postdoc @scrippsresearch 🔬| PhD from @UCSDNeuro 🧠 | fan of brains & blood vessels | aspiring academic | co-founded @storiesofWiN | hoya saxa | she/her. BLM
San Diego, CA
Joined November 2015
- Tweets2K
- Following1.3K
- Followers1.6K
- Likes6.6K
Pinned Tweet
Not deleting my account yet but just wanted to say that I will no longer be active here. Come hang out in The Good Place!!
🦋🦋🦋
Rocío is an amazing scientist, mentor, and person in general!!! Please share this job opening with anyone who might be interested 🤩🤩
We’re hiring!
My new Gut–Brain Axis Lab at Northwestern is looking for a Research Technologist 2 to help build the lab and explore how the nervous system shapes gut health and disease.
🔬 Apply here: myhr.northwestern.edu/psp/hr…
Anyone looking for a PhD or postdoc position in Germany? Highly recommend checking this out! 👇
Congrats on the position @GregorFPS !!!
I’m thrilled to share that I’m starting my lab at @MpiBrain in Frankfurt, Germany! 🐠🧠🔬
brain.mpg.de/schuhknecht
#Neuroscience, #Zebrafish, #NeuroJobs
We will explore how brain circuits give rise to the computational algorithms animals use to solve real-world problems - using the larval zebrafish as a model.
More soon!
Fun part of the L’Oréal award ceremony was meeting the emcee, astronaut/super mom/scicommer @kelliegerardi . She’s returning to space in 2026 & you can now propose experiments for her team to do in space! Proposals due in Jan 👇
astronauticsinstitute.org/wp…
Thrilled to share that I was selected as a 2024 L’Oréal For Women In Science awardee! So grateful for the research & @storiesofwin funding 🧠💜 & for the opportunity to meet women leaders in sci/gov/business in DC last week! @LOrealUSA @LOrealGroupe @aaas
loreal.com/en/usa/video-cate…
catie profaci, phd retweeted
It's also absurd to think that scientists are "wasting taxpayers money". The amount of $$ funding the NIH is a drop in the ocean compared with the military/industrial complex. The Pentagon couldn't find a few billion dollars due to a clerical error! responsiblestatecraft.org/pe…
catie profaci, phd retweeted
Exciting news! 🎉 @HHMINEWS Gilliam Fellowship applications opened yesterday. If you're a 2nd or 3rd yr PhD student (& U.S. citizen) passionate about science & building an inclusive scientific community, check out my application guide! 🌐🔬 #HHMIGilliam
yaelcourtney.com/resources-a…
Want to stand out as a PhD program applicant? Lots of advice in our latest professional development episode from @storiesofwin !
Curious about how neuroscience PhD programs evaluate applicants? In our latest episode, we talk with a program director about personal statements, interviews, & what makes a candidate standout. Don't miss it!
storiesofwin.org/profiles/20…
#NeurosciencePhD #GradSchoolTips
catie profaci, phd retweeted
This is a great resource!!!!
Grad school apps are EXPENSIVE....💸
So, which #STEM PhD programs have WAIVED their application fee this year?!
We have compiled a list of programs that you can apply to for FREE. Please let us know if you’ve heard of others! Thank you!!💜
docs.google.com/spreadsheets…
catie profaci, phd retweeted
Saw this at a museum last night. I think a good sign that the @Padres will beat the @Dodgers tonight. #ForTheFaithful
So much SfN FOMO!!! Love this team and glad they are hanging out in Chicago 💕
I think this is only the 2nd in-person SfN that I’ve missed in the last 12 years?! My fave part is always reconnecting w people from all the different stages of my career thus far 🧠💗
Stories of WiN at #SFN! These are just a few of the great team members that keep this project running 💜
catie profaci, phd retweeted
It has been challenging to watch this story of a friend and fellow lab member unfold. There’s so much I want to say but I’ll just expand on two important aspects of this experience I’m seeing others discuss, as well.
Science is built on trust. What happens when someone destroys it?
My first feature for @_TheTransmitter investigates the emotional and existential fallout for one lab in the aftermath of a misconduct case.
thetransmitter.org/science-a…
catie profaci, phd retweeted
Excited to share that we have a new preprint online!! 🙌 #microglia #liveimaging #neonatal #aging
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
catie profaci, phd retweeted
What proteins surround PIEZO1 on the cell surface? We used a mass spec proteomic approach to capture a snapshot of the PIEZO1 interactome. One of these candidates, CADM1/SynCAM, slows the inactivation kinetics of PIEZO1 with little effect on PIEZO2.
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.24…
catie profaci, phd retweeted
Thinking about submitting an @NSF #GRFP? Check out our latest special episode! @DrNancyPadilla & @AnaMaPorras discuss components of the NSF GRFP application, advice for how to structure your essays and letters, and common mistakes to avoid! #NSFGRFP
storiesofwin.org/profiles/20…
Always so proud to be a part of Ben’s scientific family tree 🤍 I wish I could have spoken with him more than a couple times, but I know that so much of the way Ben approached science was passed down to me from my PhD mentor, and I’m so grateful for that!
Happy Birthday Ben! Today would’ve been his 70th birthday. A renowned scientist who changed the way we see glia cells and the brain and a wonderful friend and advocate, Ben was an inspiration to us all. #neuroscience #glia #advocateforwomeninStem #TransRightsAreHumanRights
The RNAseq came back w a bunch of differentially expressed genes I didn’t recognize. Started looking them up. All cholesterol related!! I thought “Cool!! Microglia regulate EC cholesterol 😎”
Last but far from least, thank you to my Twitterless advisor Richard Daneman for his endless support & for instilling in me the utmost importance of scientific integrity!