bsky.social on a new activity-based sensing probe for Cu(I) using a fast alkyne-directed cleavage reaction to discover Mn-sensitized #cuproptosis as a novel type of metal-metal crosstalk! pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...

An Alkyne-Directed Cleavage Approach for Activity-Based Cu(I) Sensing Reveals Manganese-Promoted Sensitization of Cuproptosis

Copper is an essential element for sustaining life. However, disruptions in copper homeostasis underpin disease, as illustrated by cuproptosis, an emerging form of cell death resulting from aberrant a...

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The Venkatesh Lab @venkatesh-lab.bsky.social · 22d

We are excited to share the Venkatesh Lab’s first publication in collaboration with @michellemonje.bsky.social team uncovering how neuronal activity influences the progression of small cell lung cancer #SCLC in the lung and brain. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Neuronal activity-dependent mechanisms of small cell lung cancer pathogenesis - Nature

Glutamatergic and GABAergic (γ-aminobutyric acid-producing) cortical neuronal activity drives proliferation of small lung cell cancer via paracrine interactions and through synapses formed with tumour...

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Elisa Fadda @elisafadda.bsky.social · 21d

Our work @benschulz.bsky.social on the specificity and the mechanism of activation of the eukaryotic oligosaccharyltransferase is now on Glycopedia ⬇️🎉🥳, the largest repository of #glycotime news and educational material online!

Thank you Serge Perez 🤓❤️

glycopedia.eu/2025/09/09/r...

Regulation of N-glycosylation efficiency by eukaryotic oligosaccharyltransferase - Glycopedia

Oligosaccharyltransferase (OST) catalyses the key step of N-glycosylation, transferring immature N-glycans to select Asn residues in nascent proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Asn are more li...

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 22d

"The impoundment of funds that the US Congress designated for support of science and medical research endangers US investments in people, projects and health advances."

New, short correspondence with @malar0ne.bsky.social, @asinclair.bsky.social & @jeremymberg.bsky.social:

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Impoundment of funds endangers US investment in science and medical research | Nature

Letter to the Editor

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