Mel successfully presented her PhD work at the #McMaster Medical Science research day! Some great scientific discussions that will help improve the work! #medsci #scicomm #pgt #placenta #academicchatter

With the rumblings around CIHR wanting to move to one cycle per year not going away, in consultation with a diverse stakeholder group, we have put together a letter for CIHR leadership. Please consider signing this letter and share/RT: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @cannabrain.bsky.social

Very successful first bbsrs research day for the lab! Kriesha and Rinsy successfully presented their posters and Natalie did a great job on her oral presentation - winning runner up for best MSc presentation!

For those that think AI is accurate and efficient -today I asked it to make me a nice image for a presentation title slide. I then had to specify that: 1. The umbilical cord connects to the placenta NOT spine 2. The placenta should be in the uterus 3. The uterus should be in the pregnant person 🤦🏼‍♀️

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

Please share this with your network: Postdoctoral position available in my group. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

13% success rates at #CIHR, is a really 87% fail rate for>4000 scientists. At a time when 🇨🇦 is investing millions to recruit more scientist into a broken funding environment. 🇨🇦, U need a strong science foundation 2 attract success. #CIHR, fix your science foundation, it is eroding in real time

The #ESHRE Research Grants are back! This is your opportunity to get support in realising your research, by submitting your Expression of Interest (EOI) and be in for a chance to win one of two grants. 📅 Last application date: 01 April 2026 All info via 👉 www.eshre.eu/Research-and...#ESHRE#ResearchGrant

Sharing our experience to highlight the importance of editorial transparency: our manuscript, submitted Jul 3 to #AJOG and transferred with positive reviews to #PregnancyHypertension. I withdrew today after months of no communication from editor. This mostly impacts students, which is disheartening.

Exciting News! 🚀 Registration Open! | Loke CTR Annual Meeting 2026 🎉 📅 16-17 July 2026 📍 St John’s College, Cambridge | 💻 Hybrid conference (in-person & online) 🔬 Epigenetics of embryogenesis and placentation 📌 To find out more and to register www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/ctrconferenc...

Happy New Semester! As graduate program deadlines are coming up, we are recruiting a MSc or PhD student for Sept 2026! 🧪 Wet lab & 💻 bioinformatics projects available 🧬 Pregnancy & placental biology, genomics and epigenomics 👉 Information on how to apply at: WilsonPregnancyLab.com

@cityofhamilton.bsky.social FYI there is a massive pot hole going east on Mohawk right before Garth. There are no signs and it will cause an accident very soon.

Please weigh in on our couples debate. Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? 1) Yes, John McClane was originally going to see his kids for Christmas 2) No, it’s a movie that takes place around Christmas but is not a Christmas movie #christmasmovieornot #diehard

🚨 I need opinion from fellow academics! Submitted paper in July, received revisions and resubmitted revision in Sept. A couple months later, original editor is not available and they are looking for a new one. It’s been another 6wks. Would you resubmit elsewhere? Wait t’il January? Or be patient?

Well she started crawling and immediately went to the tree. This is going to be an interesting couple weeks

The squirrels have finally made it up our feeder. I’m honestly impressed. We have moved the feeder, put Vaseline on the pole so the slide down and now they are launching themselves from the tree and fence to get on. I think we just need to say they have won. #Canadawildlife #squirrels

The Canadian Bioinformatics Hub is accepting applications for their recognition awards. Three awards are available: CBH Research & Innovation Award, Francis Ouellette Community Award, and CBH Impact Trainee Award. Apply by Dec 8, 2025: www.iscb.org/cbhc2026/cal...

I have won this year and Christmas is up before December first much to my partners dismay 🎄

It’s insulting to tell 🇨🇦 scientists we need international scientists to run to our rescue & ensure innovation. 🇨🇦 scientists have exceeded expectations with paltry funding. If the gov funded Tricouncil > & sustainably; imagine how innovative we’d already be!! /End

Ohtani struck out! #OhGONEi #BlueJays #Worldseries

Yes! Contact them and sign this petition here —it’s not just about EDI data! So much personally identifying information for applicants and reviewers will not be protected! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Wilson Pregnancy Lab 2025! Big shout out to this team who has held down the fort while I have been on leave this year. Literally nothing could be done without them!

Franki is owing tonight’s success to her hat wearing and will be wearing it again on Friday #bluejays

Busting out the vintage hat for luck 🍀 #LetsGoBlueJays #BlueJays

Sorry but this isn’t the win everyone thinks it is. Offering a lot of money to an elite few does absolutely nothing for the Canadian research landscape as a whole.

