Hey #chemsky - it's time to vote for your favorite molecule in @cenmag.bsky.social's Molecule of the Year contest (curated by the amazing @bribarbu.bsky.social).

Some strong candidates in here. I'm excited to see which molecule will win.
cen.acs.org/synthesis/Mo...

Enjoyed seeing the blue skies and fluffy clouds over Boston!

So excited for you to be recognized as a member of the talented 12, @shirajoudan.bsky.social! I couldn’t think of a more deserving person!

It is disgusting to see that people’s health and wellbeing is being traded in to allow heavily polluting industries to make money. Coal power is the dirtiest form of energy and it should not be deregulated. We all benefit from cleaner air and cleaner water.

Tuesday Feb 11, 2025 is the 10th annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science. 👩‍🔬 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭 🎢 🍎 🥽

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the nation’s largest private funder of biomedical research, yesterday killed a $60 million program aimed at making universities’ STEM education more inclusive. scim.ag/3EtS0US

NSF is still freezing grants and reviewing for potential clashes with trumps edicts: terms such as“broadening participation” language, foreign assistance, climate science, domestic energy” all flagged. This is insane, career wrecking and damaging for quality science 😡🧪

Postdocs are systematically underfunded and now, if you have NSF funding, not getting paid at all

We're 5 months into January but we can now confidently say that there is only 1 day left! It's been a long one but you did it! We did it and we're almost there.

Students and researchers who are in the US on temporary visas are worried about how immigration policies passed by the second Trump administration will affect them. cen.acs.org/policy/Trump... #phdsky #academicsky #STEM #phdchat #academicchatter #chemsky

Finally decided to join in here to see what all of my chem friends are up to!