Thank you for the shout-out @scienceinvancouver.com! So excited to share our new work on reproducible models of the neural tube and early brain development + modeling aberrant cortical development and folding in Tuberous Sclerosis.

@AirCanada you cancelled my Sunday morning flight and just 1 hour later told me there are no options to rebook me within 3 days on any airline. That my only option is reimbursement. It’s a lie. I see many flights available. They’re just $$. You’re obliged to rebook me - do it!

Seems like there are a lot of new folks here. Sharing a starter pack I made - Biomedical scientists in Canada 🇨🇦🧪. Let me know if you'd like to be added!

Congratulations to #SFU Molecular Biology and Biochemistry distinguished professor Fiona Brinkman who has received a @genomebc.bsky.social Award for Scientific Excellence from Life Sciences BC! www.sfu.ca/science/news...

Congratulations to @sfubiosciences.bsky.social Dean's Convocation Medal recipient Brett Hodinka. Thesis Title: Inactivity, adaptive mass regulation, and the physiological basis of costs of reproduction ow.ly/lWqx50W5PNw #MySFUGrad

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Trump’s NIH cuts aren’t just numbers. They are delayed cures, abandoned treatments, futures stolen, lives that will be lost. This is why we Stand Up For Science. #StandUpForScience #SummerFightForScience

Horrific. Hard to believe this is the world we now live in.

love Tim Walz

SFU invites applications from world renowned researchers for the prestigious Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) 2026 Competition. Please see the ad to see if you qualify. In Vancouver, BC www.sfu.ca/vpacademic/a...

"A growing reluctance to hold scientific conferences in the United States “will have an impact on the cities that have established themselves as conference hosting cities”." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Thrilled to receive positive reviews on our newest paper in Cell Reports Methods this morning (Pre-print here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...)! And after just returning from a great few days with colleagues in Montreal. Often in research the exciting things cluster together 😀

This is what happens when you support Science& scientists

This isn't hypothetical. The coming days are bringing higher prices and disrupted supply chains, this time not because of a pandemic or a war, but self-inflicted by our country's government under this president.

Elon Musk Is an Evil Piece of Garbage—and an A-Level Fraud, Too He is stupid. He is incompetent. He is cruel. He is sinister. And people will die because of what he’s done.

Wonderful work by @nataliabaumann.bsky.social & the @djabaudon.bsky.social team showing how progenitor metabolism regulates region-specific neurogenesis! Glad our group could contribute, thanks to Eleonora Conti & Roberto Sansevrino. www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

All of this, right here… 👇 Are you paying ATTENTION, yet?! 🤚 Hope so. 😎✨

Honestly, this would literally drive Cdns (namely me) crazy for the next four years. I really need calm and a sense of peace that Captain Canada (namely Mark Carney) would provide. A daily diet of anger and anxiety under a Poilievre gov is unimaginable. #Cdnpoli #NeverPoilievre #ElbowsUp

Reminder to Canadian scientists who'd like to sign this open letter to party leaders to increase tricouncil funding. It has over 1800 signatures and you can still add to it (link is in the PDF). acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...

The election in Canada 🇨🇦 is a big deal - advance voting now over, election day is April 28th. Big possibility to elect a rational and capable Prime Minister. Please remember to vote in a week - don't assume the outcome is guaranteed, polling is getting tighter. And consider strategic voting. 🇨🇦

Presidents have one job. “Preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States. “ This post is Donald Trump fully and publicly admitted he is incapable of it. Congress must enforce the 14th amendment and remove him.

Hoping the inscription resonates with some 🙏

Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism. If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone. Americans of conscience must stand against this now.

All of these men are being illegally detained in a foreign gulag. They weren't deported. They were illegally imprisoned. This is the face of fascism. Look at it.

As far as I can tell, ICE agents are far more problematic than the people they’re abducting

Important to note this is a very serious threat. Just take a minute to see what is going on with our neighbours down south today.

