1. HELPING CHEMISTS FIND JOBS IN A TOUGH MARKET. 2. TOWARDS A QUANTITATIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE QUALITY OF THE CHEMISTRY JOB MARKET.
BRSM Blog has suggested a chemistry graphical abstract contest. Below, my humble submission, in the style of Professor K.C. Nicolaou, on the glorious occasion of his birthday.What's the job market like for chemists? Dude -- it's always bad.*
How bad is it? How the heck should I know? Quantifying the chemistry job market is what this blog is about. That, and helping chemists find jobs.
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(*For the literal-minded, this is a joke. Mostly.)
I don't know if you can beat ChemBlog or Synthetic Remark with that entry.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.chemistry-blog.com/2012/07/03/dedicated-to-kc-nicolau-on-occasion-of-being-totally-awesome/
http://syntheticremarks.com/?p=2775
Yours is t-shirt worthy, though.
I suspect not. Adam's is actually pretty cool, and Freddy's, well, it's a much better version of the TOCROFL parody that I've done here.
DeleteI like the patriotic, militaristic theme of yours.
DeleteYeah, I really wanted to fit this A-10 Thunderbolt in there somehow: http://www.aviationsupermart.com/shared/images/AppleWood/TS-A10.jpg
DeleteCouldn't get it rotated.
Damn, MS Paint... ingenious.
ReplyDeleteYou could have used maitotoxin, but I guess the structure would not fit on a T-shirt!
ReplyDeletebut he hasn't synthesized Maitotoxin yet.
DeleteI heard that KCN was moving to Rice U in Houston. Anyone else hear anything along those lines?
ReplyDeleteI have a difficult time believing that, but I dunno.
DeleteHouston is so much nicer than La Jolla...
DeleteI would say the style was reflective of any Angewandte title page for one of KC's total syntheses! Commendations for continuity!
ReplyDelete@CJ: Dude, you totally have to check the graphical abstracts out at this site:
ReplyDeletehttp://tocrofl.tumblr.com/
Anyway, Happy Independence Day! Woo hoo! U-S-A! U-S-A!
for the record....i am NOT moving to Rice
ReplyDeletehttp://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ja503995b
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