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Liisa Galea

@liisagalea.bsky.social
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Neuroscientist, Treliving Family Chair in Women’s Mental Health, Prof U Toronto (formerly UBC), Mom, Senior Scientist CAMH

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In the new @science.org special issue on women's health, a 5★ review of menopause hormone therapy to promote healthy aging science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Reframing menopause and menopause hormone therapy as opportunities for healthy aging
Menopause is an important biological transition with up to 72 symptoms that shapes aging trajectories across organs and encompasses ~40% of the female lifespan. Although menopause awareness is increas...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Review: Sex-specific mechanisms of chronic pain www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
science.org
Sex-specific mechanisms of chronic pain
For decades, we have known that women, especially younger women, are disproportionately affected by pain disorders, including irritable bowel syndrome, endometriosis, menstrual migraines, fibromyalgia...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Review: X and Y chromosomes as determinants of aging and disease @denadubal.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
science.org
X and Y chromosomes as determinants of aging and disease
Sex differences have traditionally been attributed to gonadal hormones, but accumulating evidence shows that sex chromosomes exert distinct, cell-autonomous effects on health, aging, and disease. XX a...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Review: Shaping maternal physiology: Immune control of reproductive adaptation @belkaidlab.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Does the postmenopausal ovary still matter? Ovaries may influence health long after their reproductive function ends www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
science.org
Does the postmenopausal ovary still matter?
Ovaries may influence health long after their reproductive function ends
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Women make up more than half the population, but most of what we know about women’s biology comes from extrapolation of studies in men @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A Lifelong Focus on Women’s Health
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Democracy Dies in Cowardice @savedemocracy25.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Great source of independent news now free thru the mid-terms….
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Review: Reframing menopause and menopause hormone therapy as opportunities for healthy aging www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @liisagalea.bsky.social
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Reframing menopause and menopause hormone therapy as opportunities for healthy aging
Menopause is an important biological transition with up to 72 symptoms that shapes aging trajectories across organs and encompasses ~40% of the female lifespan. Although menopause awareness is increas...
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Kate Hagen's House of Horrors 👻 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 30/09/2026
GOAT OR BIRD????
This is even better than the
"what color is this dress" dress.
Goat?
or Bird?
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Cezar Khursigara @cmkhursigara.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Molecular & Cellular Biology at the University of Guelph is recruiting an Assistant Professor in Molecular & Cellular Biotechnology through the Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders program. Please share widely! careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
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Assistant Professor (Canada Impact+ Emerging Leader)
Assistant Professor (Canada Impact+ Emerging Leader)
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bbrfoundation @bbrfoundation.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Congratulations to the BBRF Goldman-Rakic Prize Recipient, Dr. Sheena Josselyn, for their Outstanding Achievement in Cognitive Neuroscience! . Memory and Engrams . Register & Learn more: ow.ly/z0jz50X0gwk . University of Toronto
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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here’s the especially depressing bit: “peer review reports and funding recommendations have “suddenly become much longer, more detailed and complex”. Colleagues, what are you doing?
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Snoop-and-scoop poses a real threat to science in the AI age
Establishing attribution in research has become harder in the age of AI-assisted breakthroughs
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Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is an excellent idea (and Montreal is a great host city).
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Schwantz 👊🔥🇨🇦 @schwantz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Albertans need to crush this idiotic separation nonsense. Don't you dare let any of your friends and neighbours stay home! youtube.com/shorts/o3dyd...
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Alberta soldier fighting in Ukraine heartbroken over separation debate
YouTube video by CBC News Alberta
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Women in Neuroscience UK @womeninneurouk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why does breast cancer risk increase so sharply after 50? In our blog, Renata Tulakina explores how menopause may reshape breast tissue and alter immune defences and cell interactions, offering new insight into age-related breast cancer risk.
Illustrated cover titled “Why Breast Cancer Risk Takes Off After 50” by Renata Tulakina, showing an older woman alongside a pink breast cancer awareness ribbon and an upward arrow.
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Politico @politico.com · 28/09/2026
Trump administration finalizes repeal of Biden-era Title IX rule
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Trump administration finalizes repeal of Biden-era Title IX rule
The rule stops short of defining "sex" in the federal education law barring sex discrimination as biological sex.
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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Big speaking event in 1.5 h. I’m not nervous I’m excited!!! That’s the lie I tell myself. With help from VEEP (Tanvi Puri gave me this gem)
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Jonah Ryan: YOU are Beyoncé!
ALT: Jonah Ryan: YOU are Beyoncé!
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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Another lab preprint from @matejaperovic.bsky.social - are estrogens neuroprotective? Here looking at older women 70* we found associations- using data from the NAcc - suggesting it depends on MHT formulation,cognitive domain tested & APOE genotype more when published www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Associations of menopause hormone therapy with late-life cognition and brain health vary by formulation and APOEε4 presence
Implications of menopause hormone therapy (MHT) for cognitive aging remain unclear despite decades of research. Potential reasons include insufficient consideration of MHT type, despite notable pharma...
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 20/09/2026
Fully electric aviation has some major challenges (mostly: batteries are heavy and don't get lighter as they get used up) but I love the idea of decreasing aircraft emissions through a hybrid approach, perhaps as a step toward new, clever solutions for fully electric air transport in the future.
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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The attacks just keep coming. Planned executive order "aims to create a new external committee with the power to veto awards" We also learn that "Vought...refused to meet with Dr. Bhattacharya... accused the N.I.H. director of funding projects that were in conflict with administration priorities"
nytimes.com
White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants (Gift Article)
Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.
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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Clinical Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Leeds to develop and evaluate physical health care for older people with complex mental health needs. Closing date: 19th October www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/clinical...
dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
Clinical Doctoral Fellowship - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER
University of Leeds offers a Clinical Doctoral Fellowship to develop and evaluate physical health care for older people with complex mental health needs.
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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Follow along for key points! How alcohol advertising is pitched to women and LGBTQ+
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Trump administration is fulfilling a right-wing campaign to destroy public health and reshape it for ideological purposes. It’s a hell of a thing to watch. The dishonesty and corruption—just so out in the open.
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I have listened to and read lots and lots of What AI will Mean for College and the one big thing that gets skips all the time is TEACHING. Information provided is not teaching. 8/
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Reposting this ongoing search (any discipline of biology) for an Assistant to Associate level colleague in the Division of Basic Sciences at Fred Hutch. Great city, great colleagues, great core facilities, great trainees.
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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Our new preprint with @ciernialab.bsky.social we investigated transcriptional profiles of microglia (❤️the name) from hAPOEe4/3 female/male mice in HPC &CTX. We saw loads of sex x genotype interactions in both regions Cell cycling, ER stress, lipid metabolism ++ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Sex and APOE Genotype Differentially Shape Microglial Transcriptomic Profiles Across the Hippocampus and Cortex
Female sex and the APOEε4 allele are top risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Microglia play a role in the pathogenesis of AD, yet how sex and APOE genotype affect microglia remain poorly unders...
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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Scientific Project Manager role at Imperial supporting dementia clinical trials, neuroimaging studies, grants and research delivery. Closing date: 4th October www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/scientif...
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Scientific Project Manager - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER
Imperial seeks a Scientific Project Manager to support dementia clinical trials, neuroimaging studies, grants and research delivery.
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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Limits on abortion care kill people.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land.
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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
As seen in Marseille. Exhibit a) Go little buddy go!! B) a Rock with an unreadable plaque also C) cake to coffee size ratio is off … or is it ON?!
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 08/09/2026
Changes 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 🧪
This is figure 1, which shows monthly rates of gray matter volume change across three female hormonal transitions.
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Nurse Chapel 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇨🇺 @nurse-chapel.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The agreement was signed out of the public view a month ago by Pentagon official Robert Kadlec and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, echoing my reporting. It establishes a 10-year framework that officially runs through September 30, 2036.
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Revealed: inside the US military's plan to tap huge sums from the NIH
An agreement paves the way for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of projects to be transferred from the NIH’s institute for infectious diseases to the Department of Defense.
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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Is it a good sign I fell asleep 3x in the middle of re-reading my CIHR grant?
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Keri Russell as Kate Wyler Says Nope
ALT: Keri Russell as Kate Wyler Says Nope
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Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"Menopause Is Fake" From the same magazine that brought you "Long Covid Patients are Lazy Malingerers" Wired is doing some nasty work.
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Women's Health Research Cluster @whrcluster.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My Body, My Brain, My Choices Science Hackathon, researchers, clinicians, and people with lived experience will work together to create trustworthy, evidence‑based tools that improve understanding and agency in women’s health.
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Women's Health Research Cluster @whrcluster.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Can alcohol advertising reinforce harmful norms for women and LGBTQ+ communities? 🌈🍸Join Dr. Carol Emslie for our first Women’s Health Seminar Series talk: “Drinking to Belong?” ow.ly/vcOa50ZFQwR
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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Ohhh that feeling you get when you get some sexy looking preliminary data last min to add to your CIHR grant. (Also there could be a bit of take that R3 dialogue in my head).
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 30/08/2026
Speaking of women in physics: Dr. Melba Phillips. Phillips earned her PhD on nuclear physics with Oppenheimer in 1933 & became a professor at Brooklyn College in 1938. A unionist, in 1952 she was fired after taking the 5th at a McCarthyist committee. She didn‘t get a faculty job again until 1962. 🧪⚛️
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Melba Phillips - Wikipedia
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Jacob Tennessen @jacobphd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Reviewing a paper, and I'm pleased to see that they cite me. Less pleased to see it's a paper that I never wrote. Chatgpt is ruining science.
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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Yes…
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Robyn 🍁 @ladyoftheisle.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Shop like your country depends on it, friends. Keep your money in Canada, for Canada. And keep the U.S. goods, services, and travel boycott strong, in solidarity with your fellow Canadians and American resisters ✊ Here’s Mark Carney’s statement, hot off the press. VIVE LE CANADA 🍁 #CdnPoli
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Anne with an “e” @redheadinthecity.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Heather e^-1/x^2 @heathermoandco.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Canadians: when shopping for made-in-Canada products/produce, keep a lookout for trickery and deceptive labeling, like this. This bag of red onions gave an address as coming from Ontario. BUT, on the reverse, it says “product of USA”. #Never51 #TrumpTariffs #TrumpEconomicWarfare #TradeWar
ONIONS OIGNONS
DOMINION FARM PRODUCE LTD.
215 DISSETTE ST. BRADFORD
ONTARIO, CANADA L3Z 3G9
www.Dominionfarms.co3lbs - 48 oz - 1.36kg
NET WEIGHT POIDS NET
No.1 RED ONIONS
OIGNONS ROUGES No.1
PRODUCT OF U.S.A.
PRODUIT DES E.-U.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Couldn’t make it up if we tried
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Jess Cardin @jess-cardin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Yale Neuroscience 🧠 @yaleneuro.bsky.social is hiring this year! We have 2 searches, one cell/molecular/systems neuro (apply.interfolio.com/190736) and one computational neuro (apply.interfolio.com/190740). Got questions about the searches, the department, or the process? Please ask, happy to chat!
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Women's Health Research Cluster @whrcluster.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
In April 2024, @liisagalea.bsky.social addressed the Standing Committee on Health. Two years later, the picture is clear: #womenshealth research in #Canada is still dramatically underfunded.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Happy 10 year anniversary of the best mic drop on Twitter. Hard to believe it’s been so long! Congrats @astrokatie.com

Katie Mack @AstroKatie
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Honestly climate change scares the heck out of me and it makes me so sad to see what we're losing because of it.

Gary P Jackson (RAT) @gary4205
@AstroKatie Maybe you should learn some actual SCIENCE then, and stop listening to the criminals pushing the #GlobalWarming SCAM!

Katie Mack @AstroKatie
@gary4205 | dunno, man, I already went and got a PhD in astrophysics.
Seems like more than that would be overkill at this point.
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