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WhiteFeather Hunter, PhD

@whitefeatherhunter.bsky.social

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SSHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow at @siatsfu.bsky.social PhD in Art and Biotech, UWA (Aus). I work with menstrual stem cells + bioprinting. whitefeatherhunter.ca The Witch in the Lab Coat / BioartCoven #witchesinlabs ☣️ Spandex-free cycling enthusiast.

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WhiteFeather Hunter, PhD @whitefeatherhunter.bsky.social · Nov 17

1) Menstrual stem cell differentiation to neuronal types and cardiomyocytes, and hacking a cheap 3D printer into a bioprinter & 2) help, I work on every odd idea/theory I think about! 🧪

Julia Wester, PhD @drjuliawester.bsky.social · Nov 17

Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about

1. Social network analysis of Miami social & env non profits
2. What ingredients/conditions make organizing in Miami different

Chad Topaz Queer DEI Race Traitor @chadtopaz.bsky.social · Nov 17

Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about

(1) Undoing the govt's redactions of judge names in sentencing data

(2) How to annoy the Federalist Society on a broad scale?

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WhiteFeather Hunter, PhD @whitefeatherhunter.bsky.social · Sep 18

FINALLY IT IS HERE and available for pre-order! 🧪
The Routledge Companion to Performance and Science, with my chapter, Blood Magic in Biotech -- a case study (Ch 23).
In this chapter, I discuss my work with 16S rRNA sequencing of my vaginal microbiome over the duration of an entire menstrual cycle.

The Routledge Companion to Performance and Science

The Routledge Companion to Performance and Science investigates and illuminates the growing international interest in the intersections and interactions between theatre, drama, performance and the sci...

www.routledge.com

WhiteFeather Hunter, PhD @whitefeatherhunter.bsky.social · May 21

Thanks for your reply! Are the researchers promoting lab grown meat?

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WhiteFeather Hunter, PhD @whitefeatherhunter.bsky.social · May 21

I’m a bioartist and tissue engineer, and wrote part of my thesis on the fallacy of lab grown meat. Would love to know more on your take.

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WhiteFeather Hunter, PhD @whitefeatherhunter.bsky.social · May 12

Saving this for later.

European Commission @ec.europa.eu · May 8

Choose Science. Choose Europe.

A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.

With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.

Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF

WhiteFeather Hunter, PhD @whitefeatherhunter.bsky.social · May 12

Hahahaha, I really hope you’re wrong about that. 😂🫣

WhiteFeather Hunter, PhD @whitefeatherhunter.bsky.social · May 12

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WhiteFeather Hunter, PhD @whitefeatherhunter.bsky.social · May 12

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WhiteFeather Hunter, PhD @whitefeatherhunter.bsky.social · May 11

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WhiteFeather Hunter, PhD @whitefeatherhunter.bsky.social · May 11

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WhiteFeather Hunter, PhD @whitefeatherhunter.bsky.social · May 11

I certainly love to create pink creatures. ☺️

WhiteFeather Hunter, PhD @whitefeatherhunter.bsky.social · May 11

That’s what she said! 😉

WhiteFeather Hunter, PhD @whitefeatherhunter.bsky.social · May 11

Hahaha! Needle phobia?

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WhiteFeather Hunter, PhD @whitefeatherhunter.bsky.social · May 11

This is my DIY bioprinter in my kitchen, finishing up my first successful bioprint (with this machine) of a clitoris form in a homemade gelatin alginate bioink. I’m pretty sure it’s a world’s first. Tell me this isn’t the sexiest DIYbio you’ve ever seen! 🧪

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ɪᴍᴍᴀɴᴜᴇʟ ᴋᴜɴᴛ @soberthots.bsky.social · May 11

In the spirit of Mother’s Day, here’s a clip of Björk two-piecing a reporter who was stalking her and her baby.

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WhiteFeather Hunter, PhD @whitefeatherhunter.bsky.social · May 5

Hmmm, I bet it would make an amazing manual component to add on with the controlled extruder!

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WhiteFeather Hunter, PhD @whitefeatherhunter.bsky.social · May 5

I wonder if anyone’s tried yet. It seems like it might be more compact to work with?

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WhiteFeather Hunter, PhD @whitefeatherhunter.bsky.social · May 5

I think we’ll get there. 😉

WhiteFeather Hunter, PhD @whitefeatherhunter.bsky.social · May 5

I’d like to see that! We need more creative absurdity that works.

WhiteFeather Hunter, PhD @whitefeatherhunter.bsky.social · May 5

Pneumatics would give this so many more possibilities!

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WhiteFeather Hunter, PhD @whitefeatherhunter.bsky.social · May 5

Thank you! 😅 It has been painstaking.

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WhiteFeather Hunter, PhD @whitefeatherhunter.bsky.social · May 5

Thanks ☺️

WhiteFeather Hunter, PhD @whitefeatherhunter.bsky.social · May 5

#witchsky

WhiteFeather Hunter, PhD @whitefeatherhunter.bsky.social · May 5

First, very rough print test with the bioprinter I built (hacked from a 3D printer) and which lives on my kitchen counter. Dinner, anyone? 🧪 Next up are all the refinements with extrusion rate, nozzle gauge, etc., etc., etc. Just using a simple gelatin-alginate bioink I cooked up on my stove.

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WhiteFeather Hunter, PhD @whitefeatherhunter.bsky.social · May 1

Should be called Sonichedgehogite, imo! 🦔

WhiteFeather Hunter, PhD @whitefeatherhunter.bsky.social · May 1

My latest Substack post!

Practicing (the) Craft

Tracing a lineage from surrealist myth-making to feminist biotech worldbuilding.

open.substack.com

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