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Miron Lab @mironlab.bsky.social · 4d

Might I add how cool it was to see Shimon Sakaguchi speak in the morning then win the Nobel that afternoon! 🤯

Miron Lab @mironlab.bsky.social · 4d

It was an absolute honour to receive the ISNI mid career award at ISNI2025. A huge thanks to my wonderful lab members, mentors and colleagues past & present, and the supportive Neuroimmunology community. Thanks to Shannon Dunn for the photo! Now off to enjoy Japan 🍜⛩️🏯

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Rita Strack @ritastrack.bsky.social · 5d

I hope this Nobel Prize gets people talking meaningfully about our amazing immune systems and the importance of basic research to human health (and funding basic research).

I am also glad young women get to see that women can not only work at this level, but that those who do can get recognized.

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Miron Lab @mironlab.bsky.social · 6d

I was pleased to contribute to the MS Living Well podcast to talk about remyelination, why it's important, clinical trials, and new research. Check it out here:
Apple podcasts: apple.co/3JUhTQz
MS Living Well: Repairing MS: The Quest to Rebuild Myelin | MS Living Well

Repairing MS: The Quest to Rebuild Myelin

Podcast Episode · MS Living Well: Key Info from Multiple Sclerosis Experts · 09/09/2025 · 40m

apple.co

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Rikesh Rajani @rikeshrajani.bsky.social · 19d

The Rajani Lab is hiring again! We are looking for a postdoc to join us at @ukdri.ac.uk @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social to investigate vascular-oligodendrocyte interactions in dementia.

Apply here 👇
bit.ly/4nm8csZ

Research Fellow

We are looking for an enthusiastic postdoctoral Research Fellow to join the Rajani Lab as part of the new national BHF-UK DRI Centre for Vascular Dementia Research.

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Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 24d

🎶It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year 🎶

Free Covid, flu and RSV vaccines starting Sept 22 for Ontario.

#Onpoli
#VaccinesSaveLives
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

www.cbc.ca

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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · Sep 1

Median lifetime earnings by education. Yes, a PhD is worth it.

www.tamus.edu/data-science...

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Miron Lab @mironlab.bsky.social · Aug 21

Today is #BurgersToBeatMS day, where A&W donate $2 from every teen burger to @mscanadaofficial.bsky.social ! Grab your burger and help support MS research and services for people with MS in Canada

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Kristin Connor @kconnor.bsky.social · Aug 9

I can save Carney heaps—start with NFRF, CERC & the global innovation clusters.

DON’T touch tricouncil funding.
This would be the worst ROI & catastrophic for 🇨🇦’s research, innovation, training & economic development & growth.

@liberalca.bsky.social
@mark-carney.bsky.social

Canada plans a 15% budget cut. Scientists are alarmed

Cuts could erase promised boost, researchers fear

www.science.org

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Elizabeth Rideout @ejrideout.bsky.social · Jul 30

Our department at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada) is running two faculty searches. One is a joint hire with the Institute for Healthy Aging, one a cohire with the Math Dept cps.med.ubc.ca/careers-2/ Click on “Faculty Positions” on the page. Please help spread the word!

Careers | Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences

cps.med.ubc.ca

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Unity Health Toronto @unityhealthto.bsky.social · Jul 24

Seventeen research projects at Unity Health have been awarded more than $17.5M from CIHR's 2025 spring project grant program. Congratulations to all of the scientists and teams who received funding to advance their innovative projects! Learn more: lnkd.in/g5XXfpUU

Seventeen research projects based at Unity Health Toronto have been awarded more than $17.5 million in funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du… | U...

Seventeen research projects based at Unity Health Toronto have been awarded more than $17.5 million in funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Cana...

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Brian Cole 🇨🇦 @briancole5.bsky.social · Jul 16

You... can provide input directly to the federal government, right now.
#cdnpoli

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Miron Lab @mironlab.bsky.social · Jul 17

Congrats! Lol about the budget decapitation fairy, which I did not believe in until today....

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Miron Lab @mironlab.bsky.social · Jul 17

We are thrilled to receive our first #CIHR project grant to investigate white matter changes driving cognitive decline in aging! Huge thanks to our superstar postdoc Georgie who is driving the project, all the colleagues who gave great feedback, and the reviewers for supporting the proposal.

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Miron Lab @mironlab.bsky.social · Jul 6

If you're attending @gliameeting.bsky.social #glia2025 check out Lucy Ryan's talk in the trainee symposia (17) on Thursday & poster T14-001A on heterogeneity of oligodendrocyte pathology in Alzheimer's disease!

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Miron Lab @mironlab.bsky.social · Jul 6

If you're attending @gliameeting.bsky.social #glia2025 check out Lucy Ryan's talk in the trainee symposia (17) on Thursday & poster T14-001A on heterogeneity of oligodendrocyte pathology in Alzheimer's disease!

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Mathew Kiang @mathewkiang.com · Jun 25

Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages.

ki.se/en/about-ki/...

Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions

Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...

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Miron Lab @mironlab.bsky.social · Jun 26

Very proud of Jonathan for winning an oral presentation prize at the Toronto wide neuroscience program (CPIN) research day this week! 🎉🎉🎉

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Gonçalo Castelo-Branco @gocastelobranco.bsky.social · Jun 18

Come and join us! Start your group at Karolinska Institutet @ki.se!

Karolinska Institutet @ki.se · Jun 18

Save the date! On 25 June, Karolinska Institutet will be starting a major recruitment drive for 20 junior researchers with a focus on excellence and mobility news.ki.se/ki-to-recruit-junior-researchers-with-a-focus-on-excellence

KI to recruit junior researchers with a focus on excellence

On 25 June, Karolinska Institutet will be starting a major recruitment drive for 20 junior researchers with a focus on excellence and mobility. As one of Europe’s leading medical universities, KI offe...

news.ki.se

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Ciarán Murphy-Royal @murphyroyallab.org · Jun 13

Call for an Assistant / Associate Prof. just opened at the @crchum.bsky.social in the Neuroscience Axis !

www.chumontreal.qc.ca/en/emplois/a...

Assistant or associate professor-researcher in Neuroscience related to neurological disorders and/or neural regeneration and precision health

Description The Neuroscience Research Axis of the CRCHUM and the Department of Neuroscience of the UdeM are inviting applications for a position of assistant or associate professor-researcher in neur...

www.chumontreal.qc.ca

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Miron Lab @mironlab.bsky.social · Jun 12

Really enjoyed @keystonesymposia.bsky.social #KSNeuroimmune25 & #KSNeurodegen25 , with Jonathan & I presenting new stories on oligodendrocytes being bad 😁 Big thanks for Jonathan's travel award, and to all the chairs for an exciting meeting

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Miron Lab @mironlab.bsky.social · Jun 4

Congrats to Bianca Hill for passing her qualifying exam with flying colours, and is now officially a PhD candidate! 🎉

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Miron Lab @mironlab.bsky.social · Jun 3

Happy Pride Month! Thrilled that I've always worked, and continue to work in, diverse research communities that are based on respect 🏳️‍🌈

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Miron Lab @mironlab.bsky.social · May 27

Really enjoyed all the impressive trainee talks and posters at @unityhealthto.bsky.social research day & very proud of Jonathan for winning best oral presentation! He's on a roll 💪

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Miron Lab @mironlab.bsky.social · May 24

Jonathan & I really enjoyed covering this tour-de-force paper by @janos-groh.bsky.social & Mika Simons as a News & Views for @natneuro.nature.com, demonstrating a deleterious role for white matter associated microglia in recruiting pro-neurodegeneration T cells in aging. Check it out below!

Nature Neuroscience @natneuro.nature.com · May 22

And, check out the News & Views, Microglia conduct the symphony of white matter degeneration in aging through T cell recruitment

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Microglia conduct the symphony of white matter degeneration in aging through T cell recruitment - Nature Neuroscience

Aging induces pathological changes in central nervous system (CNS) myelin, which in turn induce microglia dysregulation. What is the consequence of this microglial response on white matter pathology i...

www.nature.com

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