I was today years old when I realized adrenal meant location. Doh.

We can back this up with a stacked diff in diffs too: weiyangtham.com/files/tcps_f... (new conditionally accepted version out soon) We find that a funding interruption... increases the probability of not working in the US by 3 percentage points (40%) .

45 years since Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope. Here's an email I was cc'd on today from a New Investigator mentor. An amazing legacy for cancer research. #FinishIt #HappyHolidays

6◼️Min◼️◼️◼️s will be right back.

There is ans much illegitimate use of AI as legitimate use. The dichotomy the AI industry has is that it can’t/won’t decide which has the most revenue potential and illegitimate slop will steadily make legitimate AI less useful and affordable. A reckoning is inevitable.

And in 3...2...1 executive order to ban all J-1 visas.

December 19 Mandarin I breathe in the spirit of Paddington Bear, who loves marmalade sandwiches. I exhale modernity and the desire for non citrus based jams. I inhabit the benevolent spirit of a children's book character. I'm going to need a second cup of tea #jamvent

UBC and BC Cancer are recruiting a cancer stem cell faculty member at the Associate Professor or Professor rank for the new Connie Eaves Chair in Cancer Stem Cell Research. A great position recognizing a giant in the field. Please share. #Vancouver ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfac...

Tic tok! Tic tok! Time is running out to donate to life saving cancer research. My kids want to raise $15K to support their Terry Fox School Run. Don't wait and donate today! schools.terryfox.ca/page/kwadkids

The Oscar ceremony will now conform to a Venus day (243 earth days).

We are so grateful to Aqsa for everything she does for the Network as a member of our Genomic Reporting Working Group and her willingness to share her story. Thank you for being part of the Team Canada of Cancer Research!

Terry Fox Research Institute Year in Review: April 2025 TFRI-funded researchers received Health Canada approval to begin clinical trials of Porphysomes, a light-activated nanoparticle approach to improve cancer surgery and care. Learn more about this Canadian breakthrough: tinyurl.com/3xuxed64

📣This Thursday!📣 Don’t miss this virtual event ft. plain-language presentations from 5 future precision oncology experts using Network-generated “big data data" and disruptive technologies to shape the future of cancer research and care! Register now to secure your spot!🔗: tinyurl.com/58ts23ba

Good articles in the UofT school of medicine magazine incl. @danieljdrucker.bsky.social on research integrity and @gairdnerawards.bsky.social President Janet Rossant on standing up for science, @bhaibeka.bsky.social on open sourcing AI and Marla Shapiro. uoftmedmagazine.utoronto.ca/2026-winter/...

"I don't think that we should be funding that genetic work anymore". Lysenko reborn (with worm).

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🍁Meet the Team Canada of Cancer Research: A Q&A with Dr. Sevtap Savas🍁 Dr. Savas never expected to become a cancer researcher or to live in N.L. Today, she unites genetics research with patient engagement as an invaluable contributor to the MOHCCN-Atlantic Cancer Consortium. tinyurl.com/5n7tbehf

Surely these leadership positions at NIH can be quickly filled given the only qualification is fealty to the king?

That’s my Christmas shopping done. Got the lab FIFA Peace Prizes on Ebay. Cheaper by the dozen and no shipping!

No question these irresponsible announcements will have consequences, but these will include rapid loss in credibility of the federal bodies. Stating the sun is blue does not make it so.

Scientist here, never questioned this, because every single vaccine has been tested for efficacy and weighed against risk by actual experts who evaluate evidence and can understand data. There are some poor countries who cannot afford this vaccine regimen who'd give the world to be able to do so.

Immediate impact on the most vulnerable in society due to the international aid cuts, primarily by the US.

Step up the the plate Canada. Science is a remarkable investment for futiure prosperity and the worlds largest competitor is busy dissecting its golden goose to look for the eggs inside.

Life was so much better when the world was run by kings, tyrants, warlords and emporers. I* say give the oligarchs a chance! *I being an oligarch

The Trump administration's department of Health and Human Services under RFK Jr has a huge problem confusing cause and effect but the left hand graph is the exception to the rule.

Eric Burdon Alan Price Chas Chandler Hilton Valentine Chas Chandler John Steel is more elusive.

“Full Self Driving” Sucks.

The killer whale buses circled the unsuspecting cars creating an inescapable vortex from which they fed themselves at their leisure.

Yes, I was the proud “owner” of one of these babies and apparently they’re available again. Dunna dunna dunna dunna, Batman!

For no reason am lamenting the death of people like Ian Curtis whose lyrics laid out his pain (from seizures) yet were absorbed into incredible music without question, his mal seizures interpreted as frenetic dance. We overlook such signs at our peril. #LoveWillTearUsApart

Tis the Season for ... compulsory, annual e-learning. 🤬

Don’t forget to vaccinate boys. Cervical cancer isn’t the only HPV driven cancer and unvaccinated boys can transmit to others who are unvaccinated.

Another way to look at things.

When your ruling “party” has been bought by oligarchs, is run by oligarchs and focuses on enhancing the wealth of oligarchs, you are, de facto, an oligarchy.

If it’s free you are the product.

TFW your provincial MP (an MD) uses his weekly update to urge vaccination and provides information on access. It almost feels like it was when I was a kid and vaccines were seen as live savers, not political tools.

Learn more about the life-changing research made possible through Terry Fox funding: impact.terryfox.org @terryfoxfoundation.bsky.social

Just received a scam text from "Ontario Trillium Benefits". The giveaway from the link: "https://OTBCRABenefits.com" is the .com The rest looks like a CRA site (even has a prove your human check) and is better done than most scams. Don't be fooled.

ICYMI: With a $14.5 million investment, the Terry Fox New Frontiers Program Project Grants are advancing groundbreaking science through world-class Canadian research teams. Learn more in thread below! 🧵 Get to know this year's funded teams and projects: tinyurl.com/47zwsdkd

Important new analysis identifying the scope of clinical trials disrupted because of NIH shenanigans. > 74 thousand trial participants affected jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... 1/4

More likely when a future employer asks about the gap in their resume was between 2024-2027 they’ll say that was when they were incarcerated.

Watched the first three episodes of Pluribus. Excusing the silly plot set up holes, it’s superb writing. The scene on AF1 with the other 5 English speakers obliterated the usual Anglocentricity in entertainment and questions responsibility of freedom of action. #MetalFreeBorg

Would be delicious irony if, after decades of clear scientific evidence, the needed funds to mitigate environmental disaster fell under Trump’s demand that countries raise their defense spending to 5% of GDP.

To my Canadian, AB, or Calgary peeps: Does anyone have extra COVID-19 tests they could give me? A family member has been diagnosed with COVID, and I can't risk my cancer treatments. I also have another child that I need to protect. I am down to my last few tests and need more. PM if you can help!

New strategy to attract enormous scientific talent to Canada: simply offer asylum from this madness.

Had a very humbling week. Received a lovely honour from the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and experienced the remarkable Run Terry Run documentary with a live sound track by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Also received another Jury Duty summons (3rd in four years). Democracy!

📝 Register Now!📝 Our next Network Seminar Series event will feature an inside look at groundbreaking research being done by Network-funded researchers across Atlantic Canada! 👇 More information below👇

Science is neither democratic nor a popularity contest. No one gets to pick the result they want, including the worlds leading experts in any given area. Science just doesn't care what anyone thinks, it is a veiled truth that humanity aspires/perspires to reveal.

Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on. (Please repost to reach a broad audience.)

Get your Covid booster. SARS Cov-2 is relying on ignorance and misinformation to continue to infect and injure and kill. Don’t let it.