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Caitlyn Cardetti, PhD
@caitlyncardetti.bsky.social
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📖Editor at BMC Biology
🦠Part-time community college prof
🧘🏻‍♀️200 hour RYT
📍 Philadelphia

Past:
🔬Postdoc Thomas Jefferson University
🧬PhD @stonybrooku.bsky.social‬
🧪BS @mnstatemankato.bsky.social‬
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Happy Thanksgiving! May you find peace, love and support this holiday season with your chosen family.
Pipsqueak the pitbull pup and Ladybug the tan mutt sleeping peacefully together tucked in under a rainbow blanket and heads on a pillow
November 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Ummm what? 👀
A banner ad in the NYC subway for pickyourbaby.com that says "Height is 80% genetic."
November 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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When team building takes the building part literally
A "tower" built spaghetti and marshmallows on top of a conference room table full of scattered spaghetti and coffee mugs
November 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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The doggos have a request for you all today - Get off your phones for 30 minutes and just sit outside.*

*Weather permitting
*Stick gnawing optional
*Badgering humans to join encouraged
Ladybug the tan mutt laying down gnawing on a stick with Pipsqueak the pitbull pup attentively sniffing something behind her.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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When you tell your partner you're in the mood for al pastor
A stack of layered pork and pineapple held together with skewers on the stove before it went out to be slow cooked on the grill for 3 hours
November 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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"Could the day get any worse?" they asked.

Yes it could their mother silently laughed in her head knowing that their Halloween costumes would arrive today in the mail.
Ladybug the tan mutt and Pipsqueak the pitbull pup wearing orange Jackolantern costumes on the couch. Ladybug is sitting upright looking at the camera pleasing for help and Pip has laid down resigned to her cruel fate.
October 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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When you don't listen to your mother tell you that you don't actually want to go to the dog park right now
Pipsqueak the pitbull pup hiding under a park bench cowering and looking at the camera Ladybu the tan mutt waiting at the door of the dog park with an expression that can only be described as can we please GTFO of here
October 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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We had a visitor in the neighborhood today 🐓
Pipsqueak the pitbull pup and other dog friends looking at a rooster through the dog park fence
October 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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When you take the day off only so you can do a different style of reading and writing 🤓♥️📚
A photo of the book Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman on top of a green journal with a pen on it and a latte in the background
October 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Took Pipsqueak camping for the first time and found out she's a natural born truffle dog
With a tent in the background. Pipsqueak the pitbull pup and Ladybug the tan mutt looking up to no good. An Appalachian truffle cut in half as a cross section with a little wood handle paint knife on the back of a truck bed
October 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Veins are crucial for phylogenetic and taxonomy studies. This study examined Cretaceous fossils and modern humpbacked flies (scuttle flies) to propose new wing models for rapid ID of Phoridae wing veins based on their degree of reduction. #FossilFriday #PaleoSky #BMCBiology 🧪 🪰
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Fig. 3 of linked article Figure description: Hypothesis of reduction of Phoridae radial veins. a Proximal wing, long fork of RP fork ①. b Recent wing, short fork of RP vein ②. c Wing with an important reduction of venation, lost fork of RP vein ③, and distal reduction of RA vein ④. d Zoom of possibility of reduction of RP1+2, lost of RP1+2 vein either distally or proximally Ⓐ, or by the fusion of RP1+2 and RP3+4 veins Ⓑ
October 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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From the @labdavalos.bsky.social lab
Gene expression reveals the pancreas of Aselli as a critical organ for plasma cell differentiation in the Eurasian common shrew
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#BMCBiology #EvoSky #ImmunoSky 🧪
Fig 1 of the article linked. Figure description: A Independent evolution of gut-sampling lymphoid tissue across vertebrates, giving rise to unique organs such as the pancreas of Aselli in shrews and the sacculus rotundus in lagomorphs. B Both the pancreas of Aselli and cloacal bursa are prominent early in life, suggesting an important role in early immunity. However, unlike the cloacal bursa, the pancreas of Aselli persists into adulthood, emphasizing function beyond early-life immunity. C Shrews operate near their maximum energy allowance due to their exceptionally high basal metabolic rates. As they approach reproductive age, their energy demands may exceed sustainable levels, creating trade-offs between physiological functions. The pancreas of Aselli may represent an adaptive strategy that minimizes energetic cost of immune function during reproduction by serving as an early-life investment in immunity
October 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Math 🤝 Virology

This work resolves a key flaw in existing QSSA models, by correcting for infected cell loss issues, to enable more accurate and consistent modeling of viral dynamics - which is particularly useful when experimental data is limited.

#BMCBiology #ImmunoSky #ViroSky 🧪
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October 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Ending my summer with an Eagles game 🦅
Photo of the Philly Eagles field in the distance with a bunch of fans on the stairs
September 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Siblings - I don't want that toy but I *ALSO* don't want you to have it
September 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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📢Call for papers: Genome editing📢
#BMCBiology
Submission Deadline: 15 June 2026

Guest Editors:
Karim Benabdellah El Khlanji, GENyO
Stanislaus Antony Ceasar, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences
Yonglun Luo, Aarhus University

Details: www.biomedcentral.com/collections/...

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An AI generated image of a hand cutting DNA with surgical scissors
September 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Pipsqueak wants to remind you of the importance of vaccines! Go get your flu shot and COVID booster and don't forget to reward yourself with a little treat. Her personal fave is cheese.
Pipsqueak the Pitbull pup at the vet. Side profile of her in a sterile looking room.
September 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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My 50-pound pittie loves being a window cat
Pipsqueak the pitbull pup laying in the window behind the couch peaking out from the curtain
September 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Beach babes
Pipsqueak the pitbull pup and Ladybug the tan mutt at a beach with a lot of debris from old structures
August 31, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Brewery babes - a blanket and bones keep them tolerable for two beers (but not more)
Pipsqueak the pitbull pup and Ladybug the tan mutt on a green leaf dog blanket chewing their Benebones
August 30, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Monday date night is the superior date night. So are hotdogs, beer and live music at the local dive.
Skip Winters and his band on the stage at Ortlieb's in Philly. Small venue with a red glow - red curtains and blue lights and a red Ortlieb's neon sign. Skip in the middle playing electric guitar, kick drums and singing, Mike to the left playing keyboard, other Mike to the right playing a beautiful upright bass.
August 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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When the bed gets too crowded and loud so you move to the couch for some space. But you forgot you're the favorite parent so this is how you wake up...
Dark green comforter covering my body on a small couch, you can see a foot peeking out at the end. Both dogs (Pip the grey pitbull pup and Ladybug the tan mutt) lying on top of me.
August 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Looks like I'll be starting my semester by crawling through my passenger side door... Thanks Philly 🙃
Broken car door handle with yellow wire hanging out
August 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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#MondayMood
Photo of a coffee lid with a black sharpie handwritten note saying "coffee > adulting"
August 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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It sure is the dog days of summer over here. I hope everyone stays as cool as Pip and Luna.
Pipsqueak the grey and white pitbull pup with her head thrown back and front legs off the ground in the kiddie pool at the doggie park with her bestie, Luna the all black German shepherd pup looking up at her with her two front legs in the pool. Pip the pitbull laying in the kiddie pool being 'attacked' by her bestie, Luna the all black shepherd pup. Pip looks like she's about to howl with her eyes rolled back in her head and Luna is grabbing her neck with her mouth.
August 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM