Cancer research lost a star this week with the passing of Dr Juliet Daniel @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social Juliet was a proud @queensalumni.bsky.social that studied hard to treat cancers like TNBC. Send your tributes to her family and continue her legacy www.circleoflifecbc.com/obituaries/D...

Scientist, Educator, EDIAA champion, Legend. We will miss her as a colleague, friend, mentor and partner in mischief!

Both of Marco Rubio’s parents were born in Cuba. Marco Rubio was born in Miami in 1971, before they became US citizens. He is a US citizen because he was born in the US under birthright citizenship. #Hypocrites

Congratulations to this year’s Gairdner winners. 🏅WAY TO GO KAREN MAXWELL!!🏅 @uoftmedicine.bsky.social (very sad and not ok to see but one female awardee)

Congratulations Karen Maxwell, recipient of the 2026 Peter Gilgan Canada Gairdner Momentum Award. Full bio: www.gairdner.org/winner/karen... #2026GairdnerAwards

Introducing our 2026 Sinclair Summer Studentships in Cancer Research awardees! We look forward to working with these outstanding students this summer! #cancerresearch #undergrads @queensuhealth.bsky.social @queensuresearch.bsky.social

The TIGIT catastrophe‼️ 30 agents 220 trials ~50,000 patients >$3B+ invested 0 approvals. This is herding in drug development. In BMJ Oncol we examine why it happens, the hidden costs, and what needs to change. It’s already happening again in ADCs... 🔗: t.co/dvbS49jGkF

The difference between a POS posing as a president, and an ACTUAL president.

Join us next week for a talk hosted by our Director @andrewcraigscri.bsky.social featuring Dr. Xian Wang #SmithEngQueens! Everyone is welcome to attend. Questions? Email us at [email protected]. #QueensuResearch

Two cells isolated from a fish scale videoed through a DIC microscope. The cells are cool but now all I see are extracellular vesicles floating by in the media and stuck to the substrate....... #CellBiology

I hate 3-on-3 about as much as I hate soccer penalties to decide games.

Great effort guys. You've made Canada proud. 🇨🇦 #CanadaSky www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...

“they should be careful not to deprioritize the kind of curiosity-driven, investigator-led research that has a strong track record in advancing humanity’s knowledge, producing the types of innovation that prosperity and well-being depend on.” 🧪 #Research www.nature.com/articles/d41...

GOLD FOR CANADA 🇨🇦 MEGAN OLDHAM HAS DONE IT Canada's Megan Oldham wins gold in Women's Big Air. It’s her second medal of the Games and Canada’s second gold medal of the Games.

As a stage 4 cancer patient, my hatred toward secretary brainworms knows no bounds.

CIHR funding rate: 13.6%. Early 2000s: 30%+. Canada’s new $1.7B Impact+ program recruits talent — but without increased Tri-Council base funding, we risk further strain on an already stretched system. We’re calling for $1B over 5 years. Support here: tinyurl.com/33c5av46

Congratulations to TFRI's @marathonofhope.bsky.social executive director, Dr. André Veillette, and his team at IRCM & UdeM on discovering SLAMF6, an internal brake on the immune system, and developing antibodies to neutralize it. Learn more about this breakthrough: www.tfri.ca/updates/news...

A new generation of radiotherapies promises a more targeted attack on cancer. Learn more on #WorldCancerDay: https://scim.ag/3ZheTlG

I was maybe 2.5 years into my position as an Assistant Professor when my phone rang, and it was Kirsty Duncan, the new federal science minister, calling out of the blue. I had never met her. She asked me what she could do for early career investigators. /1

Are you as excited as we are for the 2026 MRS Biennial Meeting? As we get closer, we’ll be highlighting speakers each week, starting today!

Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration.

Lol...😅🤣😂

The best

Pictured: Someone who actually won a Nobel Peace Prize

Thank you Carney and Toyota! 🍁

Almost every scientist I know in Canada is trying to reduce the size of their lab because of the tenuous operating funding situation, meanwhile govt throws $$$ at recruitment.

