Dr Benjamin Bartelle
@bioprotean.bsky.social
ASU Bioengineering
Microglial functional states
Systems neuroimmunology
Democratized biologics
Weird Synthbio
#iGEM #microglia
Microglial functional states
Systems neuroimmunology
Democratized biologics
Weird Synthbio
#iGEM #microglia
Proud to say I have passed that challenge.
(I was trying to stand on the back handlebars, so maybe that doesn’t count.)
(I was trying to stand on the back handlebars, so maybe that doesn’t count.)
November 23, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Proud to say I have passed that challenge.
(I was trying to stand on the back handlebars, so maybe that doesn’t count.)
(I was trying to stand on the back handlebars, so maybe that doesn’t count.)
Hey my first #microglia paper was featured by ASCB! This was a wild result that I first saw as a grad student and couldn’t get out of my head. Im proud of my team for getting this out into the world.
🧠 MBoC study from Benjamin Bartelle (ASU) shows that after neural injury, microglia—not invading macrophages—express Tie2. MRI + Ts-Biotag imaging reveal microglial activity over time. 🔗 www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
November 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Hey my first #microglia paper was featured by ASCB! This was a wild result that I first saw as a grad student and couldn’t get out of my head. Im proud of my team for getting this out into the world.
What if we kissed in the late Pleistocene epoch? 👉👈☺️🦣
"Scientists of the University of Oxford think Neanderthals and early Humans may have held hands "
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Neanderthals and early humans ‘likely to have kissed’, say scientists
Study from University of Oxford looks into evolutionary origins of kissing and its role in relations between species
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:05 AM
What if we kissed in the late Pleistocene epoch? 👉👈☺️🦣
I will not comply in advance!
It’s going to take at least 10 videos (played at 2X speed) and some quizzes that require a score of 80% or better to advance.
It’s going to take at least 10 videos (played at 2X speed) and some quizzes that require a score of 80% or better to advance.
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I will not comply in advance!
It’s going to take at least 10 videos (played at 2X speed) and some quizzes that require a score of 80% or better to advance.
It’s going to take at least 10 videos (played at 2X speed) and some quizzes that require a score of 80% or better to advance.
There goes my pivot from basic science to lower risk application. Not sure what the next move should be to keep my program alive.
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
There goes my pivot from basic science to lower risk application. Not sure what the next move should be to keep my program alive.
Reposted by Dr Benjamin Bartelle
Notice of early expiration of NIH SBIR/STTR funding announcements.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
If anyone knows the backstory, please share.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
If anyone knows the backstory, please share.
NOT-OD-26-006: Notice of Early Expiration of NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Notices of Funding Opportunity and Guidance for Existing Recipi...
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Early Expiration of NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STT...
grants.nih.gov
November 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Notice of early expiration of NIH SBIR/STTR funding announcements.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
If anyone knows the backstory, please share.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
If anyone knows the backstory, please share.
Dang I got fooled
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Dang I got fooled
If he was truly sorry he would turn over a deposition of everything he saw and did to congress.
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 AM
If he was truly sorry he would turn over a deposition of everything he saw and did to congress.
There is this hypothesis that, with their 2 evolutionarily recent genetic bottlenecks* and historical record of being kept as hunting pets, they had some selection for domestication that hasn’t diluted out.
*Dated with mitochondrial DNA
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
*Dated with mitochondrial DNA
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:18 AM
There is this hypothesis that, with their 2 evolutionarily recent genetic bottlenecks* and historical record of being kept as hunting pets, they had some selection for domestication that hasn’t diluted out.
*Dated with mitochondrial DNA
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
*Dated with mitochondrial DNA
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
I think it’s funny that these folks must have earnestly denied wanting to clone Hitler at some point. How many times were they asked?
a man in a lab coat says he is a scientist
Alt: a man in a lab coat says he is a scientist
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I think it’s funny that these folks must have earnestly denied wanting to clone Hitler at some point. How many times were they asked?
My new go to line for people asking me for time I don’t want to give. “I get paid less than ICE”
November 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
My new go to line for people asking me for time I don’t want to give. “I get paid less than ICE”
The Soft Cell cover of “Tainted Love” is pretty iconic, but I hate to cast any shade towards the original Gloria Jones version.
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The Soft Cell cover of “Tainted Love” is pretty iconic, but I hate to cast any shade towards the original Gloria Jones version.
The times quote is from Ezra Klein who is recalibrating for his next book about what the REAL real problem is.
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The times quote is from Ezra Klein who is recalibrating for his next book about what the REAL real problem is.
With so many possibilities, it’s insane how he managed to triangulate on the farthest possible point from anything real.
November 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
With so many possibilities, it’s insane how he managed to triangulate on the farthest possible point from anything real.
This sounds like it was one event instead of decreasing tolerance of his increasingly inappropriate behavior across multiple legal settlements for harassment.
November 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
This sounds like it was one event instead of decreasing tolerance of his increasingly inappropriate behavior across multiple legal settlements for harassment.
Reposted by Dr Benjamin Bartelle
James Watson has died www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
James Watson has died www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
CSHL was a formative time for me. I acknowledge Jim Watson fostered so much of the molecular biology field in his heyday and I’m thankful for the positive things he built.
Meeting him though, I learned how flawed leaders can be, and how far we still had to go as a community.
Meeting him though, I learned how flawed leaders can be, and how far we still had to go as a community.
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
CSHL was a formative time for me. I acknowledge Jim Watson fostered so much of the molecular biology field in his heyday and I’m thankful for the positive things he built.
Meeting him though, I learned how flawed leaders can be, and how far we still had to go as a community.
Meeting him though, I learned how flawed leaders can be, and how far we still had to go as a community.
The young folks of Brooklyn who were motivated in this election did not vote for Trump. They more likely didn’t vote at all. We’re talking 2 very different demographics here.
November 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The young folks of Brooklyn who were motivated in this election did not vote for Trump. They more likely didn’t vote at all. We’re talking 2 very different demographics here.
At CSHL we used to cultivate these along with the first crop of test corn by wetting them down at night. Then we would grill them.
November 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
At CSHL we used to cultivate these along with the first crop of test corn by wetting them down at night. Then we would grill them.
If you rotate anything hard enough…
November 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
If you rotate anything hard enough…
Something I have learned about myself. If you send me too many meeting reminders, I will schedule over whatever that was.
November 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Something I have learned about myself. If you send me too many meeting reminders, I will schedule over whatever that was.
The font is a good match for the product, but it’s an awful design for a urinal.
October 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The font is a good match for the product, but it’s an awful design for a urinal.
NYC, that famously not multicultural suburb of Long Island.
October 30, 2025 at 3:59 AM
NYC, that famously not multicultural suburb of Long Island.
See also:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Run...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Run...
The Running Man (1987 film) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM
See also:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Run...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Run...