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Frank Beier

@beierlab.bsky.social
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Researcher working on skeletal biology & #osteoarthritis. Chair of Physiology and Pharmacology @westernu. Living with stage 4 #AdenoidCysticCarcinoma. Interested in environment, EDI, & other woke things. www.westernconnect.ca/beier

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Frank Beier @beierlab.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Hi all. Frank passed peacefully with the love of his family on July 18, 2025 in London, ON. He was a wonderful human being who shared much of his life with you. We could not have asked for a better father, grandfather, friend, colleague, or mentor. 1/
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Adrian M. Owen, OBE, FRS @comadork.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Very proud of this one. If you want a complete primer on the history of functional neuroimaging in disorders of consciousness, then this is for you. With @karnig-kazazian.bsky.social and Martin Monti. owenlab.org/uploads/pdfF...
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Joey Bernhardt @joeybernhardt.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
✨ The Bernhardt Lab at the University of Guelph is recruiting graduate students for 2026! Join us! We have several fully funded grad positions available ✨ Please spread the word! www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us #CSEE2025
A blue poster describing opportunities to join the Bernhardt Lab -- for more information please see https://www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us
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Christian Broberger @broberger.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Uppsala University has an open call for a professorship in pharmacology, deadline Sept 15: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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Professor of Pharmacology - Uppsala University
Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University
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Frank Beier @beierlab.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Congratulations to PhysPharm department members Lisa and Taylor on these well deserved awards!!!
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Nature Reviews Rheumatology @natrevrheum.nature.com · 12/07/2025
ICYMI: New content online:
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Synovial fluid as a complex molecular pool contributing to knee osteoarthritis
Nature Reviews Rheumatology, Published online: 07 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41584-025-01271-4The synovial fluid lubricates joints while also collecting molecular mediators from surrounding tissues. This Review highlights how molecular analyses of the synovial fluid might provide information on the progression of knee osteoarthritis and treatment efficacy, and identify potential therapeutic strategies targeting synovial fluid mediators in knee osteoarthritis.
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Frank Beier @beierlab.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Wow! Amazing images! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... High-speed mapping of whole-mouse peripheral nerves at subcellular resolution: Cell @maximoprado.bsky.social @jointsintheworld.bsky.social
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High-speed mapping of whole-mouse peripheral nerves at subcellular resolution
A high-speed pipeline enables whole-mouse imaging and mesoscopic analysis of peripheral nerves using transgenic, immunostaining, and viral labeling, providing an effective means to map body-wide struc...
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Abraham and Killian Labs @abrahamkillianlabs.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
We have an open postdoc position in our lab using #NAMs! We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher to work on an NIH-funded R01 project investigating tendon cell-ECM interactions using advanced microphysiological and engineered approaches (including non-animal models). Apply here! michmed.org/5GV5x
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Frank Beier @beierlab.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Now that I am shedding most of my committee memberships, it is super tempting to delete the MS Teams app that I greatly dislike from all my devices. Give me one reason to keep it?
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Frank Beier @beierlab.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Another update although not much has changed. Still expected to have 'a few months'. Oncologist feels like there is nothing he can do any more but we will try to keep me as comfortable & productive as possible with palliative care, oxygen, wheelchair etc.
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Western University @westernu.ca · 08/07/2025
To attract top global talent, #WesternU is doubling the number of Postdoctoral Fellowship Program awards and launching the new US-CAN Doctoral Excellence Awards. #CdnPSE #HigherEd
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Western expands PhD and postdoc funding - Western News
Western is boosting funding for postdoctoral fellows and PhD candidates from the U.S. and other countries with expanded and new award programs.
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Francis Lynn 🇨🇦 @nictitate.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Come join us in Vancouver! Exciting opportunity for a more senior investigator researching new regenerative medicine approaches for Type 1 diabetes. $8M in funding for successful candidate research.ubc.ca/media/file/j...
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Vincent Pasque @pasquelab.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Exciting Research Professorship Position in Stem Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Leuven. Amazing research ecosystem, great colleagues, high quality of life, tenure track. For those interested in joining us, please see below: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
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Frank Beier @beierlab.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
#Sunfest was always one of my favourite things in #Ldnont. This is very likely the last time I can be there. All the more thankful I am to the kids for taking me there in my new fancy wheels! PS5 from Naples playing here
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Frank Beier @beierlab.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Lots of visitors these days! Former PhD students and postdocs coming by from in and out of town. A sad occasion but great to see them all! Oh those memories.... sorry for the poor selfie skills....
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RoordaLab @roordalab.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Lots of room for growth at @uwaterloo.ca. 🇨🇦 And were hiring 6 new faculty in #optometry and #visionscience. Spread the news. Contact me if you want to learn more. share.google/8HXvp3LbwLPw...
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Western University @westernu.ca · 03/07/2025
A clinical trial led by @schulichmeddent.bsky.social prof Dr. Stephen Pasternak at Lawson Research Institute (St. Joseph's Health Care London) shows European cough medicine Ambroxol may offer brain protection and improve symptoms in people with Parkinson’s-related #dementia. #WesternU
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Study uncovers potential treatment for Parkinson’s-related dementia
A 12-month clinical trial investigated whether a cough medicine used in Europe called Ambroxol can slow dementia in people with Parkinson’s.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 03/07/2025
By flipping an evolutionarily disabled genetic switch involved in Vitamin A metabolism, researchers in Science have enabled ear tissue regeneration in mice. Learn more: scim.ag/3TzUSnH
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Reactivation of mammalian regeneration by turning on an evolutionarily disabled genetic switch
Mammals display prominent diversity in the ability to regenerate damaged ear pinna, but the genetic changes underlying the failure of regeneration remain elusive. We performed comparative single-cell ...
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Frank Beier @beierlab.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Nothing like a CT scan at 2:45 am to confirm you are dying..... to be fair they want to see if there is any chance for radiation to make a difference, but chances are slim. Anyway, thanks for taking me Aaron!
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Frank Beier @beierlab.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Today is my last day as Chair of Physiology and Pharmacology at @schulichmeddent.bsky.social @westernu.ca, after 7 years (1 yr acting, 5 in term 1, 1 in term 2). I would have loved to complete term 2 but my advancing cancer leaves me no choice. 1/
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LizdelaGarzaG @lizdelagarzag.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
The Oslo Pride 2025 video shows how quiet visibility -🌈 pins, bracelets, flags- can mean safety, belonging, and respect. Amid rising hate [and lost protections elsewhere] the message is clear: you are seen, you matter, this is a safe place. Civic decency, not just law.
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callista yee @csybio.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
I will be opening my new lab in September at UBC! if you’re coming to #Worm25 and are looking for graduate studies or a postdoc position, let’s meet! Vancouver + worms = perfect vibes. www.zoology.ubc.ca/~yeecs/labsi... Please share! 🙌
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Rui Benedito @ruibenedito.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
The new Department of Functional Genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine is looking for scientists at any level. 👉 mpi-muenster.mpg.de/780013/profil
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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
NERVE GROWTH FACTOR IS SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE MULTIPLE OSTEOARTHRITIS-RELEVANT PATHOLOGICAL FEATURES IN NAIVE MURINE KNEE JOINTS www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Frank Beier @beierlab.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
The response to this - on here, by email, in person etc - was overwhelming. Sorry, I don't have the time to respond to everyone, but I read it all. Thank you so much. It feels good to know I made a bit of a difference.
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Frank Beier @beierlab.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Congrats to all!! What a great list of awardees.