No intellectually honest person can say MeToo has gone too far. Even Bill Cosby is out of prison, and Weinstein‘s NY conviction was overturned. Cuomo is running for political office ffs! MeToo scared abusers so much they nipped it in the bud before there could be real change.

Horrifying. Perhaps US-based conferences could consider moving to Canada instead? Or at least offering online options.

🧪Scientists don’t want to attend meetings in the US anymore. After the poor treatment of a French researcher Texas in March, I do not blame this reaction. This is a valid sentiment. This is how we appear to the world. Likely more to follow suit.

It may be that the best reason to vote liberal right now is that all the world’s worst regimes seem to be working actively against Mark Carney…peace, order and good government are a direct threat to them.

Precisely. One of the main reasons I, as a scientist, am increasingly fearful to travel to the US. I never thought I would feel that way as a life-long Canadian.

Disgusting. Terrifying. Pathetic. If you've ever wondered what a pathological narcissist looks like...

With a heavy heart I have decided not to attend a meeting in the US this June. I can’t act as if things are normal when science, universities, dissent & truth are all under threat. And I feel I can’t attend when there are scientists who are not able to travel to the US without fear of arrest.

Canada, abortion is the canary in the coal mine. Restricting abortion is a tool of authoritarian regimes. Which party has the forced birth candidates? The conservatives! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

SCAM ALERT. This is a fake conference that ripped off my and other people’s names to trick people into registering. There is no such conference that I or the others shown were invited or agreed to. We are working to try to get this fraud taken down from the web. chemsymposia.com

Good Morning 🩵 #MarthaStewart has entered the conversation. #Trump is the “Crazy Wizard of Our Times.” All Americans should be held to the same standards. No one should be above the law. #SheShed

I applaud the courage and conviction of a person who is dismissed because they won't support a lie. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

In case you're wondering... it's been 17 days since a reporter was added to a Signal group chat where our government officials were sharing war plans. And nobody has been fired... Don't stop talking about SignalGate

This skeezy mfer has the audacity to claim HHS will determine the cause of Autism by September 🤬 He needs to go straight to hell, scientists have been researching the cause for 100 damn years and he expects us to trust his BS. He's a dangerous liar. apnews.com/article/auti...

We can give ourselves so much more than the U.S. can ever take away. #CanadaStrong

Once again no representatives from the CPC party at the Debate on Disability Issues. Thank you to the Canadian Liberals, NDP and Green parties for sending representatives and showing up. I urge everyone to Vote accordingly! #CripTheVoteCAN #CripTheVote #AccessibleCanada #CdnPoli

I just got a notice that an academic conference for 2026 was being moved from the US to Canada because of concerns people have with entering the US. The cell phone searches and random detentions at the border are going to have long-term negative effects on the US.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes....‼️ Vaccines save lives. Likely the single greatest achievement of biomedicine. We can't let Dark Age 2.0 win. 154 million lives and counting: 5 charts reveal the power of vaccines www.nature.com/articles/d41... by @heidiledford.bsky.social via @nature.com

I will be @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social Ontario Today after 12:30 to talk about why academics (and everyone else) should avoid travelling to the 🇺🇸

Calling all new neuroscientist PIs in US/Canada, from diverse/underrepresented backgrounds and/or lack substantial start-up funds: APPLY to the #IBRO Rising Star Award by April 15, 2025! See 🔗 ow.ly/SeAQ50UrIlg. Please spread the message to your colleagues. @ibroorg.bsky.social

Big thanks to the expert American cancer research reviewers who travelled to Toronto today for a program project site review. It's easy to throw shade on the US for the awful chaos but these consumate professionals went out of their way to keep the candle burning for a better future for humanity.

Excellent Op-Ed by Peter Zandstra on improving 🇨🇦 science at a time when 🇺🇸 is throttling their golden goose. Instead of bespoke, targeted & ultimately short term solutions limited to a few people, build a deep, more attractive ecosysyem. The best will thrive. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/46242ee...