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@chemscrapes

Where chemistry meets the bottom of the humour barrel.

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Yep. That’s the life Fer-me….

01.03.2026 02:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yes, Morse or less..

01.03.2026 01:33 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

All of it

01.03.2026 01:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I look like I am a normal person just going about my business. but I am really thinking about IR spectroscopy.

01.03.2026 00:59 👍 21 🔁 1 💬 5 📌 1

Complex Peaks #Chemsky #ChemChat 🧪

28.02.2026 04:03 👍 42 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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“[Support] isn't the same for everyone, so I do my best to model support & success for my students. If they see someone like me navigate those challenges, then they might believe they're able to do that.”
— @drdre4000.bsky.social of @holy-cross.bsky.social

➡️ bit.ly/46gYBgu
#ChemSky

27.02.2026 17:05 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Advisor Charlie Fehl with PhD candidate Oseni Kadiri in Schaap Hall

Advisor Charlie Fehl with PhD candidate Oseni Kadiri in Schaap Hall

Oseni Kadiri giving a talk in Schaap Hall

Oseni Kadiri giving a talk in Schaap Hall

Oseni Kadiri with his celebration cake

Oseni Kadiri with his celebration cake

It’s #NextStopPhD for Oseni Kadiri, of the Fehl Lab! Oseni gave his 4th year talk: "Development and the Application of GlycoID2  Proximity Labeling Tools for the Study of O-GlcNAcylation Events in Live Cells" at #wsuchemistry this afternoon. #glycotime #ChemSky

27.02.2026 22:59 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Indeed!

27.02.2026 18:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I am just gonna say that I LOVE IR spectroscopy. Like … really LOVE. Also a massive U2 fan.

Fight me!

27.02.2026 17:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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#sketchchemistry shenanigans

Orbital parking lots

#chemsky #chemchat

@cenmag.bsky.social

27.02.2026 17:44 👍 23 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

*send this off.

27.02.2026 17:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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#chemistry #sciart #google #science | Brendan Adrian Burkett One of my chemical heroes is Rolf Huisgen. His seminal work in dipolar cycloaddition chemistry simply cannot be overstated. I always believed that Huisgen's contributions to chemistry were Nobel Pri...

Might send thismoff to Google again for the Google Doodle.
#chemsky #chemchat

www.linkedin.com/posts/brenda...

27.02.2026 17:20 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
An image of a comic titled "TEENAGE DAUGHTER IONS" that parodies a mass spectrometry graph and a chemical structure.
The top half shows a graph with vertical lines (peaks) labeled with numbers and stereotypical teenage phrases in blue ink. For instance, a peak at 114 says "STOP BEING SO ANNOYING!", 259 says "YOU ARE SO LAME!", 244 says "I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP!", and 327 says "YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT MUSIC!".
The bottom half shows a a molecule of quinacrine (m/z = 372) with a "sad face" drawn inside one of its rings. The molecule is labeled with 
, corresponding to the final peak on the graph, and a speech bubble coming from it says "SIGH!!".

An image of a comic titled "TEENAGE DAUGHTER IONS" that parodies a mass spectrometry graph and a chemical structure. The top half shows a graph with vertical lines (peaks) labeled with numbers and stereotypical teenage phrases in blue ink. For instance, a peak at 114 says "STOP BEING SO ANNOYING!", 259 says "YOU ARE SO LAME!", 244 says "I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP!", and 327 says "YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT MUSIC!". The bottom half shows a a molecule of quinacrine (m/z = 372) with a "sad face" drawn inside one of its rings. The molecule is labeled with , corresponding to the final peak on the graph, and a speech bubble coming from it says "SIGH!!".

teenage daughter ions.... #chemsky #chemchat

24.02.2026 15:11 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Lived in Singapore for most of my life but it feels great to give my first (two) talks at NTU Singapore 🇸🇬 last week. Celebrating 🎉 #ACS150 @acs.org with the ACS Singapore Youth Challenge. So happy to see young chemists presenting their research 🔬 @mbsullivan.bsky.social @chemscrapes.bsky.social

20.02.2026 20:02 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

I have not been active on Bluesky for quite some time, but I think it's time to come back. Hopefully the #chemsky community still is alive and kicking. :)

18.02.2026 07:20 👍 21 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
Its the molecule Horsfiline done up to look like a horse

Its the molecule Horsfiline done up to look like a horse

恭喜發財! 馬年快樂! Happy Lunar New Year! May the year of the Horse bring good health and happiness to all!

The molecule below is Horsfiline. #chemsky #chemchat

17.02.2026 03:20 👍 77 🔁 21 💬 3 📌 1
A bridle oxide handing and Allene a box of chocolates. It is saying “roses are red. Violets are blue. We should get together. In a 4n+2

A bridle oxide handing and Allene a box of chocolates. It is saying “roses are red. Violets are blue. We should get together. In a 4n+2

Two panels. The cycloadduct resulting from the 4n+2 is sitting in bed having a cigarette. The two halves are now chopped as an oxazoline.  First panel One half of the Cycladduct is saying “that was great”, the other replies “I’ll say”. Second panel the first half says “what are we going to tell your wife”. The second half of the cycloadduct is still smiling saying “no idea”

Two panels. The cycloadduct resulting from the 4n+2 is sitting in bed having a cigarette. The two halves are now chopped as an oxazoline. First panel One half of the Cycladduct is saying “that was great”, the other replies “I’ll say”. Second panel the first half says “what are we going to tell your wife”. The second half of the cycloadduct is still smiling saying “no idea”

Valentine’s Day with a twist of ChemScrapes

#chemsky #chemchat

15.02.2026 00:58 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Happy Valentine’s Day!

#chemsky #chemchat

15.02.2026 00:51 👍 16 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Not dirty enough 😇

15.02.2026 00:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Two puppeteers. One is shocked and looks distraught. The other one is smiling happily. It has been reshaped into a heart and is saying “happy valentine’s day baby”. There is a blue flames Bunsen burner in the background

Two puppeteers. One is shocked and looks distraught. The other one is smiling happily. It has been reshaped into a heart and is saying “happy valentine’s day baby”. There is a blue flames Bunsen burner in the background

Happy Valentines Day

#chemsky #chemchat

14.02.2026 10:49 👍 21 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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A cover collab with @chemfunman.bsky.social Integrating the CRAAP Framework to Support Critical Thinking and Information Literacy | Journal of Chemical Education pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...

#chemsky #chemchat

13.02.2026 14:47 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Vittorio Saggiomo A simple, whitespace theme for academics. Based on [*folio](https://github.com/bogoli/-folio) design.

About 10 years ago, I closed my website/blog, and I have always wanted to "reopen" it.
Today I can tick it down from my 2020 New Year's resolutions.
I think it's also nice to restart the blog with my first blog post of 2013

Here we go:
vsaggiomo.com/blog/2025/1s...
#Chemsky

09.02.2026 11:47 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Seriously, if you’re on #ChemChat or #ChemSky and not following @inprep.bsky.social I don’t know what to say

Best chem satire this side of @chemscrapes.bsky.social

04.02.2026 01:45 👍 18 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

I’ll have egg on my face if the proposal gets trashed though. At least I’ll get cartoon material 🙃

01.02.2026 01:08 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

this may seem trivial/obvious to some, but I guess we all have our own journey.

01.02.2026 01:06 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Connecting dots is more impactful when you can see more dots and understand their value. Taking steps outside your field of expertise seems easier when you know how to speak to other disciplines. At least that has been my experience coming back to science.

01.02.2026 01:02 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Tell you one thing #chemchat. I have been looking at writing research proposals after a loooong break. I thought was my chemistry had been eroded by time. Rather, it’s been sharpened by experience. I think that thinking outside requires stepping outside the box. 1/2

01.02.2026 01:02 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

I effing love chemistry

31.01.2026 11:00 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Coolness! #chemchat

31.01.2026 00:29 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’ll she is still screwing up her face at the mistake. She won’t try 🙃

29.01.2026 13:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0