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Cardiovascular cell biologist & triathlon enthusiast

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Kara Gavin @karagavin.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Researchers: please read & share this excellent piece in @sigmaxi.bsky.social ‘s magazine @americanscientist.org by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social about the importance of communicating about your work to non-scientists, and how to do it! #scicomm www.americanscientist.org/article/%E2%...
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“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 26/05/2025
5 small joys you can cut out of your life and still not be able to afford a home
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5 small joys you can cut out of your life and still not be able to afford a home
With home prices doubling in the last 5 years and increasingly divorced from the incomes of Canadians such that the real estate market has created a completely parallel universe devoid of anything res...
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Piet @drpiet.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Learned this week that after having been forced to use Office 365, and only Office 365, for the entire lab, and having restructured all our collaboration and documentation practices to comply with that directive, we are now also expected to pay for every single account we have. 💸/💸💸
Meme depicting Oprah announcing to her audience that everyone gets an invoice.
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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Our "goal is to create a stable, independent non-profit organization that ensures [bioRxiv & medRxiv] remain open...governed by and for the research community, not a single funder...or any one stakeholder." Some common questions about openRxiv answered: openrxiv.org/qa-governanc...
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openRxiv Q&A: Questions About Governance, Funding, and the Future of Preprints - openRxiv
Following the March 2025 launch of openRxiv as an independent nonprofit, we’ve received a range of thoughtful questions from researchers, partners, and the broader scientific community. To answer thes...
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Stem Cell Network @stemcellnetwork.ca · 14/05/2025
We’ve just wrapped up Session 2: Creating Clarity: Crafting Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that Simplify and Succeed! 👏 Thank you to Janet Rothberg, for leading such an insightful and interactive session on best practices for crafting SOPs that are clear, effective, and streamlined!
Session 2: Creating Clarity: Crafting Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that Simplify and Succeed
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kenzo ivanovitch @kenzoivanovitch.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
We’re excited to share the first publication from our lab, now out in @EMBOPress! @shayma-a.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk Using live imaging in the mouse embryo, we tracked how heart progenitors migrate and assemble into the heart tube.
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Rafeeque Mavoor @rafeequemavoor.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🧵5 Top Free Alternatives to BioRender for Scientific Illustrations! These five websites offer free scientific illustrations for biologists. Great for presentations, research papers and other research communication needs. Save and share the post!
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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
“How about eye colour?” I hear you ask. “We all know the story behind blue eyes - caused by recessive alleles of a single gene. If both parents are blue-eyed, a child’s eyes must be blue, yes?” Nope! A myth busted long ago: a 1908 study found non-blue-eyed children in 12% of blue-blue pairings. 6/n
Close-up photograph of a person’s eye, with a vivid blue colouration.
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Het is koers @hetiskoers.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
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Kroonieken | Toen Erik Breukink op weg leek Nederlands eerste Giro-winnaar te worden | Het is Koers!
Erik Breukink leek voorbestemd de Giro d’Italia op zijn naam te schrijven, maar die eindzege kwam er helaas nooit.
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Kurianlab @kurianlab.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
👇🏾💥💥💥 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Selective inhibition of stromal mechanosensing suppresses cardiac fibrosis - Nature
Inhibition of a cardiac stroma-enriched mechanosensor, SRC—in concert with suppression of the TGFβ pathway—potentiates the reversal of fibroblast activation and alleviates contractile dysfunction in f...
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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I am teaching my phd writing workshop course this quarter, question: are there any words/phrases said to you by an advisor/mentor that stuck with you, were memorable, or particularly helpful? If so please reply below!
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Pro Cycling Trumps @procyclingtrumps.com · 20/04/2025
WOWOWOW! What a race! What a finish 😍 #AGR25 🥇 Mattias Skjelmose 🥈 Tadej Pogačar 🥉 Remco Evenepoel
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Tonke @tonke.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨 That’s a pretty good flex to be honest 💪🏻 #MvdP #ParisRoubaix 🪨🪨🪨
Photo of the three cobble trophies Mathieu van der Poel won at Paris-Roubaix shared on Instagram by his girl Roxanne Bertels
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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
CODA for the masses! Valentina Matos-Romero, Ashley Kiemen and team have put together an ultra detailed protocol to use CODA for 3D single-cell mapping of tissues, organs, and organisms. Use CODA by downloading this protocol here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
I urge folks to sign this letter and share it with their university colleagues to get critical mass.
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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
first up, including "fantasy author who popularized a make-believe version of the species and also investor" as an author on this is, uhh, A Choice?? i know of PIs who won't give authorship to lab techs or undergrads bc "their paycheck is their compensation" so this is. hmm. not great imo?
author list with George R. R. Martin highlighted. he's towards the back where you usually put the people who contributed but are unlikely to actually do anything in the writing of the paper.
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Katy M @writebikerepeat.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Float like a butterfly, sting like a BEE!! How is this even real?!! 🥹🦋🐝
Pfp crosses line with a butterfly in shot!!!
