Caroline Bartman
@cbartman.bsky.social
brand new asst prof at University of Pennsylvania
studying metabolic flux- NCI R00 awardee- also i do bad jokes (she/her)
https://bartmanlabpenn.squarespace.com/
studying metabolic flux- NCI R00 awardee- also i do bad jokes (she/her)
https://bartmanlabpenn.squarespace.com/
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My (now) weekly update on 2026 NIH funding.
New and competitive renewal awards.
3 new awards (compared to ~100 expected based on recent years).
No new ICs... still just NIA, NINDS, NIDCD, and NIDCR.
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New and competitive renewal awards.
3 new awards (compared to ~100 expected based on recent years).
No new ICs... still just NIA, NINDS, NIDCD, and NIDCR.
1/2
January 16, 2026 at 2:37 PM
My (now) weekly update on 2026 NIH funding.
New and competitive renewal awards.
3 new awards (compared to ~100 expected based on recent years).
No new ICs... still just NIA, NINDS, NIDCD, and NIDCR.
1/2
New and competitive renewal awards.
3 new awards (compared to ~100 expected based on recent years).
No new ICs... still just NIA, NINDS, NIDCD, and NIDCR.
1/2
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So cool - someone finally hacked 'the vault'.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A genetically encoded device for transcriptome storage in mammalian cells
Understanding how cells make decisions over time requires the ability to link past molecular states to future phenotypic outcomes. We present TimeVault, a genetically encoded system that records and s...
www.science.org
January 16, 2026 at 1:10 PM
So cool - someone finally hacked 'the vault'.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Native to China, they have a "truncated abdomen" called an 'opisthosomal disc', that functions as camouflage.
When threatened, they retreat to their hole in the ground & plug the opening with their coin-shaped butts, creating a "false bottom" to the hole with their *real bottoms*.
When threatened, they retreat to their hole in the ground & plug the opening with their coin-shaped butts, creating a "false bottom" to the hole with their *real bottoms*.
January 15, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Native to China, they have a "truncated abdomen" called an 'opisthosomal disc', that functions as camouflage.
When threatened, they retreat to their hole in the ground & plug the opening with their coin-shaped butts, creating a "false bottom" to the hole with their *real bottoms*.
When threatened, they retreat to their hole in the ground & plug the opening with their coin-shaped butts, creating a "false bottom" to the hole with their *real bottoms*.
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It's good someone did this analysis but frankly the fact that the bullets entered through the side window and not the windshield should have been proof enough.
The NYT has a new video analysis of Renee Good's shooting which is careful, accurate, and clear - he walked across the path of a moving car, then leaned in and shot her with his feet well clear of the vehicle. 1/
Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:33 AM
It's good someone did this analysis but frankly the fact that the bullets entered through the side window and not the windshield should have been proof enough.
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Current read: The Mercy of Gods by James SA Corey.
Asks the eternal question , what if you were stuck with just your lab mates during the alien invasion?
Asks the eternal question , what if you were stuck with just your lab mates during the alien invasion?
January 16, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Current read: The Mercy of Gods by James SA Corey.
Asks the eternal question , what if you were stuck with just your lab mates during the alien invasion?
Asks the eternal question , what if you were stuck with just your lab mates during the alien invasion?
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I think Dem electeds should take moral stances & then work to change public opinion.
But it's notable that another centrist Dem group has a memo that 1) contradicts Third Way's "don't say 'Abolish ICE'", 2) is based on actual research, 3) didn't get an NYT story.
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
But it's notable that another centrist Dem group has a memo that 1) contradicts Third Way's "don't say 'Abolish ICE'", 2) is based on actual research, 3) didn't get an NYT story.
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
Joe Rogan’s Harsh New Takedown of Trump ICE Raids Hands Dems a Weapon
When a Trump supporter refers to ICE as the “gestapo,” a door has definitely opened. Will Democrats charge through it?
newrepublic.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:19 PM
I think Dem electeds should take moral stances & then work to change public opinion.
