The 🇨🇦 Standing Committee on Science and Research passed a modified resolution this afternoon that the requested ricouncil applicant and reviewer data can be aggregated and anonymized. Thanks to the many researchers who signed letters pointing out legitimate data privacy concerns. 👏👏

Yes! Contact them and sign this petition here —it’s not just about EDI data! So much personally identifying information for applicants and reviewers will not be protected! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications: Applicant names, profiles, demographics Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores

Congratulations to Dr. Taylor Scheidl, who successfully defended her PhD thesis last week! 🎉🎉🎉 Dr. Scheidl (@taylorscheidl.bsky.social) is the Thompson lab's first PhD graduate, and she will continue in her research career as a postdoc at the University of Alberta.

New content online: Health of adipose tissue: oestrogen matters

Sharing knowledge is a fundamental principle within the scientific community, yet null and negative results are still being underreported. @scurry.bsky.social &co present a roadmap to a solution that has a role for everyone in the scientific community 🧪 #Academicsky #reproducibility plos.io/3VwaU2O

AVID mouse: A versatile platform for real-time, multiscale ATP imaging and spatial systems metabolism analysis in living mice

In Canada, proposed cuts of 15% across the federal government would have a dramatic effect on already globally decimated research & science. Join Canada's research & science community and tell PM Mark Carney to preserve the funding promised in 2024. Send a letter: win.newmode.net/canadianasso...

Congratulations to Taylor Scheidl, the senior PhD student in the Thompson lab, on her new preprint 🎉 She showed that offspring born to obese dams are more likely to become obese due to more proliferation in early-life adipose progenitors, which leads to higher adipocyte numbers.

Opening a PDF these days is so weird. Yes, I know it's a long document. No, I don't want an AI summary, it's literally part of my job to read the long document and understand it, how do I make you go away? 😂

📢 Don’t miss the next Early Career Academy #Webinar! Prof. Kirsty Spalding ( @ki.se ) will present a new topic: “Mapping human brown fat: cellular architecture & metabolic implications”. 🗓 2 Sept 2025 | ⏰16:30 CEST Register now 👉 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #earlycareer #metabolichealth

JOB ALERT 🚨 We are hiring TWO principal investigators in cell, molecular, systems, or chemical biology in Toronto, Canada at @sinaihealth.bsky.social. We provide a generous startup, fully funded salary and academic appointment at U of Toronto. www.nature.com/naturecareer... Please repost!

Hey everyone who signed the letter about increasing funding for research in Canada, you can fill in this consultation and write in "Double Tri-council funding to help secure Canadian Research Sovereignty" as an option under "other" for the first question...

The government of Canada has a questionnaire about it's new budget. Most of the given options are conservative (because this is a conservative government) but there are some that aren't, and you can write in your own responses. www.canada.ca/en/departmen...

Official posting coming soon, but here's a heads-up: #Postdoc Opportunity for individuals with an interest in advancing the understanding of pancreatic islet hormones in health and #diabetes. Diverse backgrounds, skill sets and experiences are welcome! www.bcell.org

Bringing this thread back since this paper is currently featured as the Endocrinology Article of the Week! 🎉This paper was the result of years of hard work during my PhD and it wouldn't have been possible without the excellent mentorship from Francis and the collaborative efforts of all co-authors.

Excited to share that our recent paper is featured as the Endocrinology Article of the Week! @samanthajsyoon.bsky.social

We are launching a new initiative to support experimental design, data management/analysis and bioinformatics. Early days yet, but check it out here. www.bcell.org/adi-datasci....

New single-nucleus and spatial datasets offer unprecedented insights into the basis of #obesity associated adipose tissue dysfunction and its reversal by #weightloss and are a key resource for mechanistic and therapeutic exploration www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Come join us in Vancouver! Exciting opportunity for a more senior investigator researching new regenerative medicine approaches for Type 1 diabetes. $8M in funding for successful candidate research.ubc.ca/media/file/j...

📣Don't miss our second seminar on June 5th with @shanaadise.bsky.social sharing her work on food behavior and eating choices 🧠🥪🍓! Imane Hadj-Aissa from @ulaval.ca will be our student presenter. 🔗Register here to ge the zoom link: forms.gle/nvcWTK7BtwSj... #Science #Metabolism #behavior

Register to our Neurometabolism Summer Seminar Series and don't miss our first seminar by Dr. Martin Myers on "CNS control of food intake an metabolism". Lila Dabill from Washington University will be our student presenter. Register here: forms.gle/nvcWTK7BtwSj... #Science #Metabolism

Best places to get work/writing done, according to my brain: 1. Planes ✈️ 2. Trains 🚅 3. That's it, apparently.