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Archive for the ‘Fun’ Category. Laquo; Older Entries. Friday, September 4th, 2015. Put up this photo on her Instagram yesterday, which reminds me of a post I’ve wanted to write about chemistry T-shirts:. Good shirt or greatest shirt? Proud to be wearing #ChemBark Asset #0000003. @chembarkblog #roundbottomflask #chemlife. A photo posted by Tania (@prunesmith) on. Sep 3, 2015 at 11:12am PDT. Since it is much too risque for an assistant professor to wear, I felt the time was right to pass it on. My personal...
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So Many Gas Cylinders | ChemBark
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Laquo; ChemDraw Rebus #1. RIP Carl Djerassi…and the Importance of the Nobel Prize. So Many Gas Cylinders. December 1st, 2014. While most people in St. Louis use Grand Boulevard to march in protest, I mainly use it to get to our medical campus. Along the way, you pass directly over a stockyard for Airgas. When the weather is nice, I like to stop at stare at the sea of gas tanks and cylinders. It’s really quite amazing:. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. There was a similar se...
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Current Events | ChemBark
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Archive for the ‘Current Events’ Category. Laquo; Older Entries. C&EN is Cutting Staff. Thursday, July 30th, 2015. Yesterday brought the alarming report that. Chemical and Engineering News. Eight members of its staff. It appears that these cuts are rooted. In the continued sag in advertisements and other sources of revenue at the magazine. If I recall correctly,. Had a similar cutback when the economy tanked, and it is alarming to see a new round of cuts. I think. Recently underwent major changes in its ...
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ChemDraw Rebus #1 | ChemBark
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Laquo; My Design for Organic Exams. So Many Gas Cylinders. October 27th, 2014. I’m not sure if this has ever popped up in someone else’s mind before (or on the internet), but it does every time I hear the song:. Do you know what I’m talking about? This entry was posted by Paul Bracher on Monday, October 27th, 2014 at 9:09 PM and is filed under Arts and Entertainment. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. 9 Responses to “ChemDraw Rebus #1”. Fart bubble in your tub. Looks like far...
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Notable Chemists | ChemBark
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Archive for the ‘Notable Chemists’ Category. Laquo; Older Entries. RIP Carl Djerassi…and the Importance of the Nobel Prize. Monday, February 2nd, 2015. Whenever I get a media inquiry about the annual list. Of odds for winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, I am always sure to emphasize that the list attempts to address who. Win the Nobel, not who. Win the Nobel. When reporters follow up with the question, “Well, who. 8221;, my answer is always immediate and unequivocal:. These massive oversights, coupled ...
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Arts & Entertainment | ChemBark
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Archive for the ‘Arts and Entertainment’ Category. Laquo; Older Entries. Chemistry Error on Seinfeld. Monday, June 29th, 2015. Something didn’t quite look right when I saw this scene from ‘Seinfeld’ in real time:. Closer inspection of the fire diamond reveals the flammability rating of the paint thinner to be 8:. That’s pretty impressive, considering the maximum score is 4 on the NFPA 704 standard. If acetylene is a 4, I wouldn’t want to be driving around town with an 8 in my trunk. Fast forward to 21:53.
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Thesis Acknowledgments | ChemBark
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Laquo; Editor Discusses F—ing in Nature. Chemistry Error on Seinfeld. March 19th, 2015. Chemjobber has a post. Up asking readers what information they put in the acknowledgments sections of their dissertations. And since the dissertation guidelines at my school allowed students to include epigraphs, I twisted a line of a famous poem such that it would serve, in my estimation, as a sufficiently veiled comment on my sentiments at the time. Sometimes, you need that. March 19th, 2015 at 11:06 AM. And your ac...
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Scientific Literature | ChemBark
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Archive for the ‘Scientific Literature’ Category. Laquo; Older Entries. Papers That Got Off to a Good Start. Thursday, August 6th, 2015. This week, an interesting discussion. On Twitter was sparked by the publication of this. That’s a great first sentence to a paper, and soon people chimed in with other memorable examples. Review on C-H activation as his favorite:. 8230;which Nicolas Fanget countered. With a microbiology paper. From 2000 that begins with a quote from. Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Albeit...
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Grad School | ChemBark
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Archive for the ‘Grad School’ Category. Laquo; Older Entries. Monday, August 10th, 2015. One of the nice things about being a professor is that you have the agency necessary to successfully garner support for causes you feel are worthwhile. Earlier this year, I brought to SLU something that I had sorely missed from my time as an undergrad at NYU: organic division problem sessions. These were held once a month during the school year and worked as follows:. While attendance at Orgo Thursdays is completely ...
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Scientific Writing | ChemBark
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Archive for the ‘Scientific Writing’ Category. Laquo; Older Entries. Wednesday, September 9th, 2015. Another summer has come to an end, and we’re already two weeks deep into the fall semester. I spent part of my last day of summer freedom updating my calendar for the semester, and it was not pretty. So many classes, so many office hours, so many meetings. Why should I care about organic chemistry? My view on “who cares? 8221; or “why should I care? Providing a compelling answer to “who cares? If you find...