Dr. Brittany J. Carr
@drbjcarr.bsky.social
Assistant Prof @UAlberta. Genetically-modified frogs 🐸, retinal development & degeneration, imaging. She/Her. Views are my own. Canadian 🇨🇦
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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 🐡
doi.org/10.1242/jcs....
🐸 🧪 #neuroskyence #academicsky #sciart 🐡
Update: I did not know that "Google Drive for Desktop" was a thing. So I downloaded that and am now moving everything over. Easy peasy 😊 (only about 600 GB to transfer 🫠). Thanks all!
a boy in a blue shirt is sitting in front of a computer screen
ALT: a boy in a blue shirt is sitting in front of a computer screen
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November 20, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Update: I did not know that "Google Drive for Desktop" was a thing. So I downloaded that and am now moving everything over. Easy peasy 😊 (only about 600 GB to transfer 🫠). Thanks all!
OK bsky. I need to back up a shared Google drive. If you download a folder, it zips it according to size, and changes the location of files. E.g., it will download 6 zips, and "Summer Research" will have X number of files in 6 duplicate folders across zips. Is there a way to put things back easily?
November 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
OK bsky. I need to back up a shared Google drive. If you download a folder, it zips it according to size, and changes the location of files. E.g., it will download 6 zips, and "Summer Research" will have X number of files in 6 duplicate folders across zips. Is there a way to put things back easily?
Sent hubby a pic of my desk at work and he asked why I had a framed picture of a man. Babe, how much time you got because we're going to get into some LORE 😂
It's a semi-silly but uplifting way to remind myself of how far I've come. Mega props if you know the source. 🧪💅
It's a semi-silly but uplifting way to remind myself of how far I've come. Mega props if you know the source. 🧪💅
November 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Sent hubby a pic of my desk at work and he asked why I had a framed picture of a man. Babe, how much time you got because we're going to get into some LORE 😂
It's a semi-silly but uplifting way to remind myself of how far I've come. Mega props if you know the source. 🧪💅
It's a semi-silly but uplifting way to remind myself of how far I've come. Mega props if you know the source. 🧪💅
I haven't read a good book in a long time. Any recommendations? I read multiple genres: horror, science, fiction, non-fiction, nature, etc...The last books I read were the immortal life of henrietta lacks, braiding sweetgrass, and into the planet.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:14 AM
I haven't read a good book in a long time. Any recommendations? I read multiple genres: horror, science, fiction, non-fiction, nature, etc...The last books I read were the immortal life of henrietta lacks, braiding sweetgrass, and into the planet.
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Had a hyperfixation moment today and decided to organize all of my nail polish by color, effect, and brand in excel. Oooh yeah. That's nice. #WomenInSTEM
November 6, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Had a hyperfixation moment today and decided to organize all of my nail polish by color, effect, and brand in excel. Oooh yeah. That's nice. #WomenInSTEM
October 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I feel like I need to purchase this file on the basis of the name alone.
October 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I feel like I need to purchase this file on the basis of the name alone.
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Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
October 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
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2026 Whitman Center Fellowship Applications are Open!
Every year, we bring together biologists to push the frontiers of knowledge. Scientists are invited to spend 4 to 10 wks at the MBL, with support available throughout the year. Deadline Nov. 1. https://go.mbl.edu/whitman
Every year, we bring together biologists to push the frontiers of knowledge. Scientists are invited to spend 4 to 10 wks at the MBL, with support available throughout the year. Deadline Nov. 1. https://go.mbl.edu/whitman
October 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
2026 Whitman Center Fellowship Applications are Open!
Every year, we bring together biologists to push the frontiers of knowledge. Scientists are invited to spend 4 to 10 wks at the MBL, with support available throughout the year. Deadline Nov. 1. https://go.mbl.edu/whitman
Every year, we bring together biologists to push the frontiers of knowledge. Scientists are invited to spend 4 to 10 wks at the MBL, with support available throughout the year. Deadline Nov. 1. https://go.mbl.edu/whitman
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We are hiring an Imaging Scientis. Apply here: go.mbl.edu/AS1887
October 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
We are hiring an Imaging Scientis. Apply here: go.mbl.edu/AS1887
Thanks Bryan! Nice pic of me. I don't even remember you taking it. Eagerly awaiting the Visionarium pics 😊
October 27, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Thanks Bryan! Nice pic of me. I don't even remember you taking it. Eagerly awaiting the Visionarium pics 😊
What a day. I need to touch some grass.
October 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
What a day. I need to touch some grass.
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Proud to be a part of the 50 States, 50 Stories initiative organized by @arvoinfo.bsky.social
Read more about National Eye Institute funded work in my lab on Fuchs Dystrophy here - www.arvo.org/news/arvo-bl...
Read more about National Eye Institute funded work in my lab on Fuchs Dystrophy here - www.arvo.org/news/arvo-bl...
NIH’s role in advancing Fuchs dystrophy research
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October 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Proud to be a part of the 50 States, 50 Stories initiative organized by @arvoinfo.bsky.social
Read more about National Eye Institute funded work in my lab on Fuchs Dystrophy here - www.arvo.org/news/arvo-bl...
Read more about National Eye Institute funded work in my lab on Fuchs Dystrophy here - www.arvo.org/news/arvo-bl...
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Great opportunity for prospective grad students in integrative pathobiology. Info on how to register for virtual open house on October 30 below.
Prospective students, join us for our virtual open house on Oct 30 from 12-1 pm PST to get all your questions answered, register here: ucdavis.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Great opportunity for prospective grad students in integrative pathobiology. Info on how to register for virtual open house on October 30 below.
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Xenopus embryo growth cones move at 100-120 µm/hour 🏎️ doi.org/10.1083/jcb....
Scale bar below if 10 µm and total time is 11 minutes.That's about 2 times the speed of the fastest cell in the 2013 Cell Race! (doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...)
Scale bar below if 10 µm and total time is 11 minutes.That's about 2 times the speed of the fastest cell in the 2013 Cell Race! (doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...)
October 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Xenopus embryo growth cones move at 100-120 µm/hour 🏎️ doi.org/10.1083/jcb....
Scale bar below if 10 µm and total time is 11 minutes.That's about 2 times the speed of the fastest cell in the 2013 Cell Race! (doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...)
Scale bar below if 10 µm and total time is 11 minutes.That's about 2 times the speed of the fastest cell in the 2013 Cell Race! (doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...)
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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
October 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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
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!"
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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October 13, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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!"
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!"
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.
October 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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.
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.
I thought it was for Halloween, but it's still just there. Existing.
October 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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.
I thought it was for Halloween, but it's still just there. Existing.
Sooo cool! Congratulations!
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… 🧵
October 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Sooo cool! Congratulations!
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Ahh yes, that important part of the scientific method where you "make the proof"
October 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ahh yes, that important part of the scientific method where you "make the proof"
So we just get sent AI spam summaries of our own preprints now? Wtf is BGPT?
October 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
So we just get sent AI spam summaries of our own preprints now? Wtf is BGPT?
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Assistant or Associate Professor of Microbiology at the University of Kentucky: ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/601...
#academic jobs #edusky
#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
September 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Assistant or Associate Professor of Microbiology at the University of Kentucky: ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/601...
#academic jobs #edusky
#academic jobs #edusky
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It’s @drbjcarr.bsky.social talking about Prom1 as a highly conserved protein responsible for photoreceptor outer
segment morphogenesis at #Visionarium2025
segment morphogenesis at #Visionarium2025
September 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
It’s @drbjcarr.bsky.social talking about Prom1 as a highly conserved protein responsible for photoreceptor outer
segment morphogenesis at #Visionarium2025
segment morphogenesis at #Visionarium2025