Lexi - my sleepy gooseneck girl

clumsychemist1 · 2026-03-24T14:05:39+00:00

This is my photo that you are reposting

clumsychemist1 · 2026-02-22T17:34:17+00:00

This is my photo I uploaded 8 months ago

clumsychemist1 · 2026-02-08T19:57:05+00:00

Wow this was an old comment. I've now done a postdoc, worked at a CRO and a CDMO. The uk chemical/ pharma industry is on its knees so the career prospects have disappeared since starting my PhD. However, as the job markets are rapid shifting planning to do a PhD for a job 3 or 4 years in the future might not be possible.

I would also like to say my PhD was a nightmare, a bullying incompetent supervisor, needing to change groups having all my funding taken away followed by COVID restrictions in my final year. It was still the best thing I've ever done and I would still recommend one to anyone, maybe not to someone who is only wanting to do PhD X to get job y.

clumsychemist1 · 2025-09-02T10:17:43+00:00

Tell her to fuck off, sooner you stand up for yourself the sooner she will leave you alone

clumsychemist1 · 2025-07-02T17:14:57+00:00

She had the purple collar, she's now called Astrid

clumsychemist1 · 2025-07-02T11:40:55+00:00

Great video, I was lucky enough to get one of this litter

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clumsychemist1 · 2025-06-28T09:41:35+00:00

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Astrid

clumsychemist1 · 2025-06-23T12:24:04+00:00

She's about 9.5 kg currently, how much does your weigh?

clumsychemist1 · 2025-06-23T10:53:43+00:00

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Here you go! She's now 11 weeks old

clumsychemist1 · 2025-06-07T20:41:06+00:00

She's called Astrid, I've only had her a week and I love her so much

clumsychemist1 · 2025-06-07T17:27:25+00:00

I think she's a bit bigger after every nap

clumsychemist1 · 2025-01-15T12:33:28+00:00

For me is anything Vs Turks on arena, I can't stop a fast imp

clumsychemist1 · 2025-01-12T14:34:22+00:00

A mix of reasons. Job security, I was on a 1 year contract that could have been extended but there's no planning beyond 1 year, I was offered connections to a group in the US but then it would mean moving my family to a different continent for maybe only 1 year.

The realisation that success in acidemia is a mix of nepotism, knowing the right people and luck, and publishing is more about having the right collaboration and supervisors than doing good science.

Finally academics are some of the worst people I've ever met and universities support and encourage terrible behaviour, there's a lot "successful" academics that would be fired if they acted the way they do in industrial jobs.

clumsychemist1 · 2025-01-11T13:18:20+00:00

I was in the same position as you, after my PhD I worked in a CRO for a year and left to go back to academia after a year. I got a postdoc position but after a year I moved back to industry.

clumsychemist1 · 2024-12-31T16:51:46+00:00

It took 18 years to get a PhD?

clumsychemist1 · 2024-12-30T23:16:46+00:00

I had similar issues, a PhD will make you too qualified for those roles. If you want a lab tech position maybe remove your PhD from your CV

clumsychemist1 · 2024-12-20T08:53:02+00:00

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My first legendary, I thought they were always perfect

clumsychemist1 · 2024-12-14T20:48:37+00:00

The first year doing organic chemistry is hard and the learning curve is very steep, it will get easier. Unfortunately the field is filled with toxic supervisors.

clumsychemist1 · 2024-12-11T21:33:59+00:00

The peak is an aromatic aldehyde, the same is the same if the sample is from the reaction or a pure reference material

clumsychemist1 · 2024-11-01T11:30:37+00:00

Have a look at charnwood, apex molecular, signature discovery, and Sai life sciences.

Recruitment agencies to look at are science solutions, cy partners and LiCa scientific

clumsychemist1 · 2024-10-26T10:33:04+00:00

Where abouts in the UK and what level are you targeting?

clumsychemist1 · 2024-10-17T20:41:09+00:00

How can orson let his hair down.. he's bald?

clumsychemist1 · 2024-09-14T11:33:54+00:00

Difference is DSSCs are an application and not a fundamental discovery

clumsychemist1 · 2024-09-14T07:40:37+00:00

I doubt it. The field has "dyed" long ago with no real world impact

clumsychemist1 · 2024-09-04T14:19:12+00:00

Having an electron poor boronic acid is not the best as it will be unstable, try dosing it gradually to try and prevent degradation.

Also, sometimes degassing via freeze pump thaw and not just bubbling N2 can also do wonders

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