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Sebastien Vidal

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Organic chemist focusing on carbohydrate chemistry, supramolecular chemistry and applied sciences Views are my own EV driver ๐Ÿ”Œ #vidalized

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That is exactly my next move.
But collaboration with industry on biopolymers does not allow that many journal options though.
We'll get through this ๐Ÿ’ช

08.03.2026 08:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lol
I did not have the chance to get to reviewers though ๐Ÿ˜ณ

08.03.2026 08:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Insane, authors are just wasting their time then.

08.03.2026 08:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Do you know if some journals would use AI for first evaluation by editor on desk rejection?
I had a weird response from editor after submitting a paper, replied to 3 technical comments on the average molecular weight of polymer used, re-submitted as required, but got desk rejected with no reason.

08.03.2026 07:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well, you ARE a carbohydrate chemist then ๐Ÿ˜‰

07.03.2026 17:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Another paper from our collaboration with Rob Brittonโ€™s lab! Weโ€™ve been focusing on novel methods to make nucleoside analogues for over 7 years now. This week we published our 2nd Science paper in the area. Congrats to the team! #MerckChemistry

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

07.03.2026 02:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 22 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Yet another example of publisher making money, not science.
But since nobody cares, this rubbish gens published while your university is paying shitloads of OA fees and you get rejected when you try these journals.
We are doomed.

06.03.2026 21:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

On s'en sert, mais juste par intermittence

06.03.2026 20:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Est-ce que tu as dรฉjร  rouvert une de ces boรฎtes de dossiers ou manuscrit de thรจse ?

06.03.2026 20:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@fredlamaty.bsky.social et son รฉquipe ร  l'honneur ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ“ฃ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿงช๐Ÿฅณ

05.03.2026 21:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Chatgpt en trouve de nombreux donc c'est pas de la fiction.
En chimie, ce sont des bigs players.

Mais perso, 3 ERC totalisant 5Mโ‚ฌ ou plus, c'est inutile et tous les autres crรจvent la gueule ouverte.
C'est une hyper-concentration qui tue la crรฉativitรฉ.

Pensez qu'un Nobel c'est 975kโ‚ฌ... ร  partager..

05.03.2026 21:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Aha oui, un chimiste a eu 3 ERC, 3 AdG je crois en plus
ร‡a doit faire partie de son budget rรฉcurrent ร  force
Et pour moi, les PoC ne devraient pas exister, il y a d'autres appels similaires qui font l'affaire

05.03.2026 20:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Il faudrait aussi limiter le nombre d'ERC possibles pour un chercheur ร  2 maximum.
Qu'en pensez-vous ?

05.03.2026 20:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pour moi, locataire, c'est รงa avec les loyers, sauf si tu bouges tous les 3-4 ans....

05.03.2026 19:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Je suis trop bien en maison en fait
J'ai fui les apparts et copro dรจs que j'ai pu

05.03.2026 18:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Par contre j'ai pris un camembert braisรฉ ร  Pontorson, c'est Normand รงa non?

04.03.2026 18:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

J'ai dรฉgustรฉ une galette saucisse ร  Saint Malo
C'est la Bretagne, j'ai bon?

04.03.2026 17:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tu aurais du t'arrรชter avant pour partager une galette saucisse

04.03.2026 13:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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T'inquiรจte Yann, on gรจre bien

03.03.2026 14:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trรจs calme, et tant mieux

03.03.2026 13:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Vive la Bretagne ๐Ÿ˜…

03.03.2026 13:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Il fait beau en Bretagne
Je suis mieux lร  qu'au ski ๐Ÿ˜…

03.03.2026 13:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I would have preferred benzene trifluoride which has nothing to do with its real structure again.
Try it....

28.02.2026 08:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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25.02.2026 17:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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J'espรจre que tu avais bonnet/casque et lunettes de ski au moins....
#soutien

25.02.2026 17:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tu as percรฉ les secrets de longรฉvitรฉ
Plus besoin de se congeler pour revenir dans 200 ans

23.02.2026 19:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Le week-end

23.02.2026 19:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I used iPrOH/aq NH4OH/H2O like 1/1/1 to purify sugar phosphonic acide during my PhD
Worked just fine on SiO2
Did not have any automated system back then though.....

20.02.2026 20:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ca vole a tout va ici aussi
Le mini les garde a la maison maintenant

20.02.2026 20:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0