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Garrett Beeghly, PhD
@gbeeghly.bsky.social
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Postdoc in the Radisic Lab at the University of Toronto and University Health Network. Engineering tissues to understand health and disease. Baker, hiker, cat dad. He/him. 🏳️‍🌈

https://gbeeghly.github.io/
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Excited to start my postdoctoral training @utoronto.ca and @uhn.ca this week! I will work with Dr. Milica Radisic who is a leader in developing organ-on-a-chip technologies and engineering functional microtissues. Glad to be in a new environment committed to funding the future of science 🇨🇦🔬
Photo of the Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research against a blue sky at the University of Toronto
July 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Cali approves of this important breakthrough in science! #catsky #catsofbluesky #calico #scisky
A picture of my cat, Cali, looking thoughtful with her two front paws crossed
May 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Had a great visit to Stanford last week and managed to squeeze in a visit to Half Moon Bay! Glad to have soaked up a little extra California sun ☀️ #blueskyartshow #nature #photography
A photograph of a sunny Half Moon Bay in California with waves crashing against the rocky coast and a wooden fence in the foreground
May 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Overdue debut of my cat Cali on Bluesky for this spring #caturday
A picture of my calico cat looking out of a window.
April 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Cornell announced a hiring freeze today effective until June 30 in response to the recent changes at #HHS and #NIH, following a similar announcement made by Stanford. I wonder if more universities will follow suit? I’ve posted the email below for those who are curious #SciSky #MedSky #AcademicSky
“To ensure that we continue to thrive in an even more complex future, we must commit, across every part of our institution, to a sustainable budget today. To that end, we are initiating strategic budgetary adjustments that preserve shared governance and accountability among our central administrative units and all colleges, schools, and divisions. Because each Cornell unit is different, we are asking all deans, vice provosts, vice presidents, and unit leaders to focus on their core strategic needs, and trim budgets through mechanisms such as strategic restructuring for efficiency and reducing expenses, including nonessential travel and discretionary spending (such as food and events). We also ask all college, school, and administrative units to pause starting new searches for personnel until June 30 to give the university time to assess and model the financial impact of evolving federal policies. All hiring managers should coordinate with their supervisor and HR director to evaluate active searches based on unit needs and budget constraints.”
February 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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When it’s too cold to build a fire outside… the first installation of my 2024 holiday baking season is the Claire Saffitz s’mores tart 🔥
Picture of a s’mores tart with a toasted meringue topping.
December 22, 2024 at 7:07 PM
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Excited to be in NYC this week for the Single-Cell Analysis Enrichment (SCALE) Course @mskcancercenter.bsky.social! Looking forward to learning more about best practices and new approaches for single-cell experiments 🤓🧬
Picture of Garrett’s guest badge for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
December 2, 2024 at 3:58 PM
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And here's what the maximum projection looks like!
Confocal maximum projection image of primary adipocytes stained for actin filaments
November 22, 2024 at 7:01 PM
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For my first #FluorescenceFriday, I want to share one of my favorite images from my PhD of actin filaments in adipocytes. All of the organelles exist in a thin shell surrounding the central lipid droplet of these cells, which can be over 100 μm in diameter. Form really does follow function! 🔬
November 22, 2024 at 6:59 PM
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Hi everyone! Moving platforms feels like the appropriate time for a reintroduction.

I’m Garrett, a (recently defended!) PhD candidate interested in how mammary adipose tissue shapes breast cancer progression.

Outside of lab, I enjoy baking, hiking, and spending time with my cat. #ScienceSky
November 14, 2024 at 7:49 PM