Humbled for our stem cell team at @usask.ca to be ranked as the top biomedical research program in Saskatchewan 2 years in a row. Big thanks to our patient partners and the folks at Jim Pattison Children's Hospital. Looking forward to improving the health of youths! @usaskcomfacdev.bsky.social

Amped to share this masterclass of a paper spearheaded by @waisenberg.bsky.social, out today in Immunity. Will et al. provide a deeply detailed look into microglia dysfunction in Krabbe disease & show that microglia replacement therapeutically improves disease outcomes! www.cell.com/immunity/ful...

Really looking forward to this today! Grateful to Erin Mulvihill and @roblab.bsky.social for the opportunity to share a little about how biological sex affects islets!

Remyelination getting way more complex- and interesting…

Changes to MSc, PhD and postdoc funding programs from 🇨🇦 tri councils. Harmonization across councils, more awards, and new eligibility for international PhD and postdoc applicants!

And some buddies who do amazing work at Cape Breton don't crack the list. If American, look at where you might want to live. Cost of living in Vancouver and Toronto is nuts. Lower outside of them, and lowest in the prairies (USask and Regina!). Each province and city is a different place.

Share with US students who had their offers of admission withdrawn for PhD programs: Apply to Canada. Check out Canadian professors, and contact us. Our system works differently here, and we are all still, technically, able to accept students for Fall 2025.

Today is Rare Disease Day, and a great reminder of the importance of NIH and science funding in driving hope 🧬⬇️ www.rarediseaseday.org

Zimmerman’s trailblazing work in #stemcell #cardiomyocyte transplantation in Homo sapiens failing hearts and rhesus macaques 😀👏🏻 Looking forward to reading this in detail #HF #cardiac #regeneration

Provocative start to 2025. Journal Club 💭: 1) How do we reconcile that other microglia-deficient (eg, CSFR1-/-) models draw different conclusions? Could the remaining immune cells be compensating? 2) Why do these brains have synchronous neuron firing, but brain organoids lacking microglia do not?

3 reviews on planning, execution, & validation of transcriptomic experiments in neuroscience published in @natureportfolio.bsky.social #NatureNeuroscience. A MUST READ if you're doing transcriptomics. 3 reviews, an amazing editorial, a beautiful cover – this is the issue of the year! (mini thread)

@samanthamrae.bsky.social @stemcellnetwork.bsky.social Welcome to the Sky! Glad to see you arrive :)

And of course don’t forget our amazing biennial meetings… the next one? NYC August 2025, with the American Society for Neurochemistry!

As I've been seeing a lot of job postings here, I've set up a NeuroJobs feed. Add #NeuroJobs to your post if you're recruiting or looking for a PhD, Postdoc, or faculty position in Neuro or an adjacent field. bsky.app/profile/did:...

@blairkgage.bsky.social Welcome to the blue side Blair!

@isn-society.bsky.social 😱You have finally arrived! Welcome!

What is the #1 quality that you look for in a student OR investigator? I got asked this by a potential graduate student. I thought about it and answered “kindness”. Saying no is OK. Making mistakes are OK. Asking for help is OK. There is no need for being mean; it only hinders science advancement.

How much do I appreciate @jneurochem.bsky.social? I present to you my office mug. Thanks for giving back to the community. PhD candidate or postdoc? Look at their Fundamental Review program (and their schools at neurochemistry.org) to see how you could make lifelong friends & travel awards!

There is not a day that goes by where I am not thankful of the life science gives me. A break from the laboratory to learn about the science behind mental health disorders in Naxos, Greece. Thanks to ISN and their Flagship School. :D

🚨Our latest #research is live! 👉https://wnzl.ca/wenzel-fncel2024 Any kind shares? ⭐Highlights: 1️⃣1st documentation of #microglia, #oligodendrocytes, #neurons and #astrocytes cells in human #brain #organoids simultaneously 2️⃣Brain organoids process proteins in a manner specific to human brain 🧵(1/9)

The privilege of being a scientist will never be lost on me - what a cool job. Some photos from giving a keynote speech to the Minister of Advanced Education Hon. Gordon Wyant, University President Dr. Stoicheff, and the rest of the #USask research community about our #regenmed and #organoid work.

#HiSciSky I am a Postdoc at the University of Saskatchewan (in a 🇨🇦 city holding the world-record for largest snowball fight). In the lab, I work with stem cells to improve diagnosis and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders. Outside, I try to improve health care equity. #Academicsky #neuroskyence