Vance Williams
@vancew.bsky.social
Professor of chemistry at Simon Fraser University (SFU), materials nerd, lover of science-based art. (he/him)
September 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Excited for the first day of grade 49!
September 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Excited for the first day of grade 49!
The night garden. My mint plant during the day and the same leaves at night under UV light. The red color is chlorophyll fluorescence. #fluorescent
August 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The night garden. My mint plant during the day and the same leaves at night under UV light. The red color is chlorophyll fluorescence. #fluorescent
Suspended stone circle II by Ken Unsworth at the AGNSW
July 1, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Suspended stone circle II by Ken Unsworth at the AGNSW
July 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
June 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
June 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions.
Hazardous chemical accidents happen in the U.S. about every other day. Who will investigate them now?
grist.org/energy/trump...
#Politics #Environment #Chemicals #Pollution #Policy #Industry
Hazardous chemical accidents happen in the U.S. about every other day. Who will investigate them now?
grist.org/energy/trump...
#Politics #Environment #Chemicals #Pollution #Policy #Industry
Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions
The Chemical Safety Board, a federal agency that investigates large-scale industrial chemical disasters, will close under Trump's orders.
grist.org
June 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions.
Hazardous chemical accidents happen in the U.S. about every other day. Who will investigate them now?
grist.org/energy/trump...
#Politics #Environment #Chemicals #Pollution #Policy #Industry
Hazardous chemical accidents happen in the U.S. about every other day. Who will investigate them now?
grist.org/energy/trump...
#Politics #Environment #Chemicals #Pollution #Policy #Industry
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A coalition of organizations representing educators and researchers (including the @aapthq.bsky.social) has filed a legal challenge to the recent mass termination of grants by the National Science Foundation (NSF). 🎢 🧪 🍎 👩🔬 #AcademicSky
Coalition Files Suit Challenging DOGE Attacks on Congressionally-Approved STEM Programs - Democracy Forward
democracyforward.org
June 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A coalition of organizations representing educators and researchers (including the @aapthq.bsky.social) has filed a legal challenge to the recent mass termination of grants by the National Science Foundation (NSF). 🎢 🧪 🍎 👩🔬 #AcademicSky
Taking some time to appreciate the New Zealand wildlife! #kaka #wellington
June 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Taking some time to appreciate the New Zealand wildlife! #kaka #wellington
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Last day for submissions to this year's ChemiSTEAM competition! For more information and a link, please find details among the #CSC2025 signature events: www.cheminst.ca/conference/c...
Signature Events: Additional Events - The Chemical Institute of Canada
Networking coffee breaks Poster sessions Analytical Chemistry New Faculty Discussion Forum Chemistry in Canada 2067 CSC President’s Event ChemiSTEAM – Putting the A(rt) in STEM Inclusion, Diversity, E...
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June 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Last day for submissions to this year's ChemiSTEAM competition! For more information and a link, please find details among the #CSC2025 signature events: www.cheminst.ca/conference/c...
Making mood rings in the lab. I should lay off the coffee before filming time lapse photos.
June 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Making mood rings in the lab. I should lay off the coffee before filming time lapse photos.
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The deadline has been extended to 11:59 PM on Monday, June 9!
'ChemiSTEAM - Putting the A(rt) in STEM' is back for CSC2025 in Ottawa! Submissions are now being accepted. The community loves to see your work through your eyes!
We are also hosting a half-day symposium on Wednesday morning on 'Art and Chemistry' in Room 211!
www.cheminst.ca/conference/c...
We are also hosting a half-day symposium on Wednesday morning on 'Art and Chemistry' in Room 211!
www.cheminst.ca/conference/c...
Signature Events: Additional Events - The Chemical Institute of Canada
Networking coffee breaks Poster sessions Analytical Chemistry New Faculty Discussion Forum Chemistry in Canada 2067 CSC President’s Event ChemiSTEAM –Putting the A(rt) in STEM Inclusion, Diversity, Eq...
www.cheminst.ca
June 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The deadline has been extended to 11:59 PM on Monday, June 9!
