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catie profaci, phd
@cprofaci.bsky.social
postdoc @ scripps research | phd @ UCSD NGP | fan of brains & blood vessels 🧠 | aspiring academic | co-founder @StoriesOfWiN 💜 | 2024 L’Oréal For Women in Science awardee | she/her
Happening today!!!
June 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Hey San Diego!! Come Stand Up for Science on Friday!!!

UCSD @ noon and then downtown @ 2!! 🧬🔬🧪✊🏼
March 6, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Just taking a moment to remember how happy and hopeful I was (despite being absolutely freezing!!) on Inauguration Day 2009. We arrived before sunrise to get a spot on the mall! The crowd and the vibes were 💯
January 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
For 9ish years I’ve been making an effort to choose a diverse group of authors, so here are the authors to keep myself accountable. Honestly didn’t do quite as well as I thought this yr. Please send recs for books by Asian authors!! Read several Asian authors last yr, idk what happened this yr 🤦🏻‍♀️
December 30, 2024 at 6:35 PM
2024 book roundup! Consumed 28 books this year (my dad tells me I can’t say “read” since they’re audio books 🙄).

Always looking for recs so please let me know your faves! I tend to read mostly fiction and memoirs, but some non-fiction too
December 30, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Post a picture of yourself from a different era ✨

Jumping on this trend. Here’s me on the first day of school (I think pre-k4). Little did I know, I’d be a student for >25 more years 😂💀
November 30, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Achievement of the day. Happy Thanksgiving! 🍁
November 29, 2024 at 4:05 AM
I think this is my favorite of all the ones I’ve gotten
November 27, 2024 at 2:36 AM
I think @ardemp.bsky.social needs to start wearing this piezo hat to lab meetings 👀
November 22, 2024 at 5:15 AM
Fun part of the L’Oréal award ceremony was meeting the emcee, astronaut/super mom/scicommer Kellie Gerardi. She’s returning to space in 2026 & you can now propose experiments for her team to do in space! Proposals due in Jan 👇

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November 19, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Thanks Ardem 😊

And since “everyone” is asking hahah, here are some pics. L’Oréal went above and beyond! (They prob could have spent more on research funding and less on the gala, but it was a fabulous time!)
November 17, 2024 at 6:04 PM