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@chemjobber.bsky.social
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1. A blog to help chemists find jobs. (chemjobber.blogspot.com) 2. Towards a quantitative understanding of the quality of the chemistry job market

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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The "CHARIOTS OF THR GODS" paperback that creeped me out by the door to the laundry room
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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Solid story
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.
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Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I’m not sure how #ChemSky missed this one but I KNOW we all have lab mishap stories … Lots of stories - let’s share them with @chemistryworld.com [Me: I’m (still) using the Not Voodoo Rookie Mistakes webpage as a checklist]
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
About two-thirds of the world's potash reserves are in Canada, Belarus, and Russia. The US has rolled back sanctions that will allow for Belarusian potash imports, but major logistical challenges remain. #chemsky 🧪
cen.acs.org
US hopes Belarus will force Canadian firms to lower prices
Belarus hadn't sold potash to the US for years because of economic sanctions
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
As harrowing new investigations point to the suspected use of chemical weapons in Sudan, international monitors are once again running into a familiar, paralyzing roadblock—data secrecy. #chemsky 🧪
cen.acs.org
Opinion: Rethinking data secrecy to aid chemical weapon investigations
Governments must stop viewing the sharing of chemical data as a surrender of sovereignty and instead appreciate it as the ultimate force multiplier for global security
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Simon Hammann @simonhammann.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Classic scientific officer job description
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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I have not believed Annie Jacobsen since 2004 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwe...) and ai simply do not understand what publishers see in her other than dollar signs
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Northwest Airlines Flight 327 - Wikipedia
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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Lol
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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Grew up with paper maps RIP
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Chuck Pearson (he/him/etc.) @shorterpearson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thanks to @kvasquez.bsky.social for a wonderful conversation that contributed to her reporting on generative AI in the chemistry classroom for Chemical and Engineering News. cen.acs.org/education/un...
To Pearson and many other educators, learning how to problem solve is one of the most valuable benefits of a college education. “We teach problem-solving in a more structured form at the undergraduate level so that students can deal with the unstructured problems they’re going to encounter in research and in the workforce,” Pearson says.

He’s begun emphasizing this idea to his students. “You have to make a decision as a student that the process of learning is worth putting aside [generative AI] initially,” he says.
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We're hiring an editor @cenmag.bsky.social -- based in the US, and looking for people interested in editing news and features, as well as working closely with our publishing partners both inside and outside of ACS. recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1095ACHM/...
recruiting.ultipro.com
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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Of the 20 recipients of this year's MacArthur "genius grants", two —@songlin1.bsky.social at Stanford and Liangfang Zhang at UCSD—have ties to chemistry! Both creatively merge science and tech with implications for building better medicines: Read more @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/people/award...
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Organic chemist and nanoscientist named 2026 MacArthur Fellows
Song Lin and Liangfang Zhang are awarded $800,000 ‘genius grants’
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Bethany Halford @bethanyhalford.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Carbon triangles! Tobias Ritter's group is reporting a safer way to make carbenes and uses them to prepare cyclopropanes. My latest in @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/synthesis/ch...
cen.acs.org
Chemists find a safer way to create carbenes
Alkylthianthrenium salts can be shaken up in a ball mill on a decagram scale
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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The ability of the AIP to have good statistical data about PhDs in physics in the 1960s and 1970s is remarkable #chemjobs
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UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry @uclacb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We are seeking outstanding candidates for Asst. Adj. Prof. / Teacher-Scholar positions! This program provides teaching & research opportunities for recent Ph.D. grads (Ph.D. earned 2022-27). Apply here by Dec 1: recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF11373 @chemjobber.bsky.social
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Lisa McElwee-White @mcelweewhite.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One more week left to vote in the #ACSElection. The ballot closes October 9. Fish that email out of your overflowing inbox and use your personal link to vote. Thanks! #chemsky #chemchat www.lisamcacs.org
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Lisa McElwee-White for ACS President-Elect
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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
First, the part that is true: It's a bad time to be looking for a job. Durations of unemployment and long-term are rising, which is uncommon outside of a recession.
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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics @usbls.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
See our interactive graphics on today’s #JobsReport www.bls.gov/charts/emplo... #BLSdata #DataViz
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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics @usbls.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Both payroll employment (+29,000) and unemployment rate (4.2%) change little in September www.bls.gov/news.release... #JobsReport #BLSdata
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Alex Rubinsteyn @alexr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The position isn’t live yet but we need a GMP director for personalized scale RNA therapeutics manufacturing. If you’re in NC and have relevant industry experience, let’s talk!
