James Gilchrist

(Now on bsky) Laboratory for Particle Mixing and Self-Organization @LehighU: particles, fluids, self-assembly, rheology, coatings. #InclusionMatters. he/him.

[James Gilchrist @Gilchrist_Lab]

Sorry everyone, but I plan to ph@se 0ut this acct by the end of this year. I love my network but the idea of maintaining a professional thread of information here without rational ads and logic is no longer appealing.

Besides LinkedIn, suggestions? Thre@ds or Blu3sky?

[James Gilchrist @Gilchrist_Lab]

@thechowlab @pashucklab I’m so sorry!

[James Gilchrist @Gilchrist_Lab]

@lvolpic Been there.

[James Gilchrist @Gilchrist_Lab]

@theNASciences Outstanding!!!! Well deserved!

[James Gilchrist @Gilchrist_Lab]

@DrVasshe Outstanding!!! Well deserved!

Rockstar! (Literal meaning)

[James Gilchrist @Gilchrist_Lab]

Wonderful man. He inspired my whole career.

I’ll follow up with a personal story soon.

[Alban Sauret @AlbanSauret]

Sad news… A giant in fluid mechanics and particulate flows https://t.co/tByVXYglGb

[James Gilchrist @Gilchrist_Lab]

My favorite part is where he misspells Physical Review Letters twice like we wouldn’t notice. 🤣

[Lautaro Vergara 🇺🇦 @VergaraLautaro]

HISTORY OF PHYSICS

What's wrong with this Lagrangean?

by David Mermin.

[This is so funny that I'll post it in full]

[James Gilchrist @Gilchrist_Lab]

@Barnabas_Daru @DrVasshe @Stanford @SloanFoundation Outstanding!!! Well deserved!

[James Gilchrist @Gilchrist_Lab]

@CoryMSimon @DOGE_NSF Still disagree. Students benefit from these interactions (obviously) and PIs are continuously challenged by students to think outside the box. I think a small fraction of researchers should operate the way you describe.

[James Gilchrist @Gilchrist_Lab]

@jean_louf @NSF Huge congratulations!!!

[James Gilchrist @Gilchrist_Lab]

Largest magnitude alumni “gifts” to Yale:
$250M - Johnson
$160M - Bass
$100M - Broad Foundation

($180M/yr) - Vance and NIH

Just the facts here.

[James Gilchrist @Gilchrist_Lab]

@djlindee Like what else would you have discussed?

[James Gilchrist @Gilchrist_Lab]

Yes, let’s pretend the cut isn’t punitive.

What you propose is done all of the time. Indirect costs are proposed, rationalized, defended, and reviewed constantly.

How does a single number like 15% for all unis get generated? It was arbitrary. Prove otherwise.

[Michael 英泉 Eisen @mbeisen]

Scientists and universities: defend indirects as a concept but not current indirect rates. Don't think there's waste in those numbers? We (US science) spend $4.5 billion on journals. That is HALF of the proposed cuts in indirects, and eliminating that spending would make science better!

[James Gilchrist @Gilchrist_Lab]

Through our careers as scientists, there have been and will be several challenges that arise. How we weather challenges and persevere is more important than the short-term losses.

Contact your professional network and reach out to support each other. We are in this together.

[James Gilchrist @Gilchrist_Lab]

What is with the flying facial hair?

#SuperBowl

[James Gilchrist @Gilchrist_Lab]

There is no “profit margin” on grants. They are net zero or run at a loss.

[James Gilchrist @Gilchrist_Lab]

A conversation with a fiscal conservative about the NIH cuts to indirect costs:

Me: My Alma Mater could lose up to $200M in promised funding

Them: What is their endowment?

Me: Endowment isn’t for this purpose. Are you proposing we tax accumulated wealth?

Them: (crickets)

[James Gilchrist @Gilchrist_Lab]

Oobleck in nature

[Interesting AF @interesting_aIl]

The danger of glacial silt pot 😳

[James Gilchrist @Gilchrist_Lab]

Junior professor walking back into the lab.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Jon Call, built like a tank, moves like a ninja.

[📹 jujimufu]
https://t.co/5O0TiE7eDA

[James Gilchrist @Gilchrist_Lab]

Got vaccinated today (tetanus and shingles). Modern medicine.

Just search "pictures of tetanus and shingles victims" and you won't hesitate to get yours.