Rachel Cantrell, PhD
@reynarachel.bsky.social
Immunology graduate 🎓
Scientific writer 📝
Not perfect but growing 🌱
Insatiably curious 🧐
Unwaveringly optimistic 🍊
Striving to be radically accepting ☑️
How can we connect? 💞
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My posts are my own
Scientific writer 📝
Not perfect but growing 🌱
Insatiably curious 🧐
Unwaveringly optimistic 🍊
Striving to be radically accepting ☑️
How can we connect? 💞
♉️♍️♌️
My posts are my own
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An answer to “what do you want out of life?” could be “to be completely engaged and fulfilled by the present moment, always.”
🎶 Is it worth it?
It’s our purpose. 🎶
It’s our purpose. 🎶
October 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
🎶 Is it worth it?
It’s our purpose. 🎶
It’s our purpose. 🎶
Reposted by Rachel Cantrell, PhD
When you're lacking motivation, remind yourself: discipline now, freedom later. The labor will pass, and the rewards will last.
September 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
When you're lacking motivation, remind yourself: discipline now, freedom later. The labor will pass, and the rewards will last.
The challenge is the purpose.
August 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The challenge is the purpose.
Reposted by Rachel Cantrell, PhD
How do smoke and allergens trigger asthma?
Watch this short explainer to see how gasdermins, pyroptosis, cytokines, and immune cells contribute to asthma.
Visit the Panganiban Lab on our website to learn more: www.cincinnatichildrens.org/research/div...
#AsthmaResearch #Asthma #WeAreCincyKids
Watch this short explainer to see how gasdermins, pyroptosis, cytokines, and immune cells contribute to asthma.
Visit the Panganiban Lab on our website to learn more: www.cincinnatichildrens.org/research/div...
#AsthmaResearch #Asthma #WeAreCincyKids
July 31, 2025 at 9:05 PM
How do smoke and allergens trigger asthma?
Watch this short explainer to see how gasdermins, pyroptosis, cytokines, and immune cells contribute to asthma.
Visit the Panganiban Lab on our website to learn more: www.cincinnatichildrens.org/research/div...
#AsthmaResearch #Asthma #WeAreCincyKids
Watch this short explainer to see how gasdermins, pyroptosis, cytokines, and immune cells contribute to asthma.
Visit the Panganiban Lab on our website to learn more: www.cincinnatichildrens.org/research/div...
#AsthmaResearch #Asthma #WeAreCincyKids
What good does being angry serve me?
July 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
What good does being angry serve me?
Reposted by Rachel Cantrell, PhD
Research has an economic return multiplier >1. So taxes don't even really pay for research. Research more than pays for itself, the taxes are just used to kick-start the positive economic cycle. The more money invested in research, the better the economy.
July 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Research has an economic return multiplier >1. So taxes don't even really pay for research. Research more than pays for itself, the taxes are just used to kick-start the positive economic cycle. The more money invested in research, the better the economy.
Reposted by Rachel Cantrell, PhD
“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.” ― Marcus Aurelius
July 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.” ― Marcus Aurelius
“We suffer more in our imagination”
This is why presence is the path to the good life.
This is why presence is the path to the good life.
July 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
“We suffer more in our imagination”
This is why presence is the path to the good life.
This is why presence is the path to the good life.
One of the girls at work said my outfit reminded her of Kim Possible and it made my day 😆
June 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
One of the girls at work said my outfit reminded her of Kim Possible and it made my day 😆
Sometimes you make it up the hill, just to encounter a false flat. It seems so daunting, but there is an end just out of sight. You can’t lose focus here. Keep your eyes ahead and your form strong.
It’s going to be so worth it.
It’s going to be so worth it.
June 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Sometimes you make it up the hill, just to encounter a false flat. It seems so daunting, but there is an end just out of sight. You can’t lose focus here. Keep your eyes ahead and your form strong.
It’s going to be so worth it.
It’s going to be so worth it.
“We can’t have the bright future without a messy present.”
— Campbell Walker (aka Struthless), Doom and Bloom
— Campbell Walker (aka Struthless), Doom and Bloom
June 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
“We can’t have the bright future without a messy present.”
