Steven Silverman
@asymtmm.bsky.social
Process Chemist at #MerckChemistry, ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Past Program Chair, 2025 Chair-Elect, ACS Fellow
Congratulations to the @organicdivision.org Industrial Early and Mid-Career Investigator Awardees! This year, we were able to partner with @acsmedi.bsky.social and ANYL to recognize even more outstanding scientists. Looking forward to hearing everyone’s award talks next month in Washington, DC!
July 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Congratulations to the @organicdivision.org Industrial Early and Mid-Career Investigator Awardees! This year, we were able to partner with @acsmedi.bsky.social and ANYL to recognize even more outstanding scientists. Looking forward to hearing everyone’s award talks next month in Washington, DC!
After not posting for a while, I figured five simultaneous fireworks displays around lower Manhattan was a good start. Perk of living a couple blocks from the Hudson :)
July 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
After not posting for a while, I figured five simultaneous fireworks displays around lower Manhattan was a good start. Perk of living a couple blocks from the Hudson :)
Just one more week to submit nominations for the 2025 Industrial Early and Mid-Career Investigator Awards, so nominate a colleague today! Looking forward to a great set of award talks this fall!
www.organicdivision.org/earlycareeri...
www.organicdivision.org/midcareerinv...
@organicdivision.org
www.organicdivision.org/earlycareeri...
www.organicdivision.org/midcareerinv...
@organicdivision.org
Early Career Investigator Award - ACS Division of Organic Chemistry
The Early Career Investigator Award Symposium is for investigators who are in a non-academic setting and are no more than 10 years into their career.
www.organicdivision.org
February 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Just one more week to submit nominations for the 2025 Industrial Early and Mid-Career Investigator Awards, so nominate a colleague today! Looking forward to a great set of award talks this fall!
www.organicdivision.org/earlycareeri...
www.organicdivision.org/midcareerinv...
@organicdivision.org
www.organicdivision.org/earlycareeri...
www.organicdivision.org/midcareerinv...
@organicdivision.org
Let’s be clear, any asterisk RFK puts on his newfound pro-vaccine stance (“we just need to ask questions”) tells us exactly what his HHS intentions are. He is profoundly anti-science and has zero credibility. One of the more telling moments from today’s stream of lies… www.cnn.com/2025/01/29/p...
Sanders asks RFK Jr. about his former org. selling anti-vaccine baby onesies | CNN Politics
During the Senate confirmation hearing for HHS nominee Robert Kennedy Jr., Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) questioned Kennedy’s support for the Children’s Health Defense, an organization that Kennedy chair...
www.cnn.com
January 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Let’s be clear, any asterisk RFK puts on his newfound pro-vaccine stance (“we just need to ask questions”) tells us exactly what his HHS intentions are. He is profoundly anti-science and has zero credibility. One of the more telling moments from today’s stream of lies… www.cnn.com/2025/01/29/p...
Agency heads must ask employees “if they know of any efforts to disguise (DEI) programs by using coded or imprecise language.”
Sounds like he’s still a dictator on day 2. Who would have guessed?
Sounds like he’s still a dictator on day 2. Who would have guessed?
January 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Agency heads must ask employees “if they know of any efforts to disguise (DEI) programs by using coded or imprecise language.”
Sounds like he’s still a dictator on day 2. Who would have guessed?
Sounds like he’s still a dictator on day 2. Who would have guessed?
Aww, come on @nytimes.com! I’m sensing some alkane bias.
January 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Aww, come on @nytimes.com! I’m sensing some alkane bias.
So excited to see this published! Thionucleosides can be incredibly challenging to make due to the need for oxidation state changes at sulfur during the synthesis. Collaborating with the Britton group, we’ve been able to make them using a short, selective sequence!
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
A flexible and scalable synthesis of 4′-thionucleosides
4′-Thionucleosides (thNAs) are synthetic nucleoside analogues that have attracted attention as leads for drug discovery in oncology and virology. Here we report a de novo thNA synthesis that relies on...
pubs.rsc.org
November 27, 2024 at 7:07 PM
So excited to see this published! Thionucleosides can be incredibly challenging to make due to the need for oxidation state changes at sulfur during the synthesis. Collaborating with the Britton group, we’ve been able to make them using a short, selective sequence!
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Reposted by Steven Silverman
Reminder: On December 1
Applications for Travel Awards to Spring ACS are Due
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Organic Syntheses Research Grants for PUI Faculty are Due
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Applications for Travel Awards to Spring ACS are Due
zurl.co/o5XR
Organic Syntheses Research Grants for PUI Faculty are Due
zurl.co/P254
Travel Awards - ACS Division of Organic Chemistry
Travel Awards are offered for undergraduate and graduate students and faculty at PUI for travel to ACS National Meetings
zurl.co
November 22, 2024 at 12:38 AM
Reminder: On December 1
Applications for Travel Awards to Spring ACS are Due
zurl.co/o5XR
Organic Syntheses Research Grants for PUI Faculty are Due
zurl.co/P254
Applications for Travel Awards to Spring ACS are Due
zurl.co/o5XR
Organic Syntheses Research Grants for PUI Faculty are Due
zurl.co/P254
I’m so excited to be serving the DOC as next year’s chair-elect! Thanks to everyone who voted and who ran for office. Looking forward to continuing to volunteer for the community!
It is our pleasure to announce the new members of the Executive Committee. Congratulations!
Chair- Elect: Steve Silverman
Councilor: Lisa McElwee-White
Alternate Councilors: Jon Rainier and Yang Yang
Members at large: Alison Frontier, Eric Anslyn, Annabel Ansel, and Paul Blakemore
Chair- Elect: Steve Silverman
Councilor: Lisa McElwee-White
Alternate Councilors: Jon Rainier and Yang Yang
Members at large: Alison Frontier, Eric Anslyn, Annabel Ansel, and Paul Blakemore
November 18, 2024 at 9:02 PM
I’m so excited to be serving the DOC as next year’s chair-elect! Thanks to everyone who voted and who ran for office. Looking forward to continuing to volunteer for the community!
Reposted by Steven Silverman
The ACS Division of Organic Chemistry has joined the Chemsky community!
November 15, 2024 at 9:59 PM
The ACS Division of Organic Chemistry has joined the Chemsky community!
Reposted by Steven Silverman
RFK Jr.’s to-do list to make America "healthy" has health experts worried, and advocates for public health are not mincing words with their criticism
RFK Jr.’s to-do list to make America ‘healthy’ has health experts worried | CNN
Although Trump signaled in the runup to the election that he planned to let the vaccine skeptic “go wild” on health, food and medicine, Kennedy’s official selection for the nation’s top health post se...
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November 15, 2024 at 1:35 PM
RFK Jr.’s to-do list to make America "healthy" has health experts worried, and advocates for public health are not mincing words with their criticism
Nominations for the 2025 Early Career Investigator Award are now being accepted! This year we’ve partnered with the Divisions of Medicinal and Analytical Chemistry to showcase the interdisciplinary nature of industrial research. Nominate a colleague today! www.organicdivision.org/earlycareeri...
Early Career Investigator Award - ACS Division of Organic Chemistry
The Early Career Investigator Award Symposium is for investigators who are in a non-academic setting and are no more than 10 years into their career.
www.organicdivision.org
November 13, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Nominations for the 2025 Early Career Investigator Award are now being accepted! This year we’ve partnered with the Divisions of Medicinal and Analytical Chemistry to showcase the interdisciplinary nature of industrial research. Nominate a colleague today! www.organicdivision.org/earlycareeri...