Michael Haley – UOregon Chemistry
@uohaleylab.bsky.social
News/n/views from UOregon Professor Mike Haley 🇺🇸🏳️🌈+related chemical research at UO & beyond. Lover of cool science & all chemistry that's pi-electron-rich (#PiSky ⌬). He/him – foodie/vino/travel/gardening/Frenchton owner (or owned by the Frenchton?)
Hmmmm.... it would seem to me this company needs to hire someone to "prroofread" their marketing emails....
September 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Hmmmm.... it would seem to me this company needs to hire someone to "prroofread" their marketing emails....
Yukon gold harvest time – 10+ pounds of 'taters from one wine barrel – not too shabby! The first pic was from 4 weeks ago. The tops had died back to very few leaves, which suggested that it was time to harvest. The other wine barrel has green beans, which I have been enjoying since mid-May.
June 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Yukon gold harvest time – 10+ pounds of 'taters from one wine barrel – not too shabby! The first pic was from 4 weeks ago. The tops had died back to very few leaves, which suggested that it was time to harvest. The other wine barrel has green beans, which I have been enjoying since mid-May.
New grant means finally updating supplies and equipment in the lab. I cannot recall the last time we bought heating mantles... clearly, it was long overdue, but the one on the right still works!
June 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
New grant means finally updating supplies and equipment in the lab. I cannot recall the last time we bought heating mantles... clearly, it was long overdue, but the one on the right still works!
Garden 2025 looking great!!! A bit behind this year but I don’t care!
June 1, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Garden 2025 looking great!!! A bit behind this year but I don’t care!
One of the most important emails I have received for 2025. THANK YOU to the reviewers and panelists of our NSF proposal for believing in my group's scientific endeavors on PN-heterocycles (azaphosphinines) one more time. This will provide research funds for my group until fall 2028. #chemsky #pisky
May 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Big congratulations 🎊🍾🎈 to Dr. Efrain Vidal Jr., the newest PhD from the Haley Lab at UO. Super happy to get this one over the goal line - excited to see what comes next in his career! On the flip side, he is the very last student on the IF project ☹️…
May 20, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Big congratulations 🎊🍾🎈 to Dr. Efrain Vidal Jr., the newest PhD from the Haley Lab at UO. Super happy to get this one over the goal line - excited to see what comes next in his career! On the flip side, he is the very last student on the IF project ☹️…
Complete garden 2025 ready to go into the ground ANY day now. A couple more days of nice and sunny 70F weather like this and I am pulling the trigger! #chemistswhogarden
April 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Complete garden 2025 ready to go into the ground ANY day now. A couple more days of nice and sunny 70F weather like this and I am pulling the trigger! #chemistswhogarden
April is “plant starts in every window sill” month—tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, eggplant, tomatillos, and beans. I'm only missing a few peppers and some basil—essentially a whole garden waiting until it is warm enough to plant outdoors. Salad greens are outside already. #chemistswhogarden
April 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
April is “plant starts in every window sill” month—tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, eggplant, tomatillos, and beans. I'm only missing a few peppers and some basil—essentially a whole garden waiting until it is warm enough to plant outdoors. Salad greens are outside already. #chemistswhogarden
Come join us at Pacifichem 2025 in Hawaii this December! We have a great group of Invited Speakers and room for a number of Contributed Talks. It should be an excellent 2.5 days (December 18-20) of science!
March 18, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Come join us at Pacifichem 2025 in Hawaii this December! We have a great group of Invited Speakers and room for a number of Contributed Talks. It should be an excellent 2.5 days (December 18-20) of science!
A windowsill full of tomato starts!
March 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A windowsill full of tomato starts!
Something tells me that I am going to have PLENTY of tomato starts to share later this spring! These babies are Mortgage Lifters and San Marzano Gigante. Other window has Bicolor Beefsteak and Better Boy seedlings. Planted spinach, lettuce, & bok choy starts outside this morning. #chemistswhogarden
February 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Something tells me that I am going to have PLENTY of tomato starts to share later this spring! These babies are Mortgage Lifters and San Marzano Gigante. Other window has Bicolor Beefsteak and Better Boy seedlings. Planted spinach, lettuce, & bok choy starts outside this morning. #chemistswhogarden
Yet again, our professional chemistry societies take advantage of their hapless members. I reserved on Expedia 3 studio apts located 5 minutes away from the Hilton Hawaiian Village (where our symposium takes place) for $209/night. Room includes kitchenette, king bed & queen bed – nuff said. #ripoff
February 20, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Yet again, our professional chemistry societies take advantage of their hapless members. I reserved on Expedia 3 studio apts located 5 minutes away from the Hilton Hawaiian Village (where our symposium takes place) for $209/night. Room includes kitchenette, king bed & queen bed – nuff said. #ripoff
Garden 2025 is off and running! Lots of early season greens (bok choi, spinach, lettuces, etc) under the grow lights and 160(!) tomato seeds planted this afternoon. I’ll give most of the tomatoes away but better safe than sorry to excess plants than too few - not wanting to repeat 2021s die off.
February 16, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Garden 2025 is off and running! Lots of early season greens (bok choi, spinach, lettuces, etc) under the grow lights and 160(!) tomato seeds planted this afternoon. I’ll give most of the tomatoes away but better safe than sorry to excess plants than too few - not wanting to repeat 2021s die off.