Very excited to share the results from our latest Meta-analysis at the Wilson Pregnancy Lab examining #placental DNA methylation in #IVF pregnancies doi.org/10.1093/mole... @smithk63.bsky.social @samanthalwilson.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social

Excited to share Mel’s first paper of her PhD characterizing placental DNA methylation profiles post IVF out in @mhr-reprodsci.bsky.social Mel details the results im her posts below:

Lazy Saturday timeline cleanse #corgi

In Canada, proposed cuts of 15% across the federal government would have a dramatic effect on already globally decimated research & science. Join Canada's research & science community and tell PM Mark Carney to preserve the funding promised in 2024. Send a letter: win.newmode.net/canadianasso...

Each year, more than 20,000 pregnancies end in #stillbirth in the U.S. a devastating crisis that too often goes unseen. On National Stillbirth Prevention & Awareness Day, join us in raising awareness, supporting families, and driving change. www.marchofdimes.org/find-support...

Wow we submitted a manuscript in July and I checked today and they still don’t have any reviewers accepted. I definitely feel like the publication process has slowed since covid. #newPI #academicchatter

Heads up: ignore samtools dot org, similarly minimap2 dot com and likely others. It's owned by a known phishing site and while the binaries they offer look valid currently (but note they may be serving us different binaries to others), that could change. Ie: it's not us (Samtools team)! Be warned

🦣🍖🧬 Fully funded 3-yr PhD in palaeogenomics & bioinformatics! Help me push non-model palaeogenomes beyond their limits @DTU in Denmark. Start: Feb 2026 (flexible) Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025 For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPhD Reposts appreciated 😁

If you like transcription regulation and its mechanisms, this WIP list is for you. I'm sure I've forgotten lots of people, so don't hesitate to let me know so I can add you to the list. go.bsky.app/8vTgeXB

For the EU, this should be a very urgent matter of national security. All EU member states should build on Denmark's wise strategy to phase out Microsoft products

Our department is advertising two academic positions. Come join us in beautiful Reykjavík. I can promise a very positive collegial atmosphere! #assistant_professor #physiology #cell_biology #physiology #neuroscience euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/368529

Final call: Applications close September 2! KI is recruiting 20 Assistant Professors in a wide range of subject areas. We're looking for early-career researchers with strong scientific merits and future potential. All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...

🧪 98% researchers value publishing null/negative results—yet <20% actually submit them. 🗑️ ~€26B wasted in Europe from duplicating unpublished null data 📢 Editors: make space for null results. Make it visible. Science needs it. #OpenScience #ResearchIntegrity #NullResults

Feels like it’s been a while between papers.. but pleased to say our latest is now out! Here we used the side-population technique to isolate trophoblast stem cells from term placentas, showing that in FGR they grow slower, die more easily, and have impaired differentiation. doi.org/10.1016/j.ye...

Until now I thought I was doing a half decent job managing baby, admin, student needs and grant writing. The 4mo sleep regression has hit and OMG I’m dropping all the balls. Grant writing is going to be interesting! Send me all your hacks to survive and still get some work done! #newPI #lifehacks

Going to bring this up again. Got officially flagged for not having correct font. Thinking I just have to cave and struggle through word?

Have to start teaching them young #babyscientist

Another month of good news for the Lab! Melanie transferred to the PhD program and was awarded a CGS-D from #CIHR and Natalie was awarded a CGS-M for her MSc program! This makes every student in the lab externally funded! #proudPI

When women’s health loses, we all lose - Policy Options “Canada has a window of opportunity to do what the United States will not: invest in women’s health and the talent behind it.” #WomensHealth 🧪 #Canada policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ma...

Today is #WorldPreeclampsiaDay. Start the conversation--share your story to advance research and improve outcomes for moms and babies around the world. preeclampsia.org/our-stories #PreAM25

Big lab successes the last couple weeks! Our undergrad student, Kriesha, was awarded an NSERC URSA, and our MSc student, Keaton was awarded a CGS-M! And baby Wilson Nagami, our newest lab member, was born so things will be quiet on here for the foreseeable future.

An In-Depth Analysis & Classification of Placental Causes of Stillbirth: A 10-Year Retrospective Study of a Regional Stillbirth Registry Leila Caillault, Rémi Béranger, et al. on behalf of the Ille et Vilaine Stillbirth Study Group @bjog.bsky.social obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

www.nature.com/naturecareer... UBC LSI Job!!

Fresh off the press from our lab to yours: 🚨 breathing polluted city air during pregnancy may increase risk of complications like #preeclampsia. We found that particles in polluted urban air disrupt placental structure & alter key immune cells. 1/3

🎙️ New episode! Dr. Paola Marignani (@pmarignani.bsky.social) founder of Canadian Women in STEM, shares her journey into cancer epigenetics & why a fulfilling career doesn’t need a traditional path—just one that sparks joy!✨ 🔗 shorturl.at/2bQvl @dalhousieu.bsky.social #WomenInSTEM #Epigenetics