Maureen Barr
@barrlab.bsky.social
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/
https://barrlab.rutgers.edu/
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Dessert: Apple pie with homemade saffron and mace ice cream.
November 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Dessert: Apple pie with homemade saffron and mace ice cream.
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LMFAO
@needhibhalla.bsky.social has been a good citizen!
No profanity found in their last 47 posts.
No profanity found in their last 47 posts.
November 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
LMFAO
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So apparently the administrators at Northwestern have caved to the extortionist demands of the Feds. Faculty voted 595-4 AGAINST this measure.
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
So apparently the administrators at Northwestern have caved to the extortionist demands of the Feds. Faculty voted 595-4 AGAINST this measure.
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It’s tiresome and repetitive but I think it may be imperative every time fascism tells this fundamentally antisemitic lie that every Jew who knows even a bit of what’s what—I know a bit—says explicitly “this isn’t for me. It’s against me & everyone human.”
Statement from U.S. AG Pam Bondi:
“Today’s settlement marks another victory in the Trump Administration’s fight to ensure that American educational institutions protect Jewish students and put merit first…
“Today’s settlement marks another victory in the Trump Administration’s fight to ensure that American educational institutions protect Jewish students and put merit first…
November 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
It’s tiresome and repetitive but I think it may be imperative every time fascism tells this fundamentally antisemitic lie that every Jew who knows even a bit of what’s what—I know a bit—says explicitly “this isn’t for me. It’s against me & everyone human.”
When life hands you lemons, make a paper plane and this amazing hummus recipe
cookieandkate.com/best-hummus-...
cookieandkate.com/best-hummus-...
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
When life hands you lemons, make a paper plane and this amazing hummus recipe
cookieandkate.com/best-hummus-...
cookieandkate.com/best-hummus-...
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working up a little cell/worm counter. ~$40 of adafruit parts (plus some keyboard switches, 3d printing, and minor soldering). Next steps are wifi/bt communication.
currently envision counting and ethotiming modes, but if any c. elegans friends have ideas, I’d be happy to consider them.
currently envision counting and ethotiming modes, but if any c. elegans friends have ideas, I’d be happy to consider them.
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 AM
working up a little cell/worm counter. ~$40 of adafruit parts (plus some keyboard switches, 3d printing, and minor soldering). Next steps are wifi/bt communication.
currently envision counting and ethotiming modes, but if any c. elegans friends have ideas, I’d be happy to consider them.
currently envision counting and ethotiming modes, but if any c. elegans friends have ideas, I’d be happy to consider them.
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New must-read review article for all lovers of #centrioles and #centrosomes 😍👇
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
New must-read review article for all lovers of #centrioles and #centrosomes 😍👇
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As a thank you to all of the amazing people who have supported me over the years, I’m offering 25% off #SciArt and #ScienceFashion on #Etsy until Dec 7 (www.etsy.com/shop/beatasc...). Hoping to have more time to focus on my art soon, so message me with cool ideas for designs or collaborations!
November 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
As a thank you to all of the amazing people who have supported me over the years, I’m offering 25% off #SciArt and #ScienceFashion on #Etsy until Dec 7 (www.etsy.com/shop/beatasc...). Hoping to have more time to focus on my art soon, so message me with cool ideas for designs or collaborations!
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Those of us who are immigrants should stand up today and say it loudly: I am an immigrant and I have given more to this country than I have taken. I am not ashamed.
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Those of us who are immigrants should stand up today and say it loudly: I am an immigrant and I have given more to this country than I have taken. I am not ashamed.
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Mango cream, sweet potato, pecan, two cherry.
Not sure we made enough.
Not sure we made enough.
November 27, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Mango cream, sweet potato, pecan, two cherry.
Not sure we made enough.
Not sure we made enough.
These scarves are gorgeous. Great gifts for graduating students. I'm getting a tie and scarf for our lab white elephant holiday party!
Hey guys! I'm having a sale on all my silk #sciart scarves and ties 😊 🐡🧪🧠
Banish the Boring and Beige
This year, give gorgeous, geeky gifts
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November 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
These scarves are gorgeous. Great gifts for graduating students. I'm getting a tie and scarf for our lab white elephant holiday party!
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My students are translators, caregivers, poets, emergency service workers, refugees, immigrants, community educators, activists and more on top of their academic achievements. I'm so lucky to have them!
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
My students are translators, caregivers, poets, emergency service workers, refugees, immigrants, community educators, activists and more on top of their academic achievements. I'm so lucky to have them!
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How do new centromeres evolve while staying compatible with the division machinery?
Discover it in our new Nature paper! We show centromeres transition gradually via a mix of drift, selection, and sex, reaching new states that still work with the kinetochore.
👉 doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09779-1
Discover it in our new Nature paper! We show centromeres transition gradually via a mix of drift, selection, and sex, reaching new states that still work with the kinetochore.
👉 doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09779-1
November 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
How do new centromeres evolve while staying compatible with the division machinery?
Discover it in our new Nature paper! We show centromeres transition gradually via a mix of drift, selection, and sex, reaching new states that still work with the kinetochore.
