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Laure Kayser @laurekayser.bsky.social · Aug 31

Oh yeah, I can imagine the difficulty! Not always feasible.

Laure Kayser @laurekayser.bsky.social · Aug 31

I actually didn’t know you were “allowed” to comment on the reviews… Sounds like a lot of extra work, but it would definitely be appreciated ❤️

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Laure Kayser @laurekayser.bsky.social · Aug 30

Yes! I think if editors did this more often, it would be amazing!

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Laure Kayser @laurekayser.bsky.social · Aug 30

Do you think it would help if editors stepped in and when sending reviewers comments would write: “Point 3,5 and 8 do not need to be addressed because they are a matter of the reviewer’s personal opinion”. As a “young” PI, I always feel that I must respond to everything, even if it’s ridiculous.

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Laure Kayser @laurekayser.bsky.social · Aug 26

I LOVE IT!!! Amazing activity and flyers/zines!

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Laure Kayser @laurekayser.bsky.social · Jul 29

What Zahra said already. I only do it if I aim at a high impact journal and I know that it will take a long time to get through review. Also, once it’s archived, it exists for the funding agencies and CV purposes.

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · Jul 21

I'm back home with my dad and have thoughts about being an Indigenous scientist and academic. I'm writing this in real time so it might get disrupted and will have typos.

I am fairly successful by academic standards. I have a tenure track job, wrote papers, have grant funding, mentor students.

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Laure Kayser @laurekayser.bsky.social · Jul 9

@vidhikadamani.bsky.social painted the most beautiful image for our perspective on stimuli-responsive conductive polymers in @pubs.acs.org Chemistry of Materials for their Up-and-Coming series and it made the journal cover!
See #MyACSCover here:
pubs.acs.org/toc/cmatex/3...

Chemistry of Materials

The chameleon is perhaps the most famous animal representing stimuli-response in nature. To illustrate our perspective, we therefore chose to enhance the chameleon with bioelectronic components. View ...

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Janessa Goldbeck @janessagoldbeck.bsky.social · Jun 16

🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands.

Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · Apr 29

The 2016 Nobel prize in chemistry was awarded 'for the design and synthesis of molecular machines'. Ironically, we do not know exactly what constitutes a molecular machine. With the ultimate goal of unifying definitions and standardising terminology, Iupac needs your help!
#ChemSky #ScienceSky

Take two polls to help Iupac define molecular machines

An Iupac committee wants your input to guide its recommendations for key terms in the field

www.chemistryworld.com

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Laure Kayser @laurekayser.bsky.social · Apr 29

@vidhikadamani.bsky.social and I wrote a Perspective on ‘Stimuli-Responsive Conductive Polymers for Bioelectronics’ now published in Chemistry of Materials @pubs.acs.org. We hope you will enjoy it! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

Stimuli-Responsive Conductive Polymers for Bioelectronics†

Stimuli response, or the ability to respond to environmental cues with changes in behavior, is omnipresent in living systems. Inspiration from this natural behavior has led to the development of polym...

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Laure Kayser @laurekayser.bsky.social · Mar 20

Very scary! I was so relieved to hear they were okay!

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Laure Kayser @laurekayser.bsky.social · Mar 20

They were very quick at thoroughly rinsing the puncture point with water and calling 911 (finger started swelling). The student was released from the hospital and his finger seems safe thanks to their awareness of the potential danger and quick response. [2/2] #ChemSafety

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Laure Kayser @laurekayser.bsky.social · Mar 20

I want to thank @sebvidalchem.bsky.social for his article on safety related to a dichloromethane injection injury! We discussed this article a few months ago and had a similar incident today with DMF. The student was therefore aware of the potential risk. [1/2] pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Safety First: A Recent Case of a Dichloromethane Injection Injury

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Laure Kayser @laurekayser.bsky.social · Mar 1

I saw perce-neige (snowdrops?) on my walk today (DE). We have them in Europe too, so I am guessing they are not native, are they?

Picture of snowdrops flowers in a bed of leaves

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Mar 1

There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵

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Paul Rohr @pevohr.bsky.social · Feb 22

Reupping this short, 4-post 🧵 about the American "scientific pipeline", so we all understand the long-term economic impact of shutting it off

#SciComm folks are great at popularizing individual fields, but the overall system of funding scientific discovery needs similarly terse explainers

Paul Rohr @pevohr.bsky.social · Feb 8

Has everyone forgotten how much of American economic progress since WWII stems from technical innovations in the physical + biological sciences?

That without massive funding from the federal government for basic research, little of that era's most lucrative technology originates here?

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Laure Kayser @laurekayser.bsky.social · Feb 14

My lab made a (much needed) cute card. Will you be the PEDOT to my PSS?

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Laure Kayser @laurekayser.bsky.social · Feb 10

😃

Bald eagle sitting on a branch against a white background

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Laure Kayser @laurekayser.bsky.social · Feb 7

Congratulations!!! 🍻

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · Jan 29

🚨PIs of Training Grants and Programs, ESPECIALLY training grants that support students from historically excluded groups (T32s and T34s, IMSD, MARC, PREP, MOSAIC, etc.)🚨

We need to push back on the loss of information and the disappearance of websites about these resources.

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Christian Pester @cwpstr.bsky.social · Jan 30

LAST CALL! We are seeking nominations for the @acspmse.bsky.social Early Investigator and Future Faculty Awards of the @acs.org. Please nominate a colleague before February 1:

#ACS #PMSE Early Investigator: pmsedivision.org/early-invest...
ACS PMSE Future Faculty: pmsedivision.org/pmse-future-...

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Laura Howes @laurahowes.bsky.social · Jan 30

The FDA should make a decision on whether or not to approve Vertex Pharmaceuticals suzetrigine today. While an @cenmag.bsky.social editorial fellow, @alexviveros.bsky.social investigated the backstory for us 🧪#chemsky

Pain meets precision medicine

Targeting voltage-gated sodium channels could usher in new opioid-free solutions for pain relief

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Marion H Emmert @emmertlab.bsky.social · Jan 16

#chemjobs #Merckchemistry is hiring - 2 open positions at the associate level. Located at our West Point, PA site close to Philadelphia - with a great team that I just joined not so long ago! Links for info: R330195
bit.ly/40uICc9 R330192
bit.ly/42gC7v2 Please apply if interested #chemsky

Associate Scientist, Chemistry job in West Point, Pennsylvania, United States of America | jobs at Merck

Apply for Associate Scientist, Chemistry job with Merck in West Point, Pennsylvania, United States of America. Browse and apply for the jobs at Merck

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Laure Kayser @laurekayser.bsky.social · Jan 9

Amazing! @kunjapur.bsky.social For our next get together! @charlesdhong.bsky.social is already looking into pre-ordering it ☺️

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