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Front Cover of JACS Vol 148/Issue 1 Week Commencing January 12, 2025
New year, new Volume & Issue of #JACS!
‘Epitaxial Bilayer MWW Zeolite with Enriched Surface Al Sites' features on the front cover of the first issue of 2026.
Explore the research behind the art: buff.ly/IOMa276
#ACS150
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A Review in Nature Reviews Psychology discusses individual, interpersonal and sociocultural influences on maths anxiety in children and their impacts on long-term engagement and achievement in mathematics. go.nature.com/3Z9kSbY 🔒
14.01.2026 14:33 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1Check out work on #digitaltwins of #selfdrivinglabs New work out in Nature Computational Science
Enter the MATTERIX!
#chemsky #compchemsky #ai #robotics
I did my undergrad here. Excellent department. Good people. Also Iowa City is a particularly cool place. Forget your typical idea of “Iowa” as a state - IC has lots going on.
04.11.2025 23:29 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Now online:
Article by Peidong Yang, Hailiang Wang & co-workers
Artificial synthesis of carbohydrates from electrochemically fixed carbon dioxide
www.nature.com/articles/s44... ($)
#Chemsky
Another great grad student from @uiowachem.bsky.social on the way to being PhDone
08.12.2025 18:32 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0!Another Reminder! Please register by end of today (Wednesday) for the virtual open house scheduled for tomorrow (Thursday)! #chemsky
12.11.2025 17:50 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Bringing new meaning to #chemsky tag... #iowa @uiowaalumni.bsky.social @iowaadmissions.bsky.social
12.11.2025 05:28 — 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Two days away! Massively happy to have almost 100 registered so far- plenty of room for more so please bring your friends!
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#chemsky, please share! Virtual information session Thursday, November 13th at 7:30 – 8:30 pm CST for students interested in pursuing a PhD in chemistry. Register here: uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
04.11.2025 15:01 — 👍 4 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 3
The American Chemical Society has selected three fellows for their 2025–26 ACS Public Policy Fellowships. The fellowships include two ACS Congressional Fellowships and one ACS Science Policy Fellowship. cen.acs.org/acs-news/gov... #chemsky
01.11.2025 11:32 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Chemistry Department Colloquium!
31.10.2025 20:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Scientists have developed a proof-of-concept vaccine against avian influenza viruses that offers protection against all the variants, including those that are yet to evolve. cen.acs.org/biological-c... #chemsky 🧪
28.10.2025 18:20 — 👍 91 🔁 27 💬 3 📌 7
At #ACSFall2025, 13 researchers working at pharmaceutical giants and small biotech firms revealed the structures of their drug candidates and shared each molecule’s journey from initial discovery campaign to the clinic. cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic... #chemsky 🧪
29.10.2025 17:18 — 👍 9 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1
The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 273 tenure-track positions and 32 teaching-only positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemjobs #chemsky ⚗️🧪
28.10.2025 12:34 — 👍 12 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
Eden Tanner coats nanoparticles in liquid salts for targeted drug delivery
This physical chemist studies ionic liquids while making space in research for students with marginalized identities.
#DisabledInSTEM #NDEAM cen.acs.org/materials/io...
JACS Front Cover Volume 147, Issue 42 Week Commencing October 20
Introducing our latest issue of #JACS! Check out its front cover: "Depth-Resolved Probing of Native Solid Electrolyte Interphase Formation and Dynamics in Li Metal Batteries by Cryogenic X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy"
Discover the research behind the art 🔗: buff.ly/jE8tyH7
#ChemSky
Four recent studies published in ACS journals highlight innovative developments involving tea, coffee, and cocoa-based beverages that target health and sustainability.
Read more on ACS Axial: buff.ly/UXvz82x
A great afternoon at UIowa hearing about how Prof Daly's group is using heavy metal for Sustainable chemistry, courtesy of Prof Scott (arrrrrgh) Daly, of course.
19.09.2025 20:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A great afternoon at UIowa hearing about using Boron compounds for Sustainable chemistry,courtesy of Prof Florence Williams!
12.09.2025 21:28 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
ACS seeks nominations for 2026 Heroes of Chemistry
The award recognizes teams of industrial chemical scientists whose work has led to successful commercialized products that benefit humankind. cen.acs.org/acs-news/ACS... #chemsky 🧪
We are hiring! Please see our advert for an open rank instructional faculty position. Start date is August 2026.
jobs.uiowa.edu/faculty/view...
Orientation for new grads @uiowachem.bsky.social has begun!!
07.08.2025 20:58 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0#PostDoc opportunity in microbial metabolomics specialising in small molecule mass spectrometry at Newcastle University (UK) ref: 28407 | duration: 2 years | closing: 19-Aug-2025 #MS #AnalChem #UKChemJobs #ChemPostDoc #PostDocJobs #chemsky 🧪
jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
Opportunity for applications chemist at Waters (Wilmslow UK) ref: 22815 #LC #MS #HRMS #AnalChem #UKChemJobs #ChemJobs #chemsky 🧪
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With a few chemical tweaks to a known metal-organic framework (MOF), researchers have developed a material that quickly detects and removes a common per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) from contaminated water. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky 🧪
31.07.2025 21:05 — 👍 42 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 0Aborted for today... They'll try again tomorrow!
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Sign in NOW to watch rocket launch of @UIOWA's TRACERS mission! #NASA
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Welcome, New Chemistry Graduate Students!
two thoughtful reads to help you frame your experience:
From the American Chemical Society
“The Chemistry Graduate School Experience”
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From the Chronicle of Higher Education
“Welcome to Graduate School – Six Key Lessons”
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