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Krysta Coyle

@molecularkrysta.bsky.social
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Cancer biology postdoc & bioinformatician: gene expression & alternative splicing. Talking about science, equity, cats, & more. Opinions my own! she/her

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 09/10/2026
🧵3/ Research later confirmed HIV was circulating in the US years before Dugas was infected. "Patient zero" can imply blame and turn someone living with an infection into a scapegoat. Taylor knows a thing or two about the power of a narrative. This one has real victims. Words matter. 💙
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 09/10/2026
🧵2/ In the 1980s, Canadian flight attendant Gaëtan Dugas was labeled "Patient O" (for "Outside California") during an AIDS investigation. The O became a zero, and he was wrongly portrayed as the man who brought HIV to the US. He was vilified. And the story was false.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 09/10/2026
🧵1/ Yes, Taylor's "Patient Zero" has me singing along but... Did you know "patient zero" has a troubling connection to the early HIV/AIDS epidemic? It's a fascinating example of how language can fuel stigma, even when that's not the intention.
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Krysta Coyle @molecularkrysta.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
My muscle memory is really struggling flipping between a work-PC and a home-Mac. CMD / CTRL is the biggest culprit, but also trying to close/minimize from the right/left. UGH.
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Tim Triche, Jr.🔰 @timtriche.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Evergreen:
“I asked Santa for a research grant.”

“You still believe in research grants?”
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Krysta Coyle @molecularkrysta.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
In light of the IOC's newest sex testing rules, read this from Dr Andrew Sinclair, who discovered the SRY gene. theconversation.com/world-athlet...
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World Athletics’ mandatory genetic test for women athletes is misguided. I should know – I discovered the relevant gene in 1990
World Athletics says its genetic test for women ensures ‘the integrity of women’s sport’ – but science does not support this overly simplistic idea.
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Fernando Villanea @fervillanea.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I wrote lectures about DE-EXTINCTION for my human evolution and anthropological genetics courses and have been really popular with students so I decided to turn it into a very long 🧵 I'll post everything as replies here but will try to break into bite size pieces and retweet as I go:
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Krysta Coyle @molecularkrysta.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
New life goal -- open a cat gaming cafe with only cat-based games.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 18/02/2026
One of the biggest questions in biology is how complex cells evolved about 2 billion years ago. Here's my new story on how scientists are solving the mystery of eukaryotes like us. Gift link: nyti.ms/4qMbo22
A pilot in a submersible vehicle collecting sediments samples in 30 meters of water looking for Asgards (microbial relatives of eukaryotes)
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Natasha Loder @natashaloder.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
We live in a bizarre world where longevity influencers tell millions to take rapamycin, sit in hyperbaric oxygen chambers, blast themselves with red light therapy, and take 50+ supplements daily. Meanwhile something that cuts dementia risk by 20% Is invisible. open.substack.com/pub/overmatt...
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Your anti-ageing stack should include this vaccine
The shingles vaccine seems to reduce the risk of dementia. There is speculation that it might slow down ageing
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Erin Coppin @erincoppin.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Excited for our launch event tonight! 8 pm GMT. Register here. shorturl.at/GTmq0
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'British Columbia, Canada 2021' - Film-poem launch event
Join Erin and Jo as they celebrate the publishing of the film-poem, 'British Columbia, Canada 2021' in the webzine, Ink, Sweat and Tears.
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Krysta Coyle @molecularkrysta.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Great -- my phone isn't receiving phone calls but I'm getting voicemails of the missed calls. WTF. Some of these are important!!
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Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
I've wanted to write this article for years. About my and other's struggles to even survive sometime in #academia. Thank you to the amazing editors at @plosbiology.org that gave me the forum to write this piece. #science
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Too poor to science: How wealth determines who succeeds in STEM
From student to researcher, a career in science can come with a high price tag. This Perspective explores how persistent financial barriers limit who can succeed in science, revealing how wealth shape...
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Krysta Coyle @molecularkrysta.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I am Krysta, I saved the file, there is no other version, what is happening to me. Is there an alternate Krysta also working on my grant proposal? (Please, yes!)
Dropbox update reads: "Krysta saved changes to the file. Click to open the new version of this file."
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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
Headline: "Scientists discover emperor penguin colony in Antarctica using satellite images"
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Dr. Paula R. Curtis @paularcurtis.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
If you're preparing to teach some complex or potentially sensitive topics, or just find it useful to educate yourself, @jackiantonovich.bsky.social and I updated our open-access "No Offense? 😬" guide to help folks navigate some common issues in writing and discussion! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Screencap of the page of our document guide. The text reads: No Offense? 😬 Some Terms and Phrases to Become Aware of, Potentially Avoid, and Why. Language, as a part of our everyday culture, is always evolving. This process can make it confusing and awkward to navigate how words have changed in meaning and use over time, especially when we learn our patterns of speech from the people around us of different ages, backgrounds, and opinions. For these and other reasons, it is important to become aware of discussions surrounding the terminology we encounter in our daily lives, as it enables us to engage others respectfully and become more responsible members of society. It is natural that these terms sometimes produce anxiety and uncertainty, or even be uncomfortable to think about, especially if we have used them in the past or present, and if we are accustomed to speaking or thinking a certain way.

This list below is not meant as a “banned word” list or as a way to impose an ideology, but as a way to help you think critically about language in your writing and everyday life, as well as understand the history you see on paper and being made in your surrounding environment. As a writer, you are free to use whatever terms you choose. This document is intended to inform your choices, not to police or restrict your language. The list is not exhaustive, but introduces some of the common issues seen in writing (both student and professional!) in the North American context. These terms are explained as simply and as straight-forward as possible, but there are long, complex debates about the origin of these issues and about the use of terms (sometimes individuals differ in preference!). We encourage you to investigate them more deeply on your own and be sensitive to people's preferred terminology. Each section below is separated into the following categories: Gender, Sex, and Sexuality; Race, Ethnicity, and Religion; Medicine, Mental State, and the Body; Time, Place
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Krysta Coyle @molecularkrysta.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
LET'S GO!! "Regenerative" dentistry??
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Agree, Derek. I wrote about that point recently erictopol.substack.com/p/the-peptid...
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The Peptide Craze
The Surge in Use of Off-Label and Non-FDA Approved Peptides
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Your blood concierge, the blood testing craze, and related, unproven, potentially unsafe BS "Peptides like BPC-157 are injected as casually as espresso shots, while NAD fills IV bags with the promise of a youthful glow." www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
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SCWIST @scwist.ca · 03/12/2025
Accountability in STEM isn’t a buzzword, it’s action. It means harmful behaviour isn’t ignored. It means institutions investigate, individuals take responsibility, and we all share ownership of creating safer classrooms and workplaces. #womeninstem #womeninscience
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Dr. Amy Lee @minisciencegirl.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Check out a cool new collaboration we have with @fraserhealth.ca @fraserhealthbc.bsky.social to track C difficile transmission and infection. www.fraserhealth.ca/news/2025/No...
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Fraser Health and Simon Fraser University launch pilot project to decode superbug’s genetic secrets
Fraser Health and Simon Fraser University (SFU) have launched a pilot project to sequence the genome of Clostridioides difficile, a superbug responsible for severe infections.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 20/11/2025
Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health. By @danvergano.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/halt...
A chart showing cancelled clinical trials by category
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Krysta Coyle @molecularkrysta.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Disease-agnostic gene editing is an exciting development! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Prime editing-installed suppressor tRNAs for disease-agnostic genome editing - Nature
A new strategy that uses prime editing to convert an endogenous tRNA into a suppressor tRNA shows therapeutic potential for multiple genetic diseases that are caused by premature stop codons.
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Natalia Sampaio @drnatsampaio.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
This is so cute. Viruses do make perfect snowflakes! 🦠❄️
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Krysta Coyle @molecularkrysta.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
I need a new t-shirt that says "My job is GRANTS."
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Physghoul 👻 🎃 @physgal.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Attention #YVR physics enthusiasts, especially high school students, there are two exciting TRIUMF Saturday Morning Lectures by @sfuphysics.bsky.social faculty happening next weekend (Nov 15th) in Surrey. ⚛️ 🎢 🧪
November. 15 - Surrey Library City Centre Branch, Room 418 

10:30 a.m. Sharper Images with Electrons - Better than Light! by Karen Kavanagh - SFU Physics 

