CIRTN-R2FIC is currently running in Toronto its 4th Annual Meeting. During this meeting we have launched our mini interview series called "Islets in a Pod" ! Our first interview is with Dr. Patrick MacDonald from the University of Alberta. youtu.be/UlHn_1Fz3ck?...

www.canada.ca/en/institute... An inspired and excellent choice! Looking forward to great things under Mary's leadership.

🧵(1/12) November is Diabetes Awareness Month, and we have many works coming out from the CIRTN labs focusing on islet biology and diabetes. For the beginning of Nov 2025, we have papers from Drs Thompson, Verchere, Chen, Dhanvantari, Hill, Hoesli, Kin, Levings, Lynn, Riddell, Rutter and Wheeler.

Proud to play a small part in this terrific work from @thompsonisletlab.bsky.social Congrats Camille and Peter on a great paper. Proinsulin processing and senescence! @yichunchen.bsky.social @cirtn.bsky.social

The interaction of GLP-1 medicines with the immune system is complex, enabled by direct and indirect actions, including neural inter organ communication. These studies have been led @SinaiHealth by CK Wong. His latest perspective here in the JCI www.jci.org/articles/vie...

A new study from Duke, led by Jonathan Campbell, PhD, reveals that pancreatic alpha cells do more than produce glucagon — they also generate GLP-1, a hormone that boosts insulin and regulates blood sugar. 🔗 Read more: https://medschool.duke.edu/news/alpha-cells-moonlight-secret-glp-1-factories

I recently had the opportunity to chat with Dr. Shazhan Amed about how she is using data in innovative ways to improve outcomes for children and youth living with type 1 diabetes. Thanks to the T2D Network (part of IHSTS) for hosting this conversation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eazx...

Novel insights into the molecular underpinnings of islet cell dysfunction in #T1D highlighting pathways that may be leveraged to preserve residual β-cell function and modulate α-cell activity @bcellorg.bsky.social www.jci.org/articles/vie...

The first GLP-1 medicine, twice daily exenatide was approved April 28 2005. Several decades later, the pace of innovation is expanding rapidly, encompassing new medicines and receptors, unique delivery options, and expanding therapeutic indications jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Congratulations and thanks to both Sarah Cs @sarahcrome.bsky.social @sarahcolpitts.bsky.social for including us as part of this lovely study, showing a role or ILC2s in islet graft survival.

How nice! Proud to be part of that group of colleagues and child health researchers. What a lovely recognition of recipients and reminder of Dr Hammond's leadership at @bcchresearch.bsky.social.

New study on novel translation factor EIF2A led by Panzhinskiy as a collaboration between @jimjohnsonsci.bsky.social lab, Jan lab & @bruceverchere.bsky.social lab UBC Life Sciences Institute. Thanks Breakthrough T1D Canada for funding this project #DiabetesResearch link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Come join us at beautiful UBC! The King Lab is recruiting a Post-doc Fellow to develop mathematical theory on infectious disease evolution and emergence, together with Ben Ashby (SFU) #zoonoses #biodiversity www.zoology.ubc.ca/kinglab/join...

We're looking for postdoctoral scholars to join our team in Vancouver 🇨🇦. We work on cell-based approaches aimed at curing type 1 diabetes. Bring your own ideas for projects or work on one that's already funded! More details here: www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Kicking off the ~15th annual A-BC Islet Workshop at beautiful Silver Star resort in BC. Great islet talks from trainees and keynotes @linnemannlab.bsky.social and @soleimanpourlab.bsky.social @ubcdiabetes.bsky.social

Fantastic opportunity for fellowship in an excellent T1D research training environment working in regenerative medicine and stem cells in the Breakthrough T1D Centre of Excellence at UBC. If you missed the NOI deadline, no worries, you can still apply! Reach out if you have any questions.

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

We have room and $ for postdoctoral fellows to join our team in beautiful Vancouver 🇨🇦. Get in touch if interested.

ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfac... We are looking for an imaging master to run a very cool shared microscope - Raman label-free, 2-photon, FLIM, high-res, fast capture, thick live tissue, organoids, high-content screening. We are a dynamic and supportive and fun environment.

🚀 Excited to announce that our Lab @UBC is recruiting! 🌟 We're looking for passionate intern, graduate, and postdoc with strong coding/ML backgrounds to join us in advancing AI for single-cell biology & brain-computer interfaces. 🏔️ Vancouver awaits! 👉 tanglab.msl.ubc.ca 📧 [email protected]

Thrilled to share one of our biggest discoveries: “Inceptor binds to and directs insulin towards lysosomal degradation in beta cells”. doi.org/10.1038/s422... A tremendous collaborative effort led by JohannaSiehler, Sara Bilekova and other members of the Lickert lab @heikolickert.bsky.social

Great to have this paper out in diabetesjournals.org/diabetes! Appreciate the feedback from reviewers and funding from BreakthroughT1D that made this work possible. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39561351/

And in an effort to build community (after I saw the Swiss starter pack! ) - here's one for scientists in Canada! Let me know who I missed. go.bsky.app/4owyF32

@nictitate.bsky.social deservedly recognized for his outstanding mentorship at the 3rd Canadian Islet Research Training Network meeting in Halifax

@bruinjenny1.bsky.social kicking off the 3rd annual Canadian Islet Research Training Network (CIRTN) meeting in Halifax by thanking sponsors, including our BC Diabetes Research Network and Canucks for Kids Fund Childhood Diabetes Labs at BC Children's Hospital! Two days of trainee led islet biology!

Who doesn’t love talking #islet biology??!!!

Keynote speaker Dr. Anna Gloyn kicking off our 11th Annual Vancouver Diabetes Research Day (VDRD) on Nov 14, World Diabetes Day, supported by the BC Diabetes Research Network