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Jared Shaw @shawshankrxn.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I had the same thought when I walked through the @ucdavis.bsky.social arboretum in 2008 and noticed displays on everything EXCEPT chemistry, so I made it part of my first NSF and now we have 5 permanent exhibits on the medicinal chemistry of natural products from plants that grow there!

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Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics @ucdavisipn.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

#UCDavisIPN Affiliates @tantillogroup.bsky.social and @shawshankrxn.bsky.social published a new way to build chiral aromatic 5-membered heterocycles, unlocking potential for replacing flat heteroarenes with tetrahedral stereogenic centers. Find out why it matters for #medicinalchemistry:

cen.acs.org

Reaction rounds up atoms into unusual cyclic compounds

Chiral aromatic heterocycles could be novel motifs in drug candidates

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Bethany Halford @bethanyhalford.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Who doesn't love a good heterocycle? The ones from @shawshankrxn.bsky.social's group are both aromatic and chiral, and could be used as motifs in drug candidates. My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social. #chemsky🧪 cen.acs.org/synthesis/ch...

cen.acs.org

Reaction rounds up atoms into unusual cyclic compounds

Chiral aromatic heterocycles could be novel motifs in drug candidates

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Jared Shaw @shawshankrxn.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Explain your @ I was given the nickname based on a movie that came out the year I started graduate school, and while I do not seek redemption, I do seek reactions!

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Jared Shaw @shawshankrxn.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Fueling up for the first week of summer with provisions for the week! #bearnecessities

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Jared Shaw @shawshankrxn.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Honestly, getting connected wtih @younglandis.bsky.social & CapSciComm was a big inflection point for Davis Science Cafe!! Thanks for all your support while you were here!!

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Jared Shaw @shawshankrxn.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Join us @ucdavis.bsky.social as our new mass spec postdoc! You will get to collaborate with great scientists and oversee our newly relocated (to the chemistry department) Campus Mass Spec Facility (CMSF)! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07070

recruit.ucdavis.edu

Postdoctoral Employee in the Chemistry Department

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

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Jared Shaw @shawshankrxn.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Officially welcoming our two newest PhD students, Hunter & Lola!

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Jared Shaw @shawshankrxn.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Ok, in all of these #valkilmer retrospectives, why is no one discussing one of his most influential films, i.e. the one that inspired legions of future physical chemists!

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Jared Shaw @shawshankrxn.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

What? Spelling Bee needs to update their dictionary!!

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Jared Shaw @shawshankrxn.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Well, I finally did it...deactivated my account on TPFKAT...time to update my email signature, letterhead, and title slide for my talks!!

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Jared Shaw @shawshankrxn.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Got a question for my colleagues at "state," or rather "state-supported" schools...how much of your budget comes from your state? A whopping 7% of the @ucdavis.bsky.social budget comes from CA taxpayers! 😂 Drop your number below so I can see where I stand!

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Jared Shaw @shawshankrxn.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Just finished sending 30 (or so) grad school rec letters...could be an all-time LOW for the last decade! #chemsky

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Jared Shaw @shawshankrxn.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Want an inside scoop on applying to grad school in STEM with a special emphasis in chemistry? look no further than the most recent podcast from @basicallydoctors.bsky.social!

open.spotify.com

Basically, How To Get Into Graduate School (Feat. Prof. Jared Shaw)

Basically Doctors · Episode

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Jared Shaw @shawshankrxn.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I have an incredible PhD student who is graduating shortly and looking for opportunities in industry...email me for details if you have an opening!

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Jared Shaw @shawshankrxn.bsky.social · 27/03/2024

love NMR? Wanna work at UC Davis?? careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucdavis/...

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Jared Shaw @shawshankrxn.bsky.social · 27/03/2024

Hey #chemsky ...anyone got a super-cool benzylic oxidation that might work for this substrate? We've tried just about everything under the sun...in the top case we either see NR or consumption of SM with no product formation, and in the bottom case we top out at 25%

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Jared Shaw @shawshankrxn.bsky.social · 10/02/2024

Seems like the Spelling Bee list needs to be updated!!

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Jared Shaw @shawshankrxn.bsky.social · 22/01/2024

Check out this recent video looking back on 100 science cafes! www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2Li...

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