Stephen Miller
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Stephen Miller
@semill17.bsky.social
Chemist in CA via Syr/NYC/MD
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If we reach for a cinematic notion of courage, I choose Casablanca.

This scene always makes me cry. m.youtube.com/watch?t=45&u...

Especially because of the story behind it.

These actors are refugees fleeing the Nazis. It’s filmed in summer 1942. They have no idea how things will turn out.
La Marseillaise Casablanca
YouTube video by Andrew Barbin
m.youtube.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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As a student, I was inspired to pursue a career in pharma by reading about the amazing synthetic chemistry innovations that were happening there.

I hope this article can do the same for the next generation of pharmaceutical chemists. #MerckChemistry

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
From Cortisone to Enlicitide: A Journey of Synthetic Chemistry Innovations at Merck
Necessity is the mother of invention. Most synthetic chemistry innovations are driven by our desire to make molecules. In the first half of the 20th century, much of this work was inspired by natural ...
pubs.acs.org
April 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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"I've spent over five decades as a scientist in academia and the federal government," Harold Varmus, the former director of the N.I.H., writes in a guest essay. "Never before have I seen my profession so politicized as it is now under the Trump administration."
Opinion | American Science is Under Attack
The Trump administration hobbles research and endangers the public health.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Hello Bluesky! Excited to join and share my postdoc work with Alanna Schepartz, Matt Francis and @cgemcci.bsky.social now out in JACS: Peptide Backbone Editing via Post-Translational O to C Acyl Shift. Proud of our team of undergrad & early grad students—Check it out!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Peptide Backbone Editing via Post-Translational O to C Acyl Shift
Despite tremendous efforts to engineer translational machinery, replacing the encoded peptide backbone with new-to-nature structures remains a significant challenge. C, H, O, and N are the elements of...
pubs.acs.org
February 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I guess it’s time to get this set up… seems like it’ll take awhile…
December 17, 2024 at 3:28 AM