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Cassie Manrique
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Weill Cornell Ph.D. candidate | Mary Baylies Lab @ MSKCC | skeletal muscle, chromatin, & stem cell researcher | UChicago alum | #DisabledInSTEM
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If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky.

(Like Freckles, I prefer lurking from the comfort of a pile of blankets)
Freckles, a brown tabby cat, is snuggled under a soft grey blanket. Her head rests on the corner of an open silver MacBook with the screen off. She appears content.
September 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Happy Gotcha Day to my best feline friend, Freckles. 🍓 When I adopted her 4 years ago, the closest she would get is sitting on a designated pillow on the couch. Now, she’s my cuddle buddy; most nights she’s asleep on top of my head on “our” pillow, 💕 But she still yells at me if I’m home too late 😆
Four images of a tabby cat named Freckles. In the top left, she is lying down on a grey pillow. She is quite small. In the top right, she is sitting on the kitchen floor with her mouth open like she is yelling. In the bottom left, she is grown up and wearing a strawberry collar. Cassie, a brunette woman with glasses, is peering over from behind Freckles. In the bottom right, Freckles is lying down with a paw out, looking at the camera.
July 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Freckles has chosen to demonstrate a left-sided sleeping position! (She often alternates between sides)
Freckles, a dark brown tabby cat, is lying on her side showing off her soft, light brown belly and black toe beans. She is asleep, lying on her left side on a pink blanket.
July 2, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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So thankful to have spent the past week in Puerto Rico at #2025ICDB #2025SDB! 🌴 This was my first conference outside of NYC, and it was great to hear from so many renowned developmental biologists and receive feedback on my research.
Cassie, a short brunette, is wearing a bright pink linen dress with her hair pulled back in a clip. She is wearing glasses and a lanyard with her name. She is smiling and standing in front of a pixelated scientific poster with the title “Multi-Omic Analysis to Identify Barriers to hPSC-derived Skeletal Muscle Maturation”. The title is white font on a sky blue background. A photograph of the ocean of El Escambrón beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The sky is partially cloudy and light blue. The ocean is a blue-green color with a few peaceful waves. In the background are palm trees. A photograph over a cliff near the fortress Bastión de San Sebastian in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The grass of the cliff is a vibrant green with dark green foliage. The sky is clear and a pale blue. The ocean is calm and a medium blue color. The edge of the brick fortress is barely visible along the right edge of the photograph.
June 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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So excited to be in Puerto Rico for #2025ICDB #2025SDB! Come visit me at my poster (#C36) Saturday to hear about multi-omic sequencing to mature hPSC-derived skeletal muscle, and see my lab mate and friend Isabelle’s talk (session 4.1) on lamin B loss in muscle nuclei! 💪
A selfie of Isabelle and Cassie, two young adult women, sitting in front of steps in Old San Juan. Both are smiling at the camera.
June 19, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Freckles would like to remind everyone to VOTE in your local elections! 🗳️ They might not be as publicized as federal elections, but local and state elections influence your schools, taxes, infrastructure, and more.
Freckles, a brown tabby cat, is standing on a pink bedspread with her front paws on a sealed early voting ballot envelope. Her mouth is open, like she is talking to the screen. She is also wearing a pink strawberry collar charm.
June 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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The basic subunit of chromatin, the nucleosome, consists of a segment of DNA wrapped around eight HISStone proteins 🐱
A schematic of the nucleosome, but the core histone proteins are replaced with four tabby cats in circular formation. The histone tails are represented by lines coming out of each histone or tabby cat, with letters indicating the amino acids and their modifications.
May 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Without downloading new pics, what’s your energy going into 2025?
(This was Freckles this summer, disoriented and hungry after having dental work done)
Freckles, a brown striped tabby cat, is laying on a light brown hardwood floor in front of a cardboard scratcher. Freckles is looking to her left, but she is blurry. Her pupils are dilated and a square patch of fur on her paw is shaved from having an IV. Her energy is chaotic.
January 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Finally submitted my F31 proposal! Now to take a cue from Freckles and rest 😴
Freckles, a brown and orange tabby cat, is lying on a red blanket. Her face, front paw, and chest are visible. Her eyes are closed, and she looks like she is sleeping peacefully.
December 5, 2024 at 10:52 PM
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This might be too niche, but I felt inspired. #neuroscience #gaba 🧪
An edit of the “Yo Gabba Gabba” show cast. The title is edited to say “Yo Gaba Gaba”. DJ Lance Rock, a black man wearing red, is holding up the chemical structure of GABA. He is surrounded by the five cast members of Yo Gabba Gabba: a red Cyclops, a pink flower bubble character, a yellow robot, a green fuzzy monster, and a blue cat-dragon.
November 22, 2024 at 12:52 AM
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Freckles *might* be excited that her Lil Soups have arrived 🐱
Freckles, a brown tabby cat, has her two front paws atop the side of a cardboard box that says “Chewy: where pet lovers shop” on a blue background. Freckles is standing on her back paws and looking at the camera with her mouth open.
November 14, 2024 at 9:21 PM
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Finally made it over from X and might as well introduce myself! I’m Cassie, a PhD candidate at Weill Cornell Grad School. I’m conducting research in Dr. Mary Baylies’ lab at Sloan Kettering studying the epigenetics of skeletal muscle development. Broadly interested in dev bio, chromatin, and cats!
A dark brown tabby cat sitting in a cardboard box with cardboard brown paper. The cat is wearing a collar with a pink strawberry charm and looking off-camera. A photograph of Cassie standing in front of a white scientific poster hanging on a cork board. The title is “Identifying the Role of Epigenetics in hPSC-derived skeletal muscle differentiation and maturation”. The authors listed are Cassandra Manrique, Effie Apostolou, and Mary Baylies. The Weill Cornell Medicine and MSK logos appear in the top corners of the poster. The data on the poster is pixelated.
November 12, 2024 at 12:16 AM