— Campbell Walker (aka Struthless), Doom and Bloom
— Campbell Walker (aka Struthless), Doom and Bloom
Sometimes you have to take a risk. And maybe you fall flat on your face. So what? It happens to us all. Trust in yourself to get back up. Don’t stop being brave.
June 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Sometimes you have to take a risk. And maybe you fall flat on your face. So what? It happens to us all. Trust in yourself to get back up. Don’t stop being brave.
Don’t run from it. Face it. Claim it. Trust in your power to meet the moment.
June 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Don’t run from it. Face it. Claim it. Trust in your power to meet the moment.
Embrace every moment of your life like it’s your muse.
June 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Embrace every moment of your life like it’s your muse.
“I trust you to kill me” -Rumi
May 31, 2025 at 10:25 PM
“I trust you to kill me” -Rumi
“Life is meaningless to the person who decides their choices have no meaning.”
May 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
“Life is meaningless to the person who decides their choices have no meaning.”
You’re allowed to find awe in how your destiny is unfolding in front of you. In fact, you can choose to.
May 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
You’re allowed to find awe in how your destiny is unfolding in front of you. In fact, you can choose to.
It’s always here for you.
This moment.
This breath. That swallow. The weight of gravity grounding you.
That is presence.
Every moment counts.
Be here.
Live.
This moment.
This breath. That swallow. The weight of gravity grounding you.
That is presence.
Every moment counts.
Be here.
Live.
May 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
It’s always here for you.
This moment.
This breath. That swallow. The weight of gravity grounding you.
That is presence.
Every moment counts.
Be here.
Live.
This moment.
This breath. That swallow. The weight of gravity grounding you.
That is presence.
Every moment counts.
Be here.
Live.
Where are you right now?
If it’s not “right here, exactly where I’m meant to be”, gently encourage realignment. This moment is where the magic happens. Commit your presence. This is what you were made for.
If it’s not “right here, exactly where I’m meant to be”, gently encourage realignment. This moment is where the magic happens. Commit your presence. This is what you were made for.
May 16, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Where are you right now?
If it’s not “right here, exactly where I’m meant to be”, gently encourage realignment. This moment is where the magic happens. Commit your presence. This is what you were made for.
If it’s not “right here, exactly where I’m meant to be”, gently encourage realignment. This moment is where the magic happens. Commit your presence. This is what you were made for.
You think it, you become it. Focus your thoughts.
May 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
You think it, you become it. Focus your thoughts.
An answer to “what do you want out of life?” could be “to be completely engaged and fulfilled by the present moment, always.”
May 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
An answer to “what do you want out of life?” could be “to be completely engaged and fulfilled by the present moment, always.”
Every time I run a race my workout app gets messed up and it’s so frustrating. Y’all I probably ran my fastest 10k today and I don’t have the data 😅😭
May 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Every time I run a race my workout app gets messed up and it’s so frustrating. Y’all I probably ran my fastest 10k today and I don’t have the data 😅😭
Is this the type of character I want to be known as?
Character is fate. Intentionally expressing the character that is aligned with the fate of your dreams is how you get there. Act as that character and you will become that character.
Character is fate. Intentionally expressing the character that is aligned with the fate of your dreams is how you get there. Act as that character and you will become that character.
April 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Is this the type of character I want to be known as?
Character is fate. Intentionally expressing the character that is aligned with the fate of your dreams is how you get there. Act as that character and you will become that character.
Character is fate. Intentionally expressing the character that is aligned with the fate of your dreams is how you get there. Act as that character and you will become that character.
Reposted by Rachel Cantrell, PhD
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” ― Marcus Aurelius
April 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” ― Marcus Aurelius
It’s not about doing chores or running errands or doing work. It’s about doing things that will make my future self’s experience better. Never being too prideful to do my part. Just existing in the moment and acting with intention throughout the process. Finding gratitude in that experience.
April 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
It’s not about doing chores or running errands or doing work. It’s about doing things that will make my future self’s experience better. Never being too prideful to do my part. Just existing in the moment and acting with intention throughout the process. Finding gratitude in that experience.