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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · 15h

An amazing life. My great grandmother was a Zabar, so always felt a connection to this amazing family business (even though there is no existing connection).

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Breaking News: Saul Zabar, who over seven decades made the Upper West Side food emporium Zabar’s a New York institution, is dead at 97. nyti.ms/42qGl2n

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UBC Microbiology and Immunology @ubcmicroimmuno.bsky.social · Jul 22

Microbiology and Immunology and the Michael Smith Labs are seeking candidates for an Assistant Professor of Teaching in STEM Public Engagement position.

Learn more and apply at: www.msl.ubc.ca/careers/

#IndigenousinSTEM #BlackInNature #WomenInSTEM #MinoritiesInSTEM #DiversityInSTEM #STEMEducation

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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · Sep 3

Hello Winnipeg! Excited to be here, even if a short time.

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Karolinska Institutet @ki.se · Aug 18

Final call: Applications close September 2! KI is recruiting 20 Assistant Professors in a wide range of subject areas. We're looking for early-career researchers with strong scientific merits and future potential. All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...

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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · Aug 12

Congratulations to Dr. Meltem Omur for successfully defending her PhD thesis today. She was and is awesome.

Dr Meltem Omur standing with her PhD advisor Wyeth Wasserman. Dr. Omur is holding a sculpted wood talking stick

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Sara Wickstrom @sarawickstrom.bsky.social · Aug 1

Check out this exciting meeting and register! Fantastic line-up of speakers on cell biology of the nucleus and a great venue 🔥

EMBL Events @events.embl.org · Jul 31

📢 Abstract submission deadline reminder for 'Cell biology of the nucleus'!

Before packing your bags and leaving for your summer vacation, there is one important task left to do: submit your abstract for #EESNucleus ✍️

Deadline is 26 August: https://s.embl.org/ees25-07-bl

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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · Jul 28

One of the greatest stresses is trying to find UBC PhD exam chairs for August vacation season. Nearly impossible. In the future I will just tell the students August is a no go. Ugh.

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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · Jul 22

I'm hiring a Bioinformatics Research Associate for the Silent Genomes Project. PhD required, restricted to Canadians, work must be performed in British Columbia.

Great for those who love pipelines, whole genome data and work with a social purpose.
ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjo...

Research Associate

Academic Job Category Faculty Non Bargaining Job Title Research Associate Department Wasserman Laboratory | Department of Medical Genetics | Faculty of Medicine (Wyeth Wasserman) Posting End Date Augu...

ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com

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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · Jul 11

Amazing moon tonight in Ladysmith BC

Orange coloured moon low on horizon shines on water with long reflection

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Javier Santoyo @jsantoyo.bsky.social · Jul 4

’We couldn’t live without it’: the UCSC Genome Browser turns 25. #UCSC #GenomeBrowseer #Bioinformatics #Genomics #TechnologyFeatures @nature.com 🧬 🖥️
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

’We couldn’t live without it’: the UCSC Genome Browser turns 25

After a quarter of a century, the website remains an essential tool for navigating the genome and understanding its structure, function and clinical impact.

www.nature.com

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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · Jul 2

One of Violet's greatest joys has been to play with her best friend Billy when they see each other on walks. Sadly, Billy moved to Calgary today. Many warm memories. (Billy is on the left, Violet on the right.)

Two dogs staring at the camera, a Bassethound laying on the ground and a Doodle sitting on her hindquarters.

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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · Jun 14

I heard this morning that my informatics colleague Dr. Atul Butte passed after a battle with cancer. He was a giant in the field & inspired many of us over his distinguished career. He was a passionate champion of the power of big data & his impact on our field is immeasurable. RIP Atul & thanks.

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Pilar Cacheiro @pilarcacheiro.bsky.social · May 25

LLMs to extract clinical data from EHR? The audience believes that's our best option for enhancing clinical data assessment.

#ESHG2025

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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · May 25

Look who I found at #ESHG2025 .... @j9austin.bsky.social after she finished greeting the legions attending her talk.

Mission accomplished @resdevbcch.bsky.social

Wyeth Wasserman and J9 Austin in front of ESHG conference podium

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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · May 24

Excited to be in Milan for #ESHG2025 and #IFIG

Beautiful day yesterday on the terrace of the convention centre. Looking forward to renewing connections and making new ones over the coming days.
#ESHG

Photo of Wyeth Wasserman with "city of milan" sign and buildings under construction in the background

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Todd Jones @toddrjones.bsky.social · May 18

Here are some ways the world has gotten better.

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Nature @nature.com · Apr 25

Nature research paper: Human de novo mutation rates from a four-generation pedigree reference

https://go.nature.com/3GnaA22

Human de novo mutation rates from a four-generation pedigree reference - Nature

Analysis of more than 95% of each diploid human genome of a four-generation, twenty-eight-member family using five complementary short-read and long-read sequencing technologies provides a truth set to understand the most fundamental processes underlying human genetic variation.

go.nature.com

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · May 1

Sad to hear that Dr. Henry Friesen, who had a transformative influence on health research in Canada, has died at age 90. He discovered the hormone prolactin and founded the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, among his many accomplishments. www.cdnmedhall.ca/laureates/he...

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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · Mar 24

We have achieved the staring at water vacation level. #QualicumBeach

A rocky beach with tide coming in on a cool, cloudy day

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @cosmicrami.com · Mar 22

LOVE IT!

David A. Reimann @drmathart.bsky.social · Mar 22

#MathArtMarch Day 22: Hexagon
A diversity of hexagons.
#MathArt

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BF Francis Ouellette @bffo.bsky.social · Mar 10

What @mark-carney.bsky.social and the @liberal.ca.web.brid.gy should now do for Science in Canada: Run and fund 1,000 "US-Canada Tier 1" & 1,000 "US-Canada Tier-2" chairs competition for the best scientists now in the US that want to move their lab to Canada.
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Sarah Hird, PhD @sarahhird.bsky.social · Jan 21

DID YOU KNOW the amazing @napaaqtuk.bsky.social teaches an amazing class about historically excluded and underrepresented scientists AND MAYBE YOU CAN TOO because she wrote an amazing paper about it? #amazing Highly recommend you check it out:

doi.org/10.1002/jcp....

Teaching the way I wish I was taught: Design and implementation of a class on historically excluded and underrepresented scientists

As the first Inupiaq person to earn a PhD in microbiology, I learned the hard way that groups of people have been excluded from science, technology, engineering and mathematics in the United States s....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · Mar 2

3/7 of routes to servers are down, so about 50-50 chance of getting connected as I understand things

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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · Mar 2

I think it was deactivated many years ago. cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/50728.html

PubMed Central Canada taken offline in February 2018 - CIHR

cihr-irsc.gc.ca

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Fiona Brinkman @fionabrinkman.bsky.social · Mar 2

Re the #NIH downtimes (including #NCBI #genbank #pubmed etc) See tldr.nettime.org/@ww/11408997...
"Someone is doing networking... Badly..."

Really feel for all those dealing with this
(from NIH IT, to global users).

In general, the decimation of so much critical infrastructure is hard to fathom.

ww (@[email protected])

Attached: 2 images So, three nameservers out of seven for the pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov are broken. If you try to look at the web site, you stand a 3/7 chance of encountering something that is broken. ...

tldr.nettime.org

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