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Liisa Galea
@liisagalea.bsky.social
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Neuroscientist, Treliving Family Chair in Women’s Mental Health, Prof U Toronto (formerly UBC), Mom, Senior Scientist CAMH
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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · Feb 5
Here’s my statement as Lead for @whrcluster.bsky.social on the importance of studying women’s health- (& the importance of within & across sex & gender investigations) for our best chance at precision medicine womenshealthresearchcluster.com/learn/womens...
Statement from Liisa Galea, Scientific Lead of the Women's Health Research Cluster - Women's Health Research Cluster
We are so proud to have over 800 members across 32 countries in the Women’s Health Research Cluster. Our Vision is to achieve sex and gender health equity, and we strive for a future where women...
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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 38m
Last night I could not put this book down. The opening chapter is 🤯 and the final chapters full of great ideas about what we can collectively do to ensure women & underrepresented groups stay in science. We need diversity in science as diversity breeds discovery
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Dr. Katja Thieme (she/they) @katjathieme.bsky.social · 1h
What is Steven Pinker’s expertise on systemic discrimination in the awarding of Canadian federal grants?

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Parliament reviews EDI for research grants - University Affairs
Witnesses testify for and against applying diversity criteria to scientific funding.
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 2h
Documenting what has been lost... and what still could be found with a renewed commitment to science in America.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 3h
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 52m
One of the bravest things you can do is to admit you need help & to seek it out. One of my best friends did just that today & I throw all the love her way as a small way to help get her through this challenging time.
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Nico Franzmeier @nfranzme.bsky.social · Jan 22
Incredibly happy and proud to share our newest work in
Science Transl Med showing that Aβ promotes neuronal hyperconnectivity, thereby driving tau spread across connected brain regions. Many thanks to first authors @sebroemer.bsky.social and Fabian Wagner!

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Amyloid-associated hyperconnectivity drives tau spread across connected brain regions in Alzheimer’s disease
Aβ induces neuronal hyperconnectivity, which promotes tau spreading from temporal lobe epicenters to connected brain regions in Alzheimer’s disease.
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Daniel Drucker @danieljdrucker.bsky.social · 16h
Genetic proxies for body weight reduction via GIP receptor targeting reduces the risk of MACE and heart failure, mediated partly through lower BMI and partly through lower HbA1c academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ad...
Genetic variants of glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) signalling as proxy for body weight reduction and cardiovascular risk
AbstractBackground and Aims. Anti-obesity therapies co-targeting the glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) receptor achieve greater weight los
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Soni Lacefield @lacefieldlab.bsky.social · 16h
Just a reminder about our faculty search at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine. Applications due Oct. 15. @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social
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Soni Lacefield @lacefieldlab.bsky.social · Aug 27
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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 15h
climbing up the ladder at 2am -what could go wrong?
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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 15h
This would be a new definition of hell
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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 15h
This was our scenario. Except 5/6 went off. Albeit delayed by 10 min. The 6th we preemptively removed.
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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 1d
I mean. 1 seems more grounded in science but I’m going with 2 - just to keep with the present global situation
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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 1d
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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 1d
Seriously. I’m going with a 24h battery store conspiracy.
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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 1d
I’m just wondering why smoke alarms decide to tell you their batteries need replacing at 2 AM?
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Temporal Ecology Lab @temporalecology.bsky.social · 2d
Our department at UBC is hiring for a professor of forest ecophysiology, including "tree ecophysiology; plant abiotic or biotic stress physiology; forest mortality and climate change responses; forest carbon balance; tree water relations; or nutrient use." Learn more at: tinyurl.com/5da56f5c
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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 2d
I hope you feel better super soon.
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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 2d
Ugh I hope you recovery quickly.
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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 2d
I had great time with @laura-sofia-s.bsky.social and Maria Teresa Ferretti talking about the imp of sex/gender and sex-specific effects on dementia and AD. We talked about challenges & barriers of doing this work and why we think it’s the fastest way towards personalised medicine in AD.
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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 2d
Next week we launch a new podcast series with @laura-sofia-s.bsky.social XXplored: Women's Brain Health. Meet Professor Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social one of the great guests to feature in episode one.

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Profile – Professor Liisa Galea, University of Toronto - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER
Professor Liisa Galea, Treliving Family Chair at CAMH Toronto, researches how sex and hormones shape brain health, neuroplasticity, and dementia risk.
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WholesomeMemes @wholesomememe.bsky.social · 3d
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 4d
I don't know where this revisionism has come from about the suffragettes - people saying "if the suffragettes were around today, they'd be considered terrorists."

The suffragettes were arrested and tortured, sexually assaulted and beaten by the state. They *were* considered terrorists!
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TRIDENT Preclinical Trials @tridentpct.bsky.social · 5d
Check out this new video showcasing the #TRIDENT Sex-Based Analysis+ Core led by @liisagalea.bsky.social at @camhnews.bsky.social. 👇😍 Learn more via our website tridentpreclinicaltrials.org/sba! #neuroscience #sba #NFRF
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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 7d
a group of minions are standing next to each other and saying `` omg yaaaaay ! congratulations ! ''
ALT: a group of minions are standing next to each other and saying `` omg yaaaaay ! congratulations ! ''
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WIRED @wired.com · 7d
Jane Goodall understood better than most the impact humans have had on the planet. Having witnessed so much environmental deterioration during her lifetime, she was as much an activist as a scientist.

Read our piece from 2024 on the legendary primatologist. 💚
Jane Goodall Thinks It’s Not Too Late to Save the World
The world, the famed primatologist says, isn’t what it used to be—but there’s still time to save it, if we treat crises like climate change, biodiversity loss, and poverty as one.
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Endocrine Society Journals @endosocjournals.bsky.social · 7d
Altered expression of #aromatase and estrogen receptors in adipose tissue from men with obesity or type 2 diabetes. Read more in #JCEMCaseReports: bit.ly/4ngNISd #estradiol #obesity #T2D @endocrinesociety.bsky.social
Altered Expression of Aromatase and Estrogen Receptors in Adipose Tissue From Men With Obesity or Type 2 Diabetes
AbstractContext. Obesity and insulin resistance in men are linked to decreased testosterone and increased estradiol (E2) levels. Aromatase (ARO) converts t
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