bioRxiv continues to grow – a brief spike and lag in the pandemic (details of which are included) but a steady increase in submissions since then. % revisions, license choice, etc. all fairly constant. 0.1% withdrawal rate is comparable to journal retraction rates 2/n
New version of our preprint on bioRxiv about bioRxiv up. Now that’s what I call a revision – 6 years after the first version! It has new data about our progress and highlights from a massive user survey. 1/n biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Linus Pauling is the only person to have received two unshared Nobel Prizes - in chemistry and peace.
He used quantum mechanics to understand and describe chemical bonding. Later he campaigned vehemently against nuclear weapons and spearheaded a petition to ban nuclear testing.
ALT Linus Pauling standing next to a chemical model.
So sorry to hear this news of David Botstein's passing: online-tribute.com/DavidBots…. He was one of the truly great scientists in genetics and genomics, inventing multiple field-changing technologies at MIT, Stanford, and Princton. Truly a once-in-a-generation scientist
The ninth session of YBM is coming up next week. Join us for two exciting talks on Monday (2nd March 2026) at 11am (EST). Mark your calendars🗓️: tinyurl.com/29b7yk47 Zoom Meeting link: sites.google.com/view/theore…
The ninth session of YBM is coming up next week. Join us for two exciting talks on Monday (2nd March 2026) at 11am (EST). Mark your calendars🗓️: tinyurl.com/29b7yk47 Zoom Meeting link: sites.google.com/view/theore…
1⃣ NIH is launching a new, agency-wide initiative to elevate replication and reproducibility studies as foundational to the conduct of gold standard science.
Read more ➡️ nih.gov/replicationandreprod…
The 2026 Chemical Engineering Faculty Jobs List (run by Arvind Ganesan and Todd N. Whittaker) has 96 research/teaching positions and 19 teaching-only positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets…#facultychemEjobs
The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 359 tenure-track positions and 65 teaching positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets…#facultychemjobs
Faculty, if you know of tenure-track positions that we should be listing, or see an error, please e-mail me at chemjobber@gmail.com
The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 349 tenure-track positions and 58 teaching positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets…#facultychemjobs
Faculty, if you know of tenure-track positions that we should be listing, or see an error, please e-mail me at chemjobber@gmail.com
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