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Excited to launch an openRxiv partnership with the scientist-run AI review service qed (@qedscience.bsky.social), the brainchild of @odedrechavi.bsky.social 1/n openrxiv.org/enabling-rev...

IT'S HAPPENING! 💥 I'm psyched to launch the collaboration between @qedscience.bsky.social & @openrxiv.bsky.social @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social! Preprint + q.e.d = your science is out there, and anyone can appreciate it. Let's care about making discoveries, and not on “getting published” (1/3) 👇

My hope for the USA has been restored.

Looks like the CIHR dodged a big cut in the federal budget.

Big thanks to Seamus Martin for making inviting me to speak at Trinity College, Dublin.

So nice to catch up with former Derry Lab postdoc Ben Lant in Dublin.

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Bravo Blue Jays!

🚀 🚀 🚀 Our latest paper is out now: Age Deceleration and Reversal Gene Patterns in Dauer Diapause. We can learn from nature how aging of a whole organism with completely differentiated tissues can be slowed and how that organism can be completely rejuvenated. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Ironic that a Canadian gets the best “warm” award. 😜

Fantastic opportunity at The Hospital for Sick Children. Please repost. www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Jays!!!!

Toronto's first 7T for human research has officially opened! Congratulations to the team and looking forward to studying development at a whole new scale @sickkidsto.bsky.social @sickkidsvs.bsky.social @sunnybrookhsc.bsky.social @uhn.ca

Meet the real rainbow fish 🌈🐟 Using Cre-mediated recombination, each zebrafish cell expresses a unique fluorescent color, creating a living rainbow of developmental history 🎨✨ Image by Bret Pearson #FluorescenceFriday #Zebrafish #DevBio

Meanwhile in Canada... www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1yY...

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I am pleased to share my latest song "Sin and Redemption", which would not have been possible without the contributions of some exceptional players (credited in the link). Enjoy! soundcloud.com/brent-derry-...

Check out this cool new paper from my Toronto colleagues Kieran Campbell and Anne-Claude Gingras.

Funny, not funny.

You know it’s close to Halloween in the Derry lab when I am scoring apoptotic bodies (ie, counting corpses). 🎃👻💀

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Fuck yeah! Blue Jays!!!

Musicians weekend at the cottage. #TodaysJam

RIP Ace Frehley www.npr.org/2025/10/16/n...

Just FYI if you are not familiar with Academia, it is at least 50% this

Great idea! I hope it works.

“American higher education has more women enrolled than ever before. More people of color than ever before. An educated populace is a civically engaged populace, a populace capable of critical thinking…that success threatens the wealth and power of those orchestrating these attacks.”

Could not agree more. The amount of time wasted by many editors and the audacity to make authors format for publication before a decision is made are two reasons I think we should just post our work on bioRxiv and leave it to the field to decide impact.

Beautiful colours on the lake today. Happy Canadian Thanksgiving.

9 days to go: * 2 x open positions! * Exceptional environment, competitive start-up package * University of Toronto appointments * Toronto has great (and peaceful) quality of life!

When 2 life science discoveries converge: solving a ~3 decade mystery of extraordinary longevity and healthspan + an essential cell danger sensor And related ongoing clinical trials! erictopol.substack.com/p/a-long-awa...

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Almost as scary as manbearpig. “I’m cereal”. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023...

Sharing for visibility :)

A reminder for the unenlightened.

Excellent opportunity in Toronto 👇🏻

My department, the very first Department of Medical Biophysics in Canada, with a long a storied history is looking for a new Chair. The Department is particularly strong in neuroimaging and MSK imaging. @schulichmeddent.bsky.social @westernu.ca

Laying down vocal tracks for a new song. Good times.

Bravo Blue Jays!!!