Very very strongly reminded of this @theonion.com piece today: theonion.com/rogue-scient...

A big study in JAMA last year in which 185 909 children were exposed to acetaminophen during pregnancy. Conclusion: Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children's risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in sibling control analysis. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38592388/

This is great. Iggy is god.

I was on a H1B visa while I was finishing my postdoc training in Columbia University in NYC in 2012! If that will be today, I will have to pay 100K$! 🤯

🎶Je suis anti-Fa, Sol, La, Si, Do... nald! 🎶

Offer Canadian citizenship to Jimmy Kimmel. And get his show back on air on CBC/RC.

CIHR grant deadline.

Hello! Welcome to the CIRTN-R2FIC BlueSky account! Our group focuses on researching pancreatic islet biology and pathology related to islets such as type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Here you will find bi-weekly updates from the scientists from across Canada that make up CIRTN-R2FIC.

A milestone has been reached today!

🔥New preprint from our lab online!🔥 We describe a new function of the vitamin K-dependent protein GAS6 in osteoclast formation. I will be back soon with more details!

Of mice and men... 🧪 Work by postdoc Laura Reininger in collaboration with @huisinglab.bsky.social and Michelle Kimple. Differences in the regulation of insulin secretion by FFAR4 between mouse and human islets. @crchum.bsky.social @umontreal-en.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Mood after the CIHR grant marathon.

Every September of a researcher life in Canada.

Very insightful review by Dr Patricia Ducy from Columbia University on the endocrine crosstalk between bone and energy metabolism. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Un exemple concret de pourquoi la recherche fondamentale est ESSENTIELLE! Des recherches menées pendant des décennies visant à comprendre comment fonctionnent les cellules souches du sang, on permit de developper un traitement pour la leucémie! www.journaldemontreal.com/2025/09/05/c...

A giant in molecular biology and virology has passed. RIP David Baltimore. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/s...

ICE is the American version of "brown shirts".

Nothing says, "Hey international companies, bring your manufacturing to the US" like arresting 475 workers at a Hyundai (70% of whom are South Korean).

I am happy to share our freshly published editorial on a recent paper by the Weikai Li group, in which they solve the structure of the vitamin K-dependent carboxylase bound to osteocalcin. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

CCV has a new trick to irritate me: The verification code that has to be sent by email EVERY SINGLE TIME I need to connect! This is safer than my bank account, so that no one will steal my CV!!!

Research Net asking for the verification code (sent by email) at every connection... It is killing me slowly.

Can we sign even if we are not in USA? (Asking for a friend)

My pre-print describing the most accurate lab-validated lysine methylation predictor to date, MethylSight 2.0, is now available! doi.org/10.1101/2025...

I am probably not the only Canadian researcher working on his grant proposal on Labor Day...? Hopefully, I will find a little free time to enjoy the weather in the afternoon.

JOB ALERT 🚨 We are hiring TWO principal investigators in cell, molecular, systems, or chemical biology in Toronto, Canada at @sinaihealth.bsky.social. We provide a generous startup, fully funded salary and academic appointment at U of Toronto. www.nature.com/naturecareer... Please repost!

Getting closer everyday to the "Great American Reich".

The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...

Me, when I realized that they finally decided to replace the CCV... by a more "convenient" 5 pages narrative CV:

5 days left to apply for this assistant professor position in molecular oncology at @mcgill.ca! 🇨🇦

Comment ne pas aimer Luguentz Dort? «Parfois, quand tu travailles pour obtenir quelque chose, tu pourrais t’attendre à ce que ça arrive directement, mais parfois, ça prend du temps et il faut demeurer patient et continuer à travailler» www.journaldemontreal.com/2025/08/21/l...

An hippomorphic allele...

In science, self-satisfaction is death. Jacques Monod

Best pace this year on the 10km. I just change shoes... 🤔

La programmation préliminaire pour le prochain congrès du CRCQ est disponible ! 📅 Félicitations également à la professeure Amélie Fradet-Turcotte, qui recevra le Prix André-Dupont du CRCQ, décerné à une chercheuse en début de carrière ! 👉 crcq.ca/programme/

Faculty position in aging in Montreal! www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Le programme préliminaire du 66ème congrès du CRCQ est maintenant disponible! Prix André-Dupont : Dre Amélie Fradet-Turcotte. Prix Michel-Sarrazin: Dr Nabil Seidah (@ircm.bsky.social). Prix du mentor scientifique: Dr Michel Bouvier. Conférencière invitée: @aparentlab.bsky.social! crcq.ca/programme/

DERNIÈRE HEURE Le candidat du Parti Québécois Alex Boissonneault remporte l’élection partielle dans Arthabaska

Ce qui est le plus surprenant dans les résultats dans Arthabaska c'est qu'autant de gens aient voté pour Duhaime.

Another - 80 breakdown. On Sunday morning this time, not in the middle of the night. Still had to go to transfer all the boxes to a emergency freezer. 😔

Toutes nos félicitations à Xinying Zhang qui a soutenu sa thèse de doctorat intitulée «Fonctions divergentes des sous-groupes de neurones Phox2a de la voie antérolatérale spinale dans le traitement somatosensoriel» Bravo👏 Elle était supervisée par le Dr Artur Kania.

The abstract vs the actual results.

Today, I visited Minecraft Overworld...

Even status are taking selfies au Musée du Louvre.

I arrived in Paris this afternoon... A bit tire but enjoying some wine in my backyard. Yes, amazingly we found a place in the 16eme with a small back yard.

J'écoute Plastic Bertrand en faisant la vaisselle. You are the king of the divan...

Most recent team picture. I am so lucky to work with those amazing scientists!

The IRCM salutes Dr. Michel Cayouette’s remarkable commitment to Fighting Blindness Canada (FBC). For over 10 years, he has served on FBC’s Board of Directors and chairs its Scientific Advisory Committee. Congratulations and thank you for this outstanding dedication to research! bit.ly/4kqdMbp

My lab works on GGCX and VK, and I was very surprised when I read that paper. There are several issues with the proposed model: 1) We never detected carboxylated protein in the cytosol in any of our proteomic screens.

📣 We are looking for a full-time research technician. This is a great opportunity for recent grads seeking additional hands-on experience before grad or med school. Join our team in exploring GPCR signaling and pharmacology at @dukemedschool.bsky.social Description: careers.duke.edu/job/Durham-R...

I wrote this editorial with my former PhD advisor Dr Jean Vacher! (sorry I forgot to post it before) Brittle, but not boring: a fresh look at osteogenesis imperfecta type V url: academic.oup.com/jbmr/article...