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Gory Thing @korybing.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Instead of believing the myth that three expensive, genetically modified wolves are “de-extinct” dire wolves, let’s look at animals humanity has actually brought back from the brink of extinction using proven science and dedicated hard work: 🧵/6
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Mathieu Ferron @mathieuferron.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Fantastic opportunity if you are interested in moving your lab to Montreal, Canada! Through this program, Chairholders will be awarded up to $1 million per year for a period of 8 years. Contact me if you are interested. www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) - Montréal, Quebec (CA) job with University of Montreal (UdeM) | 12838461
Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC)
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Martin Sauvageau @martinsauvageau.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
If you’re interested in moving your lab to beautiful Montreal Canada, this program offers chairholders funding of up to 1M$ a year for 8 years. See link for details. www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) - Montréal, Quebec (CA) job with University of Montreal (UdeM) | 12838461
Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC)
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Bird flu is hitting the U.S. hard. Now, migratory birds are flying north. How Canadian scientists are ramping up efforts to curb the virus that could cause the next pandemic, by Jennifer Yoon www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca #H5N1
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Bird flu is hitting the U.S. hard. Now, migratory birds are flying north | CBC News
5 years after COVID-19, scientists are watching another virus warily: H5N1. It’s been circulating widely in the U.S. — and now, wild birds are set to start north for migration season.
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Canadian Cycling Magazine @canadiancycling.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
At a time when bike lanes are under threat—both in Ontario and south of the border—it’s great to see... cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/new...
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Canada to invest $3 million for bike infrastructure in Quebec - Canadian Cycling Magazine
The government is working to promote cycling and active transportation in the province, at a time when the same type of programs are under threat elsewhere
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Sophie Astrof @sophie-astrof.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Come and Stand Up For Science in a city near you this Friday standupforscience2025.org
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Fight between bald eagle 🦅 and Canada goose ‘highly symbolic, says photographer. Eagle gave up after 20 minutes of squawking. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca
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Photographer who snapped fight between a bald eagle and Canada goose calls it 'very symbolic' | CBC News
A bald eagle may have thought it spotted an easy lunch in a Canada goose sitting on an icy bay in Burlington, Ont., but according to Mervyn Sequeira — who watched and photographed a 20-minute battle b...
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Serge McGraw @sergemcgraw.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Happy to share the lab's latest publication from @eli-elder.bsky.social and team in @narjournal.bsky.social ! What happens when #DNAmethylation maintenance is transiently interrupted in mouse embryonic stem cells? Let's dive in (1/11). doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
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Rescuing DNMT1 fails to fully reverse the molecular and functional repercussions of its loss in mouse embryonic stem cells
Abstract. Epigenetic mechanisms are crucial for developmental programming and can be disrupted by environmental stressors, increasing susceptibility to dis
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Alfonso Martinez Arias @amartinezarias.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
The notion that one can build a virtual cell from its genes and their interactions www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... is an interesting folly that highlights the extremes the #GeneCentric view of Biology can reach 🧵
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Weinstein Conference @weinsteinconf.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Two days left to submit your abstract for #WeinsteinCVD2025! DEADLINE: Friday, Feb. 21 @ 11:59 p.m. CST! Submit Here: www.cvent.com/c/abstracts/...
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@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Abrupt Dismissal of NIH and NSF Staff Undermines Government Efficiency
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Piet @drpiet.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Snow much? ❄️❄️❄️
Lots of snow in the streetLots of snow in the alleyRecord snowfall
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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 14/02/2025
#DevPres speakers are chosen from @dev-journal.bsky.social's PI programme applicants but sometimes they're virtually all based in Europe or the US. Help us diversify by nominating yourself to speak if you're currently based outside of these regions. Details & eligibility on @the-node.bsky.social ⬇️
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Development presents... call for self nominations - the Node
Launched in 2020, Development presents... is a monthly Zoom webinar series covering the fields of developmental biology, stem cells and regeneration. Each
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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I love this reddit. "Your work is your rebellion". 🧪 ✊ www.reddit.com/r/labrats/co...
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To My Fellow Lab Rats: A Letter From a Postdoc Who Survived the Bolsonaro Years
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the Node @the-node.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
This International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate the brilliant women in our community and highlight articles by #WomeninScience to keep the conversations going(1/3) @davislab.bsky.social discusses gender inequalities in academia and shares her story of becoming a mother-scientist:
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How being a scientist helped me to be a good mother - the Node
Last year I became the mother of fraternal twins. I love being a parent, but in a profession rife with gender inequalities, I am also aware of how my
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Joey Ghersi @joeyghersi.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
🚨 The Ghersi Lab is Hiring! 🚨 If you're passionate about hematopoietic stem cells, developmental biology, and cutting-edge research, I’d love to hear from you. Feel free to share. 🩸🐠 📍 Montreal, Canada 📩 joey.ghersi.hsj@ssss.gouv.qc.ca and Ghersilab.com
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 04/02/2025
Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines? Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take. thebullshitmachines.com
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INTRODUCTION
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Rubén Marín-Juez @rmarinjuez.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
🚨We are hiring!🚨 We have postdoctoral positions available! If you're passionate about studying cardiac regeneration and development, join our team in vibrant and beautiful Montreal! Please help spread the word 🫶 For more details see here research.chusj.org/RECHERCHE/fi...
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Benoit Bruneau @benoitbruneau.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Our happy hour poster is probably the most important work the lab has done.
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Weinstein Conference @weinsteinconf.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Join us for the 2025 Weinstein Cardiovascular Development and Regeneration Conference in Milwaukee, May 14-16! Registration and abstract submission are now open!!! Please share, retweet, and distribute! #WeinsteinCVD2025 REGISTER TODAY HERE childrenswi.org/weinstein
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the Node @the-node.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
What do we mean by ‘mechanism’ anyway? @dev-journal.bsky.social Executive Editor @katherine-brown.bsky.social gives her perspective on the recent article "A case for broadening our view of mechanism in developmental biology" by @biyolokum.bsky.social @swathiarur.bsky.social and Mansi Srivastava:
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What do we mean by 'mechanism' anyway? - the Node
The latest issue of Development (vol 152 issue 2) features a Perspective article by Duygu Özpolat, Swathi Arur (one of Development's Academic Editors),
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Weinstein Conference @weinsteinconf.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Abstract submission is now open for the 2025 Weinstein Cardiovascular Development and Regeneration Conference at childrenswi.org/weinstein. The conference will be held in Milwaukee, May 14-16! Please share, retweet and distribute ❣️❣️❣️#WeinsteinCVD2025
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Piet @drpiet.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Extra! Extra! If you're into cardiovascular development and regeneration, and you want to hobnob with all them awesome scientists, then follow @weinsteinconf.bsky.social and submit an abstract for the 2025 Weinstein Conference in Milwaukee!! #favorite #conference #ever
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Piet @drpiet.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Important retrospective study, led by Gregor Andelfinger, in JACC: Basic to Translational Science, showing that MEK inhibitors improved cardiac status and survival in patients with RASopathy with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (RAS-HCM). Original manuscript below. Press release: shorturl.at/sJUA4
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Impact of MEK Inhibition on Childhood RASopathy-Associated Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
There is an unmet medical need to treat patients with severe hypertrophic cardiomyopathy leading to heart failure and death in children carrying patho…
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Piet @drpiet.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
The Gregor Andelfinger and Alexandre Dubrac labs in Montreal are looking for a research assistant to investigate Multisystemic smooth muscle dysfunction syndrome. (1/3)
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CHU Sainte-Justine hiring Assistant (e) de recherche Niveau 2 (Dr. Andelfinger et Dr. Dubrac) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada | LinkedIn
Posted 1:45:25 AM. Le Centre de recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine est à un stade de maturité, qui lui a permis…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
The first one is fill, but let me know if you'd like to be added to the second one! go.bsky.app/HADh3gB
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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
For new folks on Bluesky - I made some starter packs! These first two feature model organism reachers using their systems to study disease mechanisms. go.bsky.app/MhUwjSx
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Fabian Theis @fabiantheis.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
1/🚀 Excited to share RegVelo, our new cell model combining RNA velocity with gene regulatory network (GRN) dynamics to model cellular changes and predict in silico perturbations. Here's how it works and why it matters! 🧵👇 biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.11.627935v1
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Piet @drpiet.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
The Gregor Andelfinger and Alexandre Dubrac labs in Montreal are looking for a research assistant to investigate Multisystemic smooth muscle dysfunction syndrome. (1/3)
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CHU Sainte-Justine hiring Assistant (e) de recherche Niveau 2 (Dr. Andelfinger et Dr. Dubrac) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada | LinkedIn
Posted 1:45:25 AM. Le Centre de recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine est à un stade de maturité, qui lui a permis…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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Cycling cartoonist @cyclingcartoons.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Dutch championships headwind cycling this Saturday! They cycle in the South west of the Netherlands on normal bikes with one gear and need to battle winds of 6 beaufort or more over 8.5km. #couchpeloton #cyclist #cyclingbluesky #zeeland www.bicycling.com/nl/events/a6...
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'We kriehen sturm!' Komende zaterdag NK tegenwindfietsen
Nadat de vorige editie werd afgelast wegens te harde wind is het tijd voor de Dikke Vette Inhaaleditie
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Benjamin B Johnson @benjaminbjohnson.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Created a starter pack focusing on disease modeling in a dish using stem cells! 🧪🔬 Please (self)nominate anyone you think should be added to the list and repost so it finds the right people ❤️ hPSC Disease Modeling: go.bsky.app/EpWsxNG For a good general stem cell pack go here: go.bsky.app/UTW4d7b
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