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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Pleased to report that @rameshraghupathi.bsky.social and I have been awarded an R21 from NINDS to study the role of PACAP in affective behavior after adolescent mTBI. Looking forward to a fruitful, funded collaboration!

Notice of award to Drs. Barson and Raghupathi from NINDS.

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hot take: Bread pudding should actually be called "pudding bread".

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Thrilled to be back with colleagues at the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior. Amazing that it's actually in Philly this year!

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

TFW the manuscript reviewer says they have only moderate concerns but then bullets out 22 different points:

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Annoyed Woman Annoyed

Alt: Sarah Michelle Gellar rolling her eyes.

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

If you're a graphic designer, or you've ever made a PowerPoint poster with a university-provided template, you know that the person who designed this sheet set messed up big time.

A Paris-themed sheet set with the standard Latin placeholder phrasing in multiple locations

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Serve on Study Section AND Chair a dissertation defense all in one day ✔️ My brain is now Jell-O

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

It's hooding day! Congratulations, Dr. Carpenter ❤️

Dr. Barson with the newly-hooded Dr. Carpenter at the Drexel University College of Medicine commencement.

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Making sure the 10-year-olds are up on the latest technology 😉

A page of text typed out and still in an Electra portable typewriter from 1969.

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Hugely relieved that the lab can continue our work on alcohol (and binge eating) and neuropeptides. Shout out to the hard-working folks at NIAAA. @jbarkerlab.bsky.social

Notice of award for an R01 from NIAAA to Jessica Barson and Jacqueline Barker.

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

When the journal that rejected your manuscript due to the reviewers' lack of understanding of the subject requests that you review a manuscript for them:

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a close up of a woman 's face with a woman in the background .

Alt: Miranda Priestly purses her lips.

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Very happy to see this review published! Brody Carpenter and I took a deep dive into the receptor variants for PACAP, and why we think the Motivated Behavior community should pay attention to them. Take a look! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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<em>Journal of Neuroendocrinology</em> | BSN Journal | Wiley Online Library

Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is a pleiotropic neuropeptide with established roles in stress, affective behavior, and motivated behavior. Its primary receptor in the brai....

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

This might be the funniest/real-est skeet I've read all year

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Need Biosketch help: Is the requirement that we can ONLY list appointments from the last 3 years or that we're only REQUIRED to list for the last 3 years? "Senior/key personnel must only identify... for a period up to three years from the date the applicant submits..."

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Cutest conference I've been to all year! Elementary school STEM Fair is the cutest STEM Fair.

STEM Fair Chairs, Science teachers, college student judges, and the K - 5 poster winners.

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Had a wonderful visit at the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Nutrition Obesity Research Center, to give a two-speaker translational seminar with my colleague, Dr. Jennifer Nasser. Here we are in front of Dr. Kathryn Whyte's shiny, new human metabolic chambers. So cool!

Drs. Jessica Barson and Jennifer Nasser in front of Dr. Kathryn Whyte's new metabolic chambers.

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Trying this new thing where I *don't* bail my family out of every mess they make for themselves (forcing them to figure it out on their own) and I think this could actually be a good growth opportunity for all of them

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a woman is waving her hand in front of a painting that says may 26 on it .

Alt: A very tired woman is giving herself a high five, followed by a fist pump

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

We just lost power and it's 26 F outside, so we're off to a strong start in 2026 🫠

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

A thing I wish more applicants to STEM PhD programs would understand is that, no matter how good your GPA is and how much research experience you have, there is still no such thing as a "safety school".

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

And he's PHinisheD! Congratulations to the newly-minted Dr. Brody Carpenter! Wishing you all the best in your post-doc.

Dr. Jessica Barson introducing Brody Carpenter, prior to his oral dissertation defense.

Dr. Brody Carpenter cutting his cake at his reception.

Barson Lab members, past and present.

Once a Barson Lab member, always a Barson Lab member!

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Probably a niche question: Can anyone point me to research that shows the benefits of having a research compact for biomedical trainees?

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Step 1: Take home your '90s CD tower from your parents' house. Step 2: Acquire a CD player through your local Buy Nothing group. Step 3: Joy.

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

People who don't accelerate out of a turn and just ride their brake the whole time: WHY?!

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

When you happily start the day with not a single meeting scheduled but only manage to write one paragraph of your manuscript because of all the little things that came up during the day

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a woman with gray hair is sitting in front of a sign that says por 10 on it

ALT: a woman with gray hair is sitting in front of a sign that says por 10 on it

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Oh, good. Another day of me being super productive in order to avoid doing the one, necessary BIG THING

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Moment of appreciation for the reviewers and editors at @psychopharmacology.bsky.social for their extremely kind reviews (!!!). Hoping to have good publication news soon!

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Real academic parent moment: Getting shamed by my 9 year old for having too many tabs open on my computer 🙄

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

I'll be mourning mine for quite a while. It was with a PO who has managed my funded grants before, and I had never heard them be more excited about likelihood of funding than this one.

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Skype a Scientist @skypeascientist.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

This is an official Skype a Scientist HQ Mayday Alert to all Archaeologists. We've already gotten more requests for archaeologists than we have archaeologists. We have 38. We need a lot more than 38! Dig yourself into this database, we NEED ya www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

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Skype a Scientist gives you the opportunity to connect with students and the public around the world.

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

As best I can tell, NIAAA in all of 2025 has issued a total of three new R01s and zero new R21s. Do I have that right?

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Does anyone else close their office door so they can just eat their lunch like a goblin? Is it just me?

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

I remember one year in the early 90s when every single male member of my extended family at different times slapped me on the butt. I was 12.

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Make Money - Do Magnets @sararah.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Here is the application to for duty-free entry of scientific equipment www.trade.gov/sites/defaul... If you are buying something this summer or fall, this is a good document to look at regardless, so you know what kind of due diligence is required to request the tariff waiver.

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@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Some journals are claiming that you need to pay big $$ for gold open access to comply with NIH's new public access policy. FYI that is total bs. You can comply by depositing the Accepted Manuscript into PubMed Central on the Date of Publication without embargo. Pass it on.

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Really pulling for a "Posters in PJs" session if we get to have an #RSA_ISBRA2025 next year. Let's make it happen!

Elmo doing a happy dance in his pajamas.

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Immensely proud of Brody Carpenter for his Gordis talk at #RSA_ISBRA2025

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

The kid who won the Science Fair this year clearly just fully copied my son's experiment from last year's Science Fair, and I never thought I could be this angry at a 4th grader.

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an elderly woman wearing glasses and an apron is sitting in a room .

Alt: Sophia from Golden Girls making a threatening gesture

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Honored to have received the 2025 Faculty Professional Development, Sponsorship and Allyship Award from Drexel University College of Medicine ❤️

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