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![[Person with ponytail wearing lab coat hands balloon to another person in front of a springboard, a magnet hanging from above, and then a target] PERSON WITH PONYTAIL to Person 2: Rub this balloon against your head, then go jump past that magnet toward the target on the wall. [caption] Before the bathroom scale was invented, the only way to weigh people was mass spectrometry.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreid7lnvd7afmasx3nxi6anxmyhbatpaw54za3kiw3eaoclrf722faq@jpeg)
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This is so stupid.
FDA announcement it will begin the process of pulling prescription fluoride drops and tablets for children off the market. The supplements are usually given to kids at high risk for cavities.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Fluoride drops and tablets for kids should be taken off the market, FDA says
Despite decades of evidence that fluoride prevents cavities, the agency said the best way to keep kids' teeth strong is to stop eating so much sugar.
www.nbcnews.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This is so stupid.
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Exercise your right to vote today, Canadians! Own your democracy! 🇨🇦🗳️
April 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Exercise your right to vote today, Canadians! Own your democracy! 🇨🇦🗳️
Chiral landscape. With teaching over for the year I can turn my attention to research! This polarized microscopy image was captured as part of a study into stimuli responsive chiral liquid crystals #sciart
April 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Chiral landscape. With teaching over for the year I can turn my attention to research! This polarized microscopy image was captured as part of a study into stimuli responsive chiral liquid crystals #sciart
First day of advanced voting! Casting my vote early.
April 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
First day of advanced voting! Casting my vote early.
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In the wake of the ongoing disasters with funding streams, I'm seeing lots of folks suggest that scientists turn to social media crowdfunding to fund their research.
For about a decade I held the record for the social media crowdfunded project that got the most funding. I received about $9,000.
For about a decade I held the record for the social media crowdfunded project that got the most funding. I received about $9,000.
April 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
In the wake of the ongoing disasters with funding streams, I'm seeing lots of folks suggest that scientists turn to social media crowdfunding to fund their research.
For about a decade I held the record for the social media crowdfunded project that got the most funding. I received about $9,000.
For about a decade I held the record for the social media crowdfunded project that got the most funding. I received about $9,000.
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New blog post: Nicol invents a polarizing prism (1828) 🧪 skullsinthestars.com/2025/04/12/n...
Nicol invents a polarizing prism (1828)
I’ve talked a lot about polarization recently, including the story of how the best polarizing material was discovered on accident and how modern polarizers made from that material really chan…
skullsinthestars.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
New blog post: Nicol invents a polarizing prism (1828) 🧪 skullsinthestars.com/2025/04/12/n...
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This would have a huge impact on particle physics research. ⚛️ 🧪
Breaking news: The U.S. Department of Energy today announced it is unilaterally cutting in half the overhead rate on its academic grants, something that a federal judge recently told the National Institutes of Health it could not do.
Energy Department cuts university overhead rates to 15% on research grants
Sudden move mirrors NIH cap on “indirect” costs that was ruled illegal
scim.ag
April 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This would have a huge impact on particle physics research. ⚛️ 🧪
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“It turns out you can’t buy gummy bears because you can’t buy chips from Taiwan”
I was thinking about this Joe and Tracy anecdote from the supply chain crisis on gummy bears. Things are probably going to get really weird in a few weeks in unexpected ways:
April 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
“It turns out you can’t buy gummy bears because you can’t buy chips from Taiwan”
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By Attacking Science, Poilievre Takes a Page from Trump's Playbook via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
By Attacking Science, Poilievre Takes a Page from Trump’s Playbook | The Tyee
Professors find this chilling and warn of the costs.
thetyee.ca
April 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
By Attacking Science, Poilievre Takes a Page from Trump's Playbook via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...