Carling
carlingsmith.bsky.social
Carling
@carlingsmith.bsky.social
PhD student at UBC - Sex differences in Diabetes - Rideout Lab - she/they

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CIRTN-R2FIC is currently running in Toronto its 4th Annual Meeting. During this meeting we have launched our mini interview series called "Islets in a Pod" ! Our first interview is with Dr. Patrick MacDonald from the University of Alberta.
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#1 Islets in a Pod with Dr. Patrick MacDonald
YouTube video by CIRTN-R2FIC
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November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Hello! Welcome to the CIRTN-R2FIC BlueSky account! Our group focuses on researching pancreatic islet biology and pathology related to islets such as type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
Here you will find bi-weekly updates from the scientists from across Canada that make up CIRTN-R2FIC.
September 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Timely given the 1500+ researchers who have signed this open letter to the federal party leaders calling for a historic investment in Canadian research sovereignty!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
National Letter
Open Letter from Canadian Researchers to the Federal party leaders Click here to sign this letter See who has signed - version française se trouve à page 3 - Dear Party Leaders We, the undersigne...
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April 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Clinical pearls #T2D Hypercortisolism was associated with hyperglycemia in approximately one-quarter of individuals with inadequately controlled type 2 #diabetes despite multiple medications diabetesjournals.org/care/article... ada.silverchair-cdn.com/ada/content_...
April 19, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Finally made a Canadian Diabetes Research starter pack! Join our fun community and follow these talented colleagues. 🧪https://go.bsky.app/PFHwQS
March 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Pass it on.
#StandWithUkraine
February 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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In a study involving >500 people, the AI identified a range of infections and health conditions, as well as whether participants had received a flu vaccine.

https://go.nature.com/4gPUpGT
AI tool diagnoses diabetes, HIV and COVID from a blood sample
‘One-shot’ approach that uses machine learning to screen immune cells could help to detect conditions with overlapping symptoms.
go.nature.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Almost all grant-review meetings under Trump 2.0 remain suspended at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), preventing the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research from spending much of its US$47 billion annual budget.

https://go.nature.com/4gM6oW4

Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order
The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo.
go.nature.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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🚨Amidst all the uncertainty at NIH Welcome Leap just launched an important new $50M program in Women’s Health👩🏻‍🔬🧠

CARE focuses on the link between Alzheimer’s and perimenopausal hormonal changes wellcomeleap.org/care/

Note: full indirects!

Please share widely to support women’s health 🙏🏼
CARE Program Details | Wellcome Leap: Unconventional Projects. Funded at Scale.
NEW $50M Program in Women's Health care Cutting Alzheimer's Risk through EndocrinologyWe are pleased to announce the selected performers.Sabine Vollstädt-Klein, Central Institute of Mental Health ...
wellcomeleap.org
February 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Alyssa Weinrauch who has 3 PDF mentors, Dan Lucian, Francis Lynn and me, with her presentation on lipids in stem cells and human islets.
February 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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#abc2025 is on!!
February 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Sing-Young Chen from the Rideout @ejrideout.bsky.social and Johnson labs giving a beautiful short talk on sex differences in islet biology #abc2025
February 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Carling Smith from @ejrideout.bsky.social lab continuing the discussion of sex differences in diabetes. (It’s not lost on the audience here that these talks can easily happen in Canada and the rest of the civilized world and eventually it will help our populations be healthier :)
February 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM