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Karolin Luger @nucleosomepolice.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Please share this gift article from The New York Times with friends, family, sceptics, and People who think that studying weird things is a waste of money. Then follow up with meaningful discussion about what I call 'free range science'. Free without subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/o...

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Opinion | The Science That Turned Lizard Venom Into GLP-1s Is Under Attack

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 14/06/2026

Russell Vought’s grant proposal would give political appointees unprecedented influence over our federal research funding, threatening the independence of American science. That’s why we’re fighting back. Visit the link in our bio to take action, or go here: Article: zurl.co/AyP3y

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I’ve spent 40 years in research. I have never seen a threat to science like the new grantmaking rule

The federal government is now proposing to fundamentally rewire scientific research review for no good reason.

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European Association for the Study of Diabetes @easdnews.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

📺 Join EiC Dr. Jennifer Sargent & Assoc. Editor Dr. Simon Dreher for a webinar introducing EASD’s new journal, @metabologiajnl.bsky.social. Learn about its vision, submissions, & editorial opportunities for early-career researchers. 📅 2 July 2026 | 🕛 16:00 CEST 🔗👉 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

ADA sent a survey to ask how they could do better... Not censoring scientists would be a start. ADA President Elect and Scientific Sessions Chair (who I know and respect tremendously) did the right thing and resigned today. More coming. CEO Henderson next? www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

American Diabetes Association survey expecting no censorship as the bare minimum for a scientific organization

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Steven Kahn @sekahn.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

This just out in Diabetes Care. The need to highlight the destructive plans of the administration continues. Everyone needs to post comments to the OMB website. Relevant links in the article. Don’t delay!! diabetesjournals.org/care/article...

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Please Tell Me It Is Only a Nightmare—The Proposed Dismantling of the United States Federal Research Infrastructure

Steven E. Kahn, Cheryl A.M. Anderson, John B. Buse, Elizabeth Selvin, Vanita R. Aroda, Seth A. Berkowitz, Matthew J. Crowley, Stephanie L. Fitzpatrick, Meg

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The Histochemical Society (HCS) and Journal (JHC) @histochemicalsoc.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

#ThrowbackThursday in JHC: "Role of the Pancreatic Islet Microvasculature in Health and Disease." Click to read for FREE: bit.ly/4fihNMw #capillary #diabetes #endothelialcell

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UBC News @news.ubc.ca · 08/01/2026

Big breakthrough for living drugs. UBC researchers have discovered how to grow “helper” immune cells from stem cells—paving the way for more effective and accessible off-the-shelf immune therapies. Learn more: news.ubc.ca/2026/01/stem...

A researcher works at a laboratory bench using instruments and samples during experiments related to developing stem cell‑based immune therapies.

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Lara K. Mahal @glycocode.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

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CIRTN-R2FIC @cirtn.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

A new video by Islets in a Pod is up! In this interview, we have Dr. Elizabeth Rideout from the University of British Columbia. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tumq...

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#2 Islets in a Pod with Dr. Elizabeth Rideout

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Rebecca Hull-Meichle @rlhull-meichle.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Hey islet biology trainees (including but not limited to @cirtn.bsky.social members)! A-BC is coming up in February. We have extended abstract deadline to January 6th. For more info see website isletmeeting.weebly.com

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A-BC 2026

A-BC Islet Workshop

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Patrick MacDonald🇨🇦 @bcellorg.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Take a look behinds the sciences of our recent work!

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Daniel Drucker @danieljdrucker.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

An integrated analysis that combines electrophysiological and transcriptomic profiling, along with machine learning, of #islet cells from #T1D donors highlights the importance of α cell dysfunction @albertadiabetes.bsky.social @jci.org @bcellorg.bsky.social www.jci.org/articles/vie...

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Jennifer Estall @dnachicken.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Worked with a great team to organize @keystoneSymposia.bsky.social Fueling #MASH : #Metabolic Drivers & #Inflammatory Crosstalk, this April! Join us to explore emerging research in Vancouver! keysym.us/KSMASH26 #KSMASH26 Early Registration and Abstract deadline is in less than 2 weeks!

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Fueling MASH: Metabolic Drivers and Inflammatory Crosstalk | Keystone Symposia

Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Fueling MASH: Metabolic Drivers and Inflammatory Crosstalk, April 2026, in Vancouver, with field leaders!

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Krista Lamb @kristalamb.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

At the @cirtn.bsky.social we had an absolutely fantastic opportunity to attend a session on working with industry from @danieljdrucker.bsky.social. This was one of the most informative and entertaining talks I've attended in ages, as he shared so candidly about the process.

