Jeff Lipshultz

tremendous news - congrats Grace!

flyer for virtual info session on Stony Brook Chemistry's PhD Program - link to register is in the skeet

If you (or an undergraduate in your life) is thinking about graduate school in Chemistry, I want to share that Stony Brook Chemistry will be holding two virtual info sessions in about 2 weeks on our PhD program! Register: forms.gle/exxMufpr2dLv...

photo from the back of baby boy dressed in Aaron Judge costume for Halloween

Happy Halloween!

We (SBU Chemistry) are looking for an Organic Chemistry Lecturer! Happy to answer any questions as best I can! apply.interfolio.com/174569 #facultychemjobs

I was told that the citric acid cycle is "memorize the citric acid cycle, forget the citric acid cycle, repeat"

Hi #chemsky, we are having lots of trouble acquiring methyl vinyl ketone. Several suppliers, @sigmaaldrich.bsky.social, @thermofishersci.bsky.social, claim that they have it, but they actually do not, and they claim they do not know when it will arrive from their supplier.

America’s brain drain

No words

honestly devastated to miss this cake today 🤤🤤

happy 26th birthday to agniva!! 🎂

We are looking for another senior faculty! This one in Chemical Biology, especially with a focus on infectious disease. Come be our colleague!

Bumping this, as we are ~ half way to the deadline. Come be my colleague!

‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded

Today was a hard day for Ph.D. students who found out that they can no longer apply for NSF's prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program. "Devastating“ was how one student described it to me. #GradSchool #NSFGRFP

www.science.org/content/arti...

This means individuals in the following statuses at the time of application are eligible: Undergraduate in the final (senior) year of a bachelor’s degree program Bachelor’s degree-holder with NO enrollment in a graduate degree program (non-degree graduate coursework allowed) Individual enrolled in a joint bachelor’s-master’s degree program with at least three undergraduate years completed First-year graduate student in their first graduate degree program with less than one academic year completed in the degree program (according to institution’s academic calendar) Individuals enrolled in joint bachelor’s-master’s degree programs are considered graduate students. For GRFP, joint bachelor’s-master’s degrees are defined as degrees concurrently pursued and awarded. Not be a current NSF employee. Applications that do not meet eligibility requirements will be returned without review as being ineligible for a fellowship.

Announcing such a major change to NSF GRFP this late in the cycle is incredibly cruel. 2nd yr students (mine included) have been working so hard on their proposals despite ongoing uncertainty. They are driven and passionate about being outstanding scientists and helping those coming up behind them.

🎉 happy 24th birthday to ayah!!!

Come join us at SBU Chemistry! We are looking for an Assoc/Full Prof in Materials or Polymer Chemistry, supported by the SUNY Empire Innovation Program. Deadline Oct 16. Reach out if you have any questions! apply.interfolio.com/173681 #facultychemjobs

Lecturer in Chemistry Department Chemistry Vassar College is dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds. Decisions co...

The Vassar Chemistry Department is looking for a full-time (full benefits!) lecturer in organic chemistry. The position has a renewable 3-year contract offering significant stability in these unstable times. Please spread the word far and wide!
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Really grateful to the NSF for awarding our MRI grant to acquire a helium recovery system for the NMR facility at @stonybrooku.bsky.social Chemistry! An important step towards sustainable use of a limited resource. www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...

Important question - is tiramisu a cake? @chemjobber.bsky.social

Celeste did a great job with us working on the cyanation part of this project!

Reaction scheme showing transformation of an alcohol into the nor-alkane using a titanocene catalyst, light, and thiol co-catalyst.

🚨NEW PAPER ALERT @jeflip.bsky.social / @lipshultzsbu.bsky.social out in ACS Catalysis, feat. my rockstar undergrad Celeste Barefoot who worked in this during her REU!

She's applying for PhD programs this fall!! 🔗below

Really delighted this is out @ ACS Catalysis. The chemistry looks a lot like a job prop I wrote 4 years ago, and we've spent a good chunk of the group's history learning a LOT about Ti photochem. Congrats especially to Jagrut, who defended 2 weeks ago! doi.org/10.1021/acsc...

you miss something when reading through these? 😂 maybe @qjbruch.bsky.social or @genlichem.bsky.social can help you out

A really amazing workshop! Thanks to @tehshik.bsky.social @vydong.bsky.social and @sarponggroup.bsky.social for organizing and Nikki for providing a pharma perspective. decent location...

wow that logo sucks!

"NIH funding is gone, so you should pivot to private foundations for funding"

Meanwhile, private foundations:

This is not just HHMI. All Chan Zuckerberg Initiative funding calls are CLOSED. The Gates Foundation has no Grand Challenges funding opportunities. I've never seen anything like this. Private foundations have just decided to stop supporting biomedical research.

Just to give the TL;DR on this one:

*The* main purpose of the EO is to move funding priorities and decisions away from experts and career professionals over to political appointees. With the ultimate power held by Vought / OMB.

Really happy to see this paper (last from my postdoc in the Radlab) out in @chemicalscience.rsc.org! P-redox catalysis is really powerful for cascade amide coupling/activation – congrats to @alilabchem.bsky.social and Nico (started on this project as a FRESHMAN)! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

From Commencement back in May

PhD #2 from the group - congratulations Jagrut, and thanks for all you've done for the group!