Jimmy Hougland
@drhougs.bsky.social
(he/him/his) Biological chemist / enzymologist studying protein lipidation; ghrelin enthusiast; Father/Husband; Cubs Fan #FirstGen
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PSA: Many of you may have noticed a website floating around called formatmypaper(dot)com. People rightly noted something was fishy. I dig into what happened here:
open.substack.com/pub/ubadah/p...
open.substack.com/pub/ubadah/p...
Beware giving this site your unpublished data
Users noticed the website had fake testimonials and a domain name registered seemingly overnight.
open.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
PSA: Many of you may have noticed a website floating around called formatmypaper(dot)com. People rightly noted something was fishy. I dig into what happened here:
open.substack.com/pub/ubadah/p...
open.substack.com/pub/ubadah/p...
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Chicago peeps, if you don't have plans tonight, I'm filling in as B.B. King In Blue Heaven at Black Ensemble Theater. It's a good time, come check us out.
Blue Heaven | Black Ensemble Theater
www.blackensembletheater.org
October 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Chicago peeps, if you don't have plans tonight, I'm filling in as B.B. King In Blue Heaven at Black Ensemble Theater. It's a good time, come check us out.
Guess my NIH proposal gets to just sit there for a while, was supposed to go to study section this week...
Welp. Thanks to the Republican gov shutdown I have a bunch of hours back in my week due to a NIH study section not meeting.
These poor applicants. They will be waiting week by week for government to reopen and to find out what will happen to their grant application.
These poor applicants. They will be waiting week by week for government to reopen and to find out what will happen to their grant application.
October 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Guess my NIH proposal gets to just sit there for a while, was supposed to go to study section this week...
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Attention biomedical science postdocs! If you are on the faculty job market we are recruiting you to help us understand your experiences of being on the job market. Your participation will help us better understand the various factors that influence faculty job offers.
October 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Attention biomedical science postdocs! If you are on the faculty job market we are recruiting you to help us understand your experiences of being on the job market. Your participation will help us better understand the various factors that influence faculty job offers.
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This is outstanding news, and a perfect example of why we need to continue to support scientific research.
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This is outstanding news, and a perfect example of why we need to continue to support scientific research.
Things I am grateful for today: the ability to send my daughter away at college emotional-support stroopwafels
September 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Things I am grateful for today: the ability to send my daughter away at college emotional-support stroopwafels
It's Not Too Noisy On The Western Front
Slightly diminish a book
12 Well-mannered Men
12 Well-mannered Men
Slightly diminish a book.
Something Naughty This Way Comes.
Something Naughty This Way Comes.
September 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It's Not Too Noisy On The Western Front
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Anyone from the University of Montreal here? Please DM.
Please RT.
Please RT.
September 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Anyone from the University of Montreal here? Please DM.
Please RT.
Please RT.
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Nearly all PhDs take 5 years--with finishing in 4 a rare outcome. This is deliberately designed to eliminate the international powerhouse that is US postgraduate training.
Trump admin planning to change student visas from lasting for duration of academic program to fixed 4-yr term, and then much harder to renew
Could destroy US ability to attract global talent, particularly those seeking advanced degrees in STEM. The median time to complete a PhD is 5.7 yrs per NSF.
Could destroy US ability to attract global talent, particularly those seeking advanced degrees in STEM. The median time to complete a PhD is 5.7 yrs per NSF.
Trump Deals A New Immigration Blow To International Students
Trump officials have proposed a new rule limiting international students to fixed periods of entry, making a U.S. education more precarious.
www.forbes.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Nearly all PhDs take 5 years--with finishing in 4 a rare outcome. This is deliberately designed to eliminate the international powerhouse that is US postgraduate training.
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I am delighted to announce that the UW Department of Biochemistry has opened searches for TWO tenure-track positions.
Descriptions and links in the following two posts.
Descriptions and links in the following two posts.
