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Andrew Simmonds 🇨🇦

@simmondlab.bsky.social
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A #CellBio laboratory in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at @ualberta.bluesky.social We use #Drosophila (fruit flies) to understand human diseases. #peroxisomes #neurodev #devbio #scSeq #development #lipiddroplets

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Andrew Simmonds 🇨🇦 @simmondlab.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Yes, this is a virual model of a fly brain playhing Doom. fly-brain-doom.awormuth.chatgpt.site
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DOOMFLY
166,700 neurons. Live experimental training in Doom. Watch modeled memory change; improved survival is unproven.
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Genome Journal @genomejournal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Canadian Science Publishing is #hiring a Journal Development Specialist to grow their journals! Apply today ▶️ ow.ly/I19950ZHWes #JournalDevelopment #AcademicPublishing #SciencePublishing
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ybrandvain.bsky.social @ybrandvain.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I'm excited to release the newest version of my free applied biostats textbook. It's tidyverse style, clarkia inspired and loads of fun Im putting this down until the end of the semester, when I'll add and polish additional chapters, but the 1st 21 are pretty solid yanivjb.github.io/biostats-book
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Applied Biostatistics
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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
#ScienceJobs 🧪
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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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Canadian Science Publishing @cdnsciencepub.com · 01/09/2026
We’re #hiring a Journal Development Specialist to grow our journals! Apply today ▶️ ow.ly/2GCc50ZHW1Q #JournalDevelopment #AcademicPublishing #SciencePublishing
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FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Treat biological databases as infrastructure, not projects www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Treat biological databases as infrastructure, not projects
Letter to the Editor
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Genome Journal @genomejournal.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A “jumping #gene” that knows what to grab?🧬 New research suggests the# Drosophila I-element’s ORF1p protein binds #RNA with high specificity, making it unlikely to routinely capture host RNAs during retrotransposition ow.ly/mty050Zyf2o
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Genome Journal @genomejournal.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
What if forgetting isn’t a bug—it’s a feature? 🧠 Using #fruitflies, researchers found reducing activity of lipid-signaling gene dgk boosts #memory retention without affecting #learning itself! #Lipid signaling is a key player in active forgetting pathways ow.ly/seeZ50Zyeel
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callista yee @csybio.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
hiiii everyone! my department @zoology.ubc.ca is hiring an assistant professor in cell and developmental biology! deadline is october 1! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32408 // please share!!!!!
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University of British Columbia, Department of Zoology
Job #AJO32408, Assistant Professor in Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
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Genome Journal @genomejournal.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Public trust in #science is under strain, while #misinformation continues to grow 🤔 New perspective outlines practical “how-to’s” for #scientists engaging in #outreach and rebuilding trust in #evidence-based #decision-making ow.ly/vJU150Ziw5E
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Glen Pyle | Womens Heart Health ❤️‍🩹🖇️ @glenpyle.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Where are we after 6 years of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines? ✅87% effective against infection ✅93% effective at ⬇️ hospitalization ✅94% effective at ⬇️ mortality ✅myocarditis risk < than infection In short, the anti-vaxxers are absolutely, totally, wrong. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Safety and efficacy of mRNA vaccines: a mechanistic and public health perspective
mRNA vaccines represent a transformative advance in vaccinology, combining rapid development timelines, scalable manufacturing, and strong immunogenicity with a favourable safety profile. Global deplo...
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csmb-scbm.bsky.social @csmb-scbm.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Finding the next research opportunity can be challenging, especially in a competitive job market. The CSMB shares postings like this to help connect researchers across Canada with labs, institutions, and career opportunities. csmb-scbm.ca/jobs/ #CSMB #ScienceJobs #Postdoc #CanadianScience
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Andrew Simmonds 🇨🇦 @simmondlab.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Here is the story of one of the U of Alberta - Department of Cell Biology's major projects for the last few years. Setting up a Stem Cell core laboratory in partnership with the Women and Children's Health Reserach Institute. ar.wchri.org/tiny-models-...
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Tiny models, big impact – Two Decades of Discovery, Generations of Impact
In the Stem Cell Core, human cell models help researchers study diseases and create personalized treatments to improve patient outcomes.
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Andrew Simmonds 🇨🇦 @simmondlab.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Our head laboratory technican has worked at the University for 45+ years! They interviewed her for a local podcast. Take a listen if you want to hear about her long and successful career and all the changes she has witnessed personally over the past 4+ decades. www.spreaker.com/episode/s1e7...
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S1E7: Here For A Good Time AND A Long Time
Imagine walking into a research lab in 1980: no laptops, no automated kits, manual sequencing gels read entirely by eye, and a physical slide box for every sing
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Andrew Simmonds 🇨🇦 @simmondlab.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
A list of words that contain. "AI", that is not complimentary.
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Genome Journal @genomejournal.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Looking for the right home for your #research? 🔬 🧬 #Genome is a #not-for-profit, society-driven journal ❤️ Run by scientists, for scientists, with fast #review and a strong track record for impactful research! ow.ly/nJfr50Z5NHl
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csmb-scbm.bsky.social @csmb-scbm.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
🎓 New CSMB Trainee Awards are coming! The CSMB will recognize outstanding MSc and PhD thesis research, plus exceptional first-author trainee publications in Genome or Biochemistry and Cell Biology. Awardees will receive 🏆 Certificate 💵 $500 travel support 📣 CSMB promotion Details coming soon!
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Andrew Simmonds 🇨🇦 @simmondlab.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
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Logo of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team!
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Andrew Simmonds 🇨🇦 @simmondlab.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Here we go! The start of a 2 day symposium of talks from our undergraduate CELL499 students presenting the findings from their research projects. @ualberta.bsky.social
An undergraduate student in Cell Biology presenting their findings from their research project.
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Andrew Simmonds 🇨🇦 @simmondlab.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Our lab wrote a "preview" of a new paper by Wang et al. on the role of peroxisomes in gut develoment (and COVID response). www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Gut check: Peroxisomes as a missing link in long COVID intestinal repair
Long COVID is often associated with persistent gastrointestinal dysfunction. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Wang et al. reveal that intestinal S…
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Andrew Simmonds 🇨🇦 @simmondlab.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I was playing with Gemini "Gems" to see how it would work to help teach Cell Biology concepts. Nothing is more terrifying than a 10 sec AI-generaged Taylor Swift sound alike song about the Myc protein domains and binding partners.
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Andrew Simmonds 🇨🇦 @simmondlab.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
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Novartis settles with Henrietta Lacks' estate over use of her 'stolen' cells to advance medicine
Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and...
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1000WomeninSTEM @1000womeninstem.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
#womeninSTEM ‘A no thank you to the person who assumed I was the coffee lady’ - Rachel Los delta.tudelft.nl/en/article/a...
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CRBM-Montpellier @crbm-montpellier.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
We are hiring!
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Canadian Science Publishing @cdnsciencepub.com · 02/02/2026
Following CanFly 2025 in Montreal, Genome Journal is inviting submissions for the #CanFly2025 collection. Showcase your research using Drosophila to advance genetics, neuroscience, development, and evolutionary biology. Learn more ▶️ ow.ly/qVV650XBEwE
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Sarah Cohen @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Such a pleasure to write this review on #LipidDroplet heterogeneity, dynamics and #organelle interactions with Mike @hennelab.bsky.social ! Thank you to the editorial team @natrevmcb.nature.com and to Yoni Malis for assistance with draft illustrations
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Anastassia Voronova @amvoronova.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Our lab, located at the University of Alberta (Canada), is hiring a postdoctoral scholar and/or PhD student to work on the contribution of genetic mutations to neurological disorder mechanisms and response to treatments. Please share widely! can-acn.org/postdoctoral...
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Postdoctoral fellow or PhD student position with Dr. Anastassia Voronova (University of Alberta, Canada) – Canadian Association for Neuroscience
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Janice Kung @janicekung.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing theconversation.com/the-5-stages... Thanks to @simmondlab.bsky.social for sharing this one!
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The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing
Academic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.
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Andrew Simmonds 🇨🇦 @simmondlab.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The staff and associate editors at Genome are great. It is wonderful to work with a group that 'tries a little harder'.
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Canadian Science Publishing @cdnsciencepub.com · 23/12/2025
Calling #CanFly2025 attendees! Genome Journal is now accepting manuscripts for the CanFly Collection, featuring cutting-edge Drosophila research across genetics, development, and neuroscience. Submit by June 30, 2026 ▶️ ow.ly/LFph50XBE3b #DrosophilaResearch
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Genome Journal @genomejournal.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Advance genetics and genomics research from a Canadian and global perspective. Genome welcomes submissions on evolutionary, functional, population, cytogenetic, and spatial genomics. Publish with us 🍁▶️ ow.ly/arKX50XFQvf #YourResearchHome
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Genome Journal @genomejournal.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Saving the bellicose #bumblebee! 🐝 Brazil’s endemic Bombus bellicosus faces habitat loss & #ClimateChange. Sequencing its #genome shows it’s genetically diverse enough to survive, thanks in part to #CitizenScientists who helped locate populations. 🔗 doi.org/10.1139/gen-...
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The nuclear and mitochondrial genomes of the bellicose bumblebee (Bombus bellicosus, Hymenoptera: Apidae), a threatened pollinator in a changing South American landscape
We present the first genome of a Brazilian bumblebee species, the bellicose bumblebee (Bombus bellicosus). This is an endemic species in southern South America facing local extinction due to habitat…
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Andrew Simmonds 🇨🇦 @simmondlab.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Northern lights are bright in Edmonton tonight.
Sky with Northern Lights in pink and green
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Andrew Simmonds 🇨🇦 @simmondlab.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I baked 💩 cupcakes for our lab meeting today.
Chocolate cupcakes with swirls of buttercream icing on top, and two sugar eyes.
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Genome Journal @genomejournal.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Calling #CanFly2025 attendees! Genome is now accepting manuscripts for the CanFly Collection, featuring cutting-edge Drosophila research across genetics, development, and neuroscience. Submit by June 30, 2026▶️ buff.ly/NyAG4mI #DrosophilaResearch
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Genome Journal @genomejournal.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
This #CanFly collection highlights research presented at the 2025 Canadian Drosophila Research Conference. Submit your work and be part of this showcase of innovation in Drosophila science. Details ▶️ buff.ly/NyAG4mI #DrosophilaResearch #CanFly2025
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Genome Journal @genomejournal.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
#ASD diagnosis could get a precision upgrade! 🧬 Long-read sequencing reveals complex structural variants missed by short-read methods, helping to clarify #genetic contributions to #autism #PrecisionMedicine buff.ly/nm5kd7q
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Andrew Simmonds 🇨🇦 @simmondlab.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Seen walking in London tonight. Inspired to change the name of my lab?
A building sign saying Krikaldys testing and experiential works.
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Genome Journal @genomejournal.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Can’t wait to join the Riboclub 2025 Annual Meeting! See you there to talk RNA and share ideas! @rnacanada.bsky.social #BiologyConference #RNABiology
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 18/09/2025
Lipid droplets: Open questions and conceptual advances around a unique organelle. New review from Mike Henne (@hennelab.bsky.social), Emma Reynolds, and William: rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Biochemistry #CellMetabolism #LipidDroplets
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Andrew Simmonds 🇨🇦 @simmondlab.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
I just realized you can use Chat GPT to rewrite emails into any style you wish.
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Andrew Simmonds 🇨🇦 @simmondlab.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
JCB has rounded up a good collection of papers outlining best practices regarding reproducability in Cell Biology experiments, especially microscopy. Worth a read, and passing along to your trainees.
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Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center @bdsc.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
FlyBase needs your help! Visit the link below for more information, and please consider donating to help save this amazing resource. wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...
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FlyBase:Contribute to FlyBase - FlyBase Wiki
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Andrew Simmonds 🇨🇦 @simmondlab.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Donated! Without Flybase our reserach would be impossible.
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Genome Journal @genomejournal.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
#Cytogenomics: Exploring #Chromosome Structure and Function is still open for submissions in @genomejournal.bsky.social! Find the full list of topics here ▶️ buff.ly/9ACNj1m #CallForPapers #Genomics
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 31/07/2025
Trump says Canada backing Palestinian statehood jeopardizes U.S. trade deal he was gonna break anyway
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Trump says Canada backing Palestinian statehood jeopardizes U.S. trade deal he was gonna break anyway
WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S.President Donald Trump has announced that Canada’s decision to recognize Palestinian statehood will “make it very hard for us to make a Trade Deal with them, which I had no inten...
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Patrick MacDonald🇨🇦 @bcellorg.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Official posting coming soon, but here's a heads-up: #Postdoc Opportunity for individuals with an interest in advancing the understanding of pancreatic islet hormones in health and #diabetes. Diverse backgrounds, skill sets and experiences are welcome! www.bcell.org
Edmonton
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Genome Journal @genomejournal.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
🐝 #CanFly2023 Throwback! Explore top-tier Canadian #Drosophila research in our #CanFly2023 collection—genetics, neuro, evo, development & more! 🧬🧠 ow.ly/XUvC50WqbAx 🗨️ Came to #CanFly2025? Submit to the new collection—NO #OA FEES! 📝 #ModelOrganisms
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