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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I am really, really, really, REALLY excited to be able to share the cover of my book, as well a link so you can preorder it for when it comes out in April. Look at the ears!!!! wwnorton.com/books/978132...

cover for my new book, The Bluey Years - blue backdrop with clouds, the words the bluey years written in scribbly writing like a kid who wrote on the wall in crayon, framed with triangular blue ears

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Steven Silverman @asymtmm.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Congratulations to the @organicdivision.org Industrial Early and Mid-Career Investigator Awardees! This year, we were able to partner with @acsmedi.bsky.social and ANYL to recognize even more outstanding scientists. Looking forward to hearing everyone’s award talks next month in Washington, DC!

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Steven Silverman @asymtmm.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

After not posting for a while, I figured five simultaneous fireworks displays around lower Manhattan was a good start. Perk of living a couple blocks from the Hudson :)

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Steven Silverman @asymtmm.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Just one more week to submit nominations for the 2025 Industrial Early and Mid-Career Investigator Awards, so nominate a colleague today! Looking forward to a great set of award talks this fall! www.organicdivision.org/earlycareeri... www.organicdivision.org/midcareerinv... @organicdivision.org

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Early Career Investigator Award - ACS Division of Organic Chemistry

The Early Career Investigator Award Symposium is for investigators who are in a non-academic setting and are no more than 10 years into their career.

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Steven Silverman @asymtmm.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Let’s be clear, any asterisk RFK puts on his newfound pro-vaccine stance (“we just need to ask questions”) tells us exactly what his HHS intentions are. He is profoundly anti-science and has zero credibility. One of the more telling moments from today’s stream of lies… www.cnn.com/2025/01/29/p...

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Sanders asks RFK Jr. about his former org. selling anti-vaccine baby onesies | CNN Politics

During the Senate confirmation hearing for HHS nominee Robert Kennedy Jr., Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) questioned Kennedy’s support for the Children’s Health Defense, an organization that Kennedy chair...

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Steven Silverman @asymtmm.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Agency heads must ask employees “if they know of any efforts to disguise (DEI) programs by using coded or imprecise language.” Sounds like he’s still a dictator on day 2. Who would have guessed?

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Steven Silverman @asymtmm.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Aww, come on @nytimes.com! I’m sensing some alkane bias.

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Steven Silverman @asymtmm.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

So excited to see this published! Thionucleosides can be incredibly challenging to make due to the need for oxidation state changes at sulfur during the synthesis. Collaborating with the Britton group, we’ve been able to make them using a short, selective sequence! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

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A flexible and scalable synthesis of 4′-thionucleosides

4′-Thionucleosides (thNAs) are synthetic nucleoside analogues that have attracted attention as leads for drug discovery in oncology and virology. Here we report a de novo thNA synthesis that relies on...

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Organic Division of the ACS @organicdivision.org · 22/11/2024

Reminder: On December 1 Applications for Travel Awards to Spring ACS are Due zurl.co/o5XR Organic Syntheses Research Grants for PUI Faculty are Due zurl.co/P254

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Travel Awards - ACS Division of Organic Chemistry

Travel Awards are offered for undergraduate and graduate students and faculty at PUI for travel to ACS National Meetings

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Steven Silverman @asymtmm.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I’m so excited to be serving the DOC as next year’s chair-elect! Thanks to everyone who voted and who ran for office. Looking forward to continuing to volunteer for the community!

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Organic Division of the ACS @organicdivision.org · 15/11/2024

The ACS Division of Organic Chemistry has joined the Chemsky community!

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Steven Silverman @asymtmm.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Nominations for the 2025 Early Career Investigator Award are now being accepted! This year we’ve partnered with the Divisions of Medicinal and Analytical Chemistry to showcase the interdisciplinary nature of industrial research. Nominate a colleague today! www.organicdivision.org/earlycareeri...

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Early Career Investigator Award - ACS Division of Organic Chemistry

The Early Career Investigator Award Symposium is for investigators who are in a non-academic setting and are no more than 10 years into their career.

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