Reposted by Darren FayneJames Fraser @fraserlab.com · 10/10/2026I hear so much about the growing power of predictive biology, especially in drug discovery and "co-folding". I want to see people put their GPU budget where their mouth is! 13612 0
Reposted by Darren FayneRob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Turns out these guys are real 69153294205 0
Reposted by Darren FayneItai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 10/10/20261. CRISPR came from basic research on bacteria. 2. Optogenetics started with a discovery in algae. 3. The GFP protein comes from jellyfish. The biggest breakthroughs all trace to scientists following their curiosity, and this is one huge reason why we must keep funding basic research! 10624220 0
Reposted by Darren FaynePeter Kenny @pwk2024.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Opportunity for computational chemist at Bristol Myers Squibb (San Diego CA USA) ref: R1607160 #CompChem #cheminformatics #ML #ChemJobs #chemsky 🧪 bristolmyerssquibb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/BMS/jo...bristolmyerssquibb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.comPrincipal Scientist - Computational SciencesAt Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”—a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to dis... 141 0
Reposted by Darren FayneDublin City University @dublincityuni.bsky.social · 09/10/2026DCU and the DCU Life Sciences Institute (LSI) are leading the way in pioneering cancer research. The LSI uses advanced molecular tools and drug screening to translate lab discoveries into real care, focusing on holistic patient support. Find out more: dcu.ie/lifesciences/cancer-research 011 0
Reposted by Darren FayneBenjamin Tausig @burrata.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“Universities must stop falling in love with every new piece of software … that the tech industry pitches as essential. Administrators spend on software as if it is a durable investment, when all of the evidence shows that it … makes bloat worse.” globecollegetown.substack.com/p/higher-ed-...globecollegetown.substack.comCollege campuses need to be liberated from their administratorsHigher ed is being strangled by absurd and costly rules. What message is that sending to students? 219971 0
Reposted by Darren FayneBrilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Map Of The Irish Diaspora In The World brilliantmaps.com/irish-dia... 22210 0
Reposted by Darren FaynePeter Kenny @pwk2024.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Opportunities (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...jj.wd5.myworkdayjobs.comSenior Scientist, In Silico DiscoveryAt 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... 086 0
Reposted by Darren FayneManas Mahale @manasmahale.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This Week In Cheminformatics Issue #040 is out. This week we look into RetroChimera, HDACiAP, and a long list of papers. Happy reading :) thisweekincheminformatics.substack.com/p/fortythisweekincheminformatics.substack.comThis Week In Cheminformatics: Issue #040RetroChimera, HDACiAP, and a long list of papers 021 0
Reposted by Darren FayneManas Mahale @manasmahale.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This Week In Cheminformatics Issue #039 is out. This week we look into the scope concept from Novartis, SB2025 & FARMA2025 datasets, TDiMS and a long list of papers. Happy reading :) thisweekincheminformatics.substack.com/p/thirty-ninethisweekincheminformatics.substack.comThis Week In Cheminformatics: Issue #039The Scope Concept from Novartis, SB2025 & FARMA2025, TDiMS and a long list of papers 012 0
Reposted by Darren FayneHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 17/09/2026AI is screwing up journal papers: Journal editor asks authors of 10 submitted papers to meet and discuss their paper. Of the 7 that showed up, 3 were unable to answer basic questions about the paper and 3 had difficulty when asked further questions on technical details… medium.com/@TmlrOrg/ask...medium.comAsking Authors About Their Own PapersBy Nihar B. Shah 1315785 0
Reposted by Darren FayneRhodri Cusack @rhodricusack.bsky.social · 10/09/2026We're hiring! 2 postdocs + 3 PhD students to join InfantNeuroAI at Trinity College Dublin: awake infant fMRI & OPM-MEG, plus computational models of how infants learn. Aims: understand infant visual cognition, infant neuroimaging methods, more energy-efficient learning 🧵 www.cusacklab.org/vacancies 16652 0
Reposted by Darren FayneIn Preparation @inprep.bsky.social · 08/09/2026inpreparation.substack.com40% Of PhD Now Spent Selecting ‘All Squares Containing Bicycles’BALTIMORE, MD—A study published Tuesday in PLOS ONE found that approximately 40% of doctoral training is now spent confirming the researcher is not a robot, primarily through the selection of squares… 07020 0
Reposted by Darren FayneManas Mahale @manasmahale.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This Week In Cheminformatics Issue #037 is out. This week we look into the sr-SMILES, Markush structure image to SMILES, benchmarking GNNs on ChEMBL, and a long list of papers. Happy reading :) thisweekincheminformatics.substack.com/p/thirty-seventhisweekincheminformatics.substack.comThis Week In Cheminformatics: Issue #037sr-SMILES, Markush structure image to SMILES, benchmarking GNNs on ChEMBL, and a long list of papers 011 0
Reposted by Darren FayneGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Sixty years ago today, the starship Enterprise launched and with it, a vision of the future where humanity had moved beyond its divisions. I was there at the beginning, and I can tell you... 685265844795 0
Reposted by Darren FaynePeter Kenny @pwk2024.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Opportunity for industrial placement student in computational chemistry at AstraZeneca (Cambridge UK) ref: R-257921 | start: 06-Sep-2027 | closing: 02-Oct-2026 #CompChem #cheminformatics #CADD #DrugDesign #DrugDiscovery #chemsky 🧪 careers.astrazeneca.com/job/cambridg...careers.astrazeneca.com12 Month University Industrial Placement Student: Computational Chemistry at AstraZenecaLearn more about applying for 12 Month University Industrial Placement Student: Computational Chemistry at AstraZeneca 042 0