All the very best for 2026. Good health, good friendships and good science.

They died because they were women. December 6, 1989. National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...

🚨 NEW: One of the largest COVID-19 vaccine studies ever (28 MILLION people in France) just dropped. Results? • 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 • 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality • No increase in 4-year mortality #BlueSky #MedSky #IDSky #SciSky #NewsSky #PedsSky #ObSky #NurseSky

• Vaccinated people had lower risk of death from any cause. In short: mRNA vaccines weren’t just safe — they were protective across the board. 🔥📉 shorturl.at/GcZeK #EMSky

New opportunity at Queen's University: Tenured Tier 1 Canada Research Chair / Tenure-Track or Tenured Faculty Position supported by the Bruce Mitchell gift (Mitchell Chair). can-acn.org/tenured-tier... #neurojobs

#RemembranceDay - Today we remember and pay tribute to the Canadian armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. #CCTG honours everyone who continues to serve and who defend our values and freedoms. #LestWeForget

Re-upping for #RemembranceDay

Leonard Cohen recites “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae | Legion Magazine youtu.be/cKoJvHcMLfc?... #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget

Introducing Cancer Trials Canada - a new website to make it easier than ever to find cancer clinical trials happening across Canada. Clinical trials test new ways to prevent, detect and treat cancer. They help advance research that can lead to better care and save lives.

new Lai lab paper @natsmb.nature.com! Dicer is specifically mutated in cancer, but we don't fully understand its molecular/reg impacts. with @danweihuangfu.bsky.social, we characterized the first knockin Dicer hotspot in hESCs, and found unexpected defects in miRNA biogenesis! 🧬 1/4 rdcu.be/eOc0q

#Windsor taking over Creative Destruction Lab-Cancer Always nice to meet up with Dr. Jason Cross, Scientist and Windsorsite at MD Anderson. #ScienceSaves #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #CancerCures

The Canadian cancer research conference #CCRC2025 is now a wrap and #CCTG had a number of poster presentations and an oral presentation on the Development of Patient Priorities in Cancer Research by Judy Needham! Find out more: buff.ly/PSMnJ4S

How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think. A parliamentary committee is asking for researchers' personal information in what seems like an anti-DEI crusade, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

The Canadian government has seemingly never read a single one of its own commissioned reports on what Canadian science needs. (It's not more people.)

don't miss this session folks I have a prerecorded advocacy focused talk and three of my colleagues have their talks Young folks (younger than 50 yrs of age) are showing a rise in certain cancer's rates, which is alarming It is global and we have work to do #Advocacy #YoungCancerPatients

Cancer cases registered differently in most provinces in 🇨🇦 but Dr Craig Earle and CPAC have converted 900 hr manual curation to <1 hour using AI methods! #CCRC2025

Impressive talk from Dr Marco Marra that shows the promise of precision oncogenomics that builds from BC cancer to @marathonofhope.bsky.social 🇨🇦wide program #CCRC2025

Masterclass in session with Dr Nada Jabado who has led efforts to understand oncohistone mechanisms and potential treatments for pediatric cancers #CCRC2025 @ccralliance.bsky.social

Some exciting updates on made in Canada cell therapies for solid tumours and blood cancers (much lower cost than SOC). 🇨🇦 researchers competing very well in this space @ccralliance.bsky.social @biocanrx.bsky.social

Very interesting talk on revving up macrophages responses using a treatment with IL33 in Glioblastoma models by Dr Donna Senger #CCRC2025

Great progress shared by Dr Barb Vanderhyden to improve immunotherapy options for ovarian cancer using mouse models, several promising lines of study 👏#CCRC2025

Congrats on your award for leading patient engagement in cancer research @savaslab.bsky.social #CCRC2025

Fantastic to see Dr Vanderhyden recognized for amazing service to cancer research in Canada @ccralliance.bsky.social #CCRC2025