Caitlin O’Brien
@membranebiology.bsky.social
Cell biologist/neurobiologist/fly pusher, Assistant Professor at Manhattan University, lover of dogs and bikes and anything weird
Baking pies, cocktail in hand, Star Wars marathon on
November 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Baking pies, cocktail in hand, Star Wars marathon on
I didn’t have to teach today, so I just went in to do some stuff in the lab. And I got to leave early and take a nap with my dog. I love these liminal days around the holidays
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I didn’t have to teach today, so I just went in to do some stuff in the lab. And I got to leave early and take a nap with my dog. I love these liminal days around the holidays
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BROOKLYN WE ARE GOING TO CHUCKS! Join us across from 9 PPW at 8:30 *tonight*
Bring pots and pans, let’s make some noise about Chuck folding (again).
Not another #SchumerSurrender
@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social
Bring pots and pans, let’s make some noise about Chuck folding (again).
Not another #SchumerSurrender
@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 12:55 AM
BROOKLYN WE ARE GOING TO CHUCKS! Join us across from 9 PPW at 8:30 *tonight*
Bring pots and pans, let’s make some noise about Chuck folding (again).
Not another #SchumerSurrender
@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social
Bring pots and pans, let’s make some noise about Chuck folding (again).
Not another #SchumerSurrender
@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social
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Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
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Hell yeah we got a little light in the darkness today
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Hell yeah we got a little light in the darkness today
Only watching today’s eagles game now - love those 90s splatter paint hats they’re rocking on the sidelines 🔥
October 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Only watching today’s eagles game now - love those 90s splatter paint hats they’re rocking on the sidelines 🔥
I had a migraine start in the middle of teaching yesterday. It’s been years since I had one and it stopped me in my tracks. Timely, I guess, for #MigraineAwarenessWeek
September 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I had a migraine start in the middle of teaching yesterday. It’s been years since I had one and it stopped me in my tracks. Timely, I guess, for #MigraineAwarenessWeek
Wow that’s some incredible news
"Jack is 30, a barrister's clerk, newly engaged to Chloe and has taken part in research at UCL to turn his diagnosis into a positive."
"But he'd always known he was destined to share his father's fate, until today."
Wow.
"But he'd always known he was destined to share his father's fate, until today."
Wow.
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Wow that’s some incredible news
It was a hard week and there’s so much that’s awful, but it’s the season for one of my favorite flowers and they’re helping to push back the shadows
September 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
It was a hard week and there’s so much that’s awful, but it’s the season for one of my favorite flowers and they’re helping to push back the shadows
Editing student posters on our summer research and I despise the online version of PowerPoint 🫠
September 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Editing student posters on our summer research and I despise the online version of PowerPoint 🫠
Somebody recently posted about a book an scientific writing that’s coming out in November? I thought I had saved the link but I can’t find it. Help?
September 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Somebody recently posted about a book an scientific writing that’s coming out in November? I thought I had saved the link but I can’t find it. Help?
Another much larger dog went after mine at the dog run today. Pinned him a couple times up against the fence I couldn’t see what was happening/get to him. Then the other owner gave me attitude because “oh mine won’t bite”. How the fuck am I supposed to know that? I hate people sometimes 🤬
September 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Another much larger dog went after mine at the dog run today. Pinned him a couple times up against the fence I couldn’t see what was happening/get to him. Then the other owner gave me attitude because “oh mine won’t bite”. How the fuck am I supposed to know that? I hate people sometimes 🤬
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We have finally navigated the endless red tape and gotten the donation site to support the US FlyBase groups up and running.
bsky.app/profile/flyb...
bsky.app/profile/flyb...
FlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...
FlyBase:Contribute to FlyBase - FlyBase Wiki
wiki.flybase.org
August 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
We have finally navigated the endless red tape and gotten the donation site to support the US FlyBase groups up and running.
bsky.app/profile/flyb...
bsky.app/profile/flyb...
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UK taxpayers who donate to @flybase.bsky.social privately can use Gift Aid if they donate through the University of Cambridge philanthropy site (link below). This increases the value of your donation at no cost to yourself.
A reminder you/your lab can support FlyBase at Cambridge through the following link. Every bit helps. Please share if you yourself can't donate.
