Is Canada losing the battle against #measles? Country could soon lose elimination status. Q+A w/ @msmacrophage.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... via @cbcnews.ca #vaccination

Happy Hallowe'en from the Bowdish lab.

Interested in joining the Powrie Lab? We’re looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to study the neutralisation capacity of human anti-IL-10 autoantibodies. You’ll be part of our new MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology!🧫🦠 Find out more here & apply by 11th Nov: bulletin.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/c/126QDJVBd0...

ICYMI: What's new on the Canadian adult vaccination scene? Link to the National Vaccine Summit with me, Dr. Christine Palmay (family physician), Dr. Sadaf Faisal (pharmacist), Anthony Quinn (Canadian Association of Retired Persons). everythingexplained.ca

After 26 years of elimination, Canada is set to lose its international status as a measles-free country. How did the measles get to Canada and how do we move forward? @jeyantvo.bsky.social asks Nathan VanderKlippe (@theglobeandmail.com) & @msmacrophage.bsky.social (@mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social)

The family doctor crisis, underfunding of public health, misinformation, liberal exemption policies, lack of access to vaccine hesitancy clinics have all led to the resurgence of measles. Was very happy to be invited to join @jeyantvo.bsky.social at @tvotoday.bsky.social to discuss.

Canada faces a measles resurgence, risking its elimination status. How did that happen, and where did it come from? @jeyantvo.bsky.social asks Nathan VanderKlippe (@theglobeandmail.com) and @msmacrophage.bsky.social (@mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social) tonight at 8pm | Producer: Constantina Varlokostas

The 2025 MIRA and Labarge Knowledge Exchange will be held on December 4 at @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social's The Hub. Join us for a day of knowledge sharing and connection with McMaster’s interdisciplinary aging research community. To register: lnkd.in/gre2J9QD To read more: lnkd.in/guVNq5Ru

What the latest on adult vaccines? Come join me and and exceptional panel at Zoomer media to get the lowdown. • Recommended Vaccines & How To Get Them ‣ Navigating Provincial Health Systems ‣ The Role Your Pharmacist Can Play ‣ Emerging Science ‣ Fighting Disinformation & Vaccine Fatigue. Free!

Hey #HamOnt - I'm looking forward to talking @hamiltonlibrary.bsky.social (Central Library 10:30am tomorrow) on "Is dementia a vaccine preventable disease?" Register here! @miramcmaster.bsky.social events.hpl.ca/event/14227566

Are you in South-Western Ontario and interested in fluorescence microscopy? If so, check out our upcoming 2-day course on planning, designing, implementing and analysing quantitative microscopy experiments. Visit our website for more information: micrographiauwo.ca/cc2025/ #microscopy #fluorescence

Thank you so much to Research Canada for recognizing that advocacy work is important, to my nominators for taking the time to nominate me, and to @machealthsci.bsky.social and the Research Institute for St. Joe's, Hamilton for their ongoing support. #grateful!

New paper alert! We used our fav technique, genetic suppression, to understand how FimX controls function of the T4P PilB motor ATPase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Great collab with the Ellison lab at U Georgia who helped with some fancy microscopy to capture pilus dynamics! doi.org/10.1371/jour...

This is going to be an excellent session on the benefits of vaccination for RSV and others with Dr. Joshua Wald, a #Firestone clinician with a special interest in COPD. He was just telling me about some really compelling new research this morning - I'm signed up! #lungs #vaccines

Inkscape for scientists 3 is up! In this video, learn how to set up your workspace, and how do you find that damn fill/stroke panel? 🧪 youtu.be/PFcnjuMhUHI

What the latest on adult vaccines? Come join me and and exceptional panel at Zoomer media to get the lowdown. • Recommended Vaccines & How To Get Them ‣ Navigating Provincial Health Systems ‣ The Role Your Pharmacist Can Play ‣ Emerging Science ‣ Fighting Disinformation & Vaccine Fatigue. Free!

I spoke to the CBC this week about the effects of having universal COVID vaccines in some provinces but for pay in others. "... all serious infections tend to have a bigger impact for people who can least afford to pay." See our review for data to back up that statement tinyurl.com/3tx7fc3z

📚 From your first Storytime to lifelong learning, #libraries grow with you! Celebrate #LibrariesForLife during this #CanadianLibraryMonth with HPL! From books, computers to Study Halls, our locations have your library needs covered. www.hpl.ca/hours #HamOnt

Terrific new review of flu & COVID vaccine recommendations in Vaccine from Jessica Breznik, Matt Miller, & @msmacrophage.bsky.social! They make a compelling data-driven case for expanding COVID vaccines & optimizing timing for COVID waves, as we do for flu.👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Hello BlueSky! McMaster Humanities will now be posting regular updates here. Follow us for news, events and content from around the Faculty!

I'm excited to share our review "Rationalizing recommendations for influenza and COVID-19 vaccines", which we feel makes a strong case for universal influenza and COVID-19 vaccination policies. With almost 500 references & 8 supplementary tables it's a beast so let me break it down for you....1/n

Support the Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance (CAPA) - national patient-led organization bringing the experiences of patients to policy, research, and advocacy by buying coffee. Scientists drink a lot of coffee so a fundraiser made for us. sparkplug.coffee/support-capa...

Job opportunity in lung health! "The Senior Manager, Research and Impact will be responsible for working across the organization, to manage the current state while planning for growth in the research and impact functions at the Lung Health Foundation."

