Stephanie Caty, PhD
@stephcaty.bsky.social
Scientist and science communicator
Postdoc @ US EPA researching immunotoxicology
Views are my own
Postdoc @ US EPA researching immunotoxicology
Views are my own
Amidst all the drama at the EPA, we’re still trying to do science.
Buying reagents has been prohibitively difficult, but on the bright side, we finally got some new supplies today! That we ordered on April 30….
Most of this is focusing fluid for our flow cytometer, nothing costly or unusual
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Buying reagents has been prohibitively difficult, but on the bright side, we finally got some new supplies today! That we ordered on April 30….
Most of this is focusing fluid for our flow cytometer, nothing costly or unusual
🧪
July 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Amidst all the drama at the EPA, we’re still trying to do science.
Buying reagents has been prohibitively difficult, but on the bright side, we finally got some new supplies today! That we ordered on April 30….
Most of this is focusing fluid for our flow cytometer, nothing costly or unusual
🧪
Buying reagents has been prohibitively difficult, but on the bright side, we finally got some new supplies today! That we ordered on April 30….
Most of this is focusing fluid for our flow cytometer, nothing costly or unusual
🧪
Reposted by Stephanie Caty, PhD
Just a few more days until the deadline!
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July 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Just a few more days until the deadline!
If you're planning to apply to Bio-based PhD programs this year, considering joining us at the Biology Preview Program where we'll walk you through the PhD application process and help you polish you application materials!
Apply here: bit.ly/4n4Nxtu
If you're planning to apply to Bio-based PhD programs this year, considering joining us at the Biology Preview Program where we'll walk you through the PhD application process and help you polish you application materials!
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Not pictured: the small shout and large flinch when this spider—inevitably—jumped on me.
#jumpingspider #macrophotography 🧪
#jumpingspider #macrophotography 🧪
June 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Not pictured: the small shout and large flinch when this spider—inevitably—jumped on me.
#jumpingspider #macrophotography 🧪
#jumpingspider #macrophotography 🧪
Reposted by Stephanie Caty, PhD
Not an April Fool's joke: The CDC has been gutted. Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a RIF. www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu... from @makenakelly.bsky.social @leahfeiger.bsky.social @knibbs.bsky.social
The CDC Has Been Gutted
Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
www.wired.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Not an April Fool's joke: The CDC has been gutted. Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a RIF. www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu... from @makenakelly.bsky.social @leahfeiger.bsky.social @knibbs.bsky.social
Whenever I move somewhere new, for some reason, people love to tell me about how bad their allergy season is.
I do think North Carolina takes the cake though. Footprints and tire tracks in pollen is a whole new level.
I do think North Carolina takes the cake though. Footprints and tire tracks in pollen is a whole new level.
March 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Whenever I move somewhere new, for some reason, people love to tell me about how bad their allergy season is.
I do think North Carolina takes the cake though. Footprints and tire tracks in pollen is a whole new level.
I do think North Carolina takes the cake though. Footprints and tire tracks in pollen is a whole new level.
This weekend I went out in search of some fun things to look at on my microscope and found some flowers that I thought would be cute.
And they are cute, but even better, they were COVERED in aphids. Probably not great for the plants, but a very fun surprise for me.
#microscopemondays #microscopy 🧪
And they are cute, but even better, they were COVERED in aphids. Probably not great for the plants, but a very fun surprise for me.
#microscopemondays #microscopy 🧪
March 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This weekend I went out in search of some fun things to look at on my microscope and found some flowers that I thought would be cute.
And they are cute, but even better, they were COVERED in aphids. Probably not great for the plants, but a very fun surprise for me.
#microscopemondays #microscopy 🧪
And they are cute, but even better, they were COVERED in aphids. Probably not great for the plants, but a very fun surprise for me.
#microscopemondays #microscopy 🧪
Think corn was the first crop to be domesticated in the US? Think again. 🌽
In my latest video for @scishow.bsky.social, I dive into the story of America’s lost crops—ancient plants that were farmed in what is now the US long before corn took over.
youtube.com/watch?v=VjFT...
#SciComm 🧪
In my latest video for @scishow.bsky.social, I dive into the story of America’s lost crops—ancient plants that were farmed in what is now the US long before corn took over.
youtube.com/watch?v=VjFT...
#SciComm 🧪
The Ancient Crops We've Forgotten How to Grow
YouTube video by SciShow
youtube.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Think corn was the first crop to be domesticated in the US? Think again. 🌽
In my latest video for @scishow.bsky.social, I dive into the story of America’s lost crops—ancient plants that were farmed in what is now the US long before corn took over.
youtube.com/watch?v=VjFT...
