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Steve Kembel

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Leducq Lab @leducq-lab.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
How do trees shape microbial evolution? New bioRxiv preprint from our former MSc student Jocelyn Lauzon with @skembel.bsky.social reveals host-driven adaptations of #Methylobacterium in the #phyllosphere using a #metapangenomic approach. Proud to see this work out! 🌳🌿🧫🧬 doi.org/10.64898/202...
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Carolina Tropini (TropiniLab@UBC) @ctropini.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
CIHR funding rate: 13.6%. Early 2000s: 30%+. Canada’s new $1.7B Impact+ program recruits talent — but without increased Tri-Council base funding, we risk further strain on an already stretched system. We’re calling for $1B over 5 years. Support here: tinyurl.com/33c5av46
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Leducq Lab @leducq-lab.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Our article on the dark matter in the #phyllosphere in Systematic and applied Microbiology! #methylobacterium #lichenibacterium #lichenifustis #lichenihabitans and even more to discover in #Hyphomicrobiales (former Rhizobiales) inhabiting leave surfaces! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A phylogenomic and metagenomic meta-analysis of bacterial diversity in the phyllosphere lifts a veil on hyphomicrobiales dark matter
The phyllosphere, or above-ground part of plants, hosts diverse bacterial communities that play critical ecological roles and provide beneficial funct…
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La Presse @lapresse.ca · 29/01/2026
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Immigration | Des professeurs recrutés laissés de côté par le nouveau système
Alejandro Morales a été recruté par l’UQAM à l’issue d’un processus de sélection où plus de 200 candidats étaient en lice. Pourtant, ce professeur de mathématiques de 41 ans, originaire de la Colombie, est à peu près certain de ne jamais recevoir d’invitation à déposer une demande de résidence permanente dans le cadre du Programme de sélection des travailleurs qualifiés (PSTQ).
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think. A parliamentary committee is asking for researchers' personal information in what seems like an anti-DEI crusade, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
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Opinion: 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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Nicolas Marcotte @nicolasmarcotte.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Je ne suis pas raciste mais… je fais campagne pour démanteler un moyen de transport écologique, économique, efficace et surtout qui diminue la congestion routière.
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Leducq Lab @leducq-lab.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Check out our preprint on #Methylobacterium ’s relative, #Lichenibacterium (aka 1174-901-12), my new favorite bacteria from the #phyllosphere ! Thanks to @skembel.bsky.social and our students David Ross and Louis-Philippe St-Amand for this work! @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Steve Kembel @skembel.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Come join us at UQAM! We're hiring a postdoc to work on using metagenomics to identify microbial biomarkers to improve the efficacy of GDNF treatment for Hirschsprung disease. More info here : kembellab.ca/postdoctoral... #microbiome #raredisease #metagenomics #postdoc #genomics
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Postdoctoral position: Microbial biomarkers to improve the efficacy of GDNF treatment for Hirschsprung disease – Kembel @ UQAM
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