👉 doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09779-1
Discover it in our new Nature paper! We show centromeres transition gradually via a mix of drift, selection, and sex, reaching new states that still work with the kinetochore.
👉 doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09779-1
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Curious about how this story came to be (we never planned to study centromeres!)? Here’s a glimpse behind the scenes of how a naive method to count chromosomes unlocked the rules behind centromere evolution.
P.S. There are cartoons!
👉 tinyurl.com/4rz4ve6u
P.S. There are cartoons!
👉 tinyurl.com/4rz4ve6u
Counting Chromosomes: The Simple Idea That Unlocked the Rules Behind Centromere Evolution
tinyurl.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Curious about how this story came to be (we never planned to study centromeres!)? Here’s a glimpse behind the scenes of how a naive method to count chromosomes unlocked the rules behind centromere evolution.
P.S. There are cartoons!
👉 tinyurl.com/4rz4ve6u
P.S. There are cartoons!
👉 tinyurl.com/4rz4ve6u
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The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
Also missing: the text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy”
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
Also missing: the text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy”
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
Also missing: the text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy”
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
Also missing: the text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy”
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My painting GRASSY LAKE
November 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
My painting GRASSY LAKE
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In Google's search engine, you can suppress AI summaries by adding "-ar" to the end of your query.
For example: "best way to brine a turkey -ar" www.google.com/search?q=bes...
For example: "best way to brine a turkey -ar" www.google.com/search?q=bes...
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
In Google's search engine, you can suppress AI summaries by adding "-ar" to the end of your query.
For example: "best way to brine a turkey -ar" www.google.com/search?q=bes...
For example: "best way to brine a turkey -ar" www.google.com/search?q=bes...
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Super proud to be part of SFB1348 — and excited to share that I now officially have my own lab in Münster! 🎉🪰
We’ll study #cellbio & #morphogenesis, focusing on organ sculpting and #chirality in #Drosophila.
I’ll soon hire my first #PhD student — feel free to reach out!
#juniorPI #Science #devbio
We’ll study #cellbio & #morphogenesis, focusing on organ sculpting and #chirality in #Drosophila.
I’ll soon hire my first #PhD student — feel free to reach out!
#juniorPI #Science #devbio
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Super proud to be part of SFB1348 — and excited to share that I now officially have my own lab in Münster! 🎉🪰
We’ll study #cellbio & #morphogenesis, focusing on organ sculpting and #chirality in #Drosophila.
I’ll soon hire my first #PhD student — feel free to reach out!
#juniorPI #Science #devbio
We’ll study #cellbio & #morphogenesis, focusing on organ sculpting and #chirality in #Drosophila.
I’ll soon hire my first #PhD student — feel free to reach out!
#juniorPI #Science #devbio
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*reading all the Thanksgiving posts*
This is it this is the moment where we catch up with US science because we're working while these lazy socialists are cooking and eating and vacationing
This is it this is the moment where we catch up with US science because we're working while these lazy socialists are cooking and eating and vacationing
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
*reading all the Thanksgiving posts*
This is it this is the moment where we catch up with US science because we're working while these lazy socialists are cooking and eating and vacationing
This is it this is the moment where we catch up with US science because we're working while these lazy socialists are cooking and eating and vacationing
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Oh uh, someone better tell the students and Postdocs they’re gonna get scooped if they take a half day off tomorrow.
*reading all the Thanksgiving posts*
This is it this is the moment where we catch up with US science because we're working while these lazy socialists are cooking and eating and vacationing
This is it this is the moment where we catch up with US science because we're working while these lazy socialists are cooking and eating and vacationing
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Oh uh, someone better tell the students and Postdocs they’re gonna get scooped if they take a half day off tomorrow.
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corn. paint and crayon by my daughter several years ago. love this, hanging in my office
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
corn. paint and crayon by my daughter several years ago. love this, hanging in my office
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Looking through my old pie photos shows that 1. We love peach, cherry, apple, and key lime pies and 2. I cannot be arsed to actually weave a lattice crust.
November 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Looking through my old pie photos shows that 1. We love peach, cherry, apple, and key lime pies and 2. I cannot be arsed to actually weave a lattice crust.
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#Piemageddon2025 is begun! First up, a trio of pumpkin pies (because the One Pie recipe makes 1.5 pies). I got my disaster pie out of the way early by dropping one while sliding it into the oven (fortunately onto a baking sheet that caught the spilled custard). Pretty. Clear which pie it was.
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
#Piemageddon2025 is begun! First up, a trio of pumpkin pies (because the One Pie recipe makes 1.5 pies). I got my disaster pie out of the way early by dropping one while sliding it into the oven (fortunately onto a baking sheet that caught the spilled custard). Pretty. Clear which pie it was.
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Time to vote for our GSA officers!
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☑️ GSA Board Elections are open—we're calling our members to make their voice heard!
Help shape the future of our Society by voting for the next Vice President, Treasurer, and three Directors. Cast your ballot by November 30, 2025: buff.ly/TAENAkq
Help shape the future of our Society by voting for the next Vice President, Treasurer, and three Directors. Cast your ballot by November 30, 2025: buff.ly/TAENAkq
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Time to vote for our GSA officers!
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