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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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
Reposted by Caroline Bartman
This is what every single person with any experience in China has been warning about from the start.
Very good WaPo story by Katrina Northrop and Rudy Lu. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1... And good, clear headline!
Very good WaPo story by Katrina Northrop and Rudy Lu. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1... And good, clear headline!
November 7, 2025 at 4:20 AM
This is what every single person with any experience in China has been warning about from the start.
Very good WaPo story by Katrina Northrop and Rudy Lu. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1... And good, clear headline!
Very good WaPo story by Katrina Northrop and Rudy Lu. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1... And good, clear headline!
Reposted by Caroline Bartman
Woaw, big news. Good news.
Thanks @sthilaire.bsky.social for the Intel
@wesa.fm
www.wesa.fm/health-scien...
Thanks @sthilaire.bsky.social for the Intel
@wesa.fm
www.wesa.fm/health-scien...
NIH under Trump wanted to slash indirect research costs to 15%. Pitt just signed an agreement at 59%
Pitt and the Department of Health and Human Services have agreed to maintain the school’s current 59% reimbursement rate for ancillary research costs through 2029.
www.wesa.fm
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Woaw, big news. Good news.
Thanks @sthilaire.bsky.social for the Intel
@wesa.fm
www.wesa.fm/health-scien...
Thanks @sthilaire.bsky.social for the Intel
@wesa.fm
www.wesa.fm/health-scien...
How is my day going? My child dropped food on the floor and then I went to pick it up and she dropped food on me
So just a regular Wednesday 😂
So just a regular Wednesday 😂
November 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
How is my day going? My child dropped food on the floor and then I went to pick it up and she dropped food on me
So just a regular Wednesday 😂
So just a regular Wednesday 😂
Reposted by Caroline Bartman
The Leading Edge Fellows gathered this week to celebrate Zara Weinberg, a beloved member of our community. Our 7th cohort of Leading Edge Fellows (2026) will be named in her honor.
The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Leading Edge Fellows gathered this week to celebrate Zara Weinberg, a beloved member of our community. Our 7th cohort of Leading Edge Fellows (2026) will be named in her honor.
The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
I study the tumor macro environment
(Me trying to submit a grant about basic kidney biology to a cancer foundation)
(Me trying to submit a grant about basic kidney biology to a cancer foundation)
November 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I study the tumor macro environment
(Me trying to submit a grant about basic kidney biology to a cancer foundation)
(Me trying to submit a grant about basic kidney biology to a cancer foundation)
anyone else going to ABRCMS this month?
So excited to see all the work the students present and to talk to attendees about Penn grad programs!
So excited to see all the work the students present and to talk to attendees about Penn grad programs!
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
anyone else going to ABRCMS this month?
So excited to see all the work the students present and to talk to attendees about Penn grad programs!
So excited to see all the work the students present and to talk to attendees about Penn grad programs!
As a PI I am like a dilettante hobbyist of cell culture
Once in a while I like to glance at some cells
I use the hemocytometer to manually count cells just to show my lab members it’s possible
I walk through and give the incubators a nice pat daily
Once in a while I like to glance at some cells
I use the hemocytometer to manually count cells just to show my lab members it’s possible
I walk through and give the incubators a nice pat daily
November 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
As a PI I am like a dilettante hobbyist of cell culture
Once in a while I like to glance at some cells
I use the hemocytometer to manually count cells just to show my lab members it’s possible
I walk through and give the incubators a nice pat daily
Once in a while I like to glance at some cells
I use the hemocytometer to manually count cells just to show my lab members it’s possible
I walk through and give the incubators a nice pat daily
Reposted by Caroline Bartman
OMG.
Arena BioWorks, an ambitious biomedical institute backed by billionaires, abruptly shuts down www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/a... via @statnews.com
Arena BioWorks, an ambitious biomedical institute backed by billionaires, abruptly shuts down www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/a... via @statnews.com
Arena BioWorks, an ambitious biomedical institute backed by billionaires, abruptly shuts down
Exclusive: Arena Bioworks, the buzzy research institute that launched with $500 million to support a decade of scientific R&D, is abruptly shutting down, STAT has learned.
www.statnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
OMG.
Arena BioWorks, an ambitious biomedical institute backed by billionaires, abruptly shuts down www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/a... via @statnews.com
Arena BioWorks, an ambitious biomedical institute backed by billionaires, abruptly shuts down www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/a... via @statnews.com
Reposted by Caroline Bartman
Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️
biology is so cool because like every week someone is like "Dr. Smith is coming to campus! She is the world expert in blargyblarg!"
And i'm like A) never heard of blargyblarg, B) look it up, it's super important and interesting
And i'm like A) never heard of blargyblarg, B) look it up, it's super important and interesting
November 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
biology is so cool because like every week someone is like "Dr. Smith is coming to campus! She is the world expert in blargyblarg!"
And i'm like A) never heard of blargyblarg, B) look it up, it's super important and interesting
And i'm like A) never heard of blargyblarg, B) look it up, it's super important and interesting
Reposted by Caroline Bartman
Australia has so much clean energy they're literally giving it away. Meanwhile, GOP is in all-out war to stamp out solar
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Australian households to get free electricity three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, the federal government will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
November 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Australia has so much clean energy they're literally giving it away. Meanwhile, GOP is in all-out war to stamp out solar
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
seeing a lotta grant posts that want to me to solve problems using artificial intelligence
consider instead giving me a grant to use CAROLINE INTELLIGENCE
slower and dumber but MORE PUNS
consider instead giving me a grant to use CAROLINE INTELLIGENCE
slower and dumber but MORE PUNS
November 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
seeing a lotta grant posts that want to me to solve problems using artificial intelligence
consider instead giving me a grant to use CAROLINE INTELLIGENCE
slower and dumber but MORE PUNS
consider instead giving me a grant to use CAROLINE INTELLIGENCE
slower and dumber but MORE PUNS
Reposted by Caroline Bartman
tepid take: a lotttttt of job postings for bio-AI researchers, not enough job postings for generating-the-extremely-necessary-data-for-bio-AI researchers
October 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
tepid take: a lotttttt of job postings for bio-AI researchers, not enough job postings for generating-the-extremely-necessary-data-for-bio-AI researchers
Reposted by Caroline Bartman
A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvard’s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to University affiliates.
Matan H. Josephy and Laurel M. Shugart report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Matan H. Josephy and Laurel M. Shugart report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Authorities Investigating Explosion on Harvard’s Medical Campus, Believed To Be Intentional | News | The Harvard Crimson
A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvard’s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to University…
www.thecrimson.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvard’s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to University affiliates.
Matan H. Josephy and Laurel M. Shugart report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Matan H. Josephy and Laurel M. Shugart report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
maslow's hierarchy of cells
1. physiological needs: oxygen, nutrients
2. safety: a tissue culture dish to adhere to
3. love and belonging: contact with surrounding cells
1. physiological needs: oxygen, nutrients
2. safety: a tissue culture dish to adhere to
3. love and belonging: contact with surrounding cells
November 2, 2025 at 12:20 AM
maslow's hierarchy of cells
1. physiological needs: oxygen, nutrients
2. safety: a tissue culture dish to adhere to
3. love and belonging: contact with surrounding cells
1. physiological needs: oxygen, nutrients
2. safety: a tissue culture dish to adhere to
3. love and belonging: contact with surrounding cells
Reposted by Caroline Bartman
Dr. Weinberg was a MOSAIC scholar and awardee. A brilliant scientist with a strong community service record. Her contribution to making science a safer and better place will never be forgotten. She will be in our hearts forever. 🩷🌷🩷
Zara Weinberg passed away earlier this week. She joined my lab earlier this year when her postdoc lab formally closed.
She was a brilliant scientist, supportive mentor, dear friend, avid music fan, rabid believer in public transit, open science champion, and above all just an amazing human.
She was a brilliant scientist, supportive mentor, dear friend, avid music fan, rabid believer in public transit, open science champion, and above all just an amazing human.
November 1, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Dr. Weinberg was a MOSAIC scholar and awardee. A brilliant scientist with a strong community service record. Her contribution to making science a safer and better place will never be forgotten. She will be in our hearts forever. 🩷🌷🩷
HAPPY HALLO WNT
From the spooky wingless flies 🪰
From the spooky wingless flies 🪰
November 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
HAPPY HALLO WNT
From the spooky wingless flies 🪰
From the spooky wingless flies 🪰
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
excited to read this preprint from rabinowitz lab- how does the body decide which nutrients are burned, and how can this go wrong in T2 diabetes?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Competitive catabolism in systemic metabolic homeostasis
Systemic metabolic homeostasis maintains circulating nutrient concentrations within physiological ranges. Insulin is central to this process, lowering circulating levels of glucose, free fatty acids, ...
www.biorxiv.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
excited to read this preprint from rabinowitz lab- how does the body decide which nutrients are burned, and how can this go wrong in T2 diabetes?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
science is a TEAM SPORT
there is no ISOLEUCINE in THREONINE GLUTAMATE ALANINE METHIONINE
there is no ISOLEUCINE in THREONINE GLUTAMATE ALANINE METHIONINE
October 31, 2025 at 6:58 PM
science is a TEAM SPORT
there is no ISOLEUCINE in THREONINE GLUTAMATE ALANINE METHIONINE
there is no ISOLEUCINE in THREONINE GLUTAMATE ALANINE METHIONINE
Names for babies we loved but are not using!
For a girl:
Sigma
Ripa
Milli Q
For a boy:
Taq
Amino
Eppendorf
For a girl:
Sigma
Ripa
Milli Q
For a boy:
Taq
Amino
Eppendorf
October 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Names for babies we loved but are not using!
For a girl:
Sigma
Ripa
Milli Q
For a boy:
Taq
Amino
Eppendorf
For a girl:
Sigma
Ripa
Milli Q
For a boy:
Taq
Amino
Eppendorf
Reposted by Caroline Bartman
I wrote an op-ed on the world-class STEM research ecosystem in the United States, and how this ecosystem is now under attack on multiple fronts by the current administration: newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-an-awar...
I’m an award-winning mathematician. Trump just cut my funding.
The “Mozart of Math” tried to stay out of politics. Then it came for his research.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
August 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I wrote an op-ed on the world-class STEM research ecosystem in the United States, and how this ecosystem is now under attack on multiple fronts by the current administration: newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-an-awar...
Reposted by Caroline Bartman
I'd need to know more about whether the minister shot in the face with a chemical agent from point-blank range before weighing in on it. Maybe it was good that it happened.
Q: Just last week a minister was shot directly in the face with a pepper round by a DHS agent that left his face bloodied. Are you concerned that this is a religious freedom issue?
MIKE JOHNSON: I can't comment on any of those instances. I haven't seen or heard any of those videos
MIKE JOHNSON: I can't comment on any of those instances. I haven't seen or heard any of those videos
October 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I'd need to know more about whether the minister shot in the face with a chemical agent from point-blank range before weighing in on it. Maybe it was good that it happened.
PROPOSAL 2: lil blocks that fit in 50ml tubes and each one weighs 10 or 5 or 1 gram
so I can customize my balance tube without dealing with liquid
so I can customize my balance tube without dealing with liquid
October 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
PROPOSAL 2: lil blocks that fit in 50ml tubes and each one weighs 10 or 5 or 1 gram
so I can customize my balance tube without dealing with liquid
so I can customize my balance tube without dealing with liquid