Maureen Barr

Also applies to writing grant applications

Congrats to all the awardees!! Special shout out to my JHU colleague @watanabelab.bsky.social for the Innovation in Research Award!

I am deeply grateful to @ASCBiology and truly humbled by this recognition of my research through the Postdoctoral Porter Prize for Research Excellence. Congratulations to all the awardees!

Congratulations!

I’m extremely honored to be recognized with the WICB Junior Research Award. ASCB and WICB have been key to my career development since I attended my first annual meeting in 2005. Congrats to the other awardees!

Congratulations!

Leading Scientific Societies File Amicus Brief With U.S. Supreme Court in Support of NIH Grant Recipients Washington, DC – August 4, 2025 – On Friday, August 1, the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), and the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) jointly filed an expanded amicus brief with the Supreme Court of the United States in American Public Health Association v. NIH. As some of the nation’s largest and most respected scientific societies, the amici submit this brief to emphasize the urgent need to safeguard federal research investments, protect early-career scientists, and uphold the integrity of the nation’s science ecosystem. The four leading life science organizations originally filed an amicus brief in the case on May 2, urging the court to find recent executive actions that led to the termination of NIH grants supporting early-career scientists—such as the Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program—unlawful and to compel NIH to restore funding swiftly. MOSAIC grants support scientists from a wide range of backgrounds in transitioning to research careers. Today’s updated filing focuses specifically on the immediate and irreparable harm caused by the grant terminations and asks the Court to deny the government’s request for a stay pending approval. The updated brief includes new evidence and perspectives drawn from peer-reviewed articles and commentary published in recent months, which underscore the devastating consequences these grant cancellations have already had across the scientific community. Together, ASBMB, ASCB, ASM, and FASEB represent more than 150,000 biological and biomedical researchers whose work drives innovation, improves public health, and fuels the U.S. economy. Their members have long supported and participated in programs like MOSAIC, w…

While many institutions are capitulating to Trump, my favorite scientific societies are fighting back. Aug 1 @ascbiology.bsky.social, @asm.org, @asbmb.bsky.social, & @faseborg.bsky.social jointly filed an expanded amicus brief with the Supreme Court in American Public Health Association v. NIH 1/n

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Scientists Found Sticky Goo Inside a 2,500-Year-Old Jar. Seventy Years Later, They Finally Know What It Is By studying the mysterious substance's chemical makeup, scientists determined the pot was once full of honey

It's reassuring to know that letting your beverages dry out in your workplace coffee mugs and turning them into disgusting gobs of sticky goo is an ancient and time-honored practice.

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I was being recruited by UAB Ophthalmology for a vice chair position, and was down on a visit when the Alabama State Supreme Court effectively banned IVF.

Talking with my wife that night, she asked if I saw the news.

She said: “I don’t want to live in Alabama”.

This is coming for us all… VOTE!

Recombinant Monoclonal Antibodies for Detecting the Tubulin Post‐Translational Modifications Glutamylation and Lysine‐40 Acetylation Post-translational modifications (PTMs) to tubulin subunits in microtubule filaments are thought to comprise a component of the tubulin code that specifies microtubule functions in cell physiology an....

New from Verhey lab @kjverhey1.bsky.social: "a renewable source of antibodies with high specificity and affinity towards tubulin glutamylation and acetylation"

recombinant rMAb-GT335 and rMAb-611B1

#microtubule #cilia #tubulin

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"It's just a joke"

She was badass and I was very fortunate

LOLSOB I was in grad school in the biomedical sciences in the 90s: the misogyny was off the charts AND we had so little language to describe it.

My 2nd rotation PI told me I would go to CSHL, find a husband, and drop out of science. I thought something was wrong with me until Marian Carlson told me that he was a male chauvinist pig and that I should not join his lab 🤯

@labogden.bsky.social 🦔

Fruit flies on a segment of citrus fruit.

Was this written by a C. elegans researcher?

The report is "tedious" and at times "truly wearisome", according to Bob Kopp, a climate scientist at Rutgers University. Kopp recently worked on a paper showing how rising temperatures and drought will worsen crop yields, counter to the report's claims that crops will flourish with extra carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. "Carbon dioxide fertilization is largely irrelevant to how increasingly extreme heat and intense drought will impact crop yields," Kopp said. "As a former department of energy fellow, I'm embarrassed by this report."

I’m tired and no longer capable of being measured when speaking to reporters…

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I don't know much about Trump's tariffs, but the optics are bad

The tariff on our flow cytometer (U.S. assembled but with several expensive Chinese components) was about as much as my car, bought new.

This was a purchase months in the works, and the tariffs only hit at the 11th hour. Just a lovely system we have right now.

I have a 63X plan-apo from 2000 that's going strong. This is a replacement for a 2018 Zeiss LSM880

1/3 It's official, our grants from the NIH/NIEHS have all been suspended. We were aiming to understand how arsenic, a chemical that millions of Americans are exposed to at high levels, is disrupting the epigenetic machinery.

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3/3 I am deeply concerned though for all UCLA trainees and employees and our ability to safeguard and retain the next generation of scientific talent.

Quote for a 63x objective. The objective is $12,784. The tariff is $1,661.92

Zeiss 63x objective

We need a new microscope objective. A $1.6k tariff for something that you can hold in your hand and that is only manufactured in Germany

Growing up, we didn't have cable TV. I instead watched PBS--Mr Rodgers, Sesame Street, Reading Rainbow, Zaboomafu, Wishbone, and perhaps most impactful, Bill Nye the Science Guy. The closure of CPB is heartbreaking and is a grave disservice to American children. cpb.org/pressroom/Co...

NPR and PBS. A national tragedy and travesty. Just unimaginable.

a bunch of balloons are flying in the sky . ALT: a bunch of balloons are flying in the sky .

I have some BIG NEWS to share today!

Today I begin my next adventure as

Chief Editor of Nature Biomedical Engineering!!

(a thread) @natmethods.nature.com @natbiomedeng.nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com

Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Biomedical Engineering Job Title: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Biomedical Engineering Organization: Nature Portfolio Location: New York, Jersey City, Shanghai or Beijing – Hybrid Working Closing date: August 20, 2025 ...

If you’d like to join me on this journey, NBME is hiring!! This is a fantastically rewarding career that keeps you very much in science. springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...