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Silvia Penuela
@drsilviapenuela.bsky.social
Associate Professor @westernuACB @WesternU
Mother, wife, cell biologist, cancer researcher. Proudly Colombian/Canadian; Fan of Pannexin channels.
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📢 Last friday @drsilviapenuela.bsky.social (@westernu.bsky.social, London, Ontario. Canada) was our guest at CINBIO Seminar Programme with her talk "Pannexin channel isoforms in cancer signalling".

Many thanks for your visit!

#EUFunds #FondosEuropeos #HR @uvigo.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Get ahead of the fall and get your narrative CV ready and peer reviewed in this guided, hands-on workshop. Sign up info below 👇🏽
We are hosting a three-part summer workshop series to support Western faculty in transitioning to the new, narrative Tri-agency CV. Each hands-on session will focus on one of the three TCV sections, with TCV review available at the end of the series. Register today: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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June 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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📅 6th June ⏰ 11:00h
📌 Sala de seminarios, Torre CACTI

CINBIO Seminar Programme with Dr. Silvia Penuela (@westernu.bsky.social, London, Ontario. Canada): "Pannexin channel isoforms in cancer signalling".

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June 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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📅 6th June ⏰ 11:00h
📌 Sala de seminarios, Torre CACTI

CINBIO Seminar Programme with Dr. Silvia Penuela (@westernu.bsky.social, London, Ontario. Canada): "Pannexin channel isoforms in cancer signalling".

#FondosEuropeos @uvigo.bsky.social @drsilviapenuela.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Thanks to Dr. Henrique Girao and team for a great sabbatical visit to the beautiful University of Coimbra #connexins #pannexins #gapjunctions
May 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Grateful to end the academic year with lots to celebrate! Thanks to Western University for the Faculty Scholar Award, to Schulich and Anatomy & Cell Biology for the nomination, and to all the support from colleagues, family and my amazing lab team!
April 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Canadian researchers at all levels! Have a look at this letter and consider signing!
Dear Canadian researchers, faculty, RAs, PDFs and grad students, this letter is for the federal party leaders asking them to defend and expand Canadian research sovereignty with a historic investment in science, please sign and share
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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 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Was great to be back for the 13th Conference on Signalling in Normal and Cancer Cells to present my work on the effect of PANX1 phosphorylation in the vasculature 🍁 thanks to the organizers @jf-cotelab.bsky.social for a great week and my previous lab mates @drsilviapenuela.bsky.social for the visit!
April 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Next Monday (March 3) our Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology together with @westernubrainscan.bsky.social will host the fantastic Dr. Kirsty Duncan. Registration required - it will be worth it. Thanks to Lisa Saksida for arranging and hosting!!!
February 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, is seeking applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position in Cancer Immunology and Therapeutics. PLEASE REPOST ! www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Full-time, Probationary (Tenure-Track) Faculty Position in Cancer Immunology and Therapeutics - London, Ontario (CA) job with Dr. David Driman, Chair/Department Head | 12834957
Full-time, Probationary (Tenure-Track) Faculty Position in Cancer Immunology and Therapeutics.
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February 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Today we celebrate the 10th anniversary of @unesco.org's International Day of Women and Girls in Science, and I wanted to share some important facts about how far we've come and how far we need to go. 🧵(1/7) #WomenInScience
February 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM