Jon Beves
@jonbeves.bsky.social
Supramolecular chemist at UNSW Sydney, Australia. #ozchem #ChemSky
https://bevesgroup.wordpress.com
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If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.
If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM
If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.
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The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 290 tenure-track positions and 34 teaching-only positions:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pcB_oy4jXVGaqenGU31KYTi2KxvryzR1wt4Oo-_OcQ8/edit?usp=sharing #facultychemjobs #chemsky ⚗️🧪
November 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 290 tenure-track positions and 34 teaching-only positions:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pcB_oy4jXVGaqenGU31KYTi2KxvryzR1wt4Oo-_OcQ8/edit?usp=sharing #facultychemjobs #chemsky ⚗️🧪
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ARC says Discovery Projects outcomes will be tomorrow (Tuesday). Linkage Projects (2025, round 1) on Wed. Over past ~year, it's often been at about 11am (Canberra).
My bot will pick up the change to RMS & post immediately.
ARC should email outcomes to lead CIs, but might take an 1hr or so for DPs
My bot will pick up the change to RMS & post immediately.
ARC should email outcomes to lead CIs, but might take an 1hr or so for DPs
October 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
ARC says Discovery Projects outcomes will be tomorrow (Tuesday). Linkage Projects (2025, round 1) on Wed. Over past ~year, it's often been at about 11am (Canberra).
My bot will pick up the change to RMS & post immediately.
ARC should email outcomes to lead CIs, but might take an 1hr or so for DPs
My bot will pick up the change to RMS & post immediately.
ARC should email outcomes to lead CIs, but might take an 1hr or so for DPs
Fantastic to see one of my chemical heroes, Richard Robson, winning the Nobel Prize for coordination frameworks (MOFs), together with Kitagawa and Yaghi. #ozchem
October 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Fantastic to see one of my chemical heroes, Richard Robson, winning the Nobel Prize for coordination frameworks (MOFs), together with Kitagawa and Yaghi. #ozchem
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Calling all synthetic chemists! We are looking for a new colleague at York University in Toronto 🇨🇦 for a 3 year limited term position as Assistant Professor (Teaching stream) in synthetic chemistry.
www.yorku.ca/vpepc/facult...
www.yorku.ca/vpepc/facult...
www.yorku.ca
September 30, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Calling all synthetic chemists! We are looking for a new colleague at York University in Toronto 🇨🇦 for a 3 year limited term position as Assistant Professor (Teaching stream) in synthetic chemistry.
www.yorku.ca/vpepc/facult...
www.yorku.ca/vpepc/facult...
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Applications Scientist - NMR, Oxford Instruments, Shanghai, China jobs.oxinst.com/job/Shanghai... #NMRjobs #NMRchat #NMR 🧲
Applications Scientist
Applications Scientist
jobs.oxinst.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Applications Scientist - NMR, Oxford Instruments, Shanghai, China jobs.oxinst.com/job/Shanghai... #NMRjobs #NMRchat #NMR 🧲
We’ve also been thinking about this a lot in recent years. Even “well mixed” solutions are really very heterogeneous, even though we synthetic chemists don’t like to admit it, and it can change reaction outcomes…. #ChemSky
Stirring: friend or foe?
Huang et al.: 329 reactions → stirring made little difference.
Cherepanova et al.: stirrers can cause irreproducibility by vial position.
Time to rethink the humble stir bar.
doi.org/10.1021/jacs... #ChemSky
Huang et al.: 329 reactions → stirring made little difference.
Cherepanova et al.: stirrers can cause irreproducibility by vial position.
Time to rethink the humble stir bar.
doi.org/10.1021/jacs... #ChemSky
Magnetic Stirring May Cause Irreproducible Results in Chemical Reactions
Magnetic stirrers, the most widely used and ubiquitous devices for performing chemical reactions in laboratory settings, may cause reproducibility problems. Reproducibility in a range of chemical proc...
doi.org
September 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
We’ve also been thinking about this a lot in recent years. Even “well mixed” solutions are really very heterogeneous, even though we synthetic chemists don’t like to admit it, and it can change reaction outcomes…. #ChemSky
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Max Planck Institut fuer Kohlenforschung (Mülheim, Germany) has a tenure-track opening in chemistry (asst/assoc): chemistryjobs.acs.org/job/tenure-t...
#facultychemjobs #euchemjobs #chemjobs #chemsky 🧪⚗️
#facultychemjobs #euchemjobs #chemjobs #chemsky 🧪⚗️
chemistryjobs.acs.org
September 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Max Planck Institut fuer Kohlenforschung (Mülheim, Germany) has a tenure-track opening in chemistry (asst/assoc): chemistryjobs.acs.org/job/tenure-t...
#facultychemjobs #euchemjobs #chemjobs #chemsky 🧪⚗️
#facultychemjobs #euchemjobs #chemjobs #chemsky 🧪⚗️
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Scaling up like this takes attention to every little detail, and a willingness to question your typical assumptions. Not everyone is capable of it!
Go Make Me Fifty Kilos of This Stuff
www.science.org
August 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Scaling up like this takes attention to every little detail, and a willingness to question your typical assumptions. Not everyone is capable of it!
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We are hiring! New opening for a W2 Professor in "experimental inorganic chemistry" @unibonn.bsky.social
Deadline Oct. 10 t.co/EqMLA0fCuC
We are hiring! New opening for a W2 Professor in "experimental inorganic chemistry" @unibonn.bsky.social
Deadline Oct. 10 t.co/EqMLA0fCuC
August 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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We are hiring! New opening for a W2 Professor in "experimental inorganic chemistry" @unibonn.bsky.social
Deadline Oct. 10 t.co/EqMLA0fCuC
We are hiring! New opening for a W2 Professor in "experimental inorganic chemistry" @unibonn.bsky.social
Deadline Oct. 10 t.co/EqMLA0fCuC
We just published a photoswitchable amphiphile that abruptly assembles into ellipsoids over 1h after the light is switched off! #ozchem #ChemSky
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Photoswitchable Merocyanine‐Amphiphiles with Programmable Self‐Assembly Times
A merocyanine-based amphiphile self-assembles in water to form visible-light-responsive ellipsoids that can be disassembled with visible light and reform abruptly ∼70 minutes after the light is switc...
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM
We just published a photoswitchable amphiphile that abruptly assembles into ellipsoids over 1h after the light is switched off! #ozchem #ChemSky
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Love this story about the absurdity of citation metrics in @science.org : www.science.org/content/arti...
How easy is it to fudge your scientific rank? Meet Larry, the world’s most cited cat
“Exercise in absurdity” reveals flaws in Google Scholar’s productivity metrics
www.science.org
August 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Love this story about the absurdity of citation metrics in @science.org : www.science.org/content/arti...
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Everybody knows that LLMs suck in most science-related stuff. But maybe the are good in something that is Large (6000 entries) and Language (mostly)? Because they are Large Language Models.
Let's try few of them on mineral names, with great detailed databases (created by humans).
#minerals
🧵1/n
Let's try few of them on mineral names, with great detailed databases (created by humans).
#minerals
🧵1/n
August 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Everybody knows that LLMs suck in most science-related stuff. But maybe the are good in something that is Large (6000 entries) and Language (mostly)? Because they are Large Language Models.
Let's try few of them on mineral names, with great detailed databases (created by humans).
#minerals
🧵1/n
Let's try few of them on mineral names, with great detailed databases (created by humans).
#minerals
🧵1/n
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This is an excellent illustration of how useless the "Impact Factor" metric is.
The most influential multidisciplinary chem journals are JACS and Angewandte. They did not make the list.
In this short ad hoc 🧵 I will analyze in real time what made the list and why. I have a bad feeling about this.
The most influential multidisciplinary chem journals are JACS and Angewandte. They did not make the list.
In this short ad hoc 🧵 I will analyze in real time what made the list and why. I have a bad feeling about this.
Impact factors and citation metrics across analytical, organic, physical and medicinal chemistry.
What are the top journals in chemistry right now?
Following the recent release of journal impact factors, we round up the leading journals across 10 chemistry fields
www.chemistryworld.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This is an excellent illustration of how useless the "Impact Factor" metric is.
The most influential multidisciplinary chem journals are JACS and Angewandte. They did not make the list.
In this short ad hoc 🧵 I will analyze in real time what made the list and why. I have a bad feeling about this.
The most influential multidisciplinary chem journals are JACS and Angewandte. They did not make the list.
In this short ad hoc 🧵 I will analyze in real time what made the list and why. I have a bad feeling about this.
