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CIRTN-R2FIC @cirtn.bsky.social · 7d

🧵(1/7)We are now out of September🍁! From the last two weeks we have had publications from the CIRTN labs of Drs Jenny Bruin, Mourad Ferdaoussi, Peter Light, Patrick MacDonald, James Shapiro and Bruce Verchere!

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Daniel Drucker @danieljdrucker.bsky.social · 19d

Friday September 26 @uoftmedicine.bsky.social @sinaihealth.bsky.social The 2025 Gerard N Burrow Lecture. Professor Alvin Powers #islets #diabetes #T1D #T2D @vubasicsciences.bsky.social 8 am Mt. Sinai Join us!

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Rebecca Hull-Meichle @rlhull-meichle.bsky.social · 20d

Save the date for the 2026 A-BC Islet Biology meeting! Looking forward to many fantastic presentations by trainees in islet biology from all over Canada as well as great keynote lectures. Please share widely! isletmeeting.weebly.com

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Juleen R. Zierath @juleenrzierath.bsky.social · 23d

Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of @diabetologiajnl.bsky.social Diabetologia - the flagship journal of @easdnews.bsky.social the European Association for the Study of Diabetes! Thanks to our colleagues at the American Diabetes Association and Diabetes Care AND it’s editor-in-chief - Steve Kahn

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CIRTN-R2FIC @cirtn.bsky.social · 23d

🧵(1/3) Our first post highlighting publications coming from CIRTN groups (first half of September 2025)! We have works from the labs of Drs. Marc Prentki, Timothy Kieffer and Mathieu Ferron.
1)“From β soloist to endocrine symphony: Subtype-complete islets conduct glucose harmony” PMID 40912231

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Daniel Drucker @danieljdrucker.bsky.social · 22d

The 2025 Claude Bernard Prize Awardee the brilliant Andrew Hattersley @exeter.ac.uk @easdnews.bsky.social #Genetics Scholar and gentleman #diabetes

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 22d

My awesome Drosophila colleague Akhila Rajan at Fred Hutch (Seattle) is recruiting both a staff scientist and a postdoc to study fat–brain communication, innate immunity, mitochondrial signaling, and brain senescence. Great team, great environment. Apply here: careers-fhcrc.icims.com/jobs/30062/j...

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred Hutch is dedicated to the elimination of cancer and related diseases as causes of human suffering and death.

careers-fhcrc.icims.com

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CIRTN-R2FIC @cirtn.bsky.social · 26d

Hello! Welcome to the CIRTN-R2FIC BlueSky account! Our group focuses on researching pancreatic islet biology and pathology related to islets such as type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
Here you will find bi-weekly updates from the scientists from across Canada that make up CIRTN-R2FIC.

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Rebecca Hull-Meichle @rlhull-meichle.bsky.social · Jun 22

So proud to be celebrating @sekahn.bsky.social at his Banting Lecture at the ADA Scientific sessions

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Dr Peter Senior @islettx.bsky.social · Jun 3

One more sleep

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · May 1

When they say "America first," they don't mention that this means America will be first among nations in preventable deaths.

Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · Apr 30

NEW: An NIH policy coming in the next week will target — and at least temporarily stop — funding outside the US, threatening thousands of projects and collaborations on topics like infectious diseases and cancer.

Some NIH staff have already been told to hold all subaward funds for foreign labs.

Exclusive: NIH to suspend funds for research abroad as it overhauls policy

Move by US biomedical agency threatens thousands of projects on infectious diseases, cancer and more.

www.nature.com

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Apr 23

ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM

Implementation of Schedule F

This is what a lot of us have been worried about.

This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.

BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...

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ALT: the word alert is in a purple circle

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Rebecca Hull-Meichle @rlhull-meichle.bsky.social · Apr 23

Thanks @roblab.bsky.social! Always a pleasure to participate in this course ☺️

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Douglas Natelson @nanoscaleviews.bsky.social · Apr 18

🧪 arstechnica.com/culture/2025...

Resist, eggheads! Universities are not as weak as they have chosen to be.

Opinion: It’s time for public resistance.

arstechnica.com

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Patrick MacDonald🇨🇦 @bcellorg.bsky.social · Apr 19

“Recruiting U.S. scientists is a fine idea – except we’re barely supporting Canadian scientists as it is”

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/aaa9fec50b2b595cc0291494fc97e4bd10e7d6945d5c457e0bfa75d42846a705/4FRDBEKLNFESVJ3ZILAS36KR7Y

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Kayla King, Ph.D. @kayla-king.bsky.social · Mar 31

Come join us at beautiful UBC! The King Lab is recruiting a Post-doc Fellow to develop mathematical theory on infectious disease evolution and emergence, together with Ben Ashby (SFU) #zoonoses #biodiversity www.zoology.ubc.ca/kinglab/join...

Join Us! | King Lab

Are you interested in joining the King Lab? More information here!

www.zoology.ubc.ca

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · Mar 30

If you are a faculty member at a US university, please consider signing this excellent petition asking our presidents, chancellors, etc to work together to defend our institutions from the direct attacks by Trump administration: sites.google.com/view/we-must...

Home

March 20, 2025 Dear Presidents, Chancellors, and Boards of Trustees of the 60 Universities that received a March 10th warning letter from the U.S. Department of Education: You are on the frontlines ...

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Mar 21

Dashboard updated

jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...

Two new council meetings to be posted Monday

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease Council NIDDK April 24

National Library of Medicine Board of Regents NLM May 13

NIH_since_1_20_25

jeremymberg.github.io

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Mar 21

ATTENTION

If you are someone (or know someone) who is enrolled in an NIH-funded clinical trial that has been disrupted by grant uncertainties or terminations, please DM me.

THANK YOU!

stan marsh from south park says see that 's what happened to me !

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Miriam B. Goodman, PhD @wormsense.bsky.social · Mar 21

Ever wondered about who Michaelis and Menton were? Learn more here…

Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · Mar 20

On this day in 1879, Maud Menten was born in Port Lambton, Ontario.
In her work as a medical researcher, she became a leading expert in histochemistry and enzyme kinetics while fighting against sexism in her field.
Let's learn more about her life!

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A black-and-white photo shows a woman in a patterned dress with a lace collar and pearl necklace, sitting in a chair. The background features shelves with bottles and a wire basket, suggesting an early 20th-century setting, possibly a pharmacy or study.

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Dr Peter Senior @islettx.bsky.social · Mar 13

Come and work with us at the Alberta Diabetes Institute. We are connecting people with T1D and researchers to accelerate innovation to improve the lives of people with diabetes. We need a project lead to help us. apps.ualberta.ca/careers/post...

Project Lead - [email protected]

University of Alberta: [email protected]

apps.ualberta.ca

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Andrew Simmonds 🇨🇦 @simmondlab.bsky.social · Mar 14

#CellBiology research day! Getting us started is a presentation from guest speaker @olzmannlab.bsky.social on lipid homeostasis and ferroptopsis. @ualberta.bsky.social

Dr. James Olzman and presidents of the Cell Biology Students Association.

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Dr. Brittany J. Carr @drbjcarr.bsky.social · Mar 6

An excellent opportunity! And I'm not just saying that because I'll be teaching an imaging and comparative retinal anatomy workshop during this course 😁 👀

Financial aid is available!

Marine Biological Laboratory @mblscience.bsky.social · Mar 5

Hey, visual neuroscientists 👋 Interested in hands-on training in modern techniques and building a lifelong network of colleagues and friends? Look no further! 🧠

Apply for the MBL's Visual Neuroscience course by March 19: bit.ly/4kn48HH

#ScienceStartsHere

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · Mar 7

Seattle science colleagues (and friends): I hope you’re ready to see the awesome artistic skills (or lack thereof) on our lab’s posters at the science march tomorrow!

Come for the science!
Stay for your community!

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Francis Lynn 🇨🇦 @nictitate.bsky.social · Mar 5

A good listen for Canadians in academia paulwells.substack.com/p/a-crisis-o...

A crisis of confidence in Canadian universities

My remarks, and a panel of distinguished higher-ed administrators

paulwells.substack.com

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