This is absolutely ABSURD! A "discounted" rate of $334 per night plus taxes??? The American Chemical Society should be embarrassed by these housing prices, along with their high registration prices. Save your money and go to a GRC meeting and get so much more out scientifically. #chemsky
February 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is absolutely ABSURD! A "discounted" rate of $334 per night plus taxes??? The American Chemical Society should be embarrassed by these housing prices, along with their high registration prices. Save your money and go to a GRC meeting and get so much more out scientifically. #chemsky
Great day on the Oregon coast and hiking in the coast range with @aromaticist.bsky.social and Holger Bettinger. Cool but wonderfully sunny. We even saw a herd of 30-40 elk! The hike got cut short before we could reach the top of the waterfall section as you can see the damaged bridge above my head.
February 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Great day on the Oregon coast and hiking in the coast range with @aromaticist.bsky.social and Holger Bettinger. Cool but wonderfully sunny. We even saw a herd of 30-40 elk! The hike got cut short before we could reach the top of the waterfall section as you can see the damaged bridge above my head.
Happy to report some 14 days after his emergency spinal surgery, RB2 got his staples out this afternoon. Vet was very pleased by his progress. Gonna be a wicked scar but who cares? Still on painkillers and sedatives for a few more weeks, but he will power through!
February 7, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Happy to report some 14 days after his emergency spinal surgery, RB2 got his staples out this afternoon. Vet was very pleased by his progress. Gonna be a wicked scar but who cares? Still on painkillers and sedatives for a few more weeks, but he will power through!
Thanks! He is passed out in the sun currently.
January 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Thanks! He is passed out in the sun currently.
What a rollercoaster ride the last 72 h – Rocky herniated a disk between his C3-C4 vertebrae, requiring emergency surgery (note staples in neck). After a 40 h recovery, he came home, hopped up on many drugs. Doing great this morning. Expensive surgery ($10K) but my lil’ buddy is WORTH EVERY PENNY!
January 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
What a rollercoaster ride the last 72 h – Rocky herniated a disk between his C3-C4 vertebrae, requiring emergency surgery (note staples in neck). After a 40 h recovery, he came home, hopped up on many drugs. Doing great this morning. Expensive surgery ($10K) but my lil’ buddy is WORTH EVERY PENNY!
Garden 2025 has sprouted! First of the 80+ garlic bulbs to pop, harvested parsley yesterday to make homemade chimichurri for my steak tonight, and am now planting pak choi, spinach, lettuce, and mesclun mix seeds to start in the south bedroom windows. Here we go! #chemistswhogarden
January 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Garden 2025 has sprouted! First of the 80+ garlic bulbs to pop, harvested parsley yesterday to make homemade chimichurri for my steak tonight, and am now planting pak choi, spinach, lettuce, and mesclun mix seeds to start in the south bedroom windows. Here we go! #chemistswhogarden
My god-this brings back terrible memories of the 1991 Oakland firestorm. The street that I lived on (Pleasant Valley) was the evacuation line-my apt building is starred. It was one of the most apocalyptic things ever, though I fear the current LA area event will dwarf this in comparison. Stay safe!
January 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
My god-this brings back terrible memories of the 1991 Oakland firestorm. The street that I lived on (Pleasant Valley) was the evacuation line-my apt building is starred. It was one of the most apocalyptic things ever, though I fear the current LA area event will dwarf this in comparison. Stay safe!
Here's a meal I have not cooked in a LONG time - tsukune miso nobe. It's a “hot pot” of chicken meatballs in miso broth with spinach and copious mushrooms. The meatballs are spiked with ginger, green onion tops, and miso paste – damn tasty! Paired with an Oregon "orange" wine = YUM! #chemistswhocook
December 31, 2024 at 2:22 AM
Here's a meal I have not cooked in a LONG time - tsukune miso nobe. It's a “hot pot” of chicken meatballs in miso broth with spinach and copious mushrooms. The meatballs are spiked with ginger, green onion tops, and miso paste – damn tasty! Paired with an Oregon "orange" wine = YUM! #chemistswhocook
Anal college professor planting garlic cloves for next summer - an annual event every winter break. 27 in ground already & 36 still to bury. Celery, arugula & parsley still alive. Second bed is a few onions & volunteer feldsalat/lambs lettuce that I seem to miss every year. Not complaining mind you!
December 28, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Anal college professor planting garlic cloves for next summer - an annual event every winter break. 27 in ground already & 36 still to bury. Celery, arugula & parsley still alive. Second bed is a few onions & volunteer feldsalat/lambs lettuce that I seem to miss every year. Not complaining mind you!
And now the “surf” to go with the “turf” - Dungeness crab last night, lobster tonight, and king salmon tomorrow. I eat well…😁
December 28, 2024 at 3:59 AM
And now the “surf” to go with the “turf” - Dungeness crab last night, lobster tonight, and king salmon tomorrow. I eat well…😁
Dry-brined a 5-lb ribeye roast for Christmas dinner, then smeared it with garlic butter. Roasted at 500 °F for 25 min & then let rest for 2 hr. Absolutely spectacular - 2.5 pounds left, so several more meals! Now listening to The Cure concert from Nov 1 – excellent day – youtube.com/watch?v=_aWD...
December 26, 2024 at 5:24 AM
Dry-brined a 5-lb ribeye roast for Christmas dinner, then smeared it with garlic butter. Roasted at 500 °F for 25 min & then let rest for 2 hr. Absolutely spectacular - 2.5 pounds left, so several more meals! Now listening to The Cure concert from Nov 1 – excellent day – youtube.com/watch?v=_aWD...
Damn - should be a great match! I am little less awesome…some 2018 WA cab with this bad boy.
December 26, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Damn - should be a great match! I am little less awesome…some 2018 WA cab with this bad boy.