u/Historical-Kiwi-1280

Hi everyone, if you are a chemical biologist, I would love to know what a day in your life looks like! I am super interested in understanding arrow pushing mechanisms and even more so in biology! Do you guys study this in your daily lives? do you think about this electron tracking across peptides and so on? like nucleophilic additions to amino acids, carbohydrates and so on?

I would love some advice on where to put my love for this.

If you could reach out to me or comment, I would love to know.

Thanks!

Hi guys!

I am currently an undergraduate chem bs + Material Sci E (doubling major)

I do also have a research experince in a bacteria bio physical lab.

I was woundering, what avenues of chemistry do I have a good shot at?

I love chem orgo, but after talking with a teacher he basically told me my shoots are close to zero. Another one told the opposite story.. idk anymore.

But I will say both said I had a solid chance at chembio programs with a gpa of 3.75, and hard majors.

I was woundering what is you all guys thoughts!! Considering I am rising senior and I am an international student. What is ur guys advice?

I do want to end up working in big pharma in the area of medicinal chemistry, always has been my passion.

Thanks!

Hello everyone, I am graduating soon from chem bs + material science E. Sadly, I have little experince in chemistry labs. I do have a bio-quantitative lab but that about it. I know the significance of chemistry labs for applying to masters and pHd programs, and so, I wanted advice on where to look for it ( besides reaching out to people in my uni like teachers), where do I look for things that might be a good strong build up to a phd?

Lets just say, I love meeting new people, I love learning from them, and teaching what I can (obviously I am not very experinced at still an undergraduate). I also am very extroverted, and love team work. But at this point I have a question, because I came to notice that having a strong network is HUGE and basically the difference between getting a job after any degree no matter how high, and not.

It is actually impressive to me. And so I cam to ask those with the most knowledge (redditors!), is a networking in most STEN fields (in my case medicinal chem) super important? It sure feels like it is if you want to go pharama!

All in all, this is actually a plus for me, because it isnt even a something I have to force myself to do! I just like meeting and making new friends, and it is absolutely super cool when those who know more about things I love (Organic/medicinal chem) decide for some reason I am worth their time. Sadly I think most people dont really cars about the second part! Just landing a job and that is understandable too. All I know is when I am older, hopefully everything goes to plan, and I get to help as many people as I can.

Hi everyone, I am really interested in arrow pushing. I love chemistry!

I am very interested in taking the pharma route after PhD, in the medicinal chemistry side of things. With that out of the way, I was wondering... who uses the most arrow-pushing across chemistry specialties? (Obviously not counting a teacher). Thanks! I wish you guys use it quite extensively : )

I should also mention, I want to teach as a side hustle, love pushing arrows around, and explaining things!! helping others, too. But I am not really into the idea of teaching as my job.