New paper out ! An open-source lightweight ear-tag mounted sensor for #ML-based real-time monitoring of #dairy #calf activity : www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A great spotlight on Génome Québec in Le Journal de Montréal! Since 2019, students have been exploring Québec’s lake biodiversity through environmental DNA. Science, education, and action—all in one project. 🧬🌊🐟 🔗 cutt.cx/5hCz . #eDNA #Genomics #CommunityScience

Interesting application of computer vision in livestock: detecting digital dermatitis using a camera positioned in the footbath! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

come join us in our brand new research building! www.crc.ulaval.ca/wp-content/u...

New paper led by Tesnime Touil: Can we predict SARA in cows from milk? Tested 36 ML models on FTIR spectra from 107 cows. ✔️ SARA predicted with up to 69% accuracy ❌ Reticuloruminal pH not reliably predictable Read more: journalofdairyscience.org/article/S002... #DairyScience #ML #FTIR

🔷 IA + données omiques : un duo qui accélère la recherche contre le cancer grâce au soutien d'IVADO, @genomequebec.bsky.social, l'Oncopole et au Fonds Apogée Canada. 🔗 Dossier complet réalisé avec CScience → lesconnecteurs.ca/dossier-canc... #IA #cancer #génomique #innovation

"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."

Good old stuff and exactly what I was looking for. Cell cycle 3T3 www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1...

Lol, Elon has encouraged the development of the TRANS car: born a Tesla, but identifies as something else.

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

A paper in Nature Communications maps air pollution from power plants supplying electricity to US Bitcoin mines and finds that 1.9 million people in 2022-23 breathed toxic amounts of Bitcoin mine attributable pollution, particularly around New York City and Houston. 🧪

“Recruiting U.S. scientists is a fine idea – except we’re barely supporting Canadian scientists as it is” https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/aaa9fec50b2b595cc0291494fc97e4bd10e7d6945d5c457e0bfa75d42846a705/4FRDBEKLNFESVJ3ZILAS36KR7Y

Use of a priority lane to increase voluntary visits to a milking robot in dairy cows www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S002...

Really need to read this : Mapping the landscape of social behavior www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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Impressive work : Leveraging computer vision, large language models, and multimodal machine learning for optimal decision-making in dairy farming www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S002...

Water use dynamics with conventional and automated milking systems on a dairy farm "With AMS the farm used significantly more water, produced significantly more milk, and achieved significantly better water use efficiency per L of milk." www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S002...

New publication in Canadian Journal of Animal Science! We explore the economics of raising Holstein heifers in Québec & how farm-level factors impact costs. shorturl.at/oNCbv Kudos to Léonie Laflamme-Michaud & co-authors, and thanks to Lactanet & Les PLQ for their support!

Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

Reviewers want 'more contemporary literature' to support cross-validation. Since when are good old classic papers—cited thousands of times—not enough? What ‘contemporary’ sources do you need for a method studied since the 1970s?

"I want to raise my kids in a country that is not tilting towards a fascist dictatorship." Philosopher Jason Stanley is leaving Yale and taking up a position at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.

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4 reviewers is a lot of reviewers.

Ron Beavis 🇨🇦 has had enough. #science #massspec #proteomics

An unexpected but highly useful application of ChatGPT: Helping me tone down my aggressive responses to reviewers in rebuttals.

It never ceases to amaze me how researchers are still making breakthroughs with AIMS, a method we published 10 years ago with @hallettmiket.bsky.social . Now, AIMS is proving instrumental in revealing BC subtype switching before and after neoadjuvant treatment. tinyurl.com/bdday25t

Due to the current political climate, our lab will not be attending #ADSA2025 in Louisville, Kentucky this year.

Article in PNAS, 2013 t.co/N9vYvFGbXO

Bioart, courtesy of the NIH. All images are in the public domain and available for download as high-quality SVGs. bioart.niaid.nih.gov

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