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Daniel MacPhee 🇨🇦
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Reproductive Scientist. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Opinions my own. Also on Mastodon: @[email protected]
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Daniel MacPhee 🇨🇦 @d-macphee.bsky.social · Jul 10
Our latest in AJOG Global Reports from a great collaboration.

Prospective determination of heat shock protein serum levels in Saskatchewan women during pregnancy (open access)
#ReproSky #ObGynSky #ObSky #Pregnancy #Labour #Biomarkers 🧪 #Canada #Saskatchewan

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Prospective determination of heat shock protein serum levels in Saskatchewan women during pregnancy
The stress proteins, heat shock protein 27, heat shock protein 70, and αB-crystallin, have all been detected in human serum under normal and disease c…
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 4h
Danielle Smith announces plans to hold her breath until she gets what she wants
Danielle Smith announces plans to hold her breath until she gets what she wants
EDMONTON – After meeting with Mark Carney to discuss pipeline construction, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has vowed to hold her breath until the Prime Minister gives her absolutely everything she ask...
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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 3h
Nobel Prizes: 5 Unlikely Winner Reactions, From the Unbothered to the Downright Mad

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#nobelprizes
Nobel Prizes: 5 Unlikely Winner Reactions, From the Unbothered to the Downright Mad
Apparently people just have better things to do than win the world's most prestigious prize.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 7h
Alberta launched its border patrol last year to help stop the flow of illegal drugs and migrants across what Premier Smith called the “leaky” U.S. border.

But the Interdiction Patrol Team has so far made only a handful of arrests, according to data released through an access to information request.
Alberta’s Border Patrol Has Made Only a Handful of Arrests | The Tyee
Ten months in, critics are concerned about the $29-million cost and few results from the initiative.
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Gert Jan C Veenstra @gertjanveenstra.bsky.social · 10h
Today it was announced that Sir John Gurdon passed away.
His ground-breaking discovery was that differentiated cells can be reprogrammed. He was a creative and distinguished developmental biologist, a kind person with a great inquisitive mind and original ideas
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
Nobel Laureate Professor Sir John Gurdon dies aged 92
It is with great sadness that the University shares the news of the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon, founder of the Gurdon Institute.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 1d
David Eby will win this fight seven days a week and twice on Sundays.

He's not the one opening the door to separatist referendums and forever blaming Canada for everything that goes wrong in his province.
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National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 1d
Danielle Smith meets with PM Mark Carney, calls B.C. premier ‘un-Canadian’ www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Danielle Smith meets with PM Mark Carney, calls B.C. premier ‘un-Canadian’
Prime Minister Mark Carney has committed to reaching an agreement regarding Alberta’s pitch for a proposed bitumen pipeline to the West Coast by next month, according to Premier Danielle Smith.
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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 10h
"October 1918 would become the deadliest month in American history as a contagion the likes of which had not been seen since the days of the Black Death raged around the world."

The "Great Influenza" - #IDSky + #MedSky.

www.history.com/articles/spa...
Why October 1918 Was America's Deadliest Month Ever | HISTORY
More Americans died of the Spanish flu than in all the wars of the 20th century combined.
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Bill Lukens @paleosol.bsky.social · 1d
The point of funding basic research is to push against our limits of science and technology. In the mid-1980s, quantum computers were science fiction. How many US institutions will be represented in Nobel awards 40 years from now?

🧪⚒️ #AcademicSky #NobelPrize

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Nobel Prize in physics goes to 3 scientists whose work advanced quantum technology
John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis have won the Nobel Prize in physics for research on the weird world of sub-atomic quantum tunneling that advances the power of everyday digital comm...
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 14h
Issue 18 is complete

Explore our ToC: journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...

On the cover: macrophages (white) migrating towards a scratch wound in a zebrafish skin explant (α-catenin, magenta). From @errricpeterman.bsky.social @jraslab.bsky.social et al.
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JCS cover showing skin-resident macrophages migrating to a scratch wound in the epithelial cells (marked with α-catenin-Citrine, magenta) of a zebrafish skin explant.
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Daniel MacPhee 🇨🇦 @d-macphee.bsky.social · 10h
“Academic freedom exists for precisely this reason: to protect the right to challenge orthodoxies, unsettle consensus, and advance difficult conversations. It is not a privilege reserved for those whose speech offends no one.”
#Canada #UAlberta #Alberta #cdnpoli
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Opinion: U of A's response to Charlie Kirk comments erodes academic freedom
This case cannot be separated from the broader landscape of academic freedom currently under strain in Canada and beyond.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d
Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...

