Rob Carr
Former runner, former paramedic, former biochemist, former Director of Communications, former instructor, former young person. Still he/him/nerd.
Working on a hard but fun SF novel about the science involved in the search for life.
- Reposted by Rob CarrAs Fran was nice enough to highlight this, I thought I'd put up a brief thread. 3 in 10 proteins that our cells make are either embedded in membranes (ion channels, adhesion molecules, etc.) or secreted (insulin, antibodies). They move through the secretory pathway. 1/
- Exciting preprint from the @merz.bsky.social lab proposing how fidelity of membrane fusion is achieved #membranes #trafficking
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- How many were dead when he wrote the song?
- Reposted by Rob CarrI’m back after a 3 day suspension for sharing a link to publicly available police reports exposing Blood Tribe nazis. They also removed the post. Bluesky evidently prioritizes the protection of literal, active nazis over community safety. Unfortunately for BT, they’re already in the sunlight now :)
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- I wonder if anyone wears the "Dear person behind me" shirt inside out?
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- In a P. Chemistry🧪 test, I was asked if a deck of cards could be unshuffled without increasing the entropy of the universe. I answered "No." It was marked wrong. I went to the Prof. He wouldn't budge. I could have won with two words but didn't think of it: Maxwell's Demon 🧵 1/2
- Help: Iron Precipitated from cereal with milk added A long time ago, I heard a story (on the news, I think. I don't think it was a FOAF, I hope) about a new cereal or new formula of cereal that, when milk was added, produced tiny flecks of iron. I swear I remember this. Anyone else?
- Reposted by Rob Carr"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
- Someone asked me why I like Taylor Swift. That's a hard question. It might be easier to just list my favorite songs...You Belong with Me, Love Story, Style.... When you have trouble solving something, try expanding it as a Taylor Series.
- Reposted by Rob Carr"Next time you render your free AI-image in a couple of seconds, will you think of all the work, knowledge and skill that we HUMANS created over hundreds of years that made it possible?" A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro -> www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
- December, 2025: Hold my eggnog!
