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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab)

@jessicarbarson.bsky.social
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Neurobiologist (Associate Prof) studying neuropeptides in motivated and affective behavior. Mom of twins. Opinions are my own. She/her. Columbia > Princeton > Rockefeller > Drexel en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Bar…

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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Also, I would be remiss if I didn't acknowledge all of the hard work of @cydm.bsky.social, who generated a huge amount of the data used in this application and who was instrumental in pushing this project forward ❤️
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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 · 02/09/2026
Hmmm... I'm tempted to say then that it could be "Rass on Cue", but then I feel like they should have spelled it "queue".
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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
So this is only my guess, but it targets the RAS protein, and the "onque" is probably a reference to "oncology", so my guess is "Rass Onk".
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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Showing the kids the classics:
The cerulean blue scene from "The Devil Wears Prada".
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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
They're also dressing like it's the '90s and I'm down with it
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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 · 10/07/2026
My Boomer parents were far from neglectful but also did not teach me these things and then scoffed when I pointed out that I had been doing them sub-optimally because "we thought you would figure it out".
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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 · 17/06/2026
TFW you allow yourself to get up from your desk to use the bathroom. As a treat.
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Taylor Tomlinson: I'mma Have a Treat
Alt: Taylor Tomlinson: I'mma Have a Treat
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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Go, New York, Go!
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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 · 10/06/2026
My ScienCV shows the whole URL, but I'm pretty sure I only entered the numbers. So, maybe it's OK either way.
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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Use a different browser
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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 · 01/05/2026
Really feeling this right now!
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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 · 24/04/2026
I wrote four paragraphs of a manuscript today. Please clap
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dora the explorer and booty are standing next to each other in a park .
Alt: Dora the Explorer and boots are doing the "we did it" dance.
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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Lol. Thank you!
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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 · 08/04/2026
Same.
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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 · 25/02/2026
Perimenopause in a single image:
The Machine in the Pit of Despair from "The Princess Bride".
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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 · 17/02/2026
Anything can be novel if you just don't cite the literature!
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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
I always like to say "anything can be novel if you just don't cite the literature!"
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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
@kjwhyte.bsky.social
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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 · 08/02/2026
Son is saying he thinks the game might be rigged
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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Watching the big game
Screen showing Puppy Bowl XXII: Team Fluff versus Team Ruff.
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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Too recent. Six Million Dollar Man.
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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I always appreciate a well-placed underpants gnome reference
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a sign that says collect underpants phase 1 phase 2 phase 3 and collect underpants profit
Alt: a sign that says collect underpants phase 1 phase 2 phase 3 and collect underpants profit
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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Did it pump you up?
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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 · 15/01/2026
*Karkhanis* 🤦‍♀️
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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Guess I should have followed up with the published paper! I am proud to present another piece of the evolving kappa opioid receptor story in collaboration with the Karhanis Lab: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Effects of kappa-opioid receptor stimulation on addiction-related behavior in female rats: differences along the rostro-caudal axis of the nucleus accumbens shell - Psychopharmacology
Rationale Affective behavioral effects of kappa-opioid receptor (KOR) stimulation have been found to vary between the rostral and caudal nucleus accumbens (NAc) shell, but this has so far only been de...
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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Same.
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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 · 01/01/2026
Wishing everyone a peaceful 2026
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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
As it was intended:
Original toilet paper roll patent, showing the loose end facing toward the user.
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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 · 18/12/2025
Hold up. "Jessica" is the new "Karen"?! This is very not cool.
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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
I've gotten this, too. Try a different browser
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Dr. Jessica Barson (Barson Lab) @jessicarbarson.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Just hold everything really far from your face. That's what I do now 🫣
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