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
August 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
UK taxpayers who donate to @flybase.bsky.social privately can use Gift Aid if they donate through the University of Cambridge philanthropy site (link below). This increases the value of your donation at no cost to yourself.
I had to get a new phone and my god how I hate our interlocking system of two-factor authentication, account recovery and password reset. I have spent all day just trying to re-access stuff I use all the time
August 12, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I had to get a new phone and my god how I hate our interlocking system of two-factor authentication, account recovery and password reset. I have spent all day just trying to re-access stuff I use all the time
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my lab needs a repeat pipetter that can dispense 1ml 12 times. (can be analog or digital). i've never had one of these- does anyone have one to recommend?
(pls reski)
(pls reski)
August 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
my lab needs a repeat pipetter that can dispense 1ml 12 times. (can be analog or digital). i've never had one of these- does anyone have one to recommend?
(pls reski)
(pls reski)
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#FlyCROSS mentee surveys are open for #earlycareer #Drosophila scientists. If you're a #gradstudent #postdoc or pretenure faculty or equivalent - fill up the survey by Sept 1 to participate & be matched by #mentor of your preferences to gain guidance to your unique needs. @flybase.bsky.social
docs.google.com
July 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
#FlyCROSS mentee surveys are open for #earlycareer #Drosophila scientists. If you're a #gradstudent #postdoc or pretenure faculty or equivalent - fill up the survey by Sept 1 to participate & be matched by #mentor of your preferences to gain guidance to your unique needs. @flybase.bsky.social
My (extended family) vacation is one of my favorite times of the year. And also it reaffirms how much i love being a fun aunt, full stop.
July 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
My (extended family) vacation is one of my favorite times of the year. And also it reaffirms how much i love being a fun aunt, full stop.
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I am in dire need of case studies from higher ed instructors using flipped learning in the humanities, fine arts, social sciences, or business for the 2nd edition of my book. If this is you, or you know someone or can reach someone like this, @ me and I'll send details. 🙏
July 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I am in dire need of case studies from higher ed instructors using flipped learning in the humanities, fine arts, social sciences, or business for the 2nd edition of my book. If this is you, or you know someone or can reach someone like this, @ me and I'll send details. 🙏
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Please share with anybody who might need these services. @charliejane.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social @transgenderreport.com www.them.us/story/suicid...
7 Hotlines You Can Still Call After Trump Shuts Down 988’s LGBTQ+ Youth Services
If you’re an LGBTQ+ person experiencing a mental health crisis, there are resources you can use to get support.
www.them.us
July 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Please share with anybody who might need these services. @charliejane.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social @transgenderreport.com www.them.us/story/suicid...
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One of my colleagues and a union comrade was abducted at the Camarillo action yesterday.
We still don't know where he is, who is holding them, or any other information about his status.
If you're in the area, please reach out to the folks listed in the press release and donate to the bail fund.
We still don't know where he is, who is holding them, or any other information about his status.
If you're in the area, please reach out to the folks listed in the press release and donate to the bail fund.
- California Faculty Association
We strongly condemn the abduction of California Faculty Association professor, member and activist Jonathan A. Caravello, Ph.D. and other community
www.calfac.org
July 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
One of my colleagues and a union comrade was abducted at the Camarillo action yesterday.
We still don't know where he is, who is holding them, or any other information about his status.
If you're in the area, please reach out to the folks listed in the press release and donate to the bail fund.
We still don't know where he is, who is holding them, or any other information about his status.
If you're in the area, please reach out to the folks listed in the press release and donate to the bail fund.
It’s 82 degrees already this morning and my train isn’t running 🫠
July 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
It’s 82 degrees already this morning and my train isn’t running 🫠
The mural scene in Philly is excellent and would be even better with more building-sized science murals. If I had a wall like that, I would absolutely get at Sarah
Btw if you live in Philadelphia and own a building (like your house for example) with a big wall like this and want a science mural, get at me. Especially if your street has high foot traffic. Philadelphians feel free to repost this one.
Every time I walk by this wall I’m like my god this thing needs a mural.
July 3, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The mural scene in Philly is excellent and would be even better with more building-sized science murals. If I had a wall like that, I would absolutely get at Sarah