But it's notable that another centrist Dem group has a memo that 1) contradicts Third Way's "don't say 'Abolish ICE'", 2) is based on actual research, 3) didn't get an NYT story.
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
But it's notable that another centrist Dem group has a memo that 1) contradicts Third Way's "don't say 'Abolish ICE'", 2) is based on actual research, 3) didn't get an NYT story.
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
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This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT
The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars
ictnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 10:31 PM
This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
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Six medical organizations plan to ask the courts to throw out the revisions to the childhood vaccination schedule released by the CDC.
The revisions aren’t based on scientific evidence, they based on misinformation.
Public health is at risk.
🧪🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/h...
The revisions aren’t based on scientific evidence, they based on misinformation.
Public health is at risk.
🧪🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/h...
Medical Groups Will Try to Block Childhood Vaccine Recommendations
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Six medical organizations plan to ask the courts to throw out the revisions to the childhood vaccination schedule released by the CDC.
The revisions aren’t based on scientific evidence, they based on misinformation.
Public health is at risk.
🧪🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/h...
The revisions aren’t based on scientific evidence, they based on misinformation.
Public health is at risk.
🧪🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/h...
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At the Senate hearing on abortion pills, @murray.senate.gov blasts GOP chair Cassidy for failing to hold RFK Jr. accountable as promised: "Wasn't he supposed to be here quarterly? Wasn't he supposed to leave the vaccine schedule alone? And isn't this committee supposed to be conducting oversight?”
January 14, 2026 at 3:18 PM
At the Senate hearing on abortion pills, @murray.senate.gov blasts GOP chair Cassidy for failing to hold RFK Jr. accountable as promised: "Wasn't he supposed to be here quarterly? Wasn't he supposed to leave the vaccine schedule alone? And isn't this committee supposed to be conducting oversight?”
my university+duo mobile:
"you're going to have to do two-factor"
me: clicks ok
"no really, its gonna happen"
me: clicks ok
"ok, it's coming!"
ok
"HERE IT IS"
me: clicks the two factor button
"you're going to have to do two-factor"
me: clicks ok
"no really, its gonna happen"
me: clicks ok
"ok, it's coming!"
ok
"HERE IT IS"
me: clicks the two factor button
January 14, 2026 at 2:37 PM
my university+duo mobile:
"you're going to have to do two-factor"
me: clicks ok
"no really, its gonna happen"
me: clicks ok
"ok, it's coming!"
ok
"HERE IT IS"
me: clicks the two factor button
"you're going to have to do two-factor"
me: clicks ok
"no really, its gonna happen"
me: clicks ok
"ok, it's coming!"
ok
"HERE IT IS"
me: clicks the two factor button
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The appropriations bill that includes NIH is being finalized.
The Senate bill includes a bipartisan amendment from Senators Capito (WV) and Baldwin (WI) limiting multi-year funding of grants.
The House version does not and OMB has issued a veto threat if the House includes such language.
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The Senate bill includes a bipartisan amendment from Senators Capito (WV) and Baldwin (WI) limiting multi-year funding of grants.
The House version does not and OMB has issued a veto threat if the House includes such language.
1/3
a close up of a brown surface with a few spots
ALT: a close up of a brown surface with a few spots
media.tenor.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:33 PM
The appropriations bill that includes NIH is being finalized.
The Senate bill includes a bipartisan amendment from Senators Capito (WV) and Baldwin (WI) limiting multi-year funding of grants.
The House version does not and OMB has issued a veto threat if the House includes such language.
1/3
The Senate bill includes a bipartisan amendment from Senators Capito (WV) and Baldwin (WI) limiting multi-year funding of grants.
The House version does not and OMB has issued a veto threat if the House includes such language.
1/3
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Abolish ice is about to become a centrist position
January 13, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Abolish ice is about to become a centrist position
Today i learned about Caroline Herschel! the first woman to receive a salary as a scientist!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolin...
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Caroline Herschel - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 14, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Today i learned about Caroline Herschel! the first woman to receive a salary as a scientist!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolin...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolin...
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January 13, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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"37° Celsius, ~95% Humidity, 100% Love"
January 13, 2026 at 6:43 PM
"37° Celsius, ~95% Humidity, 100% Love"
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"It's 80% confluent SOMEWHERE!"
January 13, 2026 at 6:44 PM
"It's 80% confluent SOMEWHERE!"
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“Live, laugh, L-glutamine”
January 13, 2026 at 5:23 PM
“Live, laugh, L-glutamine”
i want to make lil signs on wood with curly white writing for my tissue culture room:
"But first, DMEM"
"Not without my FBS"
"PEN/STREP all the TIME"
"But first, DMEM"
"Not without my FBS"
"PEN/STREP all the TIME"
January 13, 2026 at 4:41 PM
i want to make lil signs on wood with curly white writing for my tissue culture room:
"But first, DMEM"
"Not without my FBS"
"PEN/STREP all the TIME"
"But first, DMEM"
"Not without my FBS"
"PEN/STREP all the TIME"
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Dorks, I know more than 7.2k of you think RFK Jr. needs to go!
I’m headed to DC tomorrow to meet with members of Congress about our articles of Impeachment.
The more people sign, the louder we can yell.
SHARE SHARE SHARE!
Standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
I’m headed to DC tomorrow to meet with members of Congress about our articles of Impeachment.
The more people sign, the louder we can yell.
SHARE SHARE SHARE!
Standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
It's been just one month and we have the momentum. We're fighting to impeach and remove RFK Jr, whose negligence and anti-science is killing Americans. There are articles of impeachment in the house as we speak — we need our reps to act on them!
Take action with us: standupforscience.net/impeac...
Take action with us: standupforscience.net/impeac...
January 12, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Dorks, I know more than 7.2k of you think RFK Jr. needs to go!
I’m headed to DC tomorrow to meet with members of Congress about our articles of Impeachment.
The more people sign, the louder we can yell.
SHARE SHARE SHARE!
Standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
I’m headed to DC tomorrow to meet with members of Congress about our articles of Impeachment.
The more people sign, the louder we can yell.
SHARE SHARE SHARE!
Standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
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And you may saye to yourselfe
These are not my lone and level sandes
And you may saye to yourselfe
These are not my vast and trunklesse legges of stone
These are not my lone and level sandes
And you may saye to yourselfe
These are not my vast and trunklesse legges of stone
January 12, 2026 at 10:49 PM
And you may saye to yourselfe
These are not my lone and level sandes
And you may saye to yourselfe
These are not my vast and trunklesse legges of stone
These are not my lone and level sandes
And you may saye to yourselfe
These are not my vast and trunklesse legges of stone
Book list I am adding to my TBR!!
I read 105 books in 2026. Like study sections and pizza consumption, I've tracked and rated every book I've read for over a decade and I share the spreadsheet with my friends. Here are my top 8 favorite books I read for the first time in 2025 (doesn't mean published in 2025, not in rank order): 💙📚
January 12, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Book list I am adding to my TBR!!
just almost signed an email
"Beast,
Caroline"
which is a mood
"Beast,
Caroline"
which is a mood
January 12, 2026 at 6:04 PM
just almost signed an email
"Beast,
Caroline"
which is a mood
"Beast,
Caroline"
which is a mood
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Hard to overstate what a remarkable statement this is from a Republican senator — even a retiring one — accusing thte Trump White House of weaponizing DOJ to control the Fed:
"It is now the independence and credibility of the Department of Justice that are in question."
"It is now the independence and credibility of the Department of Justice that are in question."
January 12, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Hard to overstate what a remarkable statement this is from a Republican senator — even a retiring one — accusing thte Trump White House of weaponizing DOJ to control the Fed:
"It is now the independence and credibility of the Department of Justice that are in question."
"It is now the independence and credibility of the Department of Justice that are in question."