August 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I am delighted to announce that the UW Department of Biochemistry has opened searches for TWO tenure-track positions.
Descriptions and links in the following two posts.
Descriptions and links in the following two posts.
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Faculty opening in Cornell Chemistry at the Assistant Professor level in the area of chemical biology, broadly defined! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30338 #chemjobs
Cornell University, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Job #AJO30338, WDR-00054776 Assistant Professor - Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University (Ithaca, NY), Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
academicjobsonline.org
August 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Faculty opening in Cornell Chemistry at the Assistant Professor level in the area of chemical biology, broadly defined! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30338 #chemjobs
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The American Chemical Society announced that the ACS Board of Directors has approved $2.5 million to be granted to graduate students who have been impacted by the termination or cancellation of their adviser’s research grant(s) cen.acs.org/acs-news/acs... #chemsky
ACS announces millions in funding for students affected by terminated grants
The grants will help students within 1 year of completion of their degree
cen.acs.org
August 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The American Chemical Society announced that the ACS Board of Directors has approved $2.5 million to be granted to graduate students who have been impacted by the termination or cancellation of their adviser’s research grant(s) cen.acs.org/acs-news/acs... #chemsky
And that is how we do that, everyone is welcome at the periodic table #inclusion
ACS Council approves the petition to establish the Committee on the Advancement of LGBTQ+ Chemists, 86% to 14%.
#chemsky 🧪⚗️ #acsfall2025
#chemsky 🧪⚗️ #acsfall2025
August 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
And that is how we do that, everyone is welcome at the periodic table #inclusion
Nice run in DC before the @acsbiol.bsky.social program starts this morning! #ACSFall2025
August 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Nice run in DC before the @acsbiol.bsky.social program starts this morning! #ACSFall2025
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Pope Leo at Mass with the Poor: “Avoid drawing distinctions between those who serve and those who are served. Each one is a gift to the others and we are all members of a Church of the poor.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope in Albano: Welcome Christ in the poor - Vatican News
In the Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Rotonda in Albano, Pope Leo presided over Mass and expressed his gratitude for the diocese in serving others ...
www.vaticannews.va
August 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Pope Leo at Mass with the Poor: “Avoid drawing distinctions between those who serve and those who are served. Each one is a gift to the others and we are all members of a Church of the poor.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Nice early morning 6 miler with @castanedalab.bsky.social 🏃♂️
August 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Nice early morning 6 miler with @castanedalab.bsky.social 🏃♂️
Very well put
As always, Ted Chiang is great in this interview.
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
August 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Very well put
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Here it is folks, your guide to #ACSFall2025! Check out the awesome lineup of sessions #ACSBIOL is putting on, including tons of joint sessions with our friends at CARB, CELL, @acsmedi.bsky.social, @organicdivision.org, and @acscomp.bsky.social!
August 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Here it is folks, your guide to #ACSFall2025! Check out the awesome lineup of sessions #ACSBIOL is putting on, including tons of joint sessions with our friends at CARB, CELL, @acsmedi.bsky.social, @organicdivision.org, and @acscomp.bsky.social!
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I swear if we reach 1000 followers on here before #ACSFall2025 I'll eat an entire banana 🍌
August 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I swear if we reach 1000 followers on here before #ACSFall2025 I'll eat an entire banana 🍌
One of the most valuable things I was told by my postdoc advisor (applicable to both papers and grants):" it's not what you write, it's what they read"
this is probably in the "being an academic 101" syllabus but I've found that even reviewers who are completely wrong or missed the point can provide an opportunity to improve wording so that other readers are less likely to make the same error, even if you don't do what they ask
August 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
One of the most valuable things I was told by my postdoc advisor (applicable to both papers and grants):" it's not what you write, it's what they read"
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you joy and happiness:
August 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you joy and happiness:
34, greatly assisted by trips every year to a new MLB ballpark for our wedding anniversary
July 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
34, greatly assisted by trips every year to a new MLB ballpark for our wedding anniversary