Reposted by Darren FayneThe Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 05/09/2026#OnThisDay in 1977, NASA launched the Voyager 1 probe to study the outer solar system. It's still transmitting data, and at over 15.9 billion miles away is the most distant man-made object. In 1990, Voyager 1 took the famous 'Pale Blue Dot' image, showing Earth from over 6 billion kilometres away. 31711 0
Reposted by Darren FayneBiophysical Society @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026For the upcoming National Postdoc Appreciation Week, September 21–25, BPS is excited to launch Beauty in Biophysics, a new image contest celebrating the research, creativity, and unique visual perspectives of our postdoctoral community. www.biophysics.org/outreach/pos... 063 0
Reposted by Darren FayneDermot Lynott @dermotlynott.bsky.social · 28/08/2026For the avoidance of doubt, this is complete BS. if you are a post-doc (or worker of any description frankly) and you have the option of joining a union, you absolutely should. 56621 0
Reposted by Darren Fayneno.11 @no1011.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Ireland needs to build student accomodation 112 0
Reposted by Darren Fayne👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 25/08/2026everybody is (rightfully) remembering her incredible charity work, the 300 million books and counting for kids, the moderna vaccine, all of it she also wrote 'I Will Always Love You' and 'Jolene' on the same dang day. absolutely peerless 101743289 0
Reposted by Darren FayneMr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Apocalypse Now was released #OTD 1979. Director: Francis Ford Coppola. #Filmsky 918027 0
Reposted by Darren FayneSurly Amy @surlyamy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026It’s still weird to me that companies that stream tv shows, want us to pay them to show us commercials. 861130156 0
Reposted by Darren FayneGavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 13/08/2026Mark English didn’t just run through the line, so much as smash it to bits. Perfection. 0762 0
Reposted by Darren FayneManas Mahale @manasmahale.bsky.social · 11/08/2026This Week In Cheminformatics Issue #033 is out. This week we look into Andreas's view of AI4DD, SynthEx, CheMeleon, and a long list of papers. Happy reading :) thisweekincheminformatics.substack.com/p/thirty-three 031 0
Reposted by Darren FaynePeter Kenny @pwk2024.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Opportunity for machine learning scientist at onepot (South San Francisco CA USA) #ML #cheminformatics #CompChem #ChemJobs #chemsky 🧪 www.onepot.ai/careers/f8bb...onepot.aiResearch Scientist, Machine Learning — onepot careersonepot is automating chemistry. Our goal is to enable a self-improvement loop for chemistry by combining AI and advanced robotics. In this loop, AI 021 0
Reposted by Darren FayneAaron Clauset @aaronclauset.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Very much agree with Pieris's argument: investing public funds exclusively in research 'applications' (believing that they have greater and more immediate economic value) will destroy the real driver of economic growth: basic science is the *only* economic engine arxiv.org/abs/2608.00172 0229 0
Reposted by Darren FayneNoel O'Boyle @baoilleach.bsky.social · 10/08/2026We're still looking for candidates who are interested in working on an industry-relevant project in close collab with a major pharmaceutical company. It's a really nice opportunity for someone looking to transition to an industry position. #chemjobs #phdjobs #cheminformatics #bioinformatics 043 0
Reposted by Darren FayneDerek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 04/08/2026If they would just get the journal RSS feeds working again, they can have any logo they want. Cthulu holding an Erlenmeyer flask, whatever. 5514 0
Reposted by Darren FayneMatthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 23/07/2026They really don’t and you’ll be rehiring ppl soon. 35810 0
Reposted by Darren FayneGreg Landrum @greglandrum.bsky.social · 09/07/2026@pubs.acs.org this is a real problem for those of us who use RSS readers to stay on top of what's appearing in your journals. 041 0
Reposted by Darren FayneOs Keyes @okeyes.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Visiting my university’s new, expensively-refurbished space for startup incubators and senior management and cannot imagine a better illustration of the American university at this moment in time than a breathlessly press-released “collaboration room” featuring a single desk and chair. 40987238 0
Reposted by Darren Fayneturgut keskintürk @tkeskinturk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026data visualization is my passion. 491173812143 0
Reposted by Darren FaynePeter Kenny @pwk2024.bsky.social · 02/07/2026The North of England (formerly Sheffield) #Cheminformatics Meeting will be held in Manchester from 21st to 23rd June 2027 #CompChem #chemsky 🧪 www.leachresearchgroup.net/home/chemoin...leachresearchgroup.netAndrew Leach Group - Chemoinformatics Conference 2027Welcome to the new home of the North of England Chemoinformatics Meeting – formerly the Sheffield Chemoinformatics Meeting. This is a meeting of the Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society (MGMS: htt... 183 0
Darren Fayne @fayned.bsky.social · 30/06/2026This is a key driver of all research "Writing code, even hard code, has a rhythm to it. You are building. There is a thing in your head and you are making it real, and there is a quiet satisfaction in watching it take shape, and at the end there is something that is yours" 020 0
Reposted by Darren FayneGreg Landrum @greglandrum.bsky.social · 29/06/2026“You can now set your availability in the reviewer dashboard to pause review invitations.” WTF? Do the journals think we work for them or something? 271 0
Reposted by Darren FayneScott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Reviewed a manuscript a couple months ago for a well known ACS journal Author posted on LinkedIn that the paper was published Never received comments/decision email from editor or any follow up Good paper glad it’s out but as a reviewer I’d have liked to see the comments/decision #ChemChat 1192 0
Reposted by Darren FayneAlex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 29/06/2026The manuscripts were neither retracted nor not-retracted, until you tried to read them… 4144 0