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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
unusual chemistry article #chemchat
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Wandering Scientist @wandsci.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You're both wrong, it is methionine
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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I used to think LinkedIn was good enough, but it's clear academics don't love LI. Squarespace is just as good (shrug)
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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 02/10/2026
early-career academics, if you don't have a website, make yourself one. yes it's annoying but just do it it can be plain text on a white background, or google sites, or even a free Wix one with ads. nobody cares we just need to be able to look you up, quickly, bc there's like 100 other apps here
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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Huh TIL "Epidemiologists have observed that the average person typically puts on 1 to 2 pounds a year from early adulthood through middle age. The CDC's numbers show that much of the increase is concentrated in the 20s, for men and women." wapo.st/3W1YEuc
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Look at how much weight you’re going to gain
Are your prime weight-gaining years ahead of you or behind?
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Caroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Which character of friends is which amino acid? Monica-proline-Always tied up in knots Rachel- valine- the hottest amino acid Chandler-glu or asp- acidic personality Ross-tryptophan- the nerdiest aa, I bet you didn’t know it is W Joey- glycine. Empty head no thoughts Phoebe- ornithine obviously
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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#chemchat
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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
WRONG L-alanine is the hottest amino acid
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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"And suffering is the peer review of character." Lol
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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I believe I interacted frequently with a different sock puppet of hers for many years. Dodged a bullet, very likely
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Brandon Doughan 🍶 @brandondoughan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Happy World #Sake Day
Two glasses of sake on a placemat
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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I would like to live in a society where the default assumption was not *managed decline*. That would be nice.
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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#facultychemjobs
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Peter Kenny @pwk2024.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Opportunities (2) for computational chemists at Johnson & Johnson (Beerse Belgium | Spring House PA USA | La Jolla CA USA) ref: R-100091 | closing: 11-Oct-2026 #CADD #CompChem #cheminformatics #ChemJobs #chemsky 🧪 jj.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/JJ/job/Beers...
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Senior Scientist, In Silico Discovery
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments...
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Anna Slater @annagslater.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Today I got the entire first year cohort to throw paper planes at me & it met all expectations! Happy week one folks 🤩
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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#chemsafety
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Alastair Baker @alastairbaker1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yo ChemSky, A new USCSB video just dropped, Stay frost #ChemSafety youtu.be/HmiQFYGc6C4
youtu.be
Alarming Mistakes, Deadly Decisions: Fatal Fire at BP-Husky
YouTube video by USCSB
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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 01/10/2026
One for #ChemSky 👇
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M. Eugenio Vazquez @glowsticks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#ChemSky An update on the ACS RSS feeds. It turns out that they have new URL addresses (yayyy! 🙌): pubs.acs.org/pages/rss I don't know what happened with the TOC images in the new feeds, though ☹️ pubs.acs.org/pages/rss
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Organic chemist Song Lin of Stanford University and chemical and nanoengineer Liangfang Zhang of the University of California San Diego are among the 20 people who have received 2026 MacArthur Fellowships. #chemsky 🧪
cen.acs.org
Organic chemist and nanoscientist named 2026 MacArthur Fellows
Song Lin and Liangfang Zhang are awarded $800,000 ‘genius grants’
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 01/10/2026
If I went to Switzerland and won a Swiss watch precision contest, I would literally never talk about anything else
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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
when you're bracking the fas
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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
lolololol Iiiii uhhh
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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#facultychemjobs
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Alison Bain @alisonbain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Department of Chemistry at Oregon State University is hiring a tenure-track physical chemist at the assistant or associate professor level @chemjobber.bsky.social oregonstate.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/OSU_Ca...
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Assistant/Associate Professor: Chemistry
Department: College of Science Special Instructions to Applicants: To ensure full consideration, we must receive applications by November 15, 2026. Applications will continue to be accepted after the ...
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Stieber Lab @stieberlab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today, Scandium the Spider wanted to join in on some crystallography! Who can spot them first? The spider was safely removed from the radiation enclosure to minimize exposure. Safety first! #chemsky #chemchat
Bottom view of x-ray goniometer with long legged spider next to it.
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Nikolay Tumanov @ntumanovxray.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I accidentally made a Halloween decoration - a TA asked to print a cyclodextrin with a guest molecule for school activities. But the pumpkin style was accidental, I picked colours randomly. #chemchat #crystallography
A space-filling model of the beta-cyclodextrin with guest molecule.
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Andre the Chemist @andrechemist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#chemchat check out the post that this is a response to for full appreciation of the joke
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Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
From Berichte, 1889, on attempts to isolate thioacetone: '...our attempts in this direction failed due to the fact that the substance possesses a dreadful odour, which spreads in an astonishingly short time and fouls entire districts of the city.' City was Freiburg. #chemsky
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