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Prof. Katie Whitehead

@kwhitehead.bsky.social

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Drug delivery scientist, professor, innovator, mother, gardener, SciComm fanatic. TED talk http://bit.ly/3zjICfe. She/her. BLM 🏳️‍🌈♿️ supporter. Lab: http://whitehead.cheme.cmu.edu Photo: human milk!

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Prof. Katie Whitehead @kwhitehead.bsky.social · Nov 20

Thanks to Alex for hosting me on Bio-techne's Back of the Napkin Podcast. We discuss my science, life as a scientist, what it's like to be a TED speaker, and how strong feelings of anger won me an NIH New Innovator Award. Hope it can be helpful if anyone needs some inspiration.

Alex Moloney @amoloney.bsky.social · Nov 19

First Napkin on Bluesky! 🦋 Drug delivery extrodinare and science communication master @kwhitehead.bsky.social on #BackoftheNapkin 🎙 Katie sure nows how to cook up an innovative idea! open.spotify.com/episode/7jVY...

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Tomer Ullman @tomerullman.bsky.social · Nov 30

asking for an image of a professor and asking to make it "more professor", a thread.

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Prof. Katie Whitehead @kwhitehead.bsky.social · Nov 2

All you need is love.

Prof. Katie Whitehead @kwhitehead.bsky.social · Oct 16

Post-COVID, Carnegie Mellon instituted a fall break in addition to spring break. I have no clue why this has never been a thing before. Was spring break history really just about going to the beach??

Prof. Katie Whitehead @kwhitehead.bsky.social · Oct 5

Congrats to the amazing Kati Karikó & Drew Weissman on their Nobel Prize for vaccine-enabling mRNA science. I’ve been privileged to work & interact with them.

Brilliance is par for the course when it comes to Nobels; being a good, generous person makes it even more special. 💗

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Midge @midge.bsky.social · Oct 1

Don’t know if I should add dressing or holy water

A cut tomato that looks like a demon face

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Prof. Katie Whitehead @kwhitehead.bsky.social · Sep 28

Are postdocs trainees?

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Prof. Katie Whitehead @kwhitehead.bsky.social · Sep 26

Girl Scout camp counselor
Receptionist
Florist

BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · Sep 24

Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now:

Hobby shop sales/assistant
Burger flipper
Waiter
Line cook
Sous chef
Mechanic
Aerial photographer
Analyst
Neurodiagnostics technician
Photojournalist
Research Scientist

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Prof. Katie Whitehead @kwhitehead.bsky.social · Sep 26

I seriously 🔥 my finger today with super glue. Had no idea this was a thing. And the only finger bandages I have are bright Orange. For subtlety.

Prof. Katie Whitehead @kwhitehead.bsky.social · Sep 24

Death by birthday party.

Prof. Katie Whitehead @kwhitehead.bsky.social · Sep 22

So glad it’s resonated with you

Prof. Katie Whitehead @kwhitehead.bsky.social · Sep 20

Came off of sabbatical a few weeks ago. It’s amazing how much faster I work when I have (a lot) more to do.

Prof. Katie Whitehead @kwhitehead.bsky.social · Aug 30

Yay! There are more people here. Hello and good morning, and here is a picture of my cat camping.

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Prof. Katie Whitehead @kwhitehead.bsky.social · Jul 14

I’m always surprised by how much I ❤️ fried pickles.

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Prof. Katie Whitehead @kwhitehead.bsky.social · Jul 11

My partner thinks I’m missing the boat by coming here instead of Threads. I have no clue other than this isn’t Meta.

Prof. Katie Whitehead @kwhitehead.bsky.social · Jul 10

Yeah there is that new country version, and I’ve been listening to Tracy’s and the other covers on repeat :)

Prof. Katie Whitehead @kwhitehead.bsky.social · Jul 9

And I had a feeling that I belonged

I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

Prof. Katie Whitehead @kwhitehead.bsky.social · Jul 9

And I had a feeling that I belonged
I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

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Prof. Katie Whitehead @kwhitehead.bsky.social · Jul 8

My doctor has me on a grain free diet for a month. Now I’m eating “pasta” that is actually strips of hearts of palm and questioning all of my life’s decisions.

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Grant Peace @thx.bsky.social · Jul 3

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Prof. Katie Whitehead @kwhitehead.bsky.social · Jul 8

Yeah, 3 orders of magnitude feels bleak

Prof. Katie Whitehead @kwhitehead.bsky.social · Jul 8

Never thought I’d be on a boat

Prof. Katie Whitehead @kwhitehead.bsky.social · Jul 7

If I’m not tweeting, what am I doing. Sky diving? Raining? Sleeting?

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