Katie Deets
@deetsk.bsky.social
immunologist + Tetrahymena | 2023 HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow | LeadingEdge fellow | postdoc in the Elde lab at the University of Utah | wannabe wx nerd | she/her
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The Leading Edge Fellows gathered this week to celebrate Zara Weinberg, a beloved member of our community. Our 7th cohort of Leading Edge Fellows (2026) will be named in her honor.
The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Leading Edge Fellows gathered this week to celebrate Zara Weinberg, a beloved member of our community. Our 7th cohort of Leading Edge Fellows (2026) will be named in her honor.
The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
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Lab’s 1st preprint!
Menstruation is understudied due to societal taboos + a biological challenge: mice (a key system for research + drug discovery) don’t menstruate.
@cagricevrim.bsky.social made menstruating mice + used them to discover early events in menstruation.
He is on the job market!
Menstruation is understudied due to societal taboos + a biological challenge: mice (a key system for research + drug discovery) don’t menstruate.
@cagricevrim.bsky.social made menstruating mice + used them to discover early events in menstruation.
He is on the job market!
I’m thrilled to share my postdoc work and the first paper from the McKinley Lab! 🎉
@karalmckinley.bsky.social
We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice.
We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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@karalmckinley.bsky.social
We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice.
We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧵
Induction of menstruation in mice reveals the regulation of menstrual shedding
During menstruation, an inner layer of the endometrium is selectively shed, while an outer, progenitor-containing layer is preserved to support repeated regeneration. Progress in understanding this co...
www.biorxiv.org
October 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Lab’s 1st preprint!
Menstruation is understudied due to societal taboos + a biological challenge: mice (a key system for research + drug discovery) don’t menstruate.
@cagricevrim.bsky.social made menstruating mice + used them to discover early events in menstruation.
He is on the job market!
Menstruation is understudied due to societal taboos + a biological challenge: mice (a key system for research + drug discovery) don’t menstruate.
@cagricevrim.bsky.social made menstruating mice + used them to discover early events in menstruation.
He is on the job market!
Welcome, Mitchell!
Very excited to share I’ll be starting my own group at University of Utah in the Department of Human Genetics in the new year! Reach out if you are interested! vollgerlab.com
June 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Welcome, Mitchell!
Congratulations everyone!! Keep an eye out for some exceptional science from these folks in the months years to come 🎉
We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows! 40 outstanding postdoctoral fellows doing pioneering research in a wide range of biological and biomedical disciplines.
Learn more about these exceptional scientists:
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows
Learn more about these exceptional scientists:
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows
May 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Congratulations everyone!! Keep an eye out for some exceptional science from these folks in the months years to come 🎉
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They are resegregating academic science
An important point getting overlooked:
When NIH cancels "diversity" grants (e.g., diversity supplements, Fs, Ks, etc), they aren't canceling the grants based on *what* the grant studies.
They're cancelling them based on *who* is doing the research. And that disallowed "who" is anyone not white.
When NIH cancels "diversity" grants (e.g., diversity supplements, Fs, Ks, etc), they aren't canceling the grants based on *what* the grant studies.
They're cancelling them based on *who* is doing the research. And that disallowed "who" is anyone not white.
April 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
They are resegregating academic science
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We need some better language for pushing back against what the administration is doing. They’re not “ending DEI.”
No. They're firing women and people of color in the military.
They’re forbidding whole fields of research.
They’re erasing trans people from existence.
No. They're firing women and people of color in the military.
They’re forbidding whole fields of research.
They’re erasing trans people from existence.
March 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
We need some better language for pushing back against what the administration is doing. They’re not “ending DEI.”
No. They're firing women and people of color in the military.
They’re forbidding whole fields of research.
They’re erasing trans people from existence.
No. They're firing women and people of color in the military.
They’re forbidding whole fields of research.
They’re erasing trans people from existence.
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Me and @durbin.senate.gov defending science @standupforscience.bsky.social
wgntv.com/news/chicago...
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Hundreds in Chicago protest Trump administration cuts to science, research
The rally in Chicago was among several across the country. A group called ‘Stand Up for Science’ scheduled the events to defend science as a public good and a pillar of social, politica…
wgntv.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Me and @durbin.senate.gov defending science @standupforscience.bsky.social
wgntv.com/news/chicago...
wgntv.com/news/chicago...
Proud to be a part of this group at the Utah State Capitol today
#standupforscience
#standupforscience
March 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Proud to be a part of this group at the Utah State Capitol today
#standupforscience
#standupforscience
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"downsizes" is a weak way of saying "forced to cancel dozens of programs, which jeopardizes future STEM careers of talented undergrads" @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
NSF downsizes summer research program for undergraduates
Many participants are from groups underrepresented in science
www.science.org
March 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
"downsizes" is a weak way of saying "forced to cancel dozens of programs, which jeopardizes future STEM careers of talented undergrads" @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...