#SciComm 🧪
In my latest video for @scishow.bsky.social, I dive into the story of America’s lost crops—ancient plants that were farmed in what is now the US long before corn took over.
youtube.com/watch?v=VjFT...
#SciComm 🧪
Reposted by Stephanie Caty, PhD
A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved
March 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved
The wildflowers around my apartment are quickly becoming my favorite microscope muses
🧪 #microscopemondays #microscopy
🧪 #microscopemondays #microscopy
March 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The wildflowers around my apartment are quickly becoming my favorite microscope muses
🧪 #microscopemondays #microscopy
🧪 #microscopemondays #microscopy
Reposted by Stephanie Caty, PhD
From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
March 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
One of my favorite tools for designing pretty graphics for my science is coolors.co which can help you build a color palette for your poster or figures.
If you have some colors embedded in your work already (like these microscopy images I had) you can build a color scheme around them
#scicomm 🧪
If you have some colors embedded in your work already (like these microscopy images I had) you can build a color scheme around them
#scicomm 🧪
This week I had been planning to attend the @sotoxicology.bsky.social annual meeting for the first time. However, DOGE had other plans.
But the science-sharing must go on! So here is my poster plus a thread with some details of what I’ve been doing.
#2025SOT
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But the science-sharing must go on! So here is my poster plus a thread with some details of what I’ve been doing.
#2025SOT
🧪
March 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
One of my favorite tools for designing pretty graphics for my science is coolors.co which can help you build a color palette for your poster or figures.
If you have some colors embedded in your work already (like these microscopy images I had) you can build a color scheme around them
#scicomm 🧪
If you have some colors embedded in your work already (like these microscopy images I had) you can build a color scheme around them
#scicomm 🧪
This week I had been planning to attend the @sotoxicology.bsky.social annual meeting for the first time. However, DOGE had other plans.
But the science-sharing must go on! So here is my poster plus a thread with some details of what I’ve been doing.
#2025SOT
🧪
But the science-sharing must go on! So here is my poster plus a thread with some details of what I’ve been doing.
#2025SOT
🧪
March 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This week I had been planning to attend the @sotoxicology.bsky.social annual meeting for the first time. However, DOGE had other plans.
But the science-sharing must go on! So here is my poster plus a thread with some details of what I’ve been doing.
#2025SOT
🧪
But the science-sharing must go on! So here is my poster plus a thread with some details of what I’ve been doing.
#2025SOT
🧪
The flowers have started blooming in North Carolina, including this teeny one I’ve seen popping up all over the place.
🧪 #microscopemondays #microscopy
🧪 #microscopemondays #microscopy
March 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The flowers have started blooming in North Carolina, including this teeny one I’ve seen popping up all over the place.
🧪 #microscopemondays #microscopy
🧪 #microscopemondays #microscopy
Pine needles are much prettier than I realized
#MicroscopyMonday #microscopemondays #sciart #microscopy 🧪
#MicroscopyMonday #microscopemondays #sciart #microscopy 🧪
March 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Pine needles are much prettier than I realized
#MicroscopyMonday #microscopemondays #sciart #microscopy 🧪
#MicroscopyMonday #microscopemondays #sciart #microscopy 🧪
Reposted by Stephanie Caty, PhD
March 7 @standupforscience.bsky.social happened. I now have a question. Reply to this thread w ur answers!
What do we do with this momentum? Think innovative, creative, mundane, give us all your ideas.
We have ideas, but this is for EVERYONE. I want everyone’s ideas.
What do we do with this momentum? Think innovative, creative, mundane, give us all your ideas.
We have ideas, but this is for EVERYONE. I want everyone’s ideas.
March 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
March 7 @standupforscience.bsky.social happened. I now have a question. Reply to this thread w ur answers!
What do we do with this momentum? Think innovative, creative, mundane, give us all your ideas.
We have ideas, but this is for EVERYONE. I want everyone’s ideas.
What do we do with this momentum? Think innovative, creative, mundane, give us all your ideas.
We have ideas, but this is for EVERYONE. I want everyone’s ideas.
Reposted by Stephanie Caty, PhD
NC friends of science. Join me tomorrow in Raleigh on Halifax Mall by the State Capitol for the Stand Up For Science Rally--talks begin at 12:30. Let's remind our neighbors and our politicians that science solves societal problems, develops disease treatments and creates jobs! 🧪 Please share
March 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
NC friends of science. Join me tomorrow in Raleigh on Halifax Mall by the State Capitol for the Stand Up For Science Rally--talks begin at 12:30. Let's remind our neighbors and our politicians that science solves societal problems, develops disease treatments and creates jobs! 🧪 Please share
Reposted by Stephanie Caty, PhD
Science fuels economic opportunity—creating jobs, driving education, and supporting mobility. We're standing up for science to protect the critical infrastructure that makes this possible.
Stand Up for Science with us on March 7th!
#scienceforall #standupforscience2025
Stand Up for Science with us on March 7th!
#scienceforall #standupforscience2025
March 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Science fuels economic opportunity—creating jobs, driving education, and supporting mobility. We're standing up for science to protect the critical infrastructure that makes this possible.
Stand Up for Science with us on March 7th!
#scienceforall #standupforscience2025
Stand Up for Science with us on March 7th!
#scienceforall #standupforscience2025
Dandelions: basically tiny, fancy bouquets if you zoom in enough.
#MicroscopyMonday
#MicroscopeMondays
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#MicroscopyMonday
#MicroscopeMondays
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March 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Dandelions: basically tiny, fancy bouquets if you zoom in enough.
#MicroscopyMonday
#MicroscopeMondays
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#MicroscopyMonday
#MicroscopeMondays
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February 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Cane toads are surprisingly good navigators and can travel home even when moved a kilometer away.
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Take me home, country toads
Cane toads have remarkable navigation abilities, even when their sense of smell and magnetic-sensory systems are compromised.
www.nature.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Cane toads are surprisingly good navigators and can travel home even when moved a kilometer away.
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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“Trump said the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, had said he might reduce headcount at that agency by 65%.”
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www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
“Trump said the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, had said he might reduce headcount at that agency by 65%.”
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www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Musk to attend Trump cabinet meet as workers brace for more uncertainty
Elon Musk, the billionaire adviser tasked with radically downsizing the U.S. government, will attend President Donald Trump's first cabinet meeting on Wednesday as turmoil continues to swirl around his plans to fire federal workers.
www.reuters.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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“Trump said the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, had said he might reduce headcount at that agency by 65%.”
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www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
“Trump said the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, had said he might reduce headcount at that agency by 65%.”
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www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Reposted by Stephanie Caty, PhD
🚨⬇️🧵 What’s Going on With Medicaid? A Breakdown of Congress’s Budget Fight
The House just passed a budget resolution that could lead to $880 billion in spending cuts—and Medicaid is on the chopping block. Here’s what you need to know:
The House just passed a budget resolution that could lead to $880 billion in spending cuts—and Medicaid is on the chopping block. Here’s what you need to know:
February 26, 2025 at 4:42 AM
🚨⬇️🧵 What’s Going on With Medicaid? A Breakdown of Congress’s Budget Fight
The House just passed a budget resolution that could lead to $880 billion in spending cuts—and Medicaid is on the chopping block. Here’s what you need to know:
The House just passed a budget resolution that could lead to $880 billion in spending cuts—and Medicaid is on the chopping block. Here’s what you need to know:
Reposted by Stephanie Caty, PhD
Classroom/Library enrollment was down pretty bad in February. National chaos and uncertainly likely has something to do with it.
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February 26, 2025 at 3:06 AM
🔬 #MicroscopyMonday 🍄 🧪
The underside of this little fungus looks like a mini coral, which apparently means it’s toothed?
Found growing on a log in North Carolina.
I’m not sure what it is—any mycologists out there recognize it?
#Fungi #Mycology #Nature #MicroWorld #microscopemondays
The underside of this little fungus looks like a mini coral, which apparently means it’s toothed?
Found growing on a log in North Carolina.
I’m not sure what it is—any mycologists out there recognize it?
#Fungi #Mycology #Nature #MicroWorld #microscopemondays
February 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
🔬 #MicroscopyMonday 🍄 🧪
The underside of this little fungus looks like a mini coral, which apparently means it’s toothed?
Found growing on a log in North Carolina.
I’m not sure what it is—any mycologists out there recognize it?
#Fungi #Mycology #Nature #MicroWorld #microscopemondays
The underside of this little fungus looks like a mini coral, which apparently means it’s toothed?
Found growing on a log in North Carolina.
I’m not sure what it is—any mycologists out there recognize it?
#Fungi #Mycology #Nature #MicroWorld #microscopemondays
Reposted by Stephanie Caty, PhD
DOGE is slashing federal science jobs—harming public lands, research, & safety. See this thread for agency budgets & workforce details, then download state-specific info cards linked below. Call Congress & fight for science! #FundScience #SaveOurAgencies
February 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
DOGE is slashing federal science jobs—harming public lands, research, & safety. See this thread for agency budgets & workforce details, then download state-specific info cards linked below. Call Congress & fight for science! #FundScience #SaveOurAgencies