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Kiran Soma
@kiransoma.bsky.social
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Professor at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver 🇨🇦
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Kiran Soma @kiransoma.bsky.social · 2d
www.theguardian.com/science/2025... 🤔
Jane Goodall said she would launch Trump and Musk on one-way trip into space
Primatologist said in interview released after her death she would also put Putin, Xi and Netanyahu on that spaceship
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Mathieu Quesnel-Vallières @rna-ken.bsky.social · 5d
Open rank tenure-track position in comp bio at the University of Montreal. Great environment, great position. @futurepislack.bsky.social

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Kiran Soma @kiransoma.bsky.social · 7d
Jane Goodall, Who Chronicled the Social Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o... Such a great person and scientist. 🎁 link
Jane Goodall, Who Chronicled the Social Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91
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Kiran Soma @kiransoma.bsky.social · 13d
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M-8...
ReconciliACTION: seed2STEM Summer 2025 recap
YouTube video by ICORD Admin
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 8d
This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 9d
⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes
A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.
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Kiran Soma @kiransoma.bsky.social · 9d
And we landed our dream colleagues! 🤩
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CAUT/ACPPU @caut.bsky.social · 13d
Research is the key to unlocking Canada’s future and it needs proper funding.

The federal government must uphold its Budget 2024 commitment to Canadian researchers.

Read the Coalition for Canadian Research’s open letter: www.caut.ca/news/coaliti...
Coalition for Canadian Research calls on federal government to fulfil the Budget 2024 research commitments
The Right Honourable Mark Carney, P.C., M.P.Prime Minister of CanadaOffice of the Prime Minister80 Wellington StreetOttawa, ON K1A 0A2
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Kiran Soma @kiransoma.bsky.social · 13d
icord.org/news/2025/09...
Reconciliation in action: seed2STEM keeps growing
seed2STEM, the summer research program that offers paid research internships to Indigenous high school students, grew again this summer. The program, which started at ICORD with one student in 2018…
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Kiran Soma @kiransoma.bsky.social · 13d
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M-8...
ReconciliACTION: seed2STEM Summer 2025 recap
YouTube video by ICORD Admin
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Kiran Soma @kiransoma.bsky.social · 15d
A wonderful program!
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Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (DMCBH) @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social · 15d
This past summer, DMCBH members welcomed a number of Indigenous students into their labs as part of ICORD's seed2STEM program. Participants had the opportunity to explore neuroscience research and gain hands-on experience in lab environments.
DMCBH labs host Indigenous students in 2025 seed2STEM program - Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | DMCBH
The seed2STEM Summer Research Program for Indigenous Youth seeks to improve representation of Indigenous students in the academic disciplines of science,
www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
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American Chemical Society @acs.org · 16d
One week left to apply! Applications close Oct. 1 at 11:59 PM ET.

The ACS Graduate Student Success Grant offers 100 grants of $25,000 each to support graduate students completing their degrees.

Click the link to apply now: buff.ly/ZJrzSN0
ACS Graduate Student Success Grant. 100 grants of $25,000 per research institution. Four ACS students holding ACS signs
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John Anderson 🇨🇦 @janderz8.bsky.social · 20d
Hi #canadian researchers - please sign this petition to help ensure funding isn’t cut to tri council agencies (NSERC, SSHRC, and CIHR). We’re looking at potential 15% cuts to ALL federal spending including grants win.newmode.net/canadianasso...
New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
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Kiran Soma @kiransoma.bsky.social · 20d
Congrats to all the authors! 🎉🥳
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SfN Journals @sfnjournals.bsky.social · 20d
#eNeuro | Depression Levels Are Associated with Reduced Capacity to Learn to Actively Avoid Aversive Events in Young Adults
https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0034-25.2025
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Kiran Soma @kiransoma.bsky.social · 20d
Wow.
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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 20d
"I'm deeply disappointed that, despite the fact that the United States has generously held off on its repeated threats to annex Canada, there is still widespread anti-American sentiment in Canada"

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
U.S. ambassador 'disappointed' with anti-American sentiment in Canada | CBC News
The U.S. ambassador to Canada is expressing frustration over the anti-American sentiment he sees in this country, including from politicians, after U.S. President Donald Trump hit most of the world wi...
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Endocrine News @endocrinenews.bsky.social · Aug 10
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Oxford Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk · 23d
Oxford Biology is growing 📢

We’re appointing 3 Associate Professors in:
🌱 Plant Sciences
🦉 Animal Behaviour
🔬 Molecular Cell Biology

3 fields. 3 opportunities. One new home for Oxford Biology.

Learn more 👉 bit.ly/41S2Tc7
Apply now 👉 bit.ly/488CNW3
Photo showing the inside atrium of the new Life and Mind Building
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Mel Goodale @action-brain.bsky.social · 26d
The Department of Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge has a tenure-track position for a neuroscientist studying brain function across the life span in nonhuman animals. Join a terrific community of researchers in a beautiful part of the country.🧠🧪 Re-post
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The image depicts the University of Lethbridge, located in Southern Alberta, Canada. The prominent building shown in the image is the Science Commons, which is situated on the university campus within the coulee landscape.
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Kiran Soma @kiransoma.bsky.social · 29d
You Might Have Already Fallen for MAHA’s Conspiracy Theories www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o... Free gift article 🎁
Opinion | You Might Have Already Fallen for MAHA’s Conspiracy Theories
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SBN on Bluesky @sbn-bsky.bsky.social · 29d
Reminder that registration and abstract submission is open for the SBN online research symposium. Free to attend and present your research! Abstract submission will close 10/1 and registration closes 10/15
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SBN on Bluesky @sbn-bsky.bsky.social · Aug 8
We are excited to announce the 2nd annual SBN Online Research Symposium this October 16-17th. “Registration and abstract submission is open for the SBN Online Research Symposium. Free to attend and present your research! Abstract submissions open until 10/1. Registration closes 10/15
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Allen Institute @alleninstitute.org · 29d
We know hormones impact the brain, but what if we could see it happening on a cellular level? 🧠👀

@neurrriot.bsky.social, Stephanie Correa, and Ed Van Veen are making a platform that directly observes relationship b/w hormones and brain state. #FrontierScience

🧠📈 alleninstitute.org/division/fro...
Optical tools for visualizing sex hormones as drivers of dynamic internal states
The Allen Distinguished Investigator program provides three-year grants between $1M and $1.5M to individuals and teams
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Endocrine Society @endocrinesociety.bsky.social · Sep 9
Future Leaders Advancing Research in Endocrinology (FLARE) 2026 prepares early career investigators for leadership roles as independent biomedical researchers. The two-day workshop focuses on building professional skills. Apply by Monday, November 3: https://bit.ly/2N5iKxV #FLARE2025
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If you are a basic science or clinical research trainee in endocrinology, the Future Leaders Advancing Research in Endocrinology (FLARE) is for you.
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Kiran Soma @kiransoma.bsky.social · Sep 9
The Clue to Unlocking Parkinson’s May Be All Around Us www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o... Free gift article 🎁
Opinion | The Clue to Unlocking Parkinson’s May Be All Around Us
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Kiran Soma @kiransoma.bsky.social · Sep 8
We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o... Free gift article 🎁
Opinion | We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself
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Andres Bendesky @bendeskylab.com · Sep 8
New review on how changes in cell type composition in and outside the brain contribute to the evolution of behavior. 🧪

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Changes in cell type composition, including cell expansions, cell losses, and novel cell gains, are associated with the evolution of specific behaviors. Figure credit: Matteo Farinella.
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