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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

I'm sorry to hear that. This change is so unfortunate.

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

The BOSS keyboard is going to be the 3.5 inch disk "save icon" for the next generation of NMR scientists.

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

As someone who has greatly benefited from the NSF MRI program, I'm sad to see that the 2025 submission window was canceled. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

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Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program:

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Good luck. I was there last year, and it honestly wasn't terrible.

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

In the new OA publication model, how does one publish "straggler" articles that appear after a project is finished? After closeout, there's clearly no funding to pay for open access fees, and for ACS, "Green" OA is still $2,500. MSU hasn't thought this through. What are other institutions doing?

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Is there a way to make the IconNMR Experiment Table not look terrible in TopSpin 4.4.0? #NMR

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Thinking about it more, it really does a number on the graduate student psyche. Can you imagine being a second year in the lab and being responsible for something that costs the same (or more) than your monthly rent?

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

This is for deuterated protein expression, which, as @alexguseman.bsky.social points out, is now the cost of my first car.

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Good heavens. How are we supposed to do NMR when D2O prices are north of $1,500/L?

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

You won't be disappointed by Thimbleweed Park. Maybe someday I'll post a signed monkey island poster...

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

So how many of these "tariff surcharges" do you think will actually go away if/when the tariffs do? #ChemSky

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Those who know me know that I'm a big fan of Veritasium. Their latest video on YouTube is worththe watch, even if you normally don't watch videos online. youtu.be/SC2eSujzrUY?...

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How One Company Secretly Poisoned The Planet

YouTube video by Veritasium

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I'm looking, but given how easy they are to bend, I'm a little hesitant to trust used syringes. That said, we have several syringes that are just slightly out of true. If there were a way to repair those, that could be just as well.

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Anyone have a lead on replacement syringes for Malvern VP-ITC instruments? They no longer sell them, and they want me to upgrade to the PEAQ system. Unfortunately, we have a PEAQ-ITC, and it doesn't work with the concentrations needed for nanoparticle experiments. #chemsky #biophysics #ITC

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

MSU's NMR facility is getting better, with the planned acquisition of a solid-state probe in the fall of 2025. Stay tuned! www.chemistry.msstate.edu/facilities/nmr

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NMR Facility | Department of Chemistry

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Research.gov appears to be working just fine. I'm glad I have my research documented now, but there's probably a lesson here about listening to baseless rumors on social media...

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I can't imagine anything more nerdy than than a video where Middle Earth map notes are extracted from decades old Apple II floppies. @adriansdigitalbasement.com could you please reach out to this guy?

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Looks like it was AdBlock plus... who knew?

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Chrome (left) and Firefox (right). Gotta see if some plugin is doing this.

No citation button on Firefox! I'm not crazy!!

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Am I missing something, or is the "Download Citation" feature no longer present on ACS Journal websites?

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

What's the analysis where a $90 subgroup dinner at Biophysical Society ends up being a reasonable investment? Someone help me out here...

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 17/04/2024

If an undergrad wants to work in your lab, what do you ask from them? Statement of purpose? Resume? None of the above? Do you ask for other info (e.g., first-gen student)? Thus far, I've been pretty laid back, but I wonder if asking for more might be better.

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

MSU Chemistry is currently seeking to hire NMR and Mass Spec managers (two positions). Competitive salaries in a low cost of living environment. Mid-range salary for a Research Scientist I is $71,000. Email me for more info. www.chemistry.msstate.edu/about/employ...

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Employment | Department of Chemistry

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 22/01/2024

Radha follows up her work with a publication in Langmuir. She used NMR hydrogen exchange and methylation mass spec to probe the structure of a small protein binding to a polystyrene nanoparticle. She finds evidence consistent with the adsorbotope model. doi.org/10.1021/acs....

Scheme indicating the use of hydrogen-deuterium exchange and lysine methylation to probe protein structure on a polystyrene nanoparticle.

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 22/01/2024

Check out Radha's latest publication in Small, where we explore protein binding to polystyrene surfaces. We find evidence for "adsorbotopes," regions that bind polystyrene preferentially. There are implications for nanoparticles, biofilms, and microplastics. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Two proteins bind to polystyrene surfaces, highlighting the adsorbotope binding regions. Each region is separated by disordered or partially ordered protein fragments.

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Mississippi in the US. I don't mind paying for shipping, though - that comes with being in a rural state. I just need a company that has prepaid sequencing and won't bill me for stuff I already paid for (after waiting two years). Someone on X suggested Eton bio, and they look comparable.

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 30/10/2023

Anyone have good alternatives to Eurofins for Sanger sequencing? I'm sick of dye blobs, and their accounting department is apparently two years behind.

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

Please consider applying to the Department Head position in my department. The priority date is next week! chemistry.msstate.edu/about/employ...

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Employment | Department of Chemistry

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Nicholas Fitzkee @fitzkeelab.bsky.social · 31/08/2023

Well, here we go! Let's see if this is the next big social media app! As a Bluesky premier, check out Dan's preprint on photothermally active nanoparticles that can be controlled by temperature! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Near-Infrared Photothermal Ablation of Biofilms using Protein-Functionalized Gold Nanospheres with a...

bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution

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