11:40 a.m. Quantum Communication in Space by Thomas Jennewein - SFU Physics

SATURDAY MORNING LECTURES

UBC DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS & TRIUMF

SFU FACULTY OF SCIENCE
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Krysta Coyle @molecularkrysta.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Learning how a dialysis machine is supposed to work just so you can pretend it works differently... 🤓
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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
This obit of Watson is *amazing*.
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Paul Gribble 🇨🇦 @gribblelab.org · 04/11/2025
a gross parliamentary overreach — article by @picardonhealth.bsky.social in the globe and mail; #academicsky #neuroskyence #psychscisky www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/91587b9...
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How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think
A parliamentary committee is asking for academics’ private information on a strange anti-DEI crusade
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Krysta Coyle @molecularkrysta.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
If you're interested in splicing in B cells and lymphoma -- let me know! Happy to be at #CCRC2025 and connecting with colleagues from across Canada 🤓
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Andrew Craig @andrewcraigscri.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Impressive talk from Dr Marco Marra that shows the promise of precision oncogenomics that builds from BC cancer to @marathonofhope.bsky.social 🇨🇦wide program #CCRC2025
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Michael Hendricks 🇨🇦 @michaelhendricks.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
If you don't think rando MPs (and whoever else they share it with) should have access to personal information of individual applicants, reviewers, and students, confidential data, & full applications and reviews in every Canadian research grant (funded or not), please sign.
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Krysta Coyle @molecularkrysta.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
A lot of people underestimated the Blue Jays all season. But this is the best baseball.
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Krysta Coyle @molecularkrysta.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
This @bluejays.com Stand Up 2 Cancer moment is so powerful:: you can help us #FinishIt in Canada by supporting the Terry Fox Foundation.
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Krysta Coyle @molecularkrysta.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Where are my bluesky Blue Jays peeps?? Baseball is the only thought in my brain right now.
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Krysta Coyle @molecularkrysta.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Watching the Mariners and Tigers use allllll their pitchers is satisfying.
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Krysta Coyle @molecularkrysta.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
“Every worker should return home after their shift.” the-peak.ca/2025/09/sfu-...
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SFU cleaning worker dies during shift, amplifying long-standing calls to improve working conditions
By: Hannah Fraser, News Editor (writer and interviewer), and Ashima Shukla, Staff Writer (interviewer and translator) Since 2020, Contract Worker Justice (CWJ) @SFU has been leading the push for be…
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bioRxiv Bioinfo @biorxiv-bioinfo.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
LCR-modules: a collection of workflows for cancer genome analysis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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bioRxiv Biochemistry @biorxiv-biochem.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Regulation of NFKBIZ by precise Regnase-1 endoribonuclease cleavage and subsequent uridylation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Krysta Coyle @molecularkrysta.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
LET'S GO @bluejays.com !!! Division Champs!!!
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Krysta Coyle @molecularkrysta.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Dear fellow @translink.ca users: your bag does not need its own seat. You do not need to sit on the outside seat of a pair.
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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 11/09/2025
I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN. It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package. Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats
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ggplot2 4.0.0
A new major version of ggplot2 has been released on CRAN. Find out what is new here.
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Krysta Coyle @molecularkrysta.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
There's nothing quite like fighting with WiFi on a ship somewhere in the Pacific Ocean to get signatures on your 1.5M budget. Deadlines wait for no (wo)man.
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Krysta Coyle @molecularkrysta.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
"We have to be data-based in our decision making." Gian-Carlo Carra, Councillor @calgary.ca macleans.ca/society/why-...
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Why Calgary Brought Fluoride Back - Macleans.ca
I voted against fluoridation in 2011. Ten years later, the data—and the rise of anti-science rhetoric—changed my mind.
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Krysta Coyle @molecularkrysta.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
My eyelid twitch is back. Cannot wait for vacation.
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Krysta Coyle @molecularkrysta.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Trying to finish work before vacation but knowing that timing will require working on vacation means... understanding that vacation will not be the panacea I really need. 🤦🏽‍♀️💁🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️
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Krysta Coyle @molecularkrysta.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Is it Friday yet?
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Audrey John MD PhD @odomjohnlab.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
To say that "the data show these vaccines fail" in regards to the mRNA plaform is unforgivable. For those of you that don't remember - this is the data from a SINGLE dose. In December 2020. So good I cried in grateful tears.
Kaplan Meier curve showing efficacy of mRNA vaccine against COVID-19
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Krysta Coyle @molecularkrysta.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Vladdy @bluejays.com: "That's why I stay in Toronto -- we've got fans EVERYWHERE." 🙌🏽 🙌🏽 🙌🏽
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Michelle Franc Ragsac, PhD 🇵🇭🇺🇸 @mragsac.com · 05/08/2025
Check out the replies in this thread for great non-function reads on science history! 🧪 #ScienceSky #BookSky 📚✨ Also! @ucsandiego.bsky.social has a History of Science major (linked), and I loved going through the course offerings and their syllabi as a student ✨👩🏽‍🏫👩🏽‍💻🏫
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History of Science
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