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Anne Carpenter, PhD

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Anne Carpenter, PhD

@DrAnneCarpenter

Discovery in images. Enthralled by science. SAB Recursion, Quiver. Building SyzOnc. Opinions my own. bsky.app/profile/dranne…

Cambridge, MA

broadinstitute.org/~anne/

Joined May 2013

Anne Carpenter, PhD
@DrAnneCarpenter
Dec 14, 2018
Teachers! Parents! It is legal and perfectly welcome to email scientists asking for a PDF of their paper. Until all papers are free, please RT to make this more widely known. And fyi, scientists don't get the $$ from sales of papers so all it costs us is 1 minute of time!
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Anne Carpenter, PhD
@DrAnneCarpenter
Oct 15, 2019
Overheard: "Oh, you just got tenure because you're a woman, and I was like, No. I got tenure because I invented a FIELD."
Anne Carpenter, PhD
@DrAnneCarpenter
Apr 10, 2022
Last week I was invited to sign a letter offering support for David Sabatini, organized by current & former lab members. Universities considering hiring him have asked for this. I will not sign. There was no option to provide a more nuanced response, so I will elaborate here 🧵
Anne Carpenter, PhD
@DrAnneCarpenter
Feb 2, 2018
15 years ago I taught myself how to code. Now there are cancer patients walking around Vienna alive because of my lab's software, @CellProfiler. Researchers did this study without us, just downloading my software and using it. I couldn't be prouder! thelancet.com/journals/lanha…
Anne Carpenter, PhD
@DrAnneCarpenter
Sep 5, 2022
2 years ago, everything was going great in my mid-career lab. Making a choice to reduce stress and prioritize my health turned out to have ripple effects - my colleagues, family, and friends are reaping the benefits, as am I. I tell my story in @eLife
elifesciences.org
Career: Why I shrank my lab by half
A medical diagnosis sets a principal investigator on a new path.
Anne Carpenter, PhD
@DrAnneCarpenter
Oct 10, 2025
15 years in the making, we confirmed that mitochondria -the powerhouse of the cell- have an unusual localization in patients who experience psychosis (including schizophrenia and bipolar disorders). You’ll never guess what kind of patient cells we used to make this discovery...🧵
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Anne Carpenter, PhD
@DrAnneCarpenter
Oct 8, 2022
Told my girls that @CarolynBertozzi won the Nobel prize and that it’s extra cool because usually men win it. 8yo: “That’s weird because most people don’t really remember the men who got it, just the women. Like Marie Curie… I mean, I can’t even name any men who won.” 😂
Anne Carpenter, PhD
@DrAnneCarpenter
Sep 25, 2024
Replying to @owenbroadcast
Now I’m wondering how many cases of mild Prosopagnosia (face blindness) are caused by people not getting glasses early enough in life so they miss a critical window for recognizing facial details.
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Anne Carpenter, PhD
@DrAnneCarpenter
Apr 14, 2021
If budgets for NIH and NSF increase dramatically... could we talk in advance about not using the money to train more PhD students and postdocs, and instead figure out how to systematically encourage staff scientist positions? Ideas beyond just individual PI decisions?
Anne Carpenter, PhD
@DrAnneCarpenter
Jun 29, 2019
Impact score 10! 😮🎉 I only applied for this major grant because an NIH Program Officer went out of his way to encourage me. How many don't flourish in their careers because someone isn't looking out for them? How can YOU take this role for someone, esp. those less privileged?
Anne Carpenter, PhD
@DrAnneCarpenter
Jun 11, 2019
My kid (reading big science words aloud over my shoulder): how do you know all this stuff? Me: Well, I went to school til I was 30, so.... My kid: How often were you held back?!
Anne Carpenter, PhD
@DrAnneCarpenter
Apr 10, 2022
Replying to @DrAnneCarpenter
Every year, most of them give up the dream of being a professor because there are not enough openings. Why is it more a tragedy for someone to “lose” their lab than for any of these, who are committed to making science a more equitable place, to never have the chance?
Anne Carpenter, PhD
@DrAnneCarpenter
Dec 3, 2022
Replying to @allmeasures
Love it! I’ve definitely never seen them side by side, it’s 🤯
Anne Carpenter, PhD
@DrAnneCarpenter
Apr 10, 2022
Replying to @DrAnneCarpenter
I want to be clear that my success is not evidence that he did not break policies. It is not evidence that the lab had a professional, supportive environment for all. It does not prove that he treated men and women equally in the lab.