Reposted by Jarett WilcoxenDebbie Gale Mitchell @heydebigale.bsky.social · 10/10/2026if you would like to preorder the book I would be SO grateful! I drew ~75 images for this book, and (w/ help two artists) I turned one into a Riso print! If you would like a signed book plus a Riso print, you can order from my local indie, Westside books: westsidebooks.com/book/9780262... 6187
Jarett Wilcoxen @jwilcoxen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Speak of, i need a quantum resonance spectrometer 😂 010
Jarett Wilcoxen @jwilcoxen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Love me some quantum resonance spectroscopy… even better when it’s quantum detected nuclear interactions 😂 110
Reposted by Jarett Wilcoxen@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Very excited to share that my department at @uwchemistry.bsky.social will be hiring an Assistant Professor of Chemistry! Come be my colleague at the University of Washington in Seattle! It is a wonderful city filled with wonderful scientists. Details in the link: ap.washington.edu/ahr/academic...ap.washington.eduAcademic Jobs - Academic Personnel & FacultyFind current openings and apply for academic jobs at the University of Washington. 01510
Jarett Wilcoxen @jwilcoxen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Cys is clearly the best... It's always hanging around heavy metal 🤘🎸🤘 010
Jarett Wilcoxen @jwilcoxen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Two papers a month sounds exhausting, two papers a week I would argue is likely suspicious activity, especially sustained over several months. 010
Reposted by Jarett WilcoxenMarcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Northwestern is looking for a (bio)inorganic chemist, Asst Prof level #chemjobs chemistry.northwestern.edu/about/open-p...chemistry.northwestern.eduOpen Positions: Department of Chemistry - Northwestern University 043
Reposted by Jarett WilcoxenChemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 20/09/2026RUSSELL VOUGHT'S ILLEGAL ACTIONS MUST BE STOPPED 04211
Reposted by Jarett WilcoxenTim Clancy @viewfromarchstreet.com · 15/09/2026Didn’t need a memo to call this over a year ago bsky.app/profile/view... 172
Reposted by Jarett WilcoxenChemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I don't need to say this, but it's obvious to me: this dramatic drop can be laid at the feet of the Trump Administration. The impacts, I predict, will be dramatic, bad and only visible 5 to 10 years from now at the earliest.* *it's falsifiable, but quite a ways from now 0259
Reposted by Jarett WilcoxenJohn Protasiewicz @drp-phosphorus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Hard times indeed jmwidder.substack.com/p/hard-times...jmwidder.substack.comHard Times at the National Science FoundationTwenty Years of Rising Mandates, Flat Appropriations, and Falling Institutional Standing 001
Reposted by Jarett WilcoxenDebbie Gale Mitchell @heydebigale.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I am taking a harder line on no LLMs for my gen chem class starting tomorrow. I will not be surveiling my students in any way, but I want them to know that my expectation is for them to not use LLMs in any way for my course. Would love to hear other #chemsky #chemchat folks approach! 1819729
Reposted by Jarett WilcoxenJeff Lewis @lewislab.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The more I think about it, the more pissed off I get. The DOD budget is about 1 fucking trillion dollars vs the NIH budget of $47B. This seems like an excuse to gut NIAID. 13620
Reposted by Jarett WilcoxenIt's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Excellent; well worth a read. 🧪 www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...insidehighered.comGrad Students Wonder if Academia Is Worth Saving (opinion)It’s not just the federal government that’s telling grad students their work doesn’t matter. 33913
Jarett Wilcoxen @jwilcoxen.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Meanwhile, Apple Maps refuses to put Lake Ontario below the border no matter how you zoom, the other lakes don’t seem to be effected by Zoom… 120
Reposted by Jarett WilcoxenKarolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026New NSF BIO solicitation says expected number of awards is 250-300. Historically, the number of awards is closer to 800-1000 for the Directorate of Bio Sciences: grantwitness.org/nsf/analyses... Unless I'm missing large, non-core programs, this seems really not good?grantwitness.orgAgency Pulse: Grantmaking at NSFAn independent, up-to-date, grant-level record of federal science funding disruptions in the United States. 88867
Reposted by Jarett WilcoxenChemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 20/08/2026are there sessions in Chicago next week at ACS Fall that are similarly titled, minus the words "social"? #chemchat 162
Reposted by Jarett WilcoxenDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Scoop: For nearly a year, NSF has struggled to make new grants. Now we know that it will not catch up. In fact, NSF will award just 6,100 new grants—a 30% y/o/y decline, itself down from a previous avg. of 11,000+. In fact, the last time NSF awarded so few grants was in the early '80s.nature.comExclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decadesThe US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project. 14760478
