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The clearest evidence that my PhD skills were extremely undervalued in academia: Sept 2019, post-doc salary: $50k Sept 2020, post-doc salary: $52k Sept 2021, post-doc salary: $54k Sept 2022, UX salary: $160k Post-docs are highly skilled researchers. Academia, treat us better.

How do we make enzymes stable enough for industrial application? Here's a step in that direction (still from my PhD work. And many others!).

👇👇 The world is close to agreeing on how to protect our oceans🌊 High seas treaty within reach, by Harriet HardenDavies Kristina Gjerde science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Cool new CRISPR technique for eliminating plasmids from the highly fragmented genome of B. burgdorferi, causative agent of Lyme disease, by Sarafan ChEM-H Scholar JacobsWagnerLab and team

The current gold standard for diagnosis of bloodstream infections/sepsis is a culture, which takes days. A new, innovative method using dried blood, w/ single-molecule sensitivity for bacteria/ fungal infections, can be done in < 2.5 hrs pnas.org/doi/full/10.10… PNASNews

Where have we come to? How to detect an imminent Russian nuclear attack from TheEconomist economist.com/europe/2022/10…

All you want to know about molecules behind fragrances 🤩

Fake it til you ... go to prison for 11 years. nyti.ms/3GtEIGL

Just doing my annual lab safety refresher. Thought this message is simple and worth sharing:

My wife's new project in capacity development for ocean-dependent states just kicked off. My organization has much to learn and catch up with the diversity represented in this group of amazing people.

Happy 29th anniversary to the time someone published a peer-reviewed article where they re-discovered THE INTEGRAL and then had the nerve to name this breakthrough mathematical theorem after themselves It’s been cited over 500 times 🤦‍♂️ diabetesjournals.org/care/article/1…

More than 60% of the ocean’s surface, and almost 95% of the ocean by volume, lies in areas beyond the jurisdiction of any nation. We must work together to conserve the high seas of our blue planet.

The majority of humanity lives within a relatively small bandwidth of latitude. This #map is one of my all time favourites. It was created by radicalcartography.net in 2008. A true classic! buff.ly/436j6Zd

Guess what, technology improved weather forecasting significantly. As humans we still like to complain heavily about the small percentage of cases when the forecasts are still off. Source: buff.ly/43KeDLJ

What an awesome graphic created for Associate Faculty member George Whitesides' birthday!

Re puzzle: The final piece of 1 of the 8 problems was created by Michael Fink (THX!). If you want to take on this challenge, here it is :) All you need to know: the result is a number as part of coordinates. A "scientific mindset" helps😉Don't spoil! Results only! #chemtwitter