David Nelson

Thinking of doing a PhD in synthetic inorganic chemistry? Apply with the Mehta group. UK students only. Email me.

Yep - have to start dragging then hit Ctrl and/or shift for it to work properly

The way in which the University is approaching job cuts was already troubling for a number of reasons, and here is another ...

🔥Excited to share our latest: "From Borane to Metal-Bound Boraindene: A Cascade of Bond Breaking and Making at Rhodium”

Now out in @chemcomm.rsc.org - a collab. w/ @davidjn.bsky.social!

Work done by MSc student, Emily Addison! 💪

pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

FWIW ... the reMarkable Windows app seems to behave (so far) in WINE (on Fedora 43).

Screenshot of a linux terminal showing a computational chemistry job in progress, with a rapid decrease in the energy of the system to a level that is not reasonable.

Uh ... don't think a DLPNO-CCSD(T) calculation should do ... erm ... *waves hands* ... this?

Those who compare AI with the Industrial Revolution only know about the Industrial Revolution from AI.

I've been doing a LOT of work evaluating product-market fit and the commercial potential of an innovation ... if you have to try so hard to FORCE your product onto people then there maybe just isn't the market you think there is.

MS probably just too out over their skis to turn back now.

Dear Microsoft Copilot,

Fuck off.

Love,

David

Well done Máire!

Brilliant, cheers! Will pass this on ...

One of my students is having a fight trying to make something very similar... issues getting the hydrazone to react. Was your prep. published?

But but but but 'project fear'!?

Speaking personally - I commuted as an undergraduate and spent every weekend working - a lot of this sounds familiar. I met wonderful people at uni - and still keep in touch with a few - but I lived more than 1 h from Uni and worked every weekend so socialised a lot less than I would have liked.

An interesting and thought-provoking read, if a tad depressing. This is certainly something that, in Chemistry at Strathclyde, we're trying to address early in first year to help students find their people.

Pretty sure when I was a student a ChemComm was three pages at most. Now it's five ... !!!

Yes!! Well done Patrick :)

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Ziggy's has closed unfortunately 😭
But the best watering hole was always Aikman's (good Cullen skink soup too) closely followed by the St Andrews brewing company

A direct consequence of realising the true issue is a broken central heating pump

A glass of whisky next to a bottle of Laphroaig whisky in a branded cardboard box

Opening the Laphroaig for the first time in too long ...

A disconnected white radiator with a black plastic tray, an adjustable wrench, and two towels in view.

In a change from dabbling in things I don't understand at work, I'm now dabbling in things I don't understand in the house.

(Specifically: why the heating isn't working properly)

Fantastic @centa.bsky.social PhD scholarship co-supervised with @rmlab.bsky.social
If you’re interested in sustainable #Electrocatalysis and CO₂ valorisation, do get in touch!

Academia seems to be that continual feeling that you're always doing your homework on the bus to school ...

Research Associate in Organometallic Chemistry | Andrew Weller We are hiring a Postdoc! If you have PhD/PDRA experience in air sensitive, platinum group metal organometallics, are interested in using this expertise in single-crystal SMOM synthesis and reactivity,...

We have Postdoc position open in my lab for SMOM. Please see this post on LinkedIn for full details.

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"Conversion therapy" is a polite name for something that isn’t conversion and isn’t therapy. It’s abuse.

Solidarity with @leicesterucu.bsky.social colleagues - on strike to protect their institution, their colleagues, and their students

A plate of food composed of several different meals

I've reached the stage of fatherhood where my work from home lunch is the leftovers from the wee man's dinners ...

“Climate change is real - the burning of fossil fuels and other human activities is resulting in fundamental changes to our planet. It is increasing the risk of extreme weather, warming the ocean and causing ice caps to melt resulting in sea level rise,” 1/3