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Jeff Lipshultz @jeflip.bsky.social · 2d

honestly devastated to miss this cake today 🤤🤤

Lipshultz Group @lipshultzsbu.bsky.social · 2d

happy 26th birthday to agniva!! 🎂

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Lipshultz Group @lipshultzsbu.bsky.social · 2d

happy 26th birthday to agniva!! 🎂

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Jeff Lipshultz @jeflip.bsky.social · 7d

We are looking for another senior faculty! This one in Chemical Biology, especially with a focus on infectious disease. Come be our colleague!

Gustafson Group @gustafsonlabsbu.bsky.social · 7d

The Stony Brook Chemistry Department is searching for a Chemical Biologist at the Associate or Full professor Level. Come join us on Long Island and do some great science!
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Jeff Lipshultz @jeflip.bsky.social · 9d

Bumping this, as we are ~ half way to the deadline. Come be my colleague!

Jeff Lipshultz @jeflip.bsky.social · 19d

Come join us at SBU Chemistry! We are looking for an Assoc/Full Prof in Materials or Polymer Chemistry, supported by the SUNY Empire Innovation Program. Deadline Oct 16. Reach out if you have any questions! apply.interfolio.com/173681 #facultychemjobs

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Katie Langin @klangin.bsky.social · 12d

Today was a hard day for Ph.D. students who found out that they can no longer apply for NSF's prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program. "Devastating“ was how one student described it to me. #GradSchool #NSFGRFP

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

‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry

The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 12d

Announcing such a major change to NSF GRFP this late in the cycle is incredibly cruel. 2nd yr students (mine included) have been working so hard on their proposals despite ongoing uncertainty. They are driven and passionate about being outstanding scientists and helping those coming up behind them.

This means individuals in the following statuses at the time of application are eligible:

Undergraduate in the final (senior) year of a bachelor’s degree program
Bachelor’s degree-holder with NO enrollment in a graduate degree program (non-degree graduate coursework allowed)
Individual enrolled in a joint bachelor’s-master’s degree program with at least three undergraduate years completed
First-year graduate student in their first graduate degree program with less than one academic year completed in the degree program (according to institution’s academic calendar)
Individuals enrolled in joint bachelor’s-master’s degree programs are considered graduate students. For GRFP, joint bachelor’s-master’s degrees are defined as degrees concurrently pursued and awarded.
Not be a current NSF employee.

Applications that do not meet eligibility requirements will be returned without review as being ineligible for a fellowship.

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Lipshultz Group @lipshultzsbu.bsky.social · 14d

🎉 happy 24th birthday to ayah!!!

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Jeff Lipshultz @jeflip.bsky.social · 19d

Come join us at SBU Chemistry! We are looking for an Assoc/Full Prof in Materials or Polymer Chemistry, supported by the SUNY Empire Innovation Program. Deadline Oct 16. Reach out if you have any questions! apply.interfolio.com/173681 #facultychemjobs

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Myles Drance @mdrance.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Vassar Chemistry Department is looking for a full-time (full benefits!) lecturer in organic chemistry. The position has a renewable 3-year contract offering significant stability in these unstable times. Please spread the word far and wide!
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Lecturer in Chemistry

Department Chemistry Vassar College is dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds. Decisions co...

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Jeff Lipshultz @jeflip.bsky.social · Aug 23

Really grateful to the NSF for awarding our MRI grant to acquire a helium recovery system for the NMR facility at @stonybrooku.bsky.social Chemistry! An important step towards sustainable use of a limited resource. www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...

NSF Award Search: Award # 2511171

MRI: Track 3 Acquisition of Helium Recovery Equipment to Support the NMR Facility for Campuswide Research & Education

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Jeff Lipshultz @jeflip.bsky.social · Aug 20

Important question - is tiramisu a cake? @chemjobber.bsky.social

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Jeff Lipshultz @jeflip.bsky.social · Aug 20

Celeste did a great job with us working on the cyanation part of this project!

