It's been a good December with one paper accepted and another one on the verge of being accepted. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone.

Thanks for your good wishes everyone.

A beautiful and fitting tribute to my father in law Peter Drost, who passed away this past Sunday. www.verhoevefuneralhomes.com/obituaries/P...

Next Tuesday, Dr. Carl June will be presented with the J. Allyn Taylor award in recognition of his pioneering use of CAR-T cells to treat leukemia. We are looking forward to his visit! www.schulich.uwo.ca/about/news-e...

Remembering David Baltimore (1938–2025): Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

James Watson has died www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...

#LightTheNight London raised $140,528 and counting. Thank you for donating to blood cancer research!

It's time to Light the Night for Leukemia & Lymphoma Research! secure.llscanada.org/site/TR/LTN/...

BREAKING: Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi win the Nobel Prize in medicine for work on peripheral immune tolerance.

Microbiology & Immunology at Western University is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of T cell Biology and Neuroimmunology - one of two positions available. Full description here: www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...

Microbiology & Immunology at Western University is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of Neurovirology. Read the description here: www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...

Thank you #WesternU for joining @eara.eu to promote the ethical use of animals in research

David Baltimore has passed away at 87. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/s...

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month www.emro.who.int/media/news/c....

Happy 150th birthday Blackfriars Bridge

Animal testing is still vital to advancing medicine: torontostarreplica.pressreader.com/article/2816...

Dr. David Spence, a renowned Western University researcher, passed away on August 10. harrisfuneralhome.ca/obituaries/d...

We will miss you Frank. You were an example to me of how to live a life of science that was also full of joy, fun, and connection. harrisfuneralhome.ca/obituaries/f...

THANK YOU #CIHR and especially to the reviewers for funding our research program on immune development and leukemia!

If you need cheering up, watch the 40th anniversary of LIVE AID: www.youtube.com/@LiveAid

Cancer rates are increasing with our aging population. This is not the time to reduce cancer research funding. www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/h...

Congratulations to Chanpreet and Maria from the lab for top poster presentation awards at the recent Oncology Research & Education Day! www.schulich.uwo.ca/oncology//re...

Congratulations to CHRI scientist of the year Eileen Crowley and CHRI trainee of the year Jenica Kakadia

THANK YOU to the outstanding peer reviewers recognized by CIHR: cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/53994.html

2025 Oncology Research & Education Day is today www.schulich.uwo.ca/oncology/res...

The "Pivot Penalty" is real: researchers are punished for entering new subject areas outside of their key areas of real or perceived competency. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Saddened to hear of the death of Jim Till, at age 94. He was the co-discoverer of transplantable stem cells (with Ernest McCulloch), a discovery that revolutionized cancer treatment. www.legacy.com/ca/obituarie... www.cdnmedhall.ca/laureates/ja... via @pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social

UHN marks the passing of Dr. James Till, whose work with Dr. Ernest McCulloch first demonstrated the existence of blood-forming stem cells in 1961 at Ontario Cancer Institute, now Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. His work has helped launch the field of #stemcell science.

The word "research" appears 31 times in Primer Minster Mark Carney's platform - a big improvement over the previous administration. liberal.ca/cstrong/

Obituary: Visionary Dr. Henry Friesen re-invented Canada’s premier health research funding agency. He also did groundbreaking work isolating and purifying the hormone prolactin, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Attending the Centre for Translational Cancer Research Immuno-Oncology Research symposium today #CTCRIO2025

The European Research Council announces expansion of grant programs to attract researchers to move from the United States: erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

Today is the International Day of Immunology. Let's celebrate the discipline and discoveries of Immunology on this day. iuis.org/events/day-o...

I voted!

Congratulations to James Iansavitchous in my lab who completed his one-year MSc studies with a final presentation yesterday. Great job James!!

Great poster presentations by lab members Chanpreet and Maria at #CSI2025

It’s a beautiful day for Immunology at #CSI2025

Amazing science awarded by the Gairdner foundation for Cystic fibrosis treatment, Notch signalling, fighting malnutrition and an award to Daniel de Carvalho making major strides in Cancer research in Canada.

Fritz Melchers, pioneer of B cell biology, passed away on February 24, 2025. In 1999 Fritz came to my poster at the Cold Spring Harbor Symposium, and I rudely stopped talking to anyone else so that I could present it to him. His influence was incomparable. www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/2179850/obit...

The Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Guelph is at it again! Continuing our cluster hires with tenure-track Assistant Professor positions in Immunology and Virology (1 position each)! careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A... careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...

Congratulations to Trevor and Diana for excellent 4th year talks!

4th year honours thesis student presentations this afternoon! We have ~80 students from across three basic science departments speaking today in 10 rooms. Looking forward to hearing some great science.

Congratulations to lab member Maria Uribe for passing the candidacy exam - she is now a PhD Candidate!

If the NIH follows through with capping indirect costs at 15%, the effects on science will be catastrophic. www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Your reminder in case you've forgotten: One of the bad consequences of measles is "immune amnesia" making you susceptible to other infections www.schulich.uwo.ca/microbiology...

Breaking news: Thousands of researchers and their supporters, including recently fired federal workers, have gathered across the U.S. in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration. scim.ag/41zlPv4

SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING! To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎

The world would be a better place if everyone took introductory genetics

Congratulations Peggy - it’s wonderful to have a representative with the highest integrity. We need your voice in Queen’s Park.

And now there’s been a death due to Measles - the first in a decade www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7469010