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A list of small useful things: - An interesting discussion of chemistry unemployment issues. - I guestposted at Just Another Electron Pu...

A couple of recent comments (mostly in jest) got me thinking about the numbers of students and postdocs in so-called "elite" org...

It's time for another crazy idea from CJ -- one that combines issues of chemistry unemployment with academic chemical safety. Among of...

Good morning! Between October 26 and October 27, there were 44 new positions posted on the ACS Careers website. Of these, 6 (14%) were acade...

Man, this new drive for getting manuscripts reviewed quicker is brutal! ( Parody of this rejection slip .)

From Neal Anderson's "Practical Process Research and Development", page 170: "Running a reaction at or near room tempera...

Credit cinemapolitica.org / "Norma Rae" Sam at Everyday Scientist is thinking about joining the postdoc's union. He wants...

Good morning! Between October 21 and October 25, there were 84 new positions posted on the ACS Careers website. Of these, 37 (44%) were acad...

 Curve modified from wbsonline.com  R1 tenure track assistant professor positions in  the chemical sciences are typically taken by the...

Parody of this slide .

There is quite a difference between being a chemist and being a soldier; nevertheless, I believe that both the military and science works we...

While the story of Charles Davis is certainly sad, it is also instructive; it points to the differences between academic science and indust...

Good morning! Between October 19 and 20, there were 19 new positions posted on the ACS Careers website. Of them, 7 (37%) were academically c...

The 5 steps of a lab smell detector: 1. What is that smell? Hey, do you smell that? 2. What the (**&(*& is that $#$#$!! smell? 3...

From a longtime reader, an August article on an unemployed chemist in North Carolina : Charles Davis is a chemist, a Navy veteran, a white-...

Daniel Levy is the blogger behind Organic Chemistry - Education and Industry . When he's not blogging, he runs his own consulting firm, ...

Good morning! Between October 14 and October 18, there were 52 new positions posted on the ACS Careers website. Of these, 40 (77%) are acade...

Small, useful links: - Milkshake is looking for a new position . Dude(tte), hire him. - What the heck is this weird looking glassware ? ...

Daniel Levy is the blogger behind Organic Chemistry - Education and Industry . When he's not blogging, he runs his own consulting firm, ...

Blessed are the poor in yield, for they shall have to repeat their reactions. Blessed are those who mourn old lab romances, for they will ...