Laure Kayser
@laurekayser.bsky.social
Asst. Prof. at the University of Delaware - fan of polymers, PEDOT:PSS, bioelectronics, gardening, foraging, fancy food, and birds.
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I'm back home with my dad and have thoughts about being an Indigenous scientist and academic. I'm writing this in real time so it might get disrupted and will have typos.
I am fairly successful by academic standards. I have a tenure track job, wrote papers, have grant funding, mentor students.
I am fairly successful by academic standards. I have a tenure track job, wrote papers, have grant funding, mentor students.
July 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I'm back home with my dad and have thoughts about being an Indigenous scientist and academic. I'm writing this in real time so it might get disrupted and will have typos.
I am fairly successful by academic standards. I have a tenure track job, wrote papers, have grant funding, mentor students.
I am fairly successful by academic standards. I have a tenure track job, wrote papers, have grant funding, mentor students.
@vidhikadamani.bsky.social painted the most beautiful image for our perspective on stimuli-responsive conductive polymers in @pubs.acs.org Chemistry of Materials for their Up-and-Coming series and it made the journal cover!
See #MyACSCover here:
pubs.acs.org/toc/cmatex/3...
See #MyACSCover here:
pubs.acs.org/toc/cmatex/3...
Chemistry of Materials
The chameleon is perhaps the most famous animal representing stimuli-response in nature. To illustrate our perspective, we therefore chose to enhance the chameleon with bioelectronic components. View ...
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July 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
@vidhikadamani.bsky.social painted the most beautiful image for our perspective on stimuli-responsive conductive polymers in @pubs.acs.org Chemistry of Materials for their Up-and-Coming series and it made the journal cover!
See #MyACSCover here:
pubs.acs.org/toc/cmatex/3...
See #MyACSCover here:
pubs.acs.org/toc/cmatex/3...
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🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands.
Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
June 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands.
Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
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The 2016 Nobel prize in chemistry was awarded 'for the design and synthesis of molecular machines'. Ironically, we do not know exactly what constitutes a molecular machine. With the ultimate goal of unifying definitions and standardising terminology, Iupac needs your help!
#ChemSky #ScienceSky
#ChemSky #ScienceSky
Take two polls to help Iupac define molecular machines
An Iupac committee wants your input to guide its recommendations for key terms in the field
www.chemistryworld.com
April 29, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The 2016 Nobel prize in chemistry was awarded 'for the design and synthesis of molecular machines'. Ironically, we do not know exactly what constitutes a molecular machine. With the ultimate goal of unifying definitions and standardising terminology, Iupac needs your help!
#ChemSky #ScienceSky
#ChemSky #ScienceSky
@vidhikadamani.bsky.social and I wrote a Perspective on ‘Stimuli-Responsive Conductive Polymers for Bioelectronics’ now published in Chemistry of Materials @pubs.acs.org. We hope you will enjoy it! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
Stimuli-Responsive Conductive Polymers for Bioelectronics†
Stimuli response, or the ability to respond to environmental cues with changes in behavior, is omnipresent in living systems. Inspiration from this natural behavior has led to the development of polym...
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April 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
@vidhikadamani.bsky.social and I wrote a Perspective on ‘Stimuli-Responsive Conductive Polymers for Bioelectronics’ now published in Chemistry of Materials @pubs.acs.org. We hope you will enjoy it! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
I want to thank @sebvidalchem.bsky.social for his article on safety related to a dichloromethane injection injury! We discussed this article a few months ago and had a similar incident today with DMF. The student was therefore aware of the potential risk. [1/2] pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Safety First: A Recent Case of a Dichloromethane Injection Injury
pubs.acs.org
March 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I want to thank @sebvidalchem.bsky.social for his article on safety related to a dichloromethane injection injury! We discussed this article a few months ago and had a similar incident today with DMF. The student was therefore aware of the potential risk. [1/2] pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵
March 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵
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Reupping this short, 4-post 🧵 about the American "scientific pipeline", so we all understand the long-term economic impact of shutting it off
#SciComm folks are great at popularizing individual fields, but the overall system of funding scientific discovery needs similarly terse explainers
#SciComm folks are great at popularizing individual fields, but the overall system of funding scientific discovery needs similarly terse explainers
Has everyone forgotten how much of American economic progress since WWII stems from technical innovations in the physical + biological sciences?
That without massive funding from the federal government for basic research, little of that era's most lucrative technology originates here?
That without massive funding from the federal government for basic research, little of that era's most lucrative technology originates here?
February 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Reupping this short, 4-post 🧵 about the American "scientific pipeline", so we all understand the long-term economic impact of shutting it off
#SciComm folks are great at popularizing individual fields, but the overall system of funding scientific discovery needs similarly terse explainers
#SciComm folks are great at popularizing individual fields, but the overall system of funding scientific discovery needs similarly terse explainers
My lab made a (much needed) cute card. Will you be the PEDOT to my PSS?
February 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
My lab made a (much needed) cute card. Will you be the PEDOT to my PSS?
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🚨PIs of Training Grants and Programs, ESPECIALLY training grants that support students from historically excluded groups (T32s and T34s, IMSD, MARC, PREP, MOSAIC, etc.)🚨
We need to push back on the loss of information and the disappearance of websites about these resources.
We need to push back on the loss of information and the disappearance of websites about these resources.
January 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🚨PIs of Training Grants and Programs, ESPECIALLY training grants that support students from historically excluded groups (T32s and T34s, IMSD, MARC, PREP, MOSAIC, etc.)🚨
We need to push back on the loss of information and the disappearance of websites about these resources.
We need to push back on the loss of information and the disappearance of websites about these resources.
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LAST CALL! We are seeking nominations for the @acspmse.bsky.social Early Investigator and Future Faculty Awards of the @acs.org. Please nominate a colleague before February 1:
#ACS #PMSE Early Investigator: pmsedivision.org/early-invest...
ACS PMSE Future Faculty: pmsedivision.org/pmse-future-...
#ACS #PMSE Early Investigator: pmsedivision.org/early-invest...
ACS PMSE Future Faculty: pmsedivision.org/pmse-future-...
January 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
LAST CALL! We are seeking nominations for the @acspmse.bsky.social Early Investigator and Future Faculty Awards of the @acs.org. Please nominate a colleague before February 1:
#ACS #PMSE Early Investigator: pmsedivision.org/early-invest...
ACS PMSE Future Faculty: pmsedivision.org/pmse-future-...
#ACS #PMSE Early Investigator: pmsedivision.org/early-invest...
ACS PMSE Future Faculty: pmsedivision.org/pmse-future-...
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The FDA should make a decision on whether or not to approve Vertex Pharmaceuticals suzetrigine today. While an @cenmag.bsky.social editorial fellow, @alexviveros.bsky.social investigated the backstory for us 🧪#chemsky
Pain meets precision medicine
Targeting voltage-gated sodium channels could usher in new opioid-free solutions for pain relief
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January 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The FDA should make a decision on whether or not to approve Vertex Pharmaceuticals suzetrigine today. While an @cenmag.bsky.social editorial fellow, @alexviveros.bsky.social investigated the backstory for us 🧪#chemsky
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#chemjobs #Merckchemistry is hiring - 2 open positions at the associate level. Located at our West Point, PA site close to Philadelphia - with a great team that I just joined not so long ago! Links for info: R330195
bit.ly/40uICc9 R330192
bit.ly/42gC7v2 Please apply if interested #chemsky
bit.ly/40uICc9 R330192
bit.ly/42gC7v2 Please apply if interested #chemsky
Associate Scientist, Chemistry job in West Point, Pennsylvania, United States of America | jobs at Merck
Apply for Associate Scientist, Chemistry job with Merck in West Point, Pennsylvania, United States of America. Browse and apply for the jobs at Merck
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January 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
#chemjobs #Merckchemistry is hiring - 2 open positions at the associate level. Located at our West Point, PA site close to Philadelphia - with a great team that I just joined not so long ago! Links for info: R330195
bit.ly/40uICc9 R330192
bit.ly/42gC7v2 Please apply if interested #chemsky
bit.ly/40uICc9 R330192
bit.ly/42gC7v2 Please apply if interested #chemsky
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"[My adviser] told me that instead of focusing on finding a dream job, I should think about what I am good at and what makes me happy at least 80% of the time. This advice surprised me at first, but it ended up being exactly what I needed to hear." scim.ag/3DHtLCc
To choose a career, I needed to do more than ‘follow my dream’
Practical advice helped this international scientist figure out her post-Ph.D. direction
scim.ag
January 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"[My adviser] told me that instead of focusing on finding a dream job, I should think about what I am good at and what makes me happy at least 80% of the time. This advice surprised me at first, but it ended up being exactly what I needed to hear." scim.ag/3DHtLCc
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Just out in @natrevbioeng.bsky.social, check out our perspective on integrating bioelectronics with cell-based synthetic biology.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Integrating bioelectronics with cell-based synthetic biology - Nature Reviews Bioengineering
Biohybrid devices based on engineered cells interfaced with bioelectronics combine the strengths of each field, resulting in constructs with properties that are not otherwise achievable. In this Revie...
www.nature.com
January 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Just out in @natrevbioeng.bsky.social, check out our perspective on integrating bioelectronics with cell-based synthetic biology.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Happy New Year! I am starting 2025 fresh by unsubscribing from all the email lists I didn’t actually want to subscribe to. Feels great/weird to get almost no emails each day.
