Mohamed Noor
@mafnoor.bsky.social
Executive Vice Provost @DukeU . Genetics/ evolution. Science consults for #StarTrek , & speak/videos/write on science in sci-fi. Personal acct- views are my own. (he/ him/ his)
August 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Honored to have gotten to contribute a tiny bit to #startreksnw season 3-- GREAT season and hope everyone loves watching it as much as all the folks enjoyed making it! (Red circle added)
July 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Honored to have gotten to contribute a tiny bit to #startreksnw season 3-- GREAT season and hope everyone loves watching it as much as all the folks enjoyed making it! (Red circle added)
So so sorry, my friend- thinking of you, and please yell if can help in any way…
January 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
So so sorry, my friend- thinking of you, and please yell if can help in any way…
Nicely done! I made a graphic of this a year ago for my course. Just updated it with your added info. Thanks, and enjoy! 🖖
December 29, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Nicely done! I made a graphic of this a year ago for my course. Just updated it with your added info. Thanks, and enjoy! 🖖
Full-time, 10-week paid summer marketing internship working for Star Trek! Available to students who will be Juniors, Seniors, or Masters students in fall 2025. Hybrid or on-site (NYC, LA). Deadline for applications December 31, 2024-- see careers.paramount.com/job-invite/4...
December 13, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Full-time, 10-week paid summer marketing internship working for Star Trek! Available to students who will be Juniors, Seniors, or Masters students in fall 2025. Hybrid or on-site (NYC, LA). Deadline for applications December 31, 2024-- see careers.paramount.com/job-invite/4...
Amusingly, the Evolution conference in 2017 in Portland was in the same convention center as the “Heroes and Villains” convention. I got tickets for both and jumped back and forth between speciation talks and “the cast of CW’s Arrow” panels… 😂 Note the tag the Stephen Amell (Arrow) is wearing here…
December 6, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Amusingly, the Evolution conference in 2017 in Portland was in the same convention center as the “Heroes and Villains” convention. I got tickets for both and jumped back and forth between speciation talks and “the cast of CW’s Arrow” panels… 😂 Note the tag the Stephen Amell (Arrow) is wearing here…
Happy Thanksgiving all! Very grateful for the friendships and kind engagements from you all on this platform and more generally. Wishing you the very best today and always!
November 28, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Happy Thanksgiving all! Very grateful for the friendships and kind engagements from you all on this platform and more generally. Wishing you the very best today and always!
It’s a privilege to be able to walk from work to an early voting site- thanks to Duke University for making it easy and to the 1158 people who voted before me here on this first day of early voting in NC!
October 17, 2024 at 11:35 PM
It’s a privilege to be able to walk from work to an early voting site- thanks to Duke University for making it easy and to the 1158 people who voted before me here on this first day of early voting in NC!
Come learn a bit about chromatin remodeling through its reference in #StarTrekProdigy , regarding some interesting tribbles in a 2-minute #BioTrekkie video. Enjoy more #science via #StarTrek , and hope you're enjoying this fun new season of Prodigy! youtu.be/r2PePbR3FPk
July 7, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Come learn a bit about chromatin remodeling through its reference in #StarTrekProdigy , regarding some interesting tribbles in a 2-minute #BioTrekkie video. Enjoy more #science via #StarTrek , and hope you're enjoying this fun new season of Prodigy! youtu.be/r2PePbR3FPk
In our "BioTrekkie with the Admiral" final release, Jayne Brook & I discuss science inspired by and great performances in #StarTrekDiscovery S5E9-10: origin of mate preferences and one of our favorite Saru moments by Doug Jones. 😀 Come watch: youtu.be/8UIfxvg4Ak4
June 2, 2024 at 4:59 PM
In our "BioTrekkie with the Admiral" final release, Jayne Brook & I discuss science inspired by and great performances in #StarTrekDiscovery S5E9-10: origin of mate preferences and one of our favorite Saru moments by Doug Jones. 😀 Come watch: youtu.be/8UIfxvg4Ak4
In the latest " #BioTrekkie with the Admiral" release, @TheJayneBrook & I discuss real science behind depictions in #StarTrekDiscovery S5E7-8: effects of cold on healing, clinical and biological death, root cuttings, and the amazing Hy’Rell! Join us: youtu.be/YeaILEi17KI
May 19, 2024 at 5:00 PM
In the latest " #BioTrekkie with the Admiral" release, @TheJayneBrook & I discuss real science behind depictions in #StarTrekDiscovery S5E7-8: effects of cold on healing, clinical and biological death, root cuttings, and the amazing Hy’Rell! Join us: youtu.be/YeaILEi17KI
Join us for today’s "BioTrekkie with the Admiral" video: @TheJayneBrook and I discuss real science behind depictions in #StarTrekDiscovery S5E5-6: seasonal plumage in birds, soft-shell crab exoskeletons, elephant communication, sound & health, and more! youtu.be/Ovjc-7WxDUA
May 5, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Join us for today’s "BioTrekkie with the Admiral" video: @TheJayneBrook and I discuss real science behind depictions in #StarTrekDiscovery S5E5-6: seasonal plumage in birds, soft-shell crab exoskeletons, elephant communication, sound & health, and more! youtu.be/Ovjc-7WxDUA
Come hear wonderful actress Jayne Brook and my review of science and production in #StarTrekDiscovery episodes S5E3-4! We talk barbs/ stingers, stealthy animals, regrowing appendages, and more! Yay SCIENCE in #StarTrek! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM8o... #BioTrekkie
April 21, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Come hear wonderful actress Jayne Brook and my review of science and production in #StarTrekDiscovery episodes S5E3-4! We talk barbs/ stingers, stealthy animals, regrowing appendages, and more! Yay SCIENCE in #StarTrek! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM8o... #BioTrekkie
Join Jayne Brook and me at 1pm today (we'll be in the live chat), or anytime thereafter, to hear our review of science and production in Star Trek Discovery S5E1-2! www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWcn... #BioTrekkie #StarTrekDiscovery
April 7, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Join Jayne Brook and me at 1pm today (we'll be in the live chat), or anytime thereafter, to hear our review of science and production in Star Trek Discovery S5E1-2! www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWcn... #BioTrekkie #StarTrekDiscovery
Check out our review of the first episode of #Marvel #Echo tonight at 9pm ET (or anytime thereafter), with special guest Native American Studies expert and wonderful colleague Courtney Lewis ! Great conversation-- you'll enjoy it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR1T...
April 4, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Check out our review of the first episode of #Marvel #Echo tonight at 9pm ET (or anytime thereafter), with special guest Native American Studies expert and wonderful colleague Courtney Lewis ! Great conversation-- you'll enjoy it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR1T...
Pleased to announce my series "BioTrekkie with the Admiral" is coming back starting next Sunday, April 7, 10am PT, co-hosted with my friend Jayne Brook . Video announcement at this link- subscribe to be notified! youtu.be/lB1Zrquvy5Y #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek #BioTrekkie
March 31, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Pleased to announce my series "BioTrekkie with the Admiral" is coming back starting next Sunday, April 7, 10am PT, co-hosted with my friend Jayne Brook . Video announcement at this link- subscribe to be notified! youtu.be/lB1Zrquvy5Y #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek #BioTrekkie
Somehow think it’s a bad marketing to call your soap this… 😂
March 15, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Somehow think it’s a bad marketing to call your soap this… 😂
In honor of #InternationalWomensDay , shout-out to 8 of the many amazing women with whom I work on a daily or near-daily basis at at Duke University -- all brilliant, innovative professionals who are great at their jobs! Many more not pictured too.
March 8, 2024 at 1:47 PM
In honor of #InternationalWomensDay , shout-out to 8 of the many amazing women with whom I work on a daily or near-daily basis at at Duke University -- all brilliant, innovative professionals who are great at their jobs! Many more not pictured too.
In this week's "Genetics, Evolution #StarTrek " class, we finish evidence for evolution and begin studying (and making) phylogenetic trees, this time using #StarTrekVoyager "Distant Origin" as a case study.
February 7, 2024 at 3:14 PM
In this week's "Genetics, Evolution #StarTrek " class, we finish evidence for evolution and begin studying (and making) phylogenetic trees, this time using #StarTrekVoyager "Distant Origin" as a case study.