Kristin Connor @kconnor.bsky.social · 3hGood 🧵and I particularly like this framing (reminder, really!) (This conversation aspect is what’s missing in so many papers these days IMO, where the discussion section itself has become too ‘clinical’ and /or short as well. Bring back a real discussion. I want to hear what others are pondering!) 130
Reposted by Kristin ConnorThe Society for Reproductive Investigation @sriwomenshealth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The SRI Research Policy Affairs Committee works to keep members informed about policy developments involving reproductive science and research. Visit the SRI website for the latest updates on research policy affairs and information about advocacy resources. www.sri-online.org/sri-resource... 012
Reposted by Kristin ConnorDevon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This new article, lead-authored by Greyson Lab trainee Alex Krug-Mushey (MSc '25), explores the importance of different forms of trust in pregnancy vaccination decisions of people who gave birth in BC or ON in 2020-2021: doi.org/10.1016/j.jo... 2/2 (Open access as always!) 153
Kristin Connor @kconnor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Excellent thread & analysis of privatisation of medical services in Ontario & what this means for costs, access to care, & your safety. Fund public healthcare. 000
Reposted by Kristin ConnorDevelopment @dev-journal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The curious case of the placental genome In this Review, Zoé Ducarne, @agathechaigne.bsky.social and @myanhtruong.bsky.social highlight the placenta, the only mammalian organ that harbors a cancer-like genome while remaining functional and healthy. doi.org/10.1242/dev.... 12012
Reposted by Kristin ConnorWomen's Health Research Cluster @whrcluster.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A study led by researchers from the Women’s Health Research Cluster, CAMH and the University of Toronto found that just 6.4% of #CIHR operating and project grant funding supported women’s health research questions. ow.ly/uA0e50ZRvsR 0106
Reposted by Kristin ConnorJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The literacy crisis is not just referring to people's ability to literally read and write. It's also people's inability to read for context. I've been a public educator for over 20 years and I have never, ever seen it this bad. 8246751172
Reposted by Kristin ConnorCheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Moose was trapped in the Rideau Canal #Ottawa #Canada rescuers lowered the water level and helped the Moose get free 🫎 311139
Reposted by Kristin ConnorBCCHR 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 🙏 42331
Reposted by Kristin ConnorJosh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026There's a lot to say about this, and other folks are saying most of it. I just want to focus on one thing: the claim about the relationship between universities and "the real world." 1526993
Reposted by Kristin ConnorJim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026There’s a concerted campaign to undermine EDI in Canada. The evidence behind EDI policies reducing excellence are based on abysmal, flawed evidence. Look at who feels threatened by equity, diversity and inclusion. They’re the least diverse, least equitable and most exclusive people. Just no. 66950
Reposted by Kristin ConnorKevin A. Scott, PhD @sculpturatus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026found at ucsf 9555117
Reposted by Kristin ConnorMaggie Macintosh @maggiemacintosh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Manitoba has a new recipe for health class and “food literacy” is a key ingredient. A new pilot asks teachers to expand nutrition units w/ in-depth discussions about how everything from diet culture to food insecurity affects eating habits #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...winnipegfreepress.comFood literacy curriculum on the menu ManitobaManitoba has a new recipe for health class and “food literacy” is a key ingredient. 0164
Reposted by Kristin ConnorMary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A lot of people seem to take it as a fact that the private sector has secret efficiency magic the public sector doesn't have. It doesn't. It pays workers less and charges more for the same service. That's like 99% of private sector "efficiency." And everyone's worse off, except shareholders. 519356
Reposted by Kristin ConnorJeffrey Barrett @jeffbarrett.eu · 15/09/2026Tempted to use AI to write your cover letter or email to a potential employer? RESIST! It is simultaneously obvious, insulting, and renders you totally undifferentiated from the other 80 people being considered t the same time. There has never been a better time to write concisely in your own voice! 33912
Reposted by Kristin ConnorLudo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Last year CWTS, ASAPbio, DORA and the International Science Council organized a workshop in Pisa to discuss coordination of research assessment reform and scholarly publishing reform. The workshop participants have now published a paper outlining their vision on how to realize this coordination. 146
Reposted by Kristin ConnorColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026"Women and Global South respondents emphasized normative goals: equity, justice, and structural reform.... In contrast, men and Global North respondents often framed success through processes: institutional innovation, efficiency, and procedural legitimacy." academic.oup.com/heapol/advan...academic.oup.comWhat is success in global health diplomacy? A qualitative analysis of gendered and global perspectives on success and failureAbstract. Global health diplomacy is central to shaping the international response to health challenges, yet what counts as “success” or “failure” remains 0129
Reposted by Kristin ConnorMichael Hendricks 🇨🇦 @michaelhendricks.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Thread. Apologies in advance, I've been grinding away for weeks on a grant with maybe a 10% success rate. Canadian researchers work in buildings held together with duct tape, run labs on shoestrings, and spend more and more time competing for lower and lower success rate operating programs. 26722
