@barrlab
Scientist studying tiny things: cilia, extracellular vesicles (EVs), C. elegans; ADPKD; Secretary Genetics Society of America; distinguished professor at Rutgers; three boy mom; she/her; my opinions https://barrlab.rutgers.edu/
Rutgers scientists and academics! Come out to meet-and-greet with me at Destination Dogs, New Brunswick.
Who can say no to Destination Dogs? There will be food and drink! Wednesday March 11, 5-7pm
RSVP: forms.gle/6AykuoTq23XW...
(truthfully just show up...but RSVP helps us choose how many dogs!)
Congratulations! Organize the data/projects into potential manuscripts. Prioritize and focus
Signing off as the #grad student rep for the Fly board ! And super excited to pass on the baton to Melissa Mychalczuk from the Wolfner Lab ! Can't wait to see all the amazing things she does for the #Drosophila community and #earlycareer trainees.
#Dros26
Four scientists pose outside of City Hall park at the Stand Up for Science rally. One holds a poster saying “An attack on scientists is an attack on everyone”
@queenscollegecuny.bsky.social scientists at the @standupforscience.bsky.social rally today!
Very sad news: Becky Burdine's 20-year old daughter Sophie passed away suddenly on Tuesday
Becky has been vocal about Sophie, is an @angelmanfoundation.bsky.social advocate, and wants her science/cilia/LR community to know
We love you @rburdine1.bsky.social
www.matherhodge.com/obituaries/S...
Dog rises to the occasion
My dog ate 1.5 loaves of challah bread last night. It did not end well
An end table with a coffee mug & vase with orange tulips, yellow lilies, fushia and orange roses, greenish-yellow spider mums
TGIF! May you find beauty and energy today
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE ANNOUNCES DR. GARY RUVKUN - PROFESSOR OF GENETICS, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, NOBEL LAUREATE, AS A SPEAKER AT THE BOSTON, MA, NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION RALLY ON MARCH 7TH!
Stand Up For Science announces Dr. Gary Ruvkun, Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, Nobel Laureate as a speaker at the Boston, MA National Day of Action rally on Saturday, March 7th!
Visit zurl.co/Sgt6r to find a rally near you!
#standupforscience
#March7Boston
Lynn Margulis looking at a microscope.
Good Morning! On this day, (Thursday) March 5 in 1938, Lynn Margulis was born. She was an American evolutionary theorist, biologist, science author, educator, and science popularizer, and was the primary modern proponent for the significance of symbiosis in evolution. #Herstory #WomeninSTEM 🧪
daily existence. we need to have each other's backs
reading this, both the accounting of the harassment and the institution’s response, reminds me of Kate Manne‘s point of this current backlash: "remove women as sources of competition and judgement"
#cilia peeps 🤯
The best science thread you will read today! Multicellularity is amazing.
Amazing. Seems like the ability to lose/regrow/use flagella is essential? My cilia-centric perspective
A beautiful night of singing, guitar, & reminiscences from @lylelovett.bsky.social & John Hiatt ended with just a hint of resistance: Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land.” Perfect.
(Note to Bluesky leaders: I know you guys are young, but ffs, give Mr. Lovett a blue check!)
Pictured: Pelin Volkan, Daria Siekhaus, and Suzy Brown- three of the leaders in the Deosophila community (in addition to Cassandra Extavour, Akhila Rajan, Jacob Kagey, and Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez) who are responsible for putting on #Dros26 @genetics-gsa.bsky.social
you're on the naughty list
I just tried to register.
The March date is already listed as Full!
I did register for the April date. You have a chance to enter questions. I don't know if there will be another opportunity to do this.
Thank you. Confirmed March is full. I registered for April
Joy! Fill your cup with science & camaraderie
feeling existentially tired these days, but went to work today with a little extra pep in my step because i get to see some of my favorite scientists at #Dros26 this week! excited for the science + reunions 🥳
Thanks, @maxkozlov.bsky.social .
I will go further. This deranged activist was also known for criticizing NIH Director Francis Collins during the Obama administration when he felt that Collins was making decisions not aligned with the best interests of the NIH.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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They look like a photoshop project or a hallucinogenic nightmare or like someone though squirrels were easter eggs, but in fact, these squirrels (one shown close up, and one with a full body, both striped in impossibly bright blue, orange and red, with only the tiniest bits of normal-brown-squirrel fur) ARE REAL.
I know the world is a nightmare right now, but I just discovered that India has squirrels that look like this, and I need you to know it too.
@artologica.net
was told that an unnamed "senior administrator" called said Department chair and asked them to visit the faculty member and remind them of the University's policy on political speech by employees with regard to these activities. Just a point of information, not an attempt to intimidate.... 2/2
What would you think if a hypothetical biology professor at a hypothetical public university in a state starting with an N, who was involved in helping organize a Stand Up for Science Rally this week, and got a visit from their hypothetical Department chair and... 1/2
WTG Ahna!!!!
Absolutely honored to win this prestigious science outreach award @uwmadison.bsky.social @uwmadscience.bsky.social
Advice from Judith Kimble: At the top of every page, in the header, put WHO CARES? Every page should clearly spell this out.
Miriam's Goodman's supper suggestion on Specific Aims. Write 2-3 versions w/different angles. Get feedback from diverse colleagues 🤌
@wormsense.bsky.social
