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Dr. Brittany J. Carr

@drbjcarr.bsky.social

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Assistant Prof @UAlberta. Genetically-modified frogs 🐸, retinal development & degeneration, imaging. She/Her. Views are my own. Canadian 🇨🇦

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Dr. Brittany J. Carr @drbjcarr.bsky.social · Nov 13

I think I can announce it (it's on the website now), but I'm really excited to say that I got the journal cover for the November issue of JCS! The retina is so beautiful, and I'm so happy I get to share that.
doi.org/10.1242/jcs....

🐸 🧪 #neuroskyence #academicsky #sciart 🐡

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Xenbase @xenbase.bsky.social · 6h

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Course - Cell & Developmental Biology of Xenopus: Gene Discovery & Disease, April 7 - 21, 2026. Application Deadline: January 16, 2026 xenbase.org/xenbase/doNe... #science #devbio #xenopus #frogs

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Dr. Brittany J. Carr @drbjcarr.bsky.social · 2d

Elk tax. This was taken safely from my car. I did not take photos of the ones I ran into on foot.

A cow elk laying in the grass. She looks very healthy.

Dr. Brittany J. Carr @drbjcarr.bsky.social · 2d

THE LEVEL OF NONCHALANT. I could never.

Dr. Brittany J. Carr @drbjcarr.bsky.social · 2d

Growing up wildlife aware is wild. Ran into some elk 4/5 through a 5 km loop, so I didn't want to turn around. Made it around them safely.

Ran into a lady a little further along and tried warned her, but she was wearing earbuds. When she finally caught on, she went, "OH WOW! That's so exciting!"

a man is making a surprised face while sitting at a table in a restaurant .

ALT: a man is making a surprised face while sitting at a table in a restaurant .

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Dr. Brittany J. Carr @drbjcarr.bsky.social · 2d

This beaver swam so close to me as I was sitting on the boardwalk, I was almost worried I was going to have to back away. What a nice encounter though.

The head and nose of a beaver poking out of the water. It's reflection is also visible in the green water.

Dr. Brittany J. Carr @drbjcarr.bsky.social · 4d

I dont even remember when, 1 year ago? 2? These people put this abomination on their balcony near a well-used city walking and biking trail.

I thought it was for Halloween, but it's still just there. Existing.

A grainy photo of a strange, mannequin-like naked statue looking over a balcony with a distorted screaming face.

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Dr. Brittany J. Carr @drbjcarr.bsky.social · 4d

Sooo cool! Congratulations!

Anne Carpenter @drannecarpenter.bsky.social · 4d

15 years in the making, we confirmed that mitochondria - the powerhouse of the cell - have an unusual localization in patients who experience psychosis (including schizophrenia and bipolar disorders). You’ll never guess what kind of patient cells we used to make this discovery… 🧵

mitochondria from bipolar patients are closer to the nucleus in these images; control patients' are spread out further

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Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 5d

Ahh yes, that important part of the scientific method where you "make the proof"

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Dr. Brittany J. Carr @drbjcarr.bsky.social · 5d

Because that would be too depressing 😅

Dr. Brittany J. Carr @drbjcarr.bsky.social · 5d

Nooo. I'm so sorry. Ouch

Dr. Brittany J. Carr @drbjcarr.bsky.social · 6d

But then I have to start over completely 🥲

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Dr. Brittany J. Carr @drbjcarr.bsky.social · 6d

Ah, I didn't realize that. It still tries though. I just have to put a pin in after anyway.

Dr. Brittany J. Carr @drbjcarr.bsky.social · 6d

JFC. I am so sorry Bryan. That hurts on so many levels.

Dr. Brittany J. Carr @drbjcarr.bsky.social · 6d

Windows 11 updated and now facial recognition no longer works and I cant find our work printer on ethernet. I assume it's something similar, but I'll be damned if I can figure it out. I've been a PC user my entire life, but this is a whole new level of stupid. It's making me want to switch to mac.

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Dr. Brittany J. Carr @drbjcarr.bsky.social · 8d

And I thought predatory journal emails were bad 🙄😒

Dr. Brittany J. Carr @drbjcarr.bsky.social · 8d

So we just get sent AI spam summaries of our own preprints now? Wtf is BGPT?

A block of text from an email that summarizes my own work in the form of AI, and then provides a link to click.

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Dr. Brittany J. Carr @drbjcarr.bsky.social · 9d

You dont find yourself, you build yourself 🙌

Dr. Brittany J. Carr @drbjcarr.bsky.social · 10d

Like are we the same person because the same thing happened to me as a kid except it was recurring dreams of Anubis and he was always trying to eat me.

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Ann C. Morris @anncmorris.bsky.social · 16d

Assistant or Associate Professor of Microbiology at the University of Kentucky: ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/601...
#academic jobs #edusky

Assistant or Associate Professor in Microbiology

The Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY seeks to fill a tenure-eligible faculty position at the Assistant or Associate Professor le...

ukjobs.uky.edu

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Dr. Brittany J. Carr @drbjcarr.bsky.social · 12d

You are a powerhouse! Congratulations!

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Dr. Brittany J. Carr @drbjcarr.bsky.social · 12d

Well deserved 😊

Dr. Brittany J. Carr @drbjcarr.bsky.social · 12d

Congratulations!

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Dr. Brittany J. Carr @drbjcarr.bsky.social · 15d

Missed saying goodbye. Safe travels home!

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Dr. Brittany J. Carr @drbjcarr.bsky.social · 16d

Neat!

Dr. Brittany J. Carr @drbjcarr.bsky.social · 18d

Ugh, I'm sorry. At the very least frogs are less expensive than mice. They can live much longer though, so losing adults (especially transgenics) sucks.