NB: Please do not use this post as a hint to send me requests 😘
NB: Please do not use this post as a hint to send me requests 😘
January 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Happy New Year! I am starting 2025 fresh by unsubscribing from all the email lists I didn’t actually want to subscribe to. Feels great/weird to get almost no emails each day.
NB: Please do not use this post as a hint to send me requests 😘
NB: Please do not use this post as a hint to send me requests 😘
Congratulations to Darrin on being elected an NAI fellow @nationalacademies.org !!! #Bundlemers #Polymers
Darrin Pochan, Distinguished Professor of Materials Science at the University of Delaware, has been named to the National Academy of Inventors’ 2024 Class of Fellows. Pochan’s research uses peptides—protein building blocks—to form new materials.
University of Delaware innovator recognized | UDaily
Darrin Pochan elected a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors for contributions to soft materials innovation and invention
www.udel.edu
December 13, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Congratulations to Darrin on being elected an NAI fellow @nationalacademies.org !!! #Bundlemers #Polymers
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The Argonne Catalysis Group is hiring for a postdoc position in Chemical Plastic Recycling! If you're interested in Polymer Science, Recyclable Polymers, and/or Catalysis, and looking for a postdoc position, check out the posting below! #chemsky 🧪⚗️
argonne.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Argonne_Care...
argonne.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Argonne_Care...
Postdoctoral Appointee - Catalysis and Polymer Science
Conducts research as part of a multidisciplinary team in chemical recycling of polymers and organometallic catalysis. The project will involve designing, synthesizing, and characterizing new recyclabl...
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December 5, 2024 at 9:18 PM
The Argonne Catalysis Group is hiring for a postdoc position in Chemical Plastic Recycling! If you're interested in Polymer Science, Recyclable Polymers, and/or Catalysis, and looking for a postdoc position, check out the posting below! #chemsky 🧪⚗️
argonne.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Argonne_Care...
argonne.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Argonne_Care...
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The way to get to do shit you want to do is to first do shit that you don’t want to do. #mentorship
December 3, 2024 at 5:05 PM
The way to get to do shit you want to do is to first do shit that you don’t want to do. #mentorship
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#chemsky I made a starter pack of women in organic electronics! Comment below if you’d like to be added 🤗
@stingelin.bsky.social
@luscombeoist.bsky.social
@jovanavmilic.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/SR66ikV
@stingelin.bsky.social
@luscombeoist.bsky.social
@jovanavmilic.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/SR66ikV
November 23, 2024 at 1:55 PM
#chemsky I made a starter pack of women in organic electronics! Comment below if you’d like to be added 🤗
@stingelin.bsky.social
@luscombeoist.bsky.social
@jovanavmilic.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/SR66ikV
@stingelin.bsky.social
@luscombeoist.bsky.social
@jovanavmilic.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/SR66ikV
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Some of your students may find this useful: youtu.be/FqEstAs0M6E
Applying to grad school in STEM fields: to reach out to the PI or not?
YouTube video by Darren Lipomi
youtu.be
November 20, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Some of your students may find this useful: youtu.be/FqEstAs0M6E
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Re-introducing myself here. I'm a PhD candidate in Materials Science and Engineering at UDelaware, working on conducting and stimuli-responsive polymers. Polymers and coatings engineer from India. Passionate about science, food, art, animals. 👩🏻🔬🍛🎨🐶 :)
November 20, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Re-introducing myself here. I'm a PhD candidate in Materials Science and Engineering at UDelaware, working on conducting and stimuli-responsive polymers. Polymers and coatings engineer from India. Passionate about science, food, art, animals. 👩🏻🔬🍛🎨🐶 :)
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#compchemsky & #chemsky: I am looking for a guest 🎤 lecturer for my UG class showcasing real-world uses of AI/ML, quantum chemistry, MD simulations - who’s interested? 💻🧬🧪
November 19, 2024 at 10:13 AM
#compchemsky & #chemsky: I am looking for a guest 🎤 lecturer for my UG class showcasing real-world uses of AI/ML, quantum chemistry, MD simulations - who’s interested? 💻🧬🧪
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🚨⏳ Only a few hours left!! Make sure to submit your abstracts to this excellent symposium on "Integrating High-Throughput Techniques and Digital Technologies for #Sustainability" at #ACSSpring2025
bit.ly/3XF7jzU
bit.ly/3XF7jzU
September 30, 2024 at 9:24 PM
🚨⏳ Only a few hours left!! Make sure to submit your abstracts to this excellent symposium on "Integrating High-Throughput Techniques and Digital Technologies for #Sustainability" at #ACSSpring2025
bit.ly/3XF7jzU
bit.ly/3XF7jzU