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

Disappointed to see my liberal MP listed here as anti-choice 🤦🏼‍♀️

We are recruiting! The McGill University Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences invites applications for a full-time tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor position in the area of toxicology. mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...

“"What we've shown in this paper is that the epithelial cells can communicate with the macrophages,"… "Our hypothesis is that their cross talk potentially provides an environment that's conducive to the development of the disease." 🧪 #ReproSky #MedSky #ObGynSky medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03...

Now seems like a great time to share a starter pack I made when I joined BlueSky! Let me know if you'd like to be added: go.bsky.app/6aMSMpy

We are recruiting a Principal Investigator in Computational Biology at @oicr.on.ca: oicr.bamboohr.com/careers/378. This position is in downtown Toronto, adjacent to the University of Toronto where your university appointment would be. Please contact me if you have any questions!

Interested in a starting PI position at University College London to work on Genetics, Evolution or the Environment? My department has opened the call for expressions of interest for sponsorship of independent fellowship applications. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

🌍 Think you can solve a real-world #GlobalHealth crisis? 💡💥 Join the Global Health #CaseCompetition at McMaster University on April 10–11! 💸 Cash prizes up to $600! 🚀 Don’t miss this chance to sharpen your skills and make a real impact. 👉 Sign up now: www.eventbrite.ca/e/2025-migh-...

From #OUP @bioinfoadv.bsky.social journal, our paper is out, from discussions we had last summer at @iscb.bsky.social #ISMB2024 in #Montréal | Biological #databases in the age of generative artificial intelligence | #Bioinformatics #AI #LLM #OpenScience 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓  ⬇️ academic.oup.com/bioinformati...

Also seeing my papers listed. Ironic that we pay to publish our papers just for publishers and apparently companies to make a ton more money than our labs get to generate the research 🧐

Come work with us in Vancouver! UBC’s Department of Medical Genetics, in collaboration with The Life Sciences Institute, seeks an Assistant Professor working in chromatin regulation or genetic regulatory mechanisms. ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfac...

Interested in studying cancer metabolism, recurrence & translational application of machine learning 4 biomarker discovery? NSERC has new programs. Got a MSc, apply for PhD positions in the Marignani Lab, Sept 2025 admissions. www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...

Today is #IUGRawarenessday. #Preeclampsia can cause reduced blood flow to the mother's placenta, restricting the supply of food to her baby. As a result, the baby may become malnourished and be small for its gestational age. #IUGR Learn more here: www.preeclampsia.org/faqs

Investigating the performance of Oxford Nanopore long-read sequencing with respect to Illumina microarrays and short-read sequencing www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧬🖥️🧪 Nextflow code for benchmarking github.com/renatosantos...

We are hiring! A 3-year Researcher in #Computational #Biology and #Cancer #Epigenetics in University of Oslo, Norway and co-supervised by @amathelier.bsky.social . You will be part of @cancelluio.bsky.social. We focus on #Sarcoma. Find out more and apply here: shorturl.at/gM1CG

👋 @npec-ucc.bsky.social! Have added you to our Starter Pack go.bsky.app/Gs9apBz

Every time I write grants in latex I get flagged for not having Times New Roman Font. It is times new Roman, but apparently Latex times new Roman is slightly different from word. How do people deal with this? #latex #academicchatter #openacademic #timesnewroman #newPI

My alma mater, the University of British Columbia, Dept of Medical Genetics, is hiring for a tenure track junior faculty position specializing in chromatin regulation / gene regulatory mechanisms. Beautiful city and vibrant epigenetics research. Please share! medgen.med.ubc.ca/assistant-pr...

NCBI websites are patchy at present, but now feel far less secure for long-term storage than they used to. For sequencing datasets consider using ArrayExpress: www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/a... Many, if not all, GEO datasets are on there.

🇨🇦New Tri-Agency open access policy: "Agency grantees & chairholders must deposit their article in a Canadian institutional repository at the time of publication [...] preprints deposited under an open license will be accepted as compliant with this policy." science.gc.ca/site/science...

Excited to share our #multiomics study of the #oldest person! Our research on this record-breaking #supercentenarian suggests that #aging and #disease can become decoupled—challenging the common belief that they are inherently linked. #longevity #science Enjoy! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our job posting for 1 or more PDF positions in Vancouver Canada is now live here: tinyurl.com/4mrjw3m2 Please share/repost and apply soon!

Doug Ford promised to fix Ontario’s universities. Instead, he made them worse. Former Laurentian University economics professor David Leadbeater takes a closer look at how corporatization is threatening the province’s post-secondary education system: thewalrus.ca/inside-doug-ford...

This is an amazing resource for placenta researchers! Also if you use these or other, remember to cite datasets and source code that you use in publications!

Looking for a faculty position? How about a postdoc position? Canadian Women in STEM launches an easy to use Job Board. canadianwomeninstem.org/job-board/