Today was Dr Isis Middleton's last day with us! It's been a lot of fun working with Isis for the past 2 years and she's done a fantastic job on a wide range of crazy projects. Wishing her all the best for her next adventures! #ozchem
August 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Today was Dr Isis Middleton's last day with us! It's been a lot of fun working with Isis for the past 2 years and she's done a fantastic job on a wide range of crazy projects. Wishing her all the best for her next adventures! #ozchem
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Come be my colleague! Hope College Chemistry is hiring a tenure-track prof in General & Inorganic Chem starting Fall 2026. Great undergrad research culture, strong support, and a fantastic community. Apply by Sept 20: hope.edu/jobs #ChemJobs #facultyjobs #academicsky
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July 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Come be my colleague! Hope College Chemistry is hiring a tenure-track prof in General & Inorganic Chem starting Fall 2026. Great undergrad research culture, strong support, and a fantastic community. Apply by Sept 20: hope.edu/jobs #ChemJobs #facultyjobs #academicsky
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on behalf of Professor James Keeler (University of Cambridge) considering the possibility of revising the text and creating a third edition : Understanding NMR Spectroscopy, James Keeler - survey concerning a possible third edition cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #NMRbooks #NMRchat #NMR 🧲
July 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
on behalf of Professor James Keeler (University of Cambridge) considering the possibility of revising the text and creating a third edition : Understanding NMR Spectroscopy, James Keeler - survey concerning a possible third edition cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #NMRbooks #NMRchat #NMR 🧲
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We have just published a vacancy for a Scientist Chemistry - Oligonucleotide synthesis at Roche, Penzberg, Germany: www.organic-chemistry.org/jobs/offers/... - please check and share!
July 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
We have just published a vacancy for a Scientist Chemistry - Oligonucleotide synthesis at Roche, Penzberg, Germany: www.organic-chemistry.org/jobs/offers/... - please check and share!
So many amazing Aussie songs on the the triple j #hottest100 today www.abc.net.au/triplej/coun...
Countdown #1 to #100 - Hottest 100 Australian Songs - triple j
These are the songs you voted from #1 to #100 in triple j's Hottest 100 of Australian Songs.
www.abc.net.au
July 26, 2025 at 4:16 AM
So many amazing Aussie songs on the the triple j #hottest100 today www.abc.net.au/triplej/coun...
Anna’s writing tips are always fantastic
If you don't feel comfortable because your first language is not English, then you might not know some of these language tips and tricks that can make or break your next paper! 👇
Language hacks: https://annaclemens.com/blog/three-language-hacks-for-writing-scientific-papers/
#PhDSky #Academia
Language hacks: https://annaclemens.com/blog/three-language-hacks-for-writing-scientific-papers/
#PhDSky #Academia
Mastering Scientific Language in Scientific Writing
You don’t need to master English as a native speaker to write excellent scientific papers. It is more important to communicate clearly. Here are three guidelines for scientific writing in English.
annaclemens.com
July 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Anna’s writing tips are always fantastic
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Come be my colleague at @hopecollege.bsky.social !
We are hiring a tenure-track open rank #chemprof to teach #GenChem & #Inorganic and establish a thriving experimental #undergradresearch group in our exceptional #PUI #Chemistry department!
#chemjobs #facultyjobs
jobs.hope.edu
We are hiring a tenure-track open rank #chemprof to teach #GenChem & #Inorganic and establish a thriving experimental #undergradresearch group in our exceptional #PUI #Chemistry department!
#chemjobs #facultyjobs
jobs.hope.edu
Hope College Applicant Portal | Home
jobs.hope.edu
July 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Come be my colleague at @hopecollege.bsky.social !
We are hiring a tenure-track open rank #chemprof to teach #GenChem & #Inorganic and establish a thriving experimental #undergradresearch group in our exceptional #PUI #Chemistry department!
#chemjobs #facultyjobs
jobs.hope.edu
We are hiring a tenure-track open rank #chemprof to teach #GenChem & #Inorganic and establish a thriving experimental #undergradresearch group in our exceptional #PUI #Chemistry department!
#chemjobs #facultyjobs
jobs.hope.edu
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The story behind the most recognisable ChemScrapes meme. #chemsky
The Story of Samuel L Jackson
In 2016 I was watching an episode of the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. One of the guests on the show was Samuel L. Jackson, and as he made his entrance he struck a pose where he made a letter "L" with one of his hands before bringing it up to his chin. I thought "Well I guess his enantiomer would have to make a "D" with his hands.".
chemscrapes.net
July 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The story behind the most recognisable ChemScrapes meme. #chemsky