Reposted by Jarett Wilcoxenfindlatergroup.bsky.social @findlatergroup.bsky.social · 19/08/2026🚨HIRING NEWS🚨 Come be my colleague! The Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry at UC Merced is hiring for two positions in Biochemistry! One is at the assistant professor level and the other is open rank... if you have questions, let me know! Link: aprecruit.ucmerced.edu/JPF02218aprecruit.ucmerced.edu2 Positions - One Assistant Professor Ladder Rank & One Open Professor Ladder Rank (Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in Biochemistry)University of California, Merced is hiring. Apply now! 02534
Jarett Wilcoxen @jwilcoxen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️Email signoffs… or spinoffs if you are using my phones autocorrect… although some of these emails i would love to spin off into the void so it may be accurate. I need a new one, especially when i do not in fact want to bestow best wishes… 020
Jarett Wilcoxen @jwilcoxen.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I give them credit for being modestly upfront. Helps with framing scope and what is feasible during the Projects talk, what would be expected for tenure, teaching/research balance, etc. 031
Jarett Wilcoxen @jwilcoxen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026LOTR sitcom called Friends…. Did i do that right? 210
Jarett Wilcoxen @jwilcoxen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026No one guessed it because you can never have too many spectra 😂😂 #Spectroscopyislife 020
Jarett Wilcoxen @jwilcoxen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026That’s a fun find! Really looking forward to your book! 110
Reposted by Jarett WilcoxenNeal Mankad @metallacycle.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Congrats to my student mentee, Ananthu, for this terrific publication in @jacs.acspublications.org on synthetic modeling of Mo-dependent C–H hydroxylases! It is also a landmark for my lab, as it marks our 100th paper since we started @uic-chemistry.bsky.social in 2012! pubs.acs.org/jacsat/artic...pubs.acs.orgThe Role of Terminal Heavy Chalcogenide Ligands in Enabling Hydride Transfer Reactivity of W═E (E = S, Se) Models for Molybdenum HydroxylasesAbstract. Whereas molybdenum-dependent hydroxylases in the xanthine oxidase family catalyze site-selective C–H hydroxylation reactions using terminal molyb 0125
Reposted by Jarett WilcoxenCarolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 30/07/2026“If the government hadn’t funded research into desert lizard venom, we wouldn’t know about semaglutide…If research scientists hadn’t studied how bees optimize nectar foraging within a colony, we wouldn’t have the algorithm that assigns internet traffic” www.publicnotice.co/p/michael-kr...publicnotice.coThe new "science golden age" looks suspiciously like a griftTrump wants to run scientific research like his family business. 26027
Reposted by Jarett WilcoxenNeedhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 30/07/2026“The report assiduously ignores that a symbiotic, profitable relationship between the federal government, universities, and private companies already exists. Each federal research dollar generates about $1.50 to $3.00 in long-term economic benefits.“ 🧪 12110
Jarett Wilcoxen @jwilcoxen.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Getting others to read the work, and ideally enjoy reading it, is a major part of the goal. The science is part but so is the story and how it's told. At least that's what I try to keep in mind while writing, for better or worse I guess. 010
Jarett Wilcoxen @jwilcoxen.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Comments like that drive me nuts. If there is something that led to the comment point out an example, if multiple, at least point to one and say more can be found or something generic. Especially if it's writing intended to make a manuscript more accessible to those outside a narrow field. 130
Jarett Wilcoxen @jwilcoxen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026These instruments are key to infrastructure, and their importance cannot be understated. Failure to replace aging equipment or facilitating new research will halt progress. The low funding rates push the burden to the future, not eliminate the cost. (/end rant) 011
Jarett Wilcoxen @jwilcoxen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026That’s half the number of a low year, spread over nearly two FY. NSF-MRI awards fund new or replacement instrumentation vital to national research goals. These are shared instruments serving large groups of users when issued and attract many more during the lifetime of the instrument. (2/3) 110
Jarett Wilcoxen @jwilcoxen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Given all the cuts and general reductions in the number of funded projects at NSF, NIH, DOE, etc, I looked u how many NSF-MRI grants have been issued (just looking up on the NSF award search). Normally each FY there are ~100-130 or so awards issued, from May 2024 to present there are 47 (1/3) 121
Jarett Wilcoxen @jwilcoxen.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Not popular enough to gain direct funding from Congress so instead we see the pillaging of NIH, NSF, DOE, and others. Good thing those other agencies are well funded... oh wait.... www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comWhite House rolls out AI funding — and signals a new era for US scienceChief US science adviser calls for a shakeup in funding while handing out grants to accelerate research with AI. 020
Jarett Wilcoxen @jwilcoxen.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Not to mention the universities love to brag and advertise how many fellowships they have on campus as though they are the driver not the students and at times the PI. It’s great for the the students all the way on up for many reasons beyond $$ and should be treated that way. 061
Reposted by Jarett WilcoxenAlondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 24/07/2026“NSF has now pulled back $300 million from two of its divisions: mathematics and physical sciences, and computer and information science and engineering. Programme officers…at the NSF, have pulled back 150 proposals that have already passed peer review to free up the money” 08068
Jarett Wilcoxen @jwilcoxen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I don't mind the mailers as much as the rest, mostly because I feel like it supports USPS. Going to be real irritated when I find out they don't actually pay for the delivery or something. 010
Jarett Wilcoxen @jwilcoxen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026It certainly hits a saturating level quickly in WI. Any and all texts get marked as spam at this point, if I could only figure out the mailers and flyers stuck to the door. 110
Reposted by Jarett WilcoxenDr. Paulette Vincent-Ruz @stemxicaned.latinsky.app · 21/05/2026Hey #chemsky just dropping it here that next year I go up for tenure! (I cannot believe it either lol remember the pinkyprincess college days? lol) So if your department is thinking about speakers next yr & you are interested on hearing on amazing chem education research keep me in mind please :) 5408
Jarett Wilcoxen @jwilcoxen.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I need to get to that conference, it’s always been on the list to do and something always comes up. 100
Reposted by Jarett WilcoxenRachel W. Martin @rwmartin.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Anyway, please make sure to get your comments in on the proposed OMB rules changes. I want our system for doing science and training people to continue to be there for little nerds as they grow up. 1183
Reposted by Jarett WilcoxenIan Tonks @ianatonks.bsky.social · 12/07/2026fwiw, this admin isn’t even focused on making pizzas. More like a Ford Pinto, which they have confused for a food product. Or magic beans. 083
Reposted by Jarett WilcoxenChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 11/07/2026🔥 New and HOT in Chemical Science !🔥 "Excited-state orbital angular momentum enables all-optical molecular spin coherence" by Ryan G. Hadt et al. from the California Institute of Technology. Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/d6sc... 042
Reposted by Jarett WilcoxenDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026New: The National Science Foundation is preparing to claw back some $500 million in funds from some of its core science programs in physics, math, computer science, and engineering in order to fund a project from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.nature.comNSF plans cuts to core science programmes to fund White House initiativeA proposed clawback of already distributed research funds comes as the US agency’s budget is already squeezed and it struggling to clear a backlog of grant applications. 19426326
Jarett Wilcoxen @jwilcoxen.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Would be great to see the how to, also how its labeled in a way that satisfies the grad schools (MD/DO, PA, Vet, Dental, PhD, etc), where the descriptions/titles and very rigid check boxes start to matter and play into whether or not they count as fulfilling the requirement of x course and lab 010
Jarett Wilcoxen @jwilcoxen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026@andy-i-nguyen.bsky.social @metallacycle.bsky.social and @joktawiec.bsky.social are organizing the 7th Chicago Regional Inorganic Colloquium, #CRIC2026 on Oct 3rd at @uic-chemistry.bsky.social !! It's a great event for anyone that can make the trip! Details here: chicagoinorganic.wordpress.comchicagoinorganic.wordpress.comChicago Regional Inorganic ColloquiumVisit the post for more. 022
Jarett Wilcoxen @jwilcoxen.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Especially since I use parentheses like side quests with entire thoughts crammed into a sentence that’s only loosely related. 160
Jarett Wilcoxen @jwilcoxen.bsky.social · 05/07/2026After reading these two posts i definitely under use them, new goal set! 210
Reposted by Jarett WilcoxenRibbe Hu Labs @ribbehulab.bsky.social · 02/07/2026We are recruiting postdoctoral scholars to join our laboratories. Come be part of our team in sunny Southern California! faculty.sites.uci.edu/mribbe/avail...faculty.sites.uci.eduAvailable Positions – Ribbe-Hu Laboratory Hu-Ribbe 033