Amanda Patrick

Always exciting to get to share student successes! Taofiq is a PhD student planning to graduate Spring/Summer 2026. He had a chance to complete an internship at Biogen this past summer, solidifying his interest in industry positions.

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Yellow and black striped spider on a web. Side view.

Yellow and black striped spider working on lunch on its web.

Spiders on the morning ramble.

Excited for this! If you’re an ECR considering the “academic path”, I encourage you to check it out! #TeamMassSpec 🥽 #Proteomics #Chemistry #ChemSky

The 2025 Nobel prize in chemistry as it happens – live Join us as we provide analysis and commentary in the run up to the announcement of the biggest prize in chemistry

Congratulations to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi! For more reaction, follow our live blog.

Having taken many shelter pup pics, they’re definitely so much better at the dog’s level. But, depending on personality some dogs immediately come to you (and lick your face) when you kneel down! posing them can be an art form lol.

Blue jays are not truly blue, they just look that way. 🪶🧪

Most colors in nature come from pigments that absorb and reflect light, but a blue jay creates its color through structural tricks: microscopic layers and air pockets that scatter blue light back to our eyes.

My understanding (which may be incorrect and is likely naive) is that SOTL is moreso a scholarly approach to the practice of education (evaluating activities, techniques, etc in context) whereas DBER is generalizable research on how folks learn and other more fundamental aspects of education.

#DogsOfBluesky

Percy catching treats like a pro! #RescueDog #AustralianCattleDog #DogTraining

PS—the position can be hosted in Chemistry, Biology, or both depending on the candidate’s background and preference!

We are searching for a tenure track assistant professor with research interest in mass spectrometry-based proteomics!

#ChemJobs #TeamMassSpec @femalesinms.bsky.social @asms.org 🧪

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Happy birthday! Cake sounds lovely; lemon is a great flavor!

Small, pale purple flower with yellow center. An ant crawls across the petals.

Small, pale purple flower with yellow center. Surrounded by blurred foliage and another flower.

Some wildflowers up close. #BloomScrolling #MississippiWildflowers

YouTube video by Elton John - Topic Porch Swing In Tupelo

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Cattle dog in the background on a mossy trail with a bridge section visible; package containing a Natchez Trace Parkway “bark ranger” dog tag in the foreground

Dog sits in front of small white house, the birthplace of Elvis.

Had some free time before an appointment today in Tupelo, so we explored the Natchez Trace and the birthplace of Elvis.

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Hand holding a book with pretty artistic pink and gold flowers with the words “Inciting Joy” written over in purple. A plane seat back is in the background.

A photo of text from the book: “My hunch is that joy is an ember for or precursor to wild and unpredictable and transgressive and unboundaried solidarity. And that that solidarity might incite further joy. Which might in turn incite further solidarity. And on and on. My hunch is that joy, emerging from our common sorrow—which does not necessarily mean we have the same sorrows, but that we , in common, sorrow—might draw us together. It might depolarize us and de-atomize us enough that we can consider what, in common, we love. And though…”

Quote continues: “attending to what we hate in common is too often all the rage (and it happens also to be very big business), noticing what we love in common, and studying that, might help us survive. It’s why I think of joy, which gets us to love, as being a practice of survival. And it’s why I’ve written this book.”

Finished this book on the flight home. Great read!

This 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇

‘From combustion engines to tobacco, universities have been used in the past to whitewash now-controversial products. For a long time, the tobacco industry pointed to research it subsidized at universities to claim its products were healthy.’

Our Department is searching for an instructor of Chemistry, focusing on undergraduate education.

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#Chemistry #iTeachChemistry #Academia #TeamMassSpec #ChemJobs

Dog bounding through high prairie grass

Dog trotting down a gravel road, looking back over his shoulder at his handler

And my walking buddy, Percy the #AustralianCattleDog

Delicate white flowers with pink accents.

Purple thistle-y flowers.

Small pink flower

Maypop flower

Some new wildflowers appearing on the prairie! #Mississippi #BloomScrolling

The path to excellence is rarely a straight line; it comes with ups and downs, twists and turns. Let’s not fixate on the end goal so much that we may overlook valuable lessons along the way.

Flyer for the Graduate Student Mentorship Initiative webinar series on "Applying to Graduate Programs in STEM". This webinar will go over demystifying the application process on Thursday, August 28th, 2025 at 5.30pm ET. The two speakers pictures, titles, and affiliations are listed. There is a list of sponsors and text that says register for zoom link.

🎓 Planning to apply to STEM graduate programs?

Join us for our webinar: “Applying to Grad Programs in STEM” on Thursday, 8/28 at 5.30pm ET.

Gain key insights on:
✅ Grad school application timeline
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Been hearing folks don’t realize NIH is more than its internal labs.

That cutting NIH is ok because Dana Farber will still do cancer research. Joslin will cover diabetes, etc.

But these centers get most of their funding from NIH.

Stop NIH, and the whole system fails, across the entire US.

The same folks who think all mass spec is EI? 😂

The ACS GCI Green & Sustainable Chemistry Summer School never disappoints! Glad another Patrick Group member, Chibuike, had the chance to attend. He seems to have learned a lot and had a great time. 🧪🥽 #DiscoverYourAnd #TeamMassSpec

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blue heeler lays in the grass, looking at the camera. He is wearing a red harness and a red and white bandana featuring NC State themed design ("wolf ears" hand sign, "Howl Back" lettering, etc.).

Blue heeler sitting in grass, looking at the camera. He is wearing an NC State-themed red and white bandana.

Blue heeler wearing red harness and NC State-themed bandana, with his head in a red travel bowl with an NC State block S logo.

Blue heeler sitting on a bridge looking at the camera. He is wearing a red and white NC State themed bandana.

Percy the Australian cattle dog rocking his @ncstate.bsky.social swag courtesy of @ncstatealumni.bsky.social ! #WPN #GoPack #NCState

A dog is sitting and looking at the camera. Her face looks like a German shepherd and she is black and tan. She is quite a bit shorter and smaller than a typical GSD though! Her ears are pricked up and are quite large for her size!

A reddish-gold puppy with yellow eyes sits looking at the camera. He looks like he's smiling and has his tongue partially out.

A brown dog with a white chest is sitting looking off to the left of the camera.

A white dog with brown around his eyes is running toward the camera wildly with a toy in his mouth.

Today's shelter pups included a short German shepherd mix (maybe part corgi?), a Vizsla-ish young guy, a brown mixed breed girl, and a toy-obsessed pit! #DogsOfBlueSky