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Nick Chiappini 🏳️‍🌈🧪 @ndchiappini.bsky.social · Aug 20

🚨NEW PAPER ALERT @jeflip.bsky.social / @lipshultzsbu.bsky.social out in ACS Catalysis, feat. my rockstar undergrad Celeste Barefoot who worked in this during her REU!

She's applying for PhD programs this fall!! 🔗below

Reaction scheme showing transformation of an alcohol into the nor-alkane using a titanocene catalyst, light, and thiol co-catalyst.

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Jeff Lipshultz @jeflip.bsky.social · Aug 20

Really delighted this is out @ ACS Catalysis. The chemistry looks a lot like a job prop I wrote 4 years ago, and we've spent a good chunk of the group's history learning a LOT about Ti photochem. Congrats especially to Jagrut, who defended 2 weeks ago! doi.org/10.1021/acsc...

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Jeff Lipshultz @jeflip.bsky.social · Aug 19

you miss something when reading through these? 😂 maybe @qjbruch.bsky.social or @genlichem.bsky.social can help you out

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Jeff Lipshultz @jeflip.bsky.social · Aug 13

A really amazing workshop! Thanks to @tehshik.bsky.social @vydong.bsky.social and @sarponggroup.bsky.social for organizing and Nikki for providing a pharma perspective. decent location...

Organic Syntheses @orgsynth.bsky.social · Aug 12

The Sixth Organic Syntheses Inc Workshop for Young Investigators on Organic Synthesis and Natural Products Chemistry was held at the UC Santa Barbara Club on August 7 to 9

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Jeff Lipshultz @jeflip.bsky.social · Aug 11

wow that logo sucks!

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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · May 17

"NIH funding is gone, so you should pivot to private foundations for funding"

Meanwhile, private foundations:

Chiara Masnovo @chiaramasnovophd.bsky.social · May 16

Having a hard time processing this. HHMI is pausing all competitions. Very demoralizing for early career scientists like me @hhmi.org

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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · Aug 9

This is not just HHMI. All Chan Zuckerberg Initiative funding calls are CLOSED. The Gates Foundation has no Grand Challenges funding opportunities. I've never seen anything like this. Private foundations have just decided to stop supporting biomedical research.

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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · Aug 7

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.

Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · Aug 7

This is literally some of the craziest shit I have ever read.

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

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Jeff Lipshultz @jeflip.bsky.social · Aug 6

Really happy to see this paper (last from my postdoc in the Radlab) out in @chemicalscience.rsc.org! P-redox catalysis is really powerful for cascade amide coupling/activation – congrats to @alilabchem.bsky.social and Nico (started on this project as a FRESHMAN)! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Nitrilation of Carboxylic Acids by PIII/PV-Catalysis

A mild and catalytic method for the direct conversion of carboxylic acids into their corresponding nitriles is reported. In contrast to common nitrile preparations that rely on hazardous cyanide and c...

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Jeff Lipshultz @jeflip.bsky.social · Aug 5

From Commencement back in May

Jeff Lipshultz @jeflip.bsky.social · Aug 4

PhD #2 from the group - congratulations Jagrut, and thanks for all you've done for the group!

Lipshultz Group @lipshultzsbu.bsky.social · Aug 4

🎉🎉🎉 Celebrating Dr. Jagrut Shah!! Congratulations! 🍾

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Jeff Lipshultz @jeflip.bsky.social · Jul 21

10 hours before the SBU internal deadline - 👋👋👋

screenshot of research.gov showing no errors or warnings for a proposal

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Anthony Chianese @archianese.bsky.social · Jul 21

My department at Colgate University is hiring a tenure-stream assistant professor in Organic Chemistry this fall. Please feel free to reach out with questions, and please repost. We're an undergraduate university with a strong focus on research. @chemjobber.bsky.social

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