Maureen Barr

This. When my son was born, I tried so, so hard to exclusively breastfeed him. I had two different lactation consultants. Nothing really worked- I could not produce enough milk and he needed formula. Some people act like this isn't a real problem, but it is. Scare-mongering about formula is harmful

Cool, so where's the maternity leave? Where's support for working mothers? What about one's who can't nurse for whatever reason? Or is the goal just to keep us at home and out of sight?

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Nature’s 10: Ten people who shaped science in 2025 A fired public-health official, a mosquito breeder and a baby with a smile seen around the world. These are just a few of the remarkable people chosen for Nature’s 10.

Just found out I was included in @nature.com's "Ones to Watch 2026" list for @standupforscience.bsky.social. Pretty wild to have my name included on a page with this calibre of scientists...really grateful for my team and the support it took to get here.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

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While at ASCB this year, I brainstormed what my cartoon C elegans character Dr. Wormy would want to present… #CellBio2025

Yellow dog resting with a big paw on a moose toy

Sunday night moose

Me: rants to kids about putting their damn dirty dishes in the dishwasher.

Kids: puts their damn dirty dishes in the dishwasher with the clean dishes…

You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.

Wild Geese, Mary Oliver

I love the reading by Helena Bonham Carter

ASCB past-President, President-elect, current President (me) and interim CEO standing in front of the Cell Bio 25 sign!

So grateful for the opportunity to work with this amazing ASCB team!
#cellbio2025 #cellbio25

Are you attending #CellBio2025 and interested in discussing your research with JCB editors? Our editorial team will be available starting tomorrow!
🗓️ Sunday, Dec. 7, 1:00 pm–4:00 pm
🗓️ Monday, Dec. 8, 12:00 pm–4:00 pm
🗓️ Tuesday, Dec. 9, 12:00 pm–3:00 pm
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From university to community: the Baton Rouge experience - PubMed This paper describes a successful hepatitis B vaccination program which expanded from one school vaccinating 475 students to 68 schools vaccinating 3,400 students. Issues associated with success include acquiring resources, organizing program logistics, developing an advisor board, determining eligi …

Now read this paper by Senator Bill Cassidy about how he set up hepatitis B vaccination clinics in East Baton Rouge. The man sold his soul to the devil on this one. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9358383/

We’re all just trying to find the guy who did this!

Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns

“Today is a defining moment for our country,” @mtosterholm.bsky.social, a public health expert at the University of Minnesota, said. “We can no longer trust federal health authorities when it comes to vaccines.”
🧪 #giftlink

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...

Looks like the study section I serve on (CSF 1) AND the study section reviewing my MIRA (ZRG1 CDB-E) will held over two days and not one. I am SUPER grateful to the flexibility of other reviewers to be able to do this on such short notice with an accelerated timeline

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People complicate this stuff. If a student has an issue, and they go to the disability office, and get a letter outlining what accomidations they require, its not for me to argue or question it. Its seriously none of my business.

Follow protocol and do your job. Let the students do theirs

Books my kids could write: “The art of leaving your gas tank at empty when your dad needs to borrow the car…”

An all-ages advice book with chapters "How to win at trash can Jenga" and "100 ways to miss the toilet" and "Dress for summer when it's freezing"

This paper was written by my WormAtlas colleagues, Dave and Nate, in addition to 5 Nobel Prize winners. Hopefully more attention and funding will find its way to the invaluable C. elegans resources described in the paper.

It's also hilarious that there's this belief that people who qualify for accommodations automatically pursue them. There's a lot of stigma behind asking for one + figuring out the process for requesting one.

Frogs drink most of their dietary water through their butts.

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Come find out how to make your science more accessible. Hear and touch mitosis during my talk. @ascbiology.bsky.social #cellbio2025 #mitosis #midbody #tactilelearning

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"Comparison to other students in the graduate program at Fancy Pants Institution"

No disrespect to my colleagues who are fancy pants U alums!

hilarious

Only fist fight I ever won as a kid was in 10th or 11th against a guy called Sledge who kid you not called his fists Thunder and Lightning. I won because he slipped in the mud, and resolved then & there to name my fists “Are you ok, Sledgiewski?”

Here’s a sneak peek at two of the amazing topics that will be presented - Ahna Skop’s 'Tactile Mitosis' project to create more inclusive, multi-sensory learning tools, and Janet Iwasa’s software that allows users to create molecular visualizations!

All #CellBio2025 attendees! Here’s our phenomenal lineup for our session on #SciArt & #SciComm: @ahnaskop.bsky.social, @jiwasa.bsky.social, @mag2art.bsky.social, @nat-prunet.bsky.social, and Julia Licholai. Please come by and spread the word! Huge thanks to @ascbiology.bsky.social and co-organizers!