[Plz 📢] A little late to the party, but check out our perspective on how cellular heterogeneity can be your friend😊 or foe😠 in cell therapy manufacturing🧫. Shout out to Yeganeh, Hourieh, Enzo, Ali, Yonatan: www.cell.com/cell-systems... @sbmeubc.bsky.social

Please 🔁! #MASSIV will be held in Vancouver from January 19-22, 2026. 4-day meeting on #synbio x #tissueengineering. Some trainee-focused events. >50 talks (10 from abstracts), posters, panel & publishing insights sessions. www.massivconference.com Abstract deadline: Nov 14

🚨THIS WEEK!!! 🔥Only a few tickets left here: bit.ly/sciencestanduptickets @sbmeubc.bsky.social @nikashakiba.bsky.social @canacn.bsky.social @scienceinvancouver.com #Vancouver #scicomm

Join us for Science, Stand-Up, & Song on Oct 16th @sbmeubc.bsky.social !🙌 This one-of-a-kind variety show includes expert stem cell scientists, amazing comedians, and music throughout! 👩‍🔬🎤🎵 🎟 bit.ly/sciencestanduptickets @nikashakiba.bsky.social @scienceinvancouver.com

1. What does a Cold War-era game theory problem known as the silent duel have to do with high-risk research strategies, publication in Cell/Nature/Science glamor journals, and the academic job market? Kevin Gross and I tackle these questions in our latest arXiv preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2509.06718

🎉 @ubcmedicine.bsky.social scientists have been awarded >$1.8 million from the @stemcellnetwork.ca for projects advancing #StemCell and #RegenerativeMedicine. Congratulations Drs. Timothy Kieffer, Fabio Rossi, Kelly McNagny, Megan Levings, Peter Zandstra, & @nikashakiba.bsky.social! bit.ly/3IiXjs1

Do you think about cellular heterogeneity? We can relate! Excited to share our latest review @cp-cellsystems.bsky.social on the topic, brought together by an amazing team that debated key definitions to bring this together. #wheeloffate 🧫 @sbmeubc.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-systems...

Last call for a postdoc position in single cell analysis/perturb-seq with @nikashakiba.bsky.social at UBC in beautiful Vancouver Canada! ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfac...

Science, Stand-Up, & Song March 26th at Chill x Studio👩‍🔬 Dr. Nika Shakiba is working towards the development of new engineered cell therapies! 🙌 Tickets: sciencestandupandsong.eventbrite.ca @nikashakiba.bsky.social @sbmeubc.bsky.social Please share!😊 #Vancouver #scicomm #LiveMusic #comedy

Science, Stand-Up, & Song March 26th at Chill x Studio👩‍🔬 Meet one of the awesome scientists on the panel- Dr. Nika Shakiba! 🙌 Tickets: sciencestandupandsong.eventbrite.ca @nikashakiba.bsky.social @sbmeubc.bsky.social Please share!😊 #Vancouver #scicomm #LiveMusic #comedy