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Prof. Katie Whitehead

@kwhitehead.bsky.social

Drug delivery scientist, professor, innovator, mother, gardener, SciComm fanatic. TED talk http://bit.ly/3zjICfe. She/her. BLM 🏳️‍🌈♿️ supporter. Lab: http://whitehead.cheme.cmu.edu Photo: human milk!

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Thanks to Alex for hosting me on Bio-techne's Back of the Napkin Podcast. We discuss my science, life as a scientist, what it's like to be a TED speaker, and how strong feelings of anger won me an NIH New Innovator Award. Hope it can be helpful if anyone needs some inspiration.

20.11.2024 16:57 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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asking for an image of a professor and asking to make it "more professor", a thread.

30.11.2023 22:31 — 👍 1259    🔁 536    💬 41    📌 147

All you need is love.

02.11.2023 17:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Post-COVID, Carnegie Mellon instituted a fall break in addition to spring break. I have no clue why this has never been a thing before. Was spring break history really just about going to the beach??

16.10.2023 02:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Congrats to the amazing Kati Karikó & Drew Weissman on their Nobel Prize for vaccine-enabling mRNA science. I’ve been privileged to work & interact with them.

Brilliance is par for the course when it comes to Nobels; being a good, generous person makes it even more special. 💗

05.10.2023 12:59 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A cut tomato that looks like a demon face

A cut tomato that looks like a demon face

Don’t know if I should add dressing or holy water

01.10.2023 13:53 — 👍 3377    🔁 676    💬 159    📌 84

Are postdocs trainees?

28.09.2023 22:44 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Girl Scout camp counselor
Receptionist
Florist

26.09.2023 00:17 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I seriously 🔥 my finger today with super glue. Had no idea this was a thing. And the only finger bandages I have are bright Orange. For subtlety.

26.09.2023 00:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Death by birthday party.

24.09.2023 20:37 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So glad it’s resonated with you

22.09.2023 12:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Came off of sabbatical a few weeks ago. It’s amazing how much faster I work when I have (a lot) more to do.

20.09.2023 18:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Cat inside in a toy camping tent

Cat inside in a toy camping tent

Yay! There are more people here. Hello and good morning, and here is a picture of my cat camping.

30.08.2023 15:07 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I’m always surprised by how much I ❤️ fried pickles.

14.07.2023 17:31 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

My partner thinks I’m missing the boat by coming here instead of Threads. I have no clue other than this isn’t Meta.

11.07.2023 01:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yeah there is that new country version, and I’ve been listening to Tracy’s and the other covers on repeat :)

10.07.2023 00:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And I had a feeling that I belonged

I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

09.07.2023 22:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And I had a feeling that I belonged
I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

09.07.2023 22:43 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

My doctor has me on a grain free diet for a month. Now I’m eating “pasta” that is actually strips of hearts of palm and questioning all of my life’s decisions.

08.07.2023 10:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yeah, 3 orders of magnitude feels bleak

08.07.2023 00:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Never thought I’d be on a boat

08.07.2023 00:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If I’m not tweeting, what am I doing. Sky diving? Raining? Sleeting?

07.07.2023 23:45 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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