Dr Benjamin Bartelle
bioprotean.bsky.social
Dr Benjamin Bartelle
@bioprotean.bsky.social
ASU Bioengineering
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.)
November 23, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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.
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 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.
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Dang I got fooled
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This just appeared (I might have been animal scrolling)

youtube.com/shorts/wd3ft...
The Cheetah Jumps into the Car to Escape Its Predator! 🐆 치타가 포식자를 피해 차 안으로 뛰어든다! #wildlife
YouTube video by Havegood day
youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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
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/...
PNAS
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November 18, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
If you rotate anything hard enough…
November 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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
NYC, that famously not multicultural suburb of Long Island.
October 30, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The Running Man (1987 film) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM