A lesson in science communication! The great Carl Sagan.

Magical nature

Really excited about our new paper. The 2nd author Carlos Nava Cruz started as an UG, was supported by an diversity NIH supplement, & is completing his masters. C. elegans model for functional analysis of conserved ADPKD variants in cilia, EVs, & signaling academic.oup.com/genetics/art...

Happy to share our latest paper describing our further characterization of human DVL1 variants in Robinow Syndrome, carried out by MSc alum Gamze Akarsu. Great collaboration with Joy Richman @UBC. Thanks to CIHR for funding this project back in 2019. academic.oup.com/hmg/article/...

More internationally trained physicians can now apply directly for a full licence to practice in BC. The changes reduce red tape, help qualified physicians begin practicing sooner and strengthen access to care for people throughout the province.

Happy Canada Day!

I can't believe I get to live in this place! #Vancouver

Are you thinking about graduate school? Are you interested in biomedical sciences? If so, ✅ out this excellent opportunity to visit St. Jude and present your undergraduate research! Applications are open! 🧪 👩‍🔬 👨‍🔬 Reposts appreciated! www.stjude.org/education-tr...

📢 We're hiring! The Department of Microbiology & Cell Biology at Montana State University is hiring an Assistant Professor of Microbiology. We welcome applicants working in microbial pathogenesis, immunology, genetics, microbial evolution, and related areas. Apply: jobs.montana.edu/postings/52009

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Foundational! "The scientist doing basic research may not be at all interested in the practical applications of his work, yet the further progress of industrial development would eventually stagnate if basic scientific research were long neglected." From Science: The Endless Frontier, Bush, 1945

Vancouver is awash in red today as folks cheer on our team in the Fifa match vs. Switzerland being held here in town! 🇨🇦 🤞⚽

Happy to share the link for our latest study describing how Hipk+Sik driven tumors promotes systemic metabolic changes in Drosophila larvae. Great work from former PhD student Kewei Yu and undergrad/post-bacc Gurpreet Moroak!

Range anxiety is not a valid excuse to not own an EV. EVs today have 250-300 miles range & high-end ones have almost double that. Most of the U.S. is now within a 50-mile driving radius of an EV DC fast charger. And much of it is with a 10-mile radius. 🧪💡🔌☀️💨💧🔋 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Know an exceptional mid-career researcher in Canada who is making an impact on human health? Nominations for the 2027 Peter Gilgan Canada Gairdner Momentum Award are open until July 15. Nominate: www.gairdner.org/award/canada...

Great faculty opportunity in a beautiful city.

Well played Canada!

Trying to watch world cup Canada v. Qatar game and my Telus TV keeps freezing 😡

Another parenting milestone: my daughter graduated from Concordia University yesterday! Hard to believe both my babies are so grown up now!

Thrilled to share our latest paper describing systemic metabolic alterations in a fly tumour model. Great work of PhD grad Dr. Kewei Yu and undergrad and post-bacc researcher Gurpreet Moroak. @dmmjournal.bsky.social @sfuscience.bsky.social journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...

I thought this article would highlight what is really happening in Vancouver. And it does - but it also hugely misses the massive tower developments that are now zoned throughout the city (often in the middle of single family blocks). Missed opportunity to cover the whole story.

@nytimes.com Can you go back to making your Connections game clever? These latest games are just too random... Thank you :)

Our team at @arcadiascience.com is hiring! We're looking to hire a computational evolutionary biologist interested in asking how and why protein sequences/structures/functions differ across the tree of life 🧬 jobs.lever.co/arcadiascien... Please share widely!

📢 We are looking for a Junior Group Leader to join us at @institutcurie.bsky.social! Having joined the department just over a year ago, I can honestly say that it is an exceptionally stimulating and supportive scientific environment, filled with outstanding colleagues — all in the heart of Paris.

Canada goslings 🇨🇦 (found in London UK)

If you are an ASCB member, please consider nominating a junior colleague with a strong, promising research program who is already demonstrating leadership in their field, department, and the broader community for the WICB Junior Award for Excellence in Research. www.ascb.org/award/women-...

Love this picture of me and PhD grad Dr. Kewei Yu. She did great work in the 4.5 years in my lab. Happy to create a nurturing place for women in STEM to do great work.

Convocation day @sfuscience.bsky.social! Days like this let us celebrate all the hard work of our graduate students. Congrats to Karm and Kewei!

Need help with BioStudies upload! To submit a manuscript, I am required to upload all source data. Trying to make a submission on BioStudies Submission tool and completely overwhelmed. No idea how to make folders or organize all these files. Any guidelines? Help? Instructions?

"So let me say it as clearly as I can: Without basic scientific research, supported by the kind of farsighted public investment that allows large-scale, undirected, curiosity-driven inquiry, the scientific pipeline will run dry." www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s...

Explain to me how Editorial Manager can have so may different journal accounts, but not manage to let you log in with one password and switch between journals? Each time to try to login I am told the password doesn't work - but it did yesterday for a different journal 😡

I encourage everyone to show up and make your voice heard at upcoming town halls and via any other channels: cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/45096.html • Bilingual session: Thursday, May 28 at 1:00 p.m. ET • English session: Wednesday, June 24 at 1:30 p.m. ET • French session: Thursday, June 25 at 1:30 p.m. ET

One month left to apply for this postdoc position in my lab at UBC! Funding is available for up to five years #DevBio #cellbio

SAVE THE DATE for the 13th Canadian Developmental Biology Conference — March 7–10, 2027 — bringing together researchers, trainees, and innovators in developmental biology from across Canada and beyond.

Our lab website is live! 🚀🐟 www.vasilevalab.com We use genetic #zebrafish models and molecular oncology approaches to study pediatric cancer and discover new therapeutic strategies. We’re growing and recruiting postdocs and research technicians! #PediatricCancer #Zebrafish #PostdocJobs

Musee d'Orsay - Turkey!

PL retweet. Developmental Biology Course (Quintay). More information: biodesarrollo.unab.cl

I saw this letter and thought it was gone but apparently not... See this letter. bsky.app/profile/drjk...

Excited to be attending VanFly2026 being held at UBC today! Vancouver area Drosophila (and mosquitos!) research meeting.

The Hoffman Lab at Yale is hiring! We’re currently recruiting for a Lab Manager and Post-Graduate Research Associate positions. If you're interested in understanding the function of neurodevelopmental disorder genes in the developing brain using #zebrafish, we'd love to hear from you! #researchjobs

I'm not teaching this term, but I have so much sympathy for folks who are using Canvas and affected by the system wide collapse. Having to pivot on short notice at this time of the term is brutal.

Looking for a #postdoc outside the US, focusing on gut microbiome, AMR dynamics & phage-bacteria interactions. Bridging wet lab and computational approaches🦠👩‍💻. Hartmann Lab, Northwestern University, defending late 2026. Boosts appreciated 🙏🧫🧪 #microbiome #metagenomics #MicroSky

Huge congrats to lab PhD alumna Vil Fernandes on winning this prestigious award!

Wow! That is such fun! If only everything were this simple 😂 Wordle 1,781 2/6* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I love this. I use embroidery to beautify former moth holes and extend the life of my favourite clothes. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/s...

I'm shocked and saddened to hear the news about Juliet. She was an inspiring colleague and passionate cancer researcher. My condolences to her family and friends.

Wonderful to see my undergraduate student Colin featured in this post!

We're recruiting! We're looking for two graduate students to join us at UBC in Vancouver. Fully funded and open to global applicants, with flexible start-date. Topics include theory, bioinformatics, and microbiology. More details: asherleeks.com/apply #socialviruses #evosky #virosky 🧪

Excellent post. Scientific inflation is likely 2X that of retail price index. Add to this the creep in the amount of data now required to support a grant application or paper and the fact that grant values still do not cover all expenses and we are between a harbour wall and an approaching tsunami.