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Stem Cell Network @stemcellnetwork.ca · 19/05/2026

Nominate a Canadian #StemCell Researcher for the 2026 Till & McCulloch Award! 🏆 This award recognizes the most impactful peer-reviewed publication between June 1, 2025, and May 31, 2026. Submit your nomination and help celebrate Canada’s #ScientificExcellence! ➡️ stemcellnetwork.ca/tmm/till-mcc...

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Donnelly Centre @donnellycentre.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Congratulations to Donnelly PI Gary Bader, for receiving a Connaught Innovation Award! Read about all the 2025-26 Connaught Innovation Award winners in U of T Celebrates: www.utoronto.ca/celebrates/1...

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Stem Cell Network @stemcellnetwork.ca · 13/05/2026

(2/2) Nominated by peers across five categories, the awardees represent a diverse cross-section of this community—including researchers, clinicians, trainees, innovators, and partners across academia, healthcare, industry, and the non-profit sector. 🔬 Learn more. stemcellnetwork.ca/news/stem-ce...

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Stem Cell Network Announces 25 for 25 Silver Anniversary Awardees - Stem Cell Network

OTTAWA, May 13, 2026 – The Stem Cell Network (SCN) is pleased to announce the recipients of its 25 for 25 Silver Anniversary Awards, recognizing outstanding individuals and organizations whose contrib...

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Stem Cell Network @stemcellnetwork.ca · 13/05/2026

(1/2) Put your hands together for the recipients of SCN’s 25 for 25 Silver Anniversary Awards! 👏 Join us in celebrating the outstanding individuals and organizations whose contributions have strengthened Canada’s #RegenerativeMedicine ecosystem and helped shape SCN over the past 25 years. ✨

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Stem Cell Network @stemcellnetwork.ca · 13/05/2026

(2/3) Les lauréats, proposés par leurs pairs et sélectionnés par le RCS, constituent un échantillon représentatif et diversifié de cette communauté : ils comprennent…

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Stem Cell Network @stemcellnetwork.ca · 13/05/2026

(1/3) Félicitons ensemble les lauréats des 25 prix pour 25 ans du RCS! 👏 Célébrez avec nous les remarquables personnes et organisations dont les contributions ont renforcé l’écosystème canadien de la #MédecineRégénératrice et aidé à bâtir le RCS au cours des 25 dernières années. ✨

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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Apply! It's a great experience and you get to meet very cool people. Let me know if you want to know more 🧪

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

As the last month of @biologists.bsky.social 100 anniversary year approaches, we'd love to hear about your experience with the Company by sending a virtual message in a bottle. www.biologists.com/100-years/me...

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Share your story on how The Company of Biologists has supported your career by sending us a virtual message in a bottle

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Maria Abou Chakra @abouchakramaria.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Earlier this month I had the opportunity to attend one of my favourite meetings #TMM2025 thanks to the @stemcellnetwork.ca

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Maria Abou Chakra @abouchakramaria.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I had a blast helping moderate “ From Multiscale Immune Modeling to Medical Digital Twins Virtual Conference” @smbmathbiology.bsky.social #digitaltwins #virtualtwins #multiscalemodels

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Stem Cell Reports @stemcellreports.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Early Career Editor Amy Wong (Amy Wong 🇨🇦) is attending the Till & McCulloch Meeting in Ottawa, Canada in two weeks. Connect with her there to discuss whether your research is a fit for publishing in Stem Cell Reports!

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Maria Abou Chakra @abouchakramaria.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Please join us this thursday, October 2nd, at 11:00amET BRITE with James Sharpe, head of EMBL Barcelona, will talk about "Organogenesis: Building a complete multiscale model of limb development. Register: utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @the-node.bsky.social @stemcellnetwork.ca

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Bridging Theory and Experiments: James Sharpe EMBL Barcalona. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

“Organogenesis: Building a complete multiscale model of limb development”

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Stem Cell Network @stemcellnetwork.ca · 29/09/2025

📢 McGill University is hiring! The Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, with the Meakins-Christie Labs at the RI-MUHC, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Pluripotent Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine. Learn more and apply. ➡️ stemcellnetwork.ca/wp-content/u...

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Maria Abou Chakra @abouchakramaria.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Looking forward to seeing you all next week!

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Medicine by Design @medicinebydesign.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

James Till, along with his collaborator Ernest McCulloch, laid the groundwork for today's #regenmed researchers through their discovery of stem cells in the 1960s. We are grateful for his work and its enduring impact on the health of all people around the world.

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Stem Cell Network @stemcellnetwork.ca · 23/05/2025

(1/3) It is with profound sadness that we honour the passing of Dr. James Till, a pioneering Canadian scientist whose work, alongside Dr. Ernest McCulloch, laid the very foundation of stem cell research. stemcellnetwork.ca/celebrating-...

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Maria Abou Chakra @abouchakramaria.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

We had a great BRITE discussion! join our next one on June 12, Ala Trusina will talk about her work on "In silico 3D models of nephrogenesis: from branching epithelial tubes to early nephron. " Please register here utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

An interview with Muzlifah Haniffa We spoke to Muzz @mhaniffa.bsky.social following her receipt of the 2025 Tickle Medal from the British Society for Developmental Biology @bsdb.bsky.social‬ , to learn more about her career and her motivations: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

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Stem Cell Network @stemcellnetwork.ca · 29/05/2025

🔈 Abstract Submission Call for the 2025 NAVRMA Conference! 📍 Banff, AB 📅 Sept 16-19, 2025 NAVRMA is now accepting abstract submissions: - Mechanisms of Tissue Regeneration - Novel Cell Therapies and Genetic Engineering - and more! Deadline to submit abstracts is June 2, 2025.

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Abstracts - North American Veterinary Regenerative Medicine Association

Abstract Submission Call Deadline to submit abstracts is June 2, 2025.We are excited to solicit abstract presentations in the following fields:Mechanisms of Tissue RegenerationNovel Cell Therapies and...

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Maria Abou Chakra @abouchakramaria.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

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Nozomu Yachie @nzmyachie.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

CloneSelect published in Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com. This retrospective clone isolation method using CRISPR base editors is a powerful tool in broad biology. A history of Soh in the Yachie lab. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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A multi-kingdom genetic barcoding system for precise clone isolation - Nature Biotechnology

A barcoded CRISPR base editing system isolates target clones from complex mammalian, yeast and bacterial populations.

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Our next extraordinary biologist is Janet Rossant, President of @gairdnerawards.bsky.social, Canada, Senior Scientist Emeritus at SickKids, Canada, and former @dev-journal.bsky.social Editor. #100biologists

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Science Sam @samanthayammine.com · 22/05/2025

"Mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell" NO MORE? Scientific American, who coined the phrase in 1957, says it's time to retire it given all we've learned about the bean-shaped organelles. Instead, they suggest the MOTHERBOARD of the cell. wdu think?🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

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The Hidden Social Lives of Mitochondria

When these energy-giving organelles thrive, so do we

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the Node @the-node.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

In our latest #SciArt profile, we meet Queralt Tolosa @queralttolosa.bsky.social, a biochemist/developmental biologist turned scientific illustrator. Find out about her background, her artistic influences and how she ended up becoming a scientific illustrator: thenode.biologists.com/sciart-profi...

Steampunk Zebrafish Embryo – Digital artwork representing the dynamic world of Cell and Developmental Mechanobiology, blending biological accuracy with a steampunk aesthetic.

Ribosomal RNA Modifications Fingerprint – Cover illustration for Molecular Cell, Volume 85, Issue 1 (2025), depicting findings from the study “Epitranscriptomic rRNA Fingerprinting Reveals Tissue-of-Origin and Tumor-Specific Signatures” by Milenkovic, I. et al.

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Chema Martin @chemamd.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

‼️10 days left to register and submit your abstract!! Come and join us to help relaunch the UK EvoDevo meetings. An exciting day with friends and good science! Register and submit your abstract here 👉🏻 eshop.qmul.ac.uk/conferences-...

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UK EvoDevo | Queen Mary, University of London

The UK EvoDevo meeting is a one-day conference that brings together the UK-based community in evolutionary developmental biology.  The keynote speake

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Maria Abou Chakra @abouchakramaria.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

This is an interdisciplinary perspective that joins modelling and experimental work in development ! @smbmathbiology.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social @stemcellnetwork.ca #mathematicalmodeling

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Maria Abou Chakra @abouchakramaria.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Interesting discussion by @stemcellnetwork.ca about Generative-AI and how Scientists should use them to ensure academic integrity —> Protect your voice and original ideas!

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Amy Wong 🇨🇦 @dramywong.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Last night I had the pleasure of celebrating with my fellow awardees of the @kingcharlesiii.bsky.social Coronation Medal nominated and hosted by the @canadianlung.bsky.social Congratulations to all winners 👏🏻👏🏻It is such a huge honor to be in your company.

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

We have extended the deadline for Biologists @ 100 conference attendees to apply for our sustainable travel incentives: Apply by 22 April to win £700 in our travel blog competition Apply by 30 May for up to £150 for international train journeys taken 100yearsconference.biologists.com/sustainability

Sustainable travel incentives

Find out more about the incentives available for travel to Biologists @ 100:

-Travelled by train? Claim up to £150 for international train journeys
-Tell us how you made your travel to the conference more sustainable. £700 sustainable travel blog prize.

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