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Katie Leap, PhD
@katieleap.bsky.social
Biostatistician infiltrating molecular biology | PhD in uterus | why menstruation | how endometriosis | 🇺🇸 in 🇫🇷
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Lungfish xkcd.com/3064
March 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Science, research & public health face unprecedented attacks in the U.S.

We stand with our American colleagues & support the Stand Up for Science call.

Join the global march tomorrow, incl. in Paris! 🧪✊

📍 March 7, 13:30 – Place Jussieu
🔗 More info: standupforscience.fr

#StandUpForScience
March 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A little 🧪 break from doomscrolling:
Last month I asked a room full of 12 year olds to imagine what a pig’s uterus might look like. They were given a diagram of a human uterus and told to draw a pig uterus, thinking about how litter size might affect the shape. They all chose so many ovaries.
March 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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February 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Nature valentines.
Thanks to my Patrons for keeping me drawing www.patreon.com/birdandmoon
February 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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@clavergne-anth.bsky.social presented their work at ALPHY-AIEM, asking the hard questions: did the evolution of mensuration associate with diversifications in immune genes, to fulfill their new functions in the uterine cycle?
February 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Our first foray into the evolution of the mammalian uterus, spearheaded by Axelle Brulport, Malgorzata Gazda and @eulalieliorzou.bsky.social !

Some highlights below...

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

(A first version was submitted during my maternity leave, this is a new and updated version!)
www.biorxiv.org
January 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I never know what to put in a first post, so how about a fun fact:

Did you know that the pig uterus has two horns that are each about a meter (3 ft) long?
January 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM