Annika Barber
Drosophila enthusiast. Assistant Professor of Mol Bio and Biochem at Rutgers U. Runner. Uses brain to think about brains. All around curious person.
Senescent glia link mitochondrial dysfunction and lipid accumulation - Naturedoi.org The authors identify naturally occurring senescent glia in aged Drosophila brains and decipher their origin and influence, determining that they can appear in response to neuronal mitochondrial dysfun...
Clock-dependent chromatin accessibility rhythms regulate circadian transcriptiondoi.org Author summary The intricate organization of chromatin is crucial for orchestrating precise gene expression patterns throughout various biological processes such as development and differentiation. In...
Divergent evolution of sleep in Drosophila species - Nature Communicationsdoi.org We all feel tired without sleep, but we still don’t know why. Is tiredness a crucial, evolutionarily conserved feature of sleep? Joyce et al. show that some species have circadian but not homeostatic ...
Cognitive household labor: gender disparities and consequences for maternal mental health and wellbeing - Archives of Women's Mental Healthdoi.org Purpose Although the division of unpaid household labor has been studied as a driver of global gender inequity, the cognitive dimension of household labor—planning, anticipating, and delegating househ...
Annika's Papers365docs.google.com 2024 Reccs
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Zhang,Kim,M,2024,Fly,The astrocyte-enriched gene deathstar plays a crucial role in the development, locomotion, and lifespan of D...
The astrocyte-enriched gene deathstar plays a crucial role in the development, locomotion, and lifespan of D. melanogasterdoi.org The Drosophila melanogaster brain is a complex organ with various cell types, orchestrating the development, physiology, and behaviors of the fly. While each cell type in Drosophila brain is known ...
The NFκB Dif is required for behavioral and molecular correlates of sleep homeostasis in Drosophiladoi.org Abstract. The nuclear factor binding the κ light chain in B-cells (NFκB) is involved in a wide range of cellular processes including development, growth, i
Steal this (updated) syllabus for Scientific Writingscientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com I’ve just finished the 3rd go-around of my Scientific Writing course. When I first signed up to teach it, I was very scared, but now that I’ve been through it a few times, I’m quite pleased with how ...