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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Are you looking for a postdoc exploring the cell biology of development, defining how cells change shape and move? Do you want to develop a research program & teaching skills preparing you for a position at a college or small University? Our new NIH grant will support those goals 1/n Please share

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BCCHR ResDev (DM) @resdevbcch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

‼️ attention Canadian health researchers ‼️ #CIHR has posted the Project Grants Discussion Paper and a related *survey* cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54821.html Please please participate 🙏

photo of the “help shape the future of the project grant program” announcement by CIHR. TEXT is accessible in the hyperlink in this post.

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We are looking for a colleague who shares our commitment to fundamental, curiosity-driven research and the freedom to follow where the science leads. This position will come with significant resources and a highly competitive recruitment package. If this is you, please apply by December 31st 2026.

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Sweta Agrawal @hokuba.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Just a little under 2 weeks until this deadline! Come join my department! 🧪

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Jenn Houtz @jhoutz175.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My first post is to tell you to come be my colleague at Allegheny College! Our Biology Department is hiring a tenure-track geneticist. Allegheny champions undergraduate teaching and research mentoring. Applications are due Oct 1, 2026. alleghenycollege-ibwwjb.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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Assistant Professor of Biology

This is a tenure-track faculty position at the academic rank of Assistant Professor in the Biology Department. Primary responsibilities include teaching, scholarship, and service. This position report...

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Ok I have never gotten this with the NYT Wordle, but tonight I managed it with the 'Wordle auf Deutsch' 291 1/6!! 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 sz.de/wordle

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Wordle auf Deutsch vom 17.09.2026

Finden Sie das gesuchte Wort – Sie haben 6 Versuche.

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

About to start my fourth year Human Molecular Genetics class. Been teaching this for over 25 years and the field sure has changed! And I have over 100 students.. popular area.

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Stefan Luschnig @luschnig.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Interested in combining #Drosophila genetics, advanced imaging, and modeling to study inter-organ transport and epithelial dynamics? Apply now for #PhD position @uni-muenster.de, integrated in @sfb1348.bsky.social Graduate School. Learn more tinyurl.com/5n86bmsf and tinyurl.com/ypx74a5d

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International Society of Developmental Biology @isdb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

If you're an #ECR or know someone who has recently published a paper/preprint/manuscript in the field of #devbio, #cellbio, #compbio, #mechanobiology, #evodevo, and would want to get the words out there, our DM is always open 🥰! We think all #ECRs deserve the recognition for their hard work.

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Reyes-Lamothe lab @reyes-lab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

We’re hiring! The Biology department at McGill is hiring a tenure-track professor in Quantitative Cell Biology. We’re looking for an outstanding researcher and educator to join our community. Deadline: October 9 Info & application: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Caree... Please share!

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Assistant Professor in Quantitative Cell Biology - Department of Biology

Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Thanks to @dmmjournal.bsky.social for the shout out about our latest paper featuring the work of former PhD student Kewei Yu and undergrad/post-bacc Gurpreet Moroak!

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Fun that decades of Drosophila genetics gave me a boost with @nytimes.com Connections today 😂

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DMM Journal @dmmjournal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A #Drosophila tumor model drives cancer cachexia and distant organ wasting through a conserved tumor–host signaling axis resulting in metabolic reprogramming. Read the article by Kewei Yu, Gurpreet Moroak and @estherverheyen.bsky.social for free doi.org/10.1242/dmm.... @sfuscience.bsky.social

Representative maximum-intensity projection confocal images of F-actin staining (gray), and GFP and Hipk (green) (tissues of interest are outlined with red dotted lines; n>4 for all discs).

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Thank you Connections @nytimes.com for being reasonable today and not totally wacky! Connections Puzzle #1175 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

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BCCHR ResDev (DM) @resdevbcch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

dear Canadian grant reviewers and international reviewers of Canadian grants: NOPE NOPE NOPE federal policy prohibits use of AI for grant review. **please respect the privacy / confidentiality of your peers** thank you!

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

So many outstanding Canadian scientists already! And in the community we know most progress comes from the body produced by the whole community, not a few bright "geniuses"

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Amazing to see this tonight in Vancouver. And then later to see more of the glowing moon reappear. Stunning. Sobering.

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Today 🇨🇦 announced the 64 scholars recruited from top US universities for the Canada Global Impact+ Chairs. They sounds like great scientists. But the enormous level of funding funnelled to this program is jaw-dropping when compared to the pitiful success rates at CIHR.

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Reading the old* literature from your field is ALWAYS a good idea 🧪 *Papers from before you started your research project. *Papers you haven't read since they came out ~years~ ago. *Papers from pioneers in your field.

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Kate Cavanaugh @katecavanaugh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

And finally—a bit of personal news: 🔬 I’m on the faculty job market this year! I’m looking for tenure-track opportunities where I can build a lab at the intersection of developmental biology, mechanobiology, reproductive biology & aging.

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Jehannine (J9) Austin @j9austin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

As head of the @ubcmedicine.bsky.social Dept of Medical Genetics, I am delighted to share that in collaboration with @bcchresearch.bsky.social we are recruiting a tenure track Assistant Professor clinician scientist: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjo... There's 0.4FTE clinical attached!

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Assistant Professor (Tenure Track)

Academic Job Category Faculty Bargaining Job Title Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) Department Department of Medical Genetics | Faculty of Medicine | Provost and VP Academic (Jehannine Austin) Posti...

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Exciting - UBC is recruiting a cell and developmental biologist. Come join the great research community in vancouver!

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Really important and thoughtful insights from Jim. These are dire times for Canadian health research. Something drastic has to change and he proposes some ideas that may be tough to consider, but might help ease the brutal situation we are in now.

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Come be our colleague. I have been in this Division for 27 years (4 as a postdoc and 23 as a PI). It is an amazing place to work, collaborate, and be inspired. If you are applying to be an Assistant or Associate Professor this Fall, don't miss this deadline.

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Stefan Luschnig @luschnig.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Interested in using #Drosophila genetics & advanced imaging combined with modeling to study inter-organ transport and epithelial dynamics? We’re hiring a #PhD student @uni-muenster.de, based at the Multiscale Imaging Center and @sfb1348.bsky.social Graduate School. Apply here tinyurl.com/ypx74a5d

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Sharing this again - I found this so spectacular and unusual. A horizontal rainbow. Never seen that before!

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

If a rainbow and the northern lights had a baby.

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George O'Toole (he/him/his) @geiselbiofilm.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Pls share. Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences - Genetics/Genomics at Smith College. apply.interfolio.com/190342

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Hearing anecdotally that fly grants are getting hammered hard here in 🇨🇦. So I urge you - if you are asked to be a reviewer, please accept and be fair and reasonable - an antidote to ignorant comments and critiques.

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Join us at Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) as an Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Mechanisms of Disease Apply before 31st August, 2026: careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Assistan...

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I found this article insightful and very sad. As a professor for almost 30 years, I have definitely seen this shift in young adults. It's not really about 'not wanting to work', it's about aspiration and hope. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/o...

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Opinion | Gen Z Fell Out of Love With Work. I Don’t Blame Them. (Gift Article)

For Gen Z college graduates, the way millennials lived out their ambitions no longer makes sense.

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

A lesson in science communication! The great Carl Sagan.

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Really excited about our new paper. The 2nd author Carlos Nava Cruz started as an UG, was supported by an diversity NIH supplement, & is completing his masters. C. elegans model for functional analysis of conserved ADPKD variants in cilia, EVs, & signaling academic.oup.com/genetics/art...

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A C. elegans model for functional analysis of conserved ADPKD variants in cilia, extracellular vesicles, and sensory signaling

Abstract. Interpreting the pathogenic significance of missense variants in human disease gene candidates remains a major challenge in precision medicine. A

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Happy to share our latest paper describing our further characterization of human DVL1 variants in Robinow Syndrome, carried out by MSc alum Gamze Akarsu. Great collaboration with Joy Richman @UBC. Thanks to CIHR for funding this project back in 2019. academic.oup.com/hmg/article/...

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The abnormal C-terminus caused by DVL1 variants impacts Robinow syndrome phenotypes

Abstract. Robinow Syndrome is a genetically heterogeneous, rare skeletal disorder characterized by craniofacial and limb defects. All 7 causative genes lie

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Josie Osborne 🇨🇦 @josieosborne.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

More internationally trained physicians can now apply directly for a full licence to practice in BC. The changes reduce red tape, help qualified physicians begin practicing sooner and strengthen access to care for people throughout the province.

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Are you thinking about graduate school? Are you interested in biomedical sciences? If so, ✅ out this excellent opportunity to visit St. Jude and present your undergraduate research! Applications are open! 🧪 👩‍🔬 👨‍🔬 Reposts appreciated! www.stjude.org/education-tr...

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NSPR

The St. Jude National Symposium for Predoctoral Research (NSPR) brings top student researchers from across the U.S. together at St. Jude to present their work.

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Laura K. Jennings @laurakjennings.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

📢 We're hiring! The Department of Microbiology & Cell Biology at Montana State University is hiring an Assistant Professor of Microbiology. We welcome applicants working in microbial pathogenesis, immunology, genetics, microbial evolution, and related areas. Apply: jobs.montana.edu/postings/52009

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Foundational! "The scientist doing basic research may not be at all interested in the practical applications of his work, yet the further progress of industrial development would eventually stagnate if basic scientific research were long neglected." From Science: The Endless Frontier, Bush, 1945

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Vancouver is awash in red today as folks cheer on our team in the Fifa match vs. Switzerland being held here in town! 🇨🇦 🤞⚽

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Happy to share the link for our latest study describing how Hipk+Sik driven tumors promotes systemic metabolic changes in Drosophila larvae. Great work from former PhD student Kewei Yu and undergrad/post-bacc Gurpreet Moroak!

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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Range anxiety is not a valid excuse to not own an EV. EVs today have 250-300 miles range & high-end ones have almost double that. Most of the U.S. is now within a 50-mile driving radius of an EV DC fast charger. And much of it is with a 10-mile radius. 🧪💡🔌☀️💨💧🔋 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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See How E.V. Road Trips Went From Impossible to Easy

There are a lot more fast chargers than there used to be. Look up what that could mean for a route near you.

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