Reposted by Kristin ConnorProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 11/09/2026The 2026 Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award honors Michael J. Fox for advancing Parkinson’s research through his foundation. Randy Schekman reflects on his impact in a PNAS Perspective: ow.ly/TLef50ZMCu5 #LaskerLaureate Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation 0147
Reposted by Kristin ConnorTod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 10/09/2026Our UNPLUG AMERICA directory of Canadian alternatives to American technology isn't just a basic list on the Internet. My team deeply researches each individual company that requests to be listed: 🔎 Where they store their data 🔎 Who owns the company 🔎 What money they've taken ✅ unplug.todmaffin.com 719893
Reposted by Kristin ConnorKate Cavanaugh @katecavanaugh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026🧵 What if one reason fertility declines with age isn’t just genetic-but mechanical? Thrilled to share our new paper in @NatureCellBio : Elevated contractility drives implantation failure in mouse embryos from aged females… here’s what we found 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/11nature.comElevated contractility drives implantation failure in mouse embryos from aged females - Nature Cell BiologyCavanaugh et al. show that embryos from aged mice have increased contractility and tissue viscosity on embryonic day 4.5, which leads to poor spreading and attachment. Similar age-associated mechanica... 1214646
Reposted by Kristin ConnorNatasha Tusikov @ntusikov.bsky.social · 09/09/2026New from me (paywall): Voluntary agreements lack transparency, efficacy & serve corporate interests. Canadians are making clear their strong opposition to AI data centres: the federal govt is abdicating its governance role in hiding behind a voluntary framework. www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/09/w...hilltimes.comWhy Canada’s new voluntary framework for AI data centres won’t work - The Hill TimesVoluntary principles, as outlined in the government’s national framework for AI, have no legally binding force. They typically lack efficacy and transparency, even as governments and tech companies of... 01811
Reposted by Kristin ConnorNature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 08/09/2026Changes in the female brain during menopause contrast sharply with those seen during pregnancy and puberty, according to research in Nature Communications. go.nature.com/4qZRLoJ #Neuroskyence 🧪 03414
Kristin Connor @kconnor.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Fab day for a flight! Love seeing the #Snowbirds #LoveTO 🫶🏻 010
Reposted by Kristin ConnorBéryl Laplace-Builhé Aka biologiste antique @berylbiologist.bsky.social · 04/09/2026New Prelight out! 🐸 @prelights.bsky.social Neural crest migration and neural tube closure: two tissues in conversation. Read it here: prelights.biologists.com/highlights/r... Original preprint from @mayorlab.bsky.social here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #NeuralCrest #Xenopus #preLightsprelights.biologists.comReciprocal mechanochemical feedback couples neural crest migration and neurulation - preLightsNeural crest migration and neural tube closure: two tissues in conversation. Neural crest cells help the neural tube close by building a fibronectin-rich interface, while neural tube bending mechanica... 085
Reposted by Kristin ConnorMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Do you like pirates & are looking forward to "Talk like a Pirate Day" (Sept 19). Do you love botany and exotic plants? Do you like guacamole? How about 17t!h century exploration history? if any of these is true, this story is for you 1/n ncbg.unc.edu/2026/09/03/a...ncbg.unc.eduArrgh Matey, Yer Plant Press or Yer Life: William Dampier, Pirate and Plant Collector - North Carolina Botanical Gardenby Cannonball Carol Ann McCormick Curatrix, University o’ North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium ORCID: 0000-0003-3785-8433 The farther we went, the more knowledge and experience I should get, which ... 2246
Reposted by Kristin ConnorJordan Roberts @corruptario.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Yay, more Palantir. Other countries are raising pitchforks against Palantir. In Canada, most turnips think Palantir isn't here. Which is very wrong. 12316
Reposted by Kristin ConnorAlex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Here is my letter to the MacDonald Laurier Institute on the subject of their appalling research. Use as you will. I recommend sending something of your own, though. And if you know anyone associated with MLI - and Board directors, say - send it to them, too.docs.google.comAlex Usher email to Brian Lee Crowley(text of an email sent to Brian Lee Crowley of the MacDonald Laurier Institute on September 2, 2026) Dear Brian, I am writing to you and your board with respect to the publication “The equity excelle... 32311121
Reposted by Kristin ConnorShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Over the past six years researchers have paid over $1B to publish in Elsevier journals. Elsevier has a ~36% profit margin and roughly $2.3B in profit last year. www.linkedin.com/posts/doug-w...linkedin.comRELX reports H1 earnings with 7% revenue growth | Doug Way posted on the topic | LinkedInRELX, Elsevier’s parent company, held its H1 earnings call on July 23, 2026. Below are some observations from a librarian’s perspective. The numbers (growth %’s are underlying): - REXL revenue: £4... 11414
Reposted by Kristin ConnorNatalie Brender @nataliebrender.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Nothing's more important on my radar today than our federal government acting on this: "Google and other big tech companies have made clear that they will acquiesce to American government requests, but they will push back forcefully when the Canadian government tries to set its own rules." 01610
Reposted by Kristin ConnorMeredith Conroy @meredithconroy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Im putting together some analysis of social issues and gender gaps x education for my substack appropriately named GENDER GAP! Subscribe if you don’t want to miss it: open.substack.com/pub/meredith...open.substack.comGENDER GAP | Meredith Conroy | SubstackWelcome to GENDER GAP, where I'll be writing about gender gaps in American politics. Where are gender gaps, why do they emerge, and how do they matter for understanding our current political moment? C... 0104
Kristin Connor @kconnor.bsky.social · 31/08/2026“If we want pan-Canadian science, we must build for it deliberately, with resources that match the ambition” I love the framing ✨collaboration as infrastructure✨ & much of what is in this commentary resonates for both the pan-Canadian work we are involved in & our global health work between 🇨🇦🫱🏽🫲🏿🇧🇯 051
Kristin Connor @kconnor.bsky.social · 29/08/20263 more hours into it and technically I’m within page limits!! Good time to take a movement break then come back to the last sections just in case I can find some additional improvements and buffer room 😅static.klipy.comAlmost There Buddy: Endure to the EndALT: Almost There Buddy: Endure to the End 060
Kristin Connor @kconnor.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Precisely! Whole thread and essay on close reading it points to are must reads. How I ✨long for more time✨ to just read and write out arguments! (Not *those* kind of arguments 💪🏻…but maybe, sometimes those too 😉) 073
Kristin Connor @kconnor.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Ok 4-ish hours later and only 11 lines over. This may be possible.static.klipy.comYes... PossiblyALT: Yes... Possibly 030
Reposted by Kristin ConnorDarrin T. Schultz @dts.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Our new paper in Science Advances asks how animals' genomes have changed since their origin from a common ancestor over 600 million years ago, and what patterns in their DNA have arisen in the churn of speciation and extinction. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 315055
Reposted by Kristin ConnorThe Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 29/08/2026Dr Patricia Rodríguez Maciá is awarded the Rosalind Franklin Award and Lecture 2026 for developing new artificial metalloenzymes, and her proposed outreach and mentorship programme that engages secondary school girls from underrepresented communities. #RSMedals bit.ly/4ghIRiM 6183
Reposted by Kristin ConnorDr. Scott Hartman - but not THAT kind of doctor @skeletaldrawing.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Have you ever wanted to visually compare the size of your favorite extinct animals? Now you can, as I'm launching an interactive size comparison tool on my website. Give it a try and let me know what you think: www.skeletaldrawing.com/compare/ 40911441
Reposted by Kristin ConnorProfessor Anjali Goswami FRS @evoswami.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Absolutely delighted to have been awarded the Faraday Prize! Scientific research is critical for solving the challenges that humanity and the planet currently faces, but ensuring that diverse communities are engaged in & benefit from science are just as important as the work that happens in the lab. 515325
Kristin Connor @kconnor.bsky.social · 28/08/2026One doc now within page limits! 🙌🏻 Main doc now 1/2 page over 🫠 We’re at the hair pulling, eveything is precious yet something (a lot!) has to go phase. Thanks reviewers! 😅 It’s wine o’clock!static.klipy.comOne Step Forward PaulaALT: One Step Forward Paula 040
Reposted by Kristin ConnorAndrew Iwaniuk @evoneuro.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I know lots of Canadians want to celebrate this as a “win” but it isn’t. We have consistently underfunded our universities and research capacity for decades. Adding big names that eat up a lot of capital will not improve our science at all. #Canada www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...ctvnews.caCanada recruits dozens of foreign scientists, researchers, poaching many from U.S.Canadian universities have recruited dozens of foreign scientists and researchers, many of them poached from prestigious U.S. institutions. 15025
Kristin Connor @kconnor.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This is what I tell my students each year. Learning must be effortful, & they have to become comfortable with being uncomfortable in that process. And that the grade is not the product, it’s them & their growth. It’s an ongoing discussion & reframing, but I think it does hit home & transform some! 0115
Reposted by Kristin ConnorEvgeny Kvon @evgenykvon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026First synthetic mouse enhancers active in defined embryonic tissues! Great collaboration led by @alex-stark.bsky.social lab now at @natgenet.nature.com 05920
Reposted by Kristin ConnorJoseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Back to school. ❤️ 282566549
Reposted by Kristin ConnorElizabeth Duxbury @eduxbury.bsky.social · 22/08/2026www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgEarly-life sugar restriction causally reduces adult cancer incidence and slows biological aging | PNASExcess sugar consumption is implicated in multiple cancers through insulin resistance, chronic inflammation, and metabolic reprogramming, yet wheth... 1119
Reposted by Kristin ConnorDr. Melanie Barwick @melaniebarwick.bsky.social · 21/08/2026🍳 What does cooking have to do with implementation? Our new Implementation Kitchen animation shows why a good “recipe” isn’t enough. Successful implementation also needs the right team, core components, strategies, attention to barriers—and a sustainability plan.👩🍳 youtu.be/DameOjAH64Qyoutu.beThe Implementation Kitchen Analogy: A Recipe for SuccessYouTube video by Melanie Barwick 022
Reposted by Kristin ConnorJessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 20/08/2026New blog post joint with my colleagues @ifpri: when the rain falls, who goes hungry? Evidence around gendered effects of low rainfall on stunting in PNG is important as much of the Pacific faces potentially massive effects of the huge el Niño forecast this year 121