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Western University @westernu.ca · 17/06/2025
#WesternU professor Adrian Owen is featured in the June issue of @theatlantic.com for his work using fMRI to detect “covert awareness” in patients with severe brain injuries – challenging assumptions about cognition and consciousness. #SchulichMedDent
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The Mother Who Never Stopped Believing Her Son Was Still There
For decades, Eve Baer remained convinced that her son, unresponsive after a severe brain injury, was still conscious. Science eventually proved her right.
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Nature Reviews Rheumatology @natrevrheum.nature.com · 29/05/2025
✨June Issue✨| Targeting osteoarthritis where it hurts: the osteochondral junction This News & Views article discusses targeting neurovascular growth at the osteochondral junction as a therapeutic approach for osteoarthritis. @jointsintheworld.bsky.social bit.ly/4kiDfo3 #Rheumsky #Medsky
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Targeting osteoarthritis where it hurts: the osteochondral junction - Nature Reviews Rheumatology
In joints with osteoarthritis, angiogenesis and neuronal growth occur at the osteochondral junction, a process that can contribute to structural joint damage and pain. Targeting this neurovascularizat...
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Frank Beier @beierlab.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Cancer update. A bit darker than usual. Cancer has advanced and it looks like I only have a few months left. Took me a few days to get used to this new timeline. Time to start wrapping things up at home and at the lab. Thankfully there is little pain and I am relatively functional.
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Frank Beier @beierlab.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
And today he convocated. Congrats Aaron!! Combined PT-PhD at @westernu.bsky.social next
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Frank Beier @beierlab.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
So proud of my son Aaron!
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From straight Fs to success - Aaron's story
It was almost too late, but Aaron turned his life around when it counted most.
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Dawn Richards, PhD @dawnrichards.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Interested in reading scientific papers but not sure where to start or what the parts of a paper are? We've co-created a resource with #PatientPartners for you! See our blog pxphub.org/how-to-read-... and the resource laid out like a scientific paper pxphub.org/wp-content/u... /1 #PatientEngagement
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How to Read a Scientific Paper - PxP
Co-Created by Dawn Richards and Jim Kempster with input from CIHR-IMHA PERA members Graphics created by Tianna Magel   Scientific […]
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Czarina Evangelista, PhD @czarevangelista.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
🤔 Interested in examining brain structure and function in unparalleled resolution? 🧠 🔬 The Mesoscopic Integrated Neuroimaging Data (MIND) Platform is searching for a postdoc to assist in the initiative that combines 15.2T MRI and light sheet microscopy. 👇 See the attachment below for details.
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Fiona Freeman @fionafreeman.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
So excited to be working with the brilliant @cottonelucia.bsky.social on this project! A fantastic opportunity to tackle osteosarcoma together with cutting-edge science and a stellar team 🧬🧫 Don’t miss the chance to join us! ⬇️
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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 04/06/2025
Musculoskeletal diseases have risen sharply with global ageing, affecting over 121 million people in the USA. In ‪The Lancet Healthy Longevity, authors discuss the need for personalised, multidisciplinary approaches to address these diseases: tinyurl.com/4ybej569
Figure showing cumulative prevalence of major musculoskeletal diseases in the USA by age group (2021).Copyright: The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
It’s my goal to live to 100 – and it’s not just diet and exercise that will help me achieve it. Most of the factors that matter are out of individual control, by @profdevisridhar.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... via @theguardian.com #sdoh
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It’s my goal to live to 100 – and it’s not just diet and exercise that will help me achieve it | Devi Sridhar
Every time my mind goes down the ‘optimisation’ route, I’m reminded of my job as a public health scientist, looking into the factors that affect how long we will live, says public health academic Prof...
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Caroline Menard @caromenard666.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Another position available at McGill in Psychiatry and Single Cell Genomics can-acn.org/assistant-as...
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Assistant/Associate Professor (Research), Single Cell Genomics, Department of Psychiatry (2 positions) – McGill University – Canadian Association for Neuroscience
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Caroline Menard @caromenard666.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
And one more again at McGill in artificial intelligence in Psychiatry can-acn.org/assistant-pr...