A message of hope for #idsky #medsky and #immunosky today. Ontario,which has a right-of-centre, populist government, and also has the most expansive coverage of adult vaccines (RSV, COVID, influenza) in Canada right now, in some cases (RSV) going above and beyond national recommendations.

Hello #HamOnt! On Oct 16th I'll be at the @hamiltonlibrary.bsky.social talking about fascinating research on how vaccinations protect the aging brain. It's free, it's fun, and I would love to see you all there. Register below. @miramcmaster.bsky.social

Four years, 3 papers, and 2 laptops later, I’m happy to announce that I have successfully defended my PhD focusing on SARS-CoV-2 vaccination responses in vulnerable populations. A huge thank you goes out to my supervisor Dr. Dawn Bowdish @msmacrophage.bsky.social for all her support and guidance!

🌉 Bridging Leaders Program – Winter 2026 Cohort. The Continuing Professional Development (CPD), FHS, McMaster University is now accepting applications! 📌 Applications due Nov 28, 2025. Apply now + learn more ➡️ bit.ly/blp-jan2026 #FacultyDevelopment #FacultyExcellence #AcademicLeadership #mcmaster

Can you help me get to 10,000 views on our @sciam.bsky.social short film about the clash of scientists and corporations in the deep sea? 🪸 This would make our funder @pulitzercenter.org very happy. ☺️ It’s free to watch now on YouTube. We are half way to our goal! 📈 youtu.be/1jcmfjDtS1Q?...

Rolling the dice on a vaccine preventable illness is never the better option. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is a rare and fatal complication of measles that can occur several years after the original infection. This is sad, this is avoidable. Vaccinate kids! www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Another exciting opportunity @dunnschool.bsky.social ! Come and be a colleague to a great group of scientists working on the fundamental mechanisms underlying disease, and how to transform health Please help us find great applicants

Says me "...lungs are inextricably linked to the heart and the circulation, as well as having a major connection with the health of our wider immune system". Here's a review "The Aging Lung" with more interesting reading to support this BBC article... tinyurl.com/mv2h63xk

Did you know that having a serious respiratory infection in mid- to late-life is associated with an increased risk of dementia? #Bowdishlab Phd student, Eman Ranne, talks about his PhD work trying to understand why and testing new interventions to stop it from happening. youtube.com/shorts/5BPUN...

✅ Backpack ✅ Snacks ✅ Pencils ✅ Vaccines up-to-date Have a safe and healthy school year! Make sure your childhood vaccines are up-to-date and that your records have been reported to Hamilton Public Health 💪

Here is a demonstration of ice nucleation protein made by Pseudomonas syringe in my #Bio350 #Micronauts in my #Microbiology course at @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology

Are you a postdoc interested in the mechanisms of disease? Do you have a great record and an exciting vision? Come and start your own lab @dunnschool.bsky.social by applying for sponsorship for early career fellowships. Deadline 30th September...pass it on! www.path.ox.ac.uk/work-with-us...

Perhaps preaching to the choir but this has certainly been my experience. I’ve also enjoyed the lack of harassment and personal attacks.

Happy Labour Day! This is the day when we honour and celebrate the history of the Canadian Labour Movement. Did you know Americans took the idea for Labor Day from Canada? Or that the holiday dates back 130+ years? This is the story! 🧵 1/9

‼️ Notice of upcoming funding opportunity! Co-led by CIHR-III and CIHR-IIPH, the CIHR Research Excellence, Diversity, and Independence (REDI) Early Career Transition Award (2025) competition will launch in October. Learn more: cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54442.html

Come on @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social , you can do it. Make the switch.

Are people with “young COPD” (airway obstruction and a 10 pack-year smoking history or respiratory symptoms in people under 50) at increased risk of hospitalization or premature death? A new study in NEJM Evidence addresses this question: eviden.cc/44JQGYU #MedSky #PulmSky

Increasing evidence that innate immune pattern recognition receptors do not sense productive infections. DeRisi lab finds that RSV does not induce IFNs in productively infected cells. Only bystander/non-productively infected cells produce IFNs. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Scientists today: "I was busy and procrastinated on writing my speech for the year-end meeting, sorry." 🧪 Scientists then:

📢 Don’t forget! Registration for the 2025 #ICESOntario Research Forum is OPEN! Join us in person on Oct. 23 in Toronto for a day of cutting-edge research & networking. Spots are filling up fast—secure yours now! 🔗 www.ices.on.ca/annua...

Health Canada Approves LP.8.1 Variant Adapted COVID-19 Vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech www.newswire.ca/news-release... More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

It is so obvious that we need a vaccine registry. But as obvious as the need, misinformation peddlers make it an unlikely time to start one. Thanks so much to my superstar colleague, Dawn Bowdish @msmacrophage.bsky.social, for writing this important piece. macleans.ca/society/heal...

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

The latest from the lab. A new antifungal lipopeptaibiotic active vs MDR C. auris. rdcu.be/ezVt4

These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers. My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers. We found 437 of them. Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

This one is for the teachers and professors artologica.etsy.com/listing/4350... 🎨

I was very happy to work with Maclean's on this one - there are many reasons why Canada is having one of the biggest measles outbreaks in the world (and the biggest in the global North), and our lack of a national vaccine registry is one of them.