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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · Jul 11

I'm sorry to hear that. This change is so unfortunate.

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · Jul 5

The BOSS keyboard is going to be the 3.5 inch disk "save icon" for the next generation of NMR scientists.

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · Jul 2

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

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · Jul 2

Good luck. I was there last year, and it honestly wasn't terrible.

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · Jul 2

In the new OA publication model, how does one publish "straggler" articles that appear after a project is finished? After closeout, there's clearly no funding to pay for open access fees, and for ACS, "Green" OA is still $2,500. MSU hasn't thought this through. What are other institutions doing?

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · Jun 10

Is there a way to make the IconNMR Experiment Table not look terrible in TopSpin 4.4.0? #NMR

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · Jun 10

Thinking about it more, it really does a number on the graduate student psyche. Can you imagine being a second year in the lab and being responsible for something that costs the same (or more) than your monthly rent?

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · Jun 10

This is for deuterated protein expression, which, as @alexguseman.bsky.social points out, is now the cost of my first car.

Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · Jun 9

Good heavens. How are we supposed to do NMR when D2O prices are north of $1,500/L?

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · May 27

You won't be disappointed by Thimbleweed Park. Maybe someday I'll post a signed monkey island poster...

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · May 19

So how many of these "tariff surcharges" do you think will actually go away if/when the tariffs do? #ChemSky

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · May 18

Those who know me know that I'm a big fan of Veritasium. Their latest video on YouTube is worththe watch, even if you normally don't watch videos online. youtu.be/SC2eSujzrUY?...

How One Company Secretly Poisoned The Planet

YouTube video by Veritasium

youtu.be

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · May 15

I'm looking, but given how easy they are to bend, I'm a little hesitant to trust used syringes. That said, we have several syringes that are just slightly out of true. If there were a way to repair those, that could be just as well.

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · May 14

Anyone have a lead on replacement syringes for Malvern VP-ITC instruments? They no longer sell them, and they want me to upgrade to the PEAQ system. Unfortunately, we have a PEAQ-ITC, and it doesn't work with the concentrations needed for nanoparticle experiments. #chemsky #biophysics #ITC

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · May 7

MSU's NMR facility is getting better, with the planned acquisition of a solid-state probe in the fall of 2025. Stay tuned! www.chemistry.msstate.edu/facilities/nmr

NMR Facility | Department of Chemistry

www.chemistry.msstate.edu

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · Apr 27

Research.gov appears to be working just fine. I'm glad I have my research documented now, but there's probably a lesson here about listening to baseless rumors on social media...

Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · Apr 22

Looks like this affects all new grants... anything that can be construed as DEI risks a funding cut. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

NOT-OD-25-090: Notice of Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award NOT-OD-25-090. NIH

grants.nih.gov

Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · Apr 15

I can't imagine anything more nerdy than than a video where Middle Earth map notes are extracted from decades old Apple II floppies. @adriansdigitalbasement.com could you please reach out to this guy?