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Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Psychiatry, Artificial Intelligence in Psychiatry, McGill University – Canadian Association for Neuroscience
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Caroline Menard @caromenard666.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Faculty position available in addiction and mental health research in beautiful Montréal 🤓 can-acn.org/assistant-or...
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Assistant or Associate Professor (tenure-track type) in Addiction and Mental Health – Canadian Association for Neuroscience
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Frank Beier @beierlab.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Heading home after 10 days in the hospital. Now let's see how that tube feeding will go :).
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Diana Voss @dianavoss.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
XY = male? Not necessarily so if the mother has low iron! Interesting paper on male-to-female sex reversal in mice. 🧪🐭
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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Beyond the bare bones of the skeletal gene regulatory network Read this Research Highlight showcasing work from Patsy Gómez-Picos, Katie Ovens, Amir M. Ashique, B. Frank Eames and colleagues: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Figure 1 (A,B) Whole-mount Alcian Blue and Alizarin Red staining identified cartilage and bone, respectively. (C-E) Safranin O-stained section of E14.5 humerus highlighted the mature cartilage region (C; yellow dashed outline). High-magnification images of immature (D) and mature chondrocytes (E) illustrated cell hypertrophy in mature cartilage.
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Western University @westernu.ca · 04/06/2025
Happy #PrideMonth, #WesternU! 🏳️‍🌈 Join us in celebrating #Pride2025 with events that honour and uplift the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. We see you, we stand with you, and we celebrate your strength and joy. 🌈 Details: www.uwo.ca/faculty_staf...
Progress Pride flag at Western with UC tower in the background
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Mel Goodale @action-brain.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
CIFAR invites applications for senior PhD and postdocs to participate in the Neuroscience of Consciousness Winter School, held in Montebello, Canada Dec 10-12, 2025. The Winter School is hosted by members of CIFAR’s Brain, Mind, and Consciousness program. Please repost. cifar.ca/next-generat... 🧠🧪
Dog-sled going past the Le Château Montebello.Main public room in Le Château Montebello decorated for Christmas. The building is the world's largest "log cabin".Le Château Montebello is situated on the banks of the Ottawa river, separating Quebec and Ontario.Group photo the school of 2018 at the Winter school on the Neuroscience of Consciousness
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Shawn Whitehead @vulnerablebrain.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
We are recruiting a PDF to work on a collaborative basic science/clinical project! Check it out: grad.uwo.ca/doc/postdoc/...
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Frank Beier @beierlab.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Update: feeding tube installation went well and seems to be working overall. However, the change in diet resulted in changes in my electrolytes, esp sodium. I need to stay in hospital until this normalizes. One week now and counting......
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Vincent Breton-Provencher @handle.invalid · 02/06/2025
My laboratory at Université Laval in Québec City, Canada, is looking for a postdoc to study how neuromodulatory systems impact cortical processing during foraging behavior. This fully-funded position offers a collaborative environment in a great city. More info👇 can-acn.org/postdoctoral...
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Postdoctoral position available in the Breton-Provencher Lab at Université Laval to study neuromodulatory systems and foraging behavior – Canadian Association for Neuroscience
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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Why do nation-building projects always have to be about hewing wood and drawing water? Why can't nation-building plans be about knowledge or science?
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Carney has 'nation-building projects' on his mind as he meets with premiers in Saskatoon | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney's main focus will be on project development as he sits down with provincial and territorial premiers this week.
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Frank Beier @beierlab.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Honoured to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Connective Tissue Society! A testament to the great work by our fantastic lab members and collaborators over the last 25 years or so. Thank you all!!
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Scientific Program
The 29th Annual Canadian Connective Tissue ConferenceMontreal, QC, May 26-28, 2025 Overview Download the complete program booklet: CCTC 2025 Program Booklet DATE / TIME EVENT DETAILS DAY 1 Monday, May...
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