-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
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Daniel MacPhee 🇨🇦 @d-macphee.bsky.social · 1d
“Anti-immigration is always a cheap and available tactic for populist governments,”

“It is an easy way to blame some other people for the challenges that are faced at any given moment,”
#Alberta #Canada
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 1d
“It is hard to know who to blame, but if you can embody it in immigrants, then you have somebody who people can grasp as a target, as a kind of cause of their hardship.” #abpoli
‘Shameless’: How the Alberta Next Panel Blamed Immigrants | The Tyee
Divisive scapegoating, including showing a slanted video, fits the populist playbook, says an expert.
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Daniel MacPhee 🇨🇦 @d-macphee.bsky.social · 1d
“It became more evident there were differences in the Canadian approach to medical education,” says Dr. Lisa Graves…adding that "expectations of the Canadian public has shifted [too]”

Other professions need to move in this direction too.
#Canada #Medicine
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Why it’s important Canada accredits its own medical schools
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 1d
Connor McDavid signs two-year, $25M deferral of Leafs fans’ speculation
Connor McDavid signs two-year, $25M deferral of Leafs fans’ speculation
EDMONTON – Connor McDavid and the Maple Leafs fanbase have agreed to a two-year, $25 million deferral of all overoptimistic conjecture about the Oilers captain one day signing with Toronto. The contra...
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wilhelmgere.bsky.social @wilhelmgere.bsky.social · 1d
They've been auctioning off land in our provincial parks for years 🤬
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Margi Corbett @sheepdogsrock.bsky.social · 1d
Of course it's a cash grab. This is the Moe government -- they can't budget to save their lives. "Not managing" is an extreme understatement.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 2d
Prediction: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will call an early election before she allows a referendum to proceed to a vote with the wording promoted by former Progressive Conservative deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk’s Forever Canadian petition.

@djclimenhaga.bsky.social writes. #abpoli
The ‘Forever Canadian’ Petition Could Bring a Snap Alberta Election | The Tyee
Danielle Smith is unlikely to allow a referendum based on the pro-Canada question promoted by Thomas Lukaszuk.
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LibreOffice @libreoffice.bsky.social · 1d
LibreOffice turned 15 years old in September! We also had our annual conference, an update to the software, guidebook translations, news about migrations from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice, and more: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/10...
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 1d
Sagar Joshi, Lance Davidson and team find that supracellular contractility in Xenopus embryo epithelia is regulated by extracellular ATP and the purinergic receptor P2Y2.
Highlight: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Article: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
#OpenAccess #ReadandPublish
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Daniel MacPhee 🇨🇦 @d-macphee.bsky.social · 1d
“And so I'm afraid that this is viewed as a quick cash grab for a government that is not managing its finances well."
#Saskatchewan #Skpoli #Canada
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Sask. Crown land auctions privatize public resource for short-term gain, critics say | CBC News
After a two-year moratorium, the provincial government is auctioning off thousands of acres of Crown land. Critics of the move include farmers, Indigenous stakeholders and conservationists.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 2d
The reviews are coming in on the UCP's American lesson plans they're offering parents while teachers are on strike...

From this Grade 1 teacher, not only do they not align with the UCP's curriculum...

They aren't even based in what most Grade 1 kids can do.

#abpoli #cdnpoli
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 2d
Entire Trump Gaza Plan just QR code linking to Nobel Peace Prize nomination site
Entire Trump Gaza Plan just QR code linking to Nobel Peace Prize nomination site
WASHINGTON D.C. - With representatives of the Israeli government, as well as Hamas, meeting to discuss a potential U.S.-brokered peace, delegates have reportedly been surprised to find that the entire...
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 2d
Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to hospital administrators for breakthroughs in surliness
Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to hospital administrators for breakthroughs in surliness
OSLO - Today the Nobel committee announced that they have awarded this year’s prize in Physiology or Medicine to everyone who works as an administrator in a hospital for breakthroughs in surliness and...
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 2d
Knowledge pollution!

How to spot predatory journals: 4 tips & 2 checklists journalistsresource.org/home/how-to-... w @fleerackers.bsky.social

Fake editorial boards, no peer review, aggressive solicitation, etc.

Do: Check resources like @retractionwatch.com, ask experts, understand pub biz...
How to spot predatory journals: 4 tips and 2 checklists - The Journalist's Resource
It’s important for journalists to be aware of predatory journals because such journals pose a threat for the integrity of science journalism.
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Rachel Logan @rmslogan.bsky.social · 2d
It is sobering that we have to say this: "In science, there is almost always uncertainty. The responsible thing to do is communicate studies in a way that represents the fullness of their findings; and in public health to ensure that decisions are made in line with the consensus of experts."
Weaponizing uncertainty in science and in public health puts people in harm’s way
Those who cite scientific studies to support policies should take care to tell the whole story, especially when it’s complex.
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Chiosis Lab @chiosislabmskcc.bsky.social · 29d
💡Have you checked out our latest review in @cp-trendsbiochem.bsky.social? Discover how post-translational modifications can convert molecular chaperones into #epichaperomes – stable scaffolds that restructure protein–protein interaction networks in disease #PPI
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PTMs as molecular encoders: reprogramming chaperones into epichaperomes for network control in disease
Recent discoveries reveal that post-translational modifications (PTMs) do more than regulate protein activity – they encode conformational states that…
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