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The Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards are now open for #WesternU faculty nominators. This initiative supports the recruitment of exceptional doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers who are ready to go #AllinWesternU.

Doctoral award: buff.ly/VaFQueg
Postdoctoral award: buff.ly/f3y99X5
January 9, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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top risks 2026 is officially out

after 28 years of analyzing geopolitical risks
this year is the tipping point:
Eurasia Group | The Top Risks of 2026
www.eurasiagroup.net
January 5, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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With so many bunk claims, exactly the WRONG move (but totally expected).

MAHA MO: Create barriers & distrust for effective interventions (eg vaccines), but enable wellness industry.

FDA announces sweeping changes to oversight of wearables www.statnews.com/2026/01/06/f... via @statnews.com
FDA announces sweeping changes to oversight of wearables, AI-enabled devices
The FDA will ease regulation of digital health products, aiming to deregulate AI and promote its widespread use.
www.statnews.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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Radiation therapy used to treat heart condition in milestone project.

Researchers at Western, London Health Sciences Centre explore how cancer therapy could transform cardiac care. news.westernu.ca/2025/12/radi... #CdnPSE @westernu.ca
LHSC, Western explore using radiation for heart condition - Western News
London Health Sciences Centre is using radiation therapy, stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation, for cardiac treatment to target damaged heart tissue.
news.westernu.ca
January 6, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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1. #CDC posted new #flu data today. A 🧵
Another pediatric death was reported in the 2024-25 flu season, making it the deadliest flu season for kids since CDC started collecting this data point 20 years ago. 2024-25 has surpassed the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.
9 kids have died from flu so far this year.
January 6, 2026 at 3:34 AM
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Genuinely beside myself that @microbetv.bsky.social thought it would be a good idea to do a show with me ranting about my dim view of most things Danish...but, as always, he was right!

If you want to see more of me over at MicrobeTV, take a look & let us know what you think.

Thank you, Vincent!❤️
New from Microbetv
Rasmussen Retorts: The anti-vaccine calls are coming from the White House ☎️

Angie Rasmussen joins Vincent to discuss the presidential memorandum ordering RFK Jr to review the US childhood vaccination schedule and revise it to be more like other countries.

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Rasmussen Retorts: The anti-vaccine calls are coming from the White House
YouTube video by MicrobeTV
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January 2, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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youtu.be/uL7SyQ-M6jM?...
What do you do if someone offers you $1 million to debate something that you know is false?
Beyond the Noise #88: Debating Science: No Thanks
YouTube video by MicrobeTV
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December 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
More than twice this in Canada, with 10% of the population.
The US #measles count for this year has topped 2,000 cases for the first time since 1992. These are confirmed cases only, ie there have been more. 3 reported deaths.
The vast majority of the cases are in unvaccinated kids & adults. 11% needed hospitalization. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
December 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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🚀 Launched! Here’s our call for applicants to the Canada Impact+ Research Chairs Program at @westernu.ca. This is a remarkable opportunity for us to recruit outstanding scholars who are currently working internationally:

www.uwo.ca/research/can...
Canada-Impact-Plus - Research - Western University
www.uwo.ca
December 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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The Canada Impact+ Research Chairs Program allows us to welcome outstanding, internationally based researchers to #WesternU to tackle some of today’s most pressing challenges. We look forward to connecting with scholars who are ready to go #AllinWesternU.
www.uwo.ca/research/can...
🚀 Launched! Here’s our call for applicants to the Canada Impact+ Research Chairs Program at @westernu.ca. This is a remarkable opportunity for us to recruit outstanding scholars who are currently working internationally:

www.uwo.ca/research/can...
Canada-Impact-Plus - Research - Western University
www.uwo.ca
December 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Four new research chairs will transform patient care thanks to a $16.5M investment. The head-to-toe research spans neurology, cardiovascular care, kidney care & orthopaedic surgery @schulichmeddent.bsky.social & @lhscri.bsky.social #AllinWesternU
Four new Western research chairs will cover 'head to toe' - Western News
Four new Western research chairs will target health advancements 'head to toe', in neurosurgery, cardiovascular and kidney care and orthopaedic surgery.
news.westernu.ca
December 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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#WesternU’s Technology Transfer Office is translating discoveries to real-world solutions by supporting researchers through commercialization, licensing and bringing ideas to market. One of these companies is Tenomix, which built a robotic imaging device for improving colon cancer diagnostics.
Western’s Technology Transfer Office powers innovation - Western News
Western’s Technology Transfer Office helps researchers turn innovation into real-world solutions, guiding startups like Tenomix in launching the Lymphonator
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December 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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The destruction of the enterprise of US academic science has been one of the most confounding aspects of a hugely confounding year. My @statnews.com colleagues are writing about the consequences for individuals & the country.
You want to read this series.
www.statnews.com/american-sci...
American Science, Shattered
An eight-decade partnership between universities and the federal government made U.S. science preeminent. It took Trump less than a year to shred that
www.statnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Take a moment to meet FDA Commissioner Marty Makary. He is the guy who is leading the agency that is working overtime to enrich his MAHA patrons by taking away your kids’ access to vaccines & essential medicines. He’s replacing evidence-based regulation with corruption.
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary built his platform not on science but on spectacle. Makary turned a medical career into a megaphone for misinformation. Once a surgeon and professor, he built his brand on public skepticism, rising to power by attacking the very scientific standards he now oversees.
December 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Minister of Jobs and Economic Growth Ravi Kahlon will announce provincial support for B.C.’s life science sector on Monday, as UBC breaks ground on The Edge—the future home of its Advanced Therapeutics Manufacturing Facility.

Media are invited to attend:
Event: Groundbreaking and funding announcement mark new era for made-in-B.C. medicines – UBC News
Minister of Jobs and Economic Growth Ravi Kahlon will announce provincial support for B.C.'s life science sector on Monday, as the University of British Columbia breaks ground on The Edge—the future…
news.ubc.ca
December 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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#WesternU welcomes The Canada Impact + Chairs program launched by Minister Joly yesterday.

This program will help attract the best and brightest to support innovation, knowledge translation and new discoveries that drive social and economic growth. www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
The Government of Canada introduces new programs for international researchers - Canada.ca
Today, Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions; and Marjorie Michel, Minister of Health, announced the launch of the Canada…
www.canada.ca
December 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Meet our panelists for our Jan. 14th "Who owns our Knowledge" #OpenScience AI panel!

Please join us in welcoming Mark Daley, Joanna Redden, Stephen Spong, and James Shelley. The panel will be moderated by Emiko Muraki.

RSVP for the in-person panel here: uwo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
December 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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In a new video, The Save America Movement’s Science & Health Committee, chaired by Dr. Angela Rasmussen, brings together experts to sound the alarm on the Trump administration’s push to rewrite the childhood vaccine schedule. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Experts Warn: Trump’s Vaccine Rewrite Risks Public Health
YouTube video by Save America Movement
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December 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Alongside its $7.5B investment in Canadian data centres, @microsoft.com is pledging to protect Canada's digital sovereignty by keeping "Canadian data on Canadian soil." But questions remain around if, and how, Microsoft could keep that promise.
Microsoft to spend $7.5 billion on AI data centre expansion with pledge to protect Canada’s “digital sovereignty” | BetaKit
President calls project “the most important commitment in Microsoft Canada’s history.”
betakit.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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I haven’t posted about this subject yet, but it is so deeply concerning & frightening that it’s almost overwhelming. It’s also getting such little attention in the media. For reasons unknown.

But the TL/DR of it? Basically, Canada is Ukraine to the Trump regime’s Russia. #cdnpoli #CdnNatSec
www.whitehouse.gov
December 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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David Baltimore obituary: virologist whose enzyme discovery transformed understanding of cancer and HIV/AIDS
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
David Baltimore obituary: virologist whose enzyme discovery transformed understanding of cancer and HIV/AIDS
The protein, reverse transcriptase, has become an essential tool for making DNA copies of RNA.
www.nature.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Current NIH policy under Bhattacharya (at the behest of Project2025 architect Russell Vought) is killing the next generation of researchers.

If you value research, tell your members of Congress that the NIH needs more than funding. It needs sound leadership.

www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/t...
NIH shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs
Special Report: The NIH has shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs.
www.statnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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“What have I done!” 🤡
December 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM