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Dana Lashley
@drlashley.bsky.social
Organic/ Medicinal Chemistry Professor
at University of Notre Dame.
Also Runningback and aspiring coach for @WFAfootball #WomensFootball.

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Do not include stereochemistry
January 26, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Somehow I feel the need to repost this today:
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Fun fact: The last team to beat Indiana football was … Notre Dame!

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January 20, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Nothing impresses Curt Cignetti 🤣
January 10, 2026 at 3:34 AM
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Fun fact: The last team to beat Indiana football was … Notre Dame!

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January 10, 2026 at 3:09 AM
“Sir, We don’t have Coke, is Pepsi ok?” 🤣

(from Riteaid new pharmacist training)
December 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Hexanitrogen going straight go Gen chem intro to Lewis structure as a worked problem.
Molecules of the year 2025

C&EN editors’ annual round-up of spectacular molecules we’ve covered in the past year: cen.acs.org/synthesis/Mo... #chemsky 🧪
December 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
😅 and when you select a square the electron will move to another square due to uncertainty principle DUH
December 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
🤣🤣🤣 sounds about right
December 26, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Reposted by Dana Lashley
December 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Deoxyribo and acid 🫠
December 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Reposted by Dana Lashley
A team in China has directly converted CO₂ and methane to fuel precursors using only light. The method holds promise for utilizing carbon dioxide and methane emissions to produce fuels beyond petroleum. cen.acs.org/energy/Light... #chemsky 🧪
Light turns carbon dioxide and methane into useful chemicals
The process, which does not require catalysts or heat, could be a way to make fuels and chemicals in space
cen.acs.org
December 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It doesn’t matter et al 🤪
December 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Would you be able to get WiFi? 🤣
November 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
OMG I’m going to both games!
War Damn Fighting Irish! 🦅☘️
Love this, hopefully we're good by then
November 6, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Qapla’!
Today is a good day to die!
October 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
When compassion meets reflection.
October 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Never forget that as time goes on different levels of complexity are discovered.
October 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Reposted by Dana Lashley
How does the grading software we're using interpret my students writing the word "octahedral"?

octohedral
octanedral
octonedral
octchedral
octahodral
octahedial
oclahedral
actonedral
octahetral
octuhedral
octabedral
octakedral
octghedral
October 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This is wild
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs

- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Can Boron form 5 bonds these days and I’m teaching the orgo 1 kids wrong ? 🤪
If not, what on earth is going on with this publication?

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
October 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Old German Proverb:
“Erst das Wasser dann die Säure, sonst geschieht das Ungeheure“

English translation:

“First the water, then the acid, or disaster will be massive!” 😅
October 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I need this in my life !!!!
October 20, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Accurate ! 🤣
Enjoy it while it lasts
October 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Reposted by Dana Lashley
Enjoy it while it lasts
October 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The ChatGPT we wish our students had:
October 13, 2025 at 4:01 AM