Excited to announce the publication of a special issue on "Glia and non-neuronal cells in Huntington’s disease" that I co-edited with Dr. Asa Petersen in the Journal of Huntington's Disease (Volume 14, Issue 3)! journals.sagepub.com/toc/huna/14/3 1/3

Can we identify biomarkers responsive to mHTT lowering? In this new study, we investigated 💧 #CSF and ☢️ #PET biomarkers that could be used non-invasively to track 📈 the temporal response to #mHTT modulation in mice 🐭. #openaccess article: 👉 lnkd.in/eqTirauF

A new study has ranked Canada 3rd on a list of the top countries with social purpose, seen as being “the most progressive and inclusive” countries in the world. Denmark and Sweden occupy the top 2 spots on the list, while Norway and New Zealand round out the top 5. Via @cultmtl.bsky.social

Changes to MSc, PhD and postdoc funding programs from 🇨🇦 tri councils. Harmonization across councils, more awards, and new eligibility for international PhD and postdoc applicants!

From #OUP 's #DATABASE journal | VarGuideAtlas: a repository of variant interpretation guidelines | #Bioinformatics #Genomics 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓 ⬇️ academic.oup.com/database/art...

Come be my colleague at UBC! A great place to work w/amazing students, a beautiful campus, and…maybe one or two other perks 🇨🇦

Today we report in 𝘾𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙢 𝘾𝙚𝙡𝙡 a systematic approach to generate neural #organoids resembling various domains of the neural axis Neal Amin & @kevinkelley.bsky.social developed a multiplexed morphogen screen to generate #organoids that mapped to almost 2/3 of the clusters in the 1st trimester CNS

Women tend to age better cognitively than men, but why? This cool new study finds aging reactivates genes on the inactive X chromosome in the female hippocampus. This shift could contribute to cognitive resilience, with the myelin gene Plp1 playing a major role. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Bioinformatics Job Opportunity Research Associate / Staff Scientist Vancouver Canada Join the Silent Genomes Project to provide an outstanding genetic variation database for Indigenous peoples of Canada to improve rare disease diagnosis tinyurl.com/bm4ptux3 Priority to Canadians Please repost

Looking for a postdoc with expertise in genetics and neuroscience. Experience in Drosophila a plus. Get in touch! www.uwo.ca/research/fun...

This large multi-omic study links tandem repeat (TR) variations to gene regulation in the human brain. We’ve know for sometime that TRs are not just genomic noise (TRs cause HD, FXS, SCAs, ALS/FTD to name a few), but ~18k TRs as potential causal variants is still a shock. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

UBC’s Dept of Medical Genetics is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the Life Sciences Institute. If you’re interested in joining a strong research community in Vancouver, check out the job posting: medgen.med.ubc.ca/assistant-pr... Please share with anyone who might be a great fit!

Good morning! Day 1 of #CHDI2025 is kicking of NOW! Get ready to follow along for some exciting Huntington’s disease research over the next 3 days.

Job available for Full Professor Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC) - Indigenous Health and Well-Being at the Faculty of Health Science, Simon Fraser University (RT 🙏🏼 please): www.sfu.ca/vpacademic/a...

My group would take at least 2 people interested in neurodegeneration as post docs bsky.app/profile/maxi...

The HD community has come to Bluesky!

www.ubc.ca/campus-notif... in-person classes at ubc Vancouver are cancelled tomorrow. I only found out due to a message from a colleague in another department forwarded to me. You can cancel outright or move to online.

New opportunity posted: Principal Investigator in neurodevelopment/Assistant Professor – CHU Sainte-Justine Azrieli Research Centre, Université de Montréal can-acn.org/principal-in... #neurojobs @CRA_CHUSJ

Made a starter pack of the Huntington disease researchers/orgs I can find on Bluesky. If you’re an HD researcher and want to be added, reply or DM. go.bsky.app/UM9WCpA

Come be my boss! We're looking for a new Program Head for the Molecular Medicine Program at the Hospital for Sick Children. Toronto, Canada (the deadline has been extended from Jan 31) Please Re-post. jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/667223/p...

This looks useful for Canadian academics https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/how-to-write-a-narrative-cv/

Beware! AAV libraries prone to length & homology dependent chimerism! Our latest preprint, from the brilliant @jblalanne.bsky.social‬, was a true surprise as related phenomena are textbook for lentivirus (highly relevant to HIV & Perturb-seq) yet to our reading not known for AAV tinyurl.com/5amc562a

Appreciate this generous write up on our recent preprint! www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/hai...

Come join us @umontreal.ca - We're looking to recruit a Professor in the field of neurobiology, with a focus on linking neurodevelopment to neural circuit function and dysfunction. #neuroskyence #neuroscience 🧪 See ad below - www.fens.org/careers/job-...

Protein quality control is a tug-of-war between degradation machinery and chaperones that promote folding. Thrilled to see our latest manuscript is now published! 👇 Follow 🧵 for quick summary journals.biologists.com/jcs/article-...

This is pretty wild! Electric spoon that enhances the perception of saltiness in food! techcrunch.com/2025/01/05/k...

My first #job ad here! We are looking for a res assistant in #bioinformatics to analyse #single-cell and #spatial #transcriptomics data in #skin inflammation. Job based at King's College London, with opportunity to spend time at @ubcmedicine.bsky.social in beautiful Vancouver tinyurl.com/4xd9n5n7

Terrific! Paywalls are disappearing! No more 12 month embargo between when NIH funded work appears in a journal and when it becomes accessible to all (as of December 2025). www.nih.gov/about-nih/wh...

Scientist position at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. We are looking for neuroscientists with interests in the molecular and cellular bases of cognition. The position is open-rank, and the successful candidate will also be appointed at U Toronto. Deadline is Feb 15th. Come join us!