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Krista Lamb @kristalamb.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

It was a pleasure to attend the @cirtn.bsky.social workshop. I could not be more impressed by the incredible trainee presentations. And it was a special pleasure to present the first CIRTN Science Communication Award to three amazing scientists: Lahari Basu, Maria Galipeau and Cassandra Locatelli!

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Feyza Engin @enginlab.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Our new paper is out now in Nature Communications! We uncovered the function of XBP1 in beta cells of a preclinical model of T1D and identified unique and shared gene regulatory networks driven by IRE1 and XBP1. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Defining the role of β-cell IRE1α/XBP1 pathway and its gene regulatory network components in non-obese diabetic mice - Nature Communications

Modulating the unfolded protein response (UPR) can induce protective dedifferentiation of β-cells in non-obese diabetic mice. Here, the authors show that β-cell deletion of UPR transcription factor XB...

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CIRTN-R2FIC @cirtn.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

CIRTN-R2FIC is currently running in Toronto its 4th Annual Meeting. During this meeting we have launched our mini interview series called "Islets in a Pod" ! Our first interview is with Dr. Patrick MacDonald from the University of Alberta. youtu.be/UlHn_1Fz3ck?...

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#1 Islets in a Pod with Dr. Patrick MacDonald

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Robert Screaton @roblab.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Islet Biologists in 🇨🇦 🏆 @cirtn.bsky.social

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Rebecca Hull-Meichle @rlhull-meichle.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Excited to have the 2025 CIRTN meeting underway. Great presentation from Victoria Johnston in our lab (her first conference!!) @cirtn.bsky.social

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Daniel Drucker @danieljdrucker.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Extraislet β cells are virtually absent in the human #T1D pancreas www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Jim Johnson 🇨🇦 @jimjohnsonsci.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

We are delighted to host the 2nd Annual Susie Clee Memorial Lecture this Thursday 4pm PST which will be given by Dr Melkem Kebede of the University of Sydney.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 08/11/2025

🩺❓What is medical misinformation? And how the heck does it spread so fast? Hear and discuss with our panel of experts about the current landscape of medical misinformation, and what practical, personal steps you can take to stop it. This event is virtual! Join from anywhere! RSVP: zurl.co/tZ8rW

Poster reading: Understanding Medical Misinformation through a Scientific Lens. Sunday Nov. 9th 1:30-3pm PT Virtual! Featuring Dr. Joseph Pierre, MD; Dr. Jessie Seiler, PhD; Dr. Louise McNitt, MD, MPH; Dr Marvelle Maloney MD. RSVP! https://zurl.co/tZ8rW

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Lara K. Mahal @glycocode.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Save the date for #GIA2026 (Nov. 5-6, 2026) which will feature free #glycotime talks by @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social , Dr. Mia Huang and more!

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Glycomics Institute of Alberta @giaglyco.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

🎃 Happy Halloween! Enjoy some sweet, glucose-filled treats tonight—and speaking of glucose, meet Canada Excellence Research Chair Dr. Rebecca Hull-Meichle, who studies glycosaminoglycans in the pancreas 🧬. Catch her talk soon at GIA2025! @rlhull-meichle.bsky.social #GIA2025 #glycotime

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CIRTN-R2FIC @cirtn.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

🧵(1/7)We are now out of September🍁! From the last two weeks we have had publications from the CIRTN labs of Drs Jenny Bruin, Mourad Ferdaoussi, Peter Light, Patrick MacDonald, James Shapiro and Bruce Verchere!

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Daniel Drucker @danieljdrucker.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Friday September 26 @uoftmedicine.bsky.social @sinaihealth.bsky.social The 2025 Gerard N Burrow Lecture. Professor Alvin Powers #islets #diabetes #T1D #T2D @vubasicsciences.bsky.social 8 am Mt. Sinai Join us!

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Rebecca Hull-Meichle @rlhull-meichle.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Save the date for the 2026 A-BC Islet Biology meeting! Looking forward to many fantastic presentations by trainees in islet biology from all over Canada as well as great keynote lectures. Please share widely! isletmeeting.weebly.com

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Juleen R. Zierath @juleenrzierath.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of @diabetologiajnl.bsky.social Diabetologia - the flagship journal of @easdnews.bsky.social the European Association for the Study of Diabetes! Thanks to our colleagues at the American Diabetes Association and Diabetes Care AND it’s editor-in-chief - Steve Kahn

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CIRTN-R2FIC @cirtn.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

🧵(1/3) Our first post highlighting publications coming from CIRTN groups (first half of September 2025)! We have works from the labs of Drs. Marc Prentki, Timothy Kieffer and Mathieu Ferron. 1)“From β soloist to endocrine symphony: Subtype-complete islets conduct glucose harmony” PMID 40912231

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Daniel Drucker @danieljdrucker.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

The 2025 Claude Bernard Prize Awardee the brilliant Andrew Hattersley @exeter.ac.uk @easdnews.bsky.social #Genetics Scholar and gentleman #diabetes

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

My awesome Drosophila colleague Akhila Rajan at Fred Hutch (Seattle) is recruiting both a staff scientist and a postdoc to study fat–brain communication, innate immunity, mitochondrial signaling, and brain senescence. Great team, great environment. Apply here: careers-fhcrc.icims.com/jobs/30062/j...

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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred Hutch is dedicated to the elimination of cancer and related diseases as causes of human suffering and death.

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CIRTN-R2FIC @cirtn.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Hello! Welcome to the CIRTN-R2FIC BlueSky account! Our group focuses on researching pancreatic islet biology and pathology related to islets such as type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Here you will find bi-weekly updates from the scientists from across Canada that make up CIRTN-R2FIC.

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Rebecca Hull-Meichle @rlhull-meichle.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

So proud to be celebrating @sekahn.bsky.social at his Banting Lecture at the ADA Scientific sessions

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Dr Peter Senior @islettx.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

One more sleep

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

When they say "America first," they don't mention that this means America will be first among nations in preventable deaths.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM Implementation of Schedule F This is what a lot of us have been worried about. This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs. BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD... 1/n

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Patrick MacDonald🇨🇦 @bcellorg.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

“Recruiting U.S. scientists is a fine idea – except we’re barely supporting Canadian scientists as it is” www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/aaa9fe…

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Kayla King, Ph.D. @kayla-king.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Come join us at beautiful UBC! The King Lab is recruiting a Post-doc Fellow to develop mathematical theory on infectious disease evolution and emergence, together with Ben Ashby (SFU) #zoonoses #biodiversity www.zoology.ubc.ca/kinglab/join...

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Join Us! | King Lab

Are you interested in joining the King Lab? More information here!

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

If you are a faculty member at a US university, please consider signing this excellent petition asking our presidents, chancellors, etc to work together to defend our institutions from the direct attacks by Trump administration: sites.google.com/view/we-must...

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March 20, 2025 Dear Presidents, Chancellors, and Boards of Trustees of the 60 Universities that received a March 10th warning letter from the U.S. Department of Education: You are on the frontlines ...

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Dashboard updated jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g... Two new council meetings to be posted Monday National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease Council NIDDK April 24 National Library of Medicine Board of Regents NLM May 13

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

ATTENTION If you are someone (or know someone) who is enrolled in an NIH-funded clinical trial that has been disrupted by grant uncertainties or terminations, please DM me. THANK YOU!

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Miriam B. Goodman, PhD @wormsense.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Ever wondered about who Michaelis and Menton were? Learn more here…

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Dr Peter Senior @islettx.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Come and work with us at the Alberta Diabetes Institute. We are connecting people with T1D and researchers to accelerate innovation to improve the lives of people with diabetes. We need a project lead to help us. apps.ualberta.ca/careers/post...

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University of Alberta: Careers@UAlberta.ca

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Andrew Simmonds 🇨🇦 @simmondlab.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

#CellBiology research day! Getting us started is a presentation from guest speaker @olzmannlab.bsky.social on lipid homeostasis and ferroptopsis. @ualberta.bsky.social

Dr. James Olzman and presidents of the Cell Biology Students Association.

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Dr. Brittany J. Carr @drbjcarr.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

An excellent opportunity! And I'm not just saying that because I'll be teaching an imaging and comparative retinal anatomy workshop during this course 😁 👀 Financial aid is available!

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Seattle science colleagues (and friends): I hope you’re ready to see the awesome artistic skills (or lack thereof) on our lab’s posters at the science march tomorrow! Come for the science! Stay for your community!

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Today is a devastating reminder that infectious diseases don’t care what your ‘beliefs’ are. Everyone is likely to be affected directly or indirectly. Serious challenges require serious people at the helm. Protect your loved ones. Educate. Advocate. The cost of not doing so will be too much to bear.

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