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Wendy Robinson 🇨🇦

@wprobins.bsky.social
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UBC Prof. Interested in genomics/epigenomics, placenta/fetal development, mentorship, and responsible research. Runner. Concerned about the environment.

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Obsessing about our mental health is part of our mental health problem. We have to stop pathologizing ordinary life and everyday human emotions, by Clay Routledge www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/o... via @nytopinion.nytimes.com
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Opinion | Obsessing About Our Mental Health Is Part of Our Mental Health Problem
We need to support psychological well-being without fixating on it.
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Meaghan Jones @meaghanjones.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
***JOB ALERT*** My department is hiring an Instructor I or II! If you are passionate about medical genetics and/or biochemistry and are looking for a teaching job, this one's for you! Information and how to apply here: viprecprod.ad.umanitoba.ca/DEFAULT.ASPX...
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Meaghan Jones @meaghanjones.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
This feels very real to me, and aligns with the advice I give lots of folks starting out. The first years are TOUGH. You have to learn so many new things. But that's why you got the job, you're good at learning new things.
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🔥 Published today, and just in time for summer conferences, here are your guidelines for presenting badly www.nature.com/articles/s41... rdcu.be/fqa92
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Wendy Robinson 🇨🇦 @wprobins.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Greatly enjoyed today's #WCRI2026 pre-conference workshop. Inclusive culture is a key aspect of promoting research integrity!
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Wendy Robinson 🇨🇦 @wprobins.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
For 30 years scientists thought human diploid chromosome number 2N = 48 because the text books said so...Only demonstrated as 46 in 1956, Question and evaluate the evidence.
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Wendy Robinson 🇨🇦 @wprobins.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
A fun collaboration with wonderful colleagues in Evanston IL linking DNAme and placental vascular pathology. #teamplacenta www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Wendy Robinson 🇨🇦 @wprobins.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
While very relieved that my CIHR grant on placenta and fetal heart defects is funded (on the 3rd try), I am very concerned for the research community generally that the funding rate keeps dropping --13.1% in my committee😟.
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Wendy Robinson 🇨🇦 @wprobins.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Congrats to Nikita--the latest PhD defended from our labs (Robinson and Lam cosupervised)!
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Wendy Robinson 🇨🇦 @wprobins.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Note for UBC, "Expressions of Interest" need to be submitted by Jan 15th here: research.ubc.ca/federal-rese...
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Canada Impact+ Research Chairs Program
The University of British Columbia is inviting expressions of interest from top-tier, internationally based researchers as
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Solid advice.👇 There. Is. No. Magic. Move. Eat real food. Sleep. Don't smoke. Drink less (or not at all). Prevention (yep, vaccines). Community!! ♥️ Trying to improve your health and wellness in 2026? Keep it simple apnews.com/article/well...
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Trying to improve your health and wellness in 2026? Keep it simple
If you want to improve your health in 2026, experts say keep it simple. Be cautious of health and wellness fads. There are no magic fixes.
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Wendy Robinson 🇨🇦 @wprobins.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
While I still wordle daily, am now obsessed with TimeGuessr! So much more interesting, challenging, and educational...a little daily dose of history... #934 40,116/50,000 🌎🟩🟩🟨 📅🟩🟩⬛ 🌎⬛️⬛️⬛️ 📅🟩🟩⬛ 🌎🟩🟩🟨 📅🟩🟨⬛ 🌎🟩🟩🟨 📅🟩🟨⬛ 🌎🟩🟩🟨 📅🟩⬛⬛ timeguessr.com
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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
UBC and BC Cancer are recruiting a cancer stem cell faculty member at the Associate Professor or Professor rank for the new Connie Eaves Chair in Cancer Stem Cell Research. A great position recognizing a giant in the field. Please share. #Vancouver ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfac...
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Associate Professor (tenure) or Professor (tenure) Dr. Connie Eaves Chair in Cancer Stem Cell Research
Academic Job Category Faculty Bargaining Job Title Associate Professor (tenure) or Professor (tenure) Dr. Connie Eaves Chair in Cancer Stem Cell Research Department School of Biomedical Engineering | ...
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Brian Hughes @bmhughes.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Jehannine (J9) Austin @j9austin.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Things we can do about this situation: 1. Read & sign the open letter (the letter keeps crashing but names are still being collected): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #AcademicSky #CanPoli Thread, 1/n
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File a complaint about a federal institution - Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Learn how to file a complaint about a federal government institution under the Privacy Act and access the complaint form.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Jane Goodall's work insisting, with evidence from her brilliant and tenacious fieldwork, that we were not so separate from animals, and they were much more like us than the Eurocentric theorists asserted, was so important.
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World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
📢 #WCRI2026 update! 📅 May 3–6, 2026 | Vancouver ✨ Call for Abstracts – deadline Oct 15, 2025 🗓️Preliminary schedule is online, along with details on commissions, hosting opportunities, and sponsorship. 👉All links are in the replies below #ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026
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Western BrainsCAN @westernubrainscan.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
A new set of #physiology illustrations that are diverse, easy to use, and free are now available thanks to the efforts of a @westernu.ca prof and grad:
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Western prof, grad share diverse medical illustrations - Western News
A Western professor and Western graduate created a free, open-source database with diverse medical illustrations to better represent those using them.
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TanentzapfLab @tanentzapflab.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
The goal of a PhD is not to learn some facts or read a few papers or learn a bunch of techniques. The goal of a PhD is to learn independence, problem solving, how to finish things you start, resilience, & gain the ability to adapt & think creatively. Learning these things is hard.
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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
STEM isn’t a pipeline—it’s a braided river. Verónica Segarra offers a new model to support inclusion and rethink how we view scientific careers. www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/... #ASCB #CellBiology
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Michael Hoffman @michaelhoffman.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
This is a great guide from @dorassessment.bsky.social on improving research assessment in your organization. I wish it had been around when we started DORA implementation a few years ago! zenodo.org/records/1500...
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A Practical Guide to Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at Research Performing Organizations
"A Practical Guide to Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at Research Performing Organizations" provides action-oriented guidance, resources, and illustrative examples, for research performin...
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 02/07/2025
Career Advice Reminder | 5 Ways to Instill More Joy in Higher Ed Workplaces Kristin McCann, Taylor Alexander, Lauren Isaacman Darga, Daniel Truesdale and Taylor Wallace suggest how to cultivate healthy environments where people thrive. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky #CareerAdvice bit.ly/3I83f7o
Four people of various races stand together raising their hands and looking happy
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
We are all somatic mutation mosaics. "There are trillions of cells in a human body and so the total number of somatic mutations acquired in a single individual may well exceed quadrillions, millions of times the size of the human genome." @nature.com nature.com/articles/s41...
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The Somatic Mosaicism across Human Tissues Network - Nature
The Somatic Mosaicism across Human Tissues Network aims to create a reference catalogue of somatic mosaicism across different tissues and cells within individuals.
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Wendy Robinson 🇨🇦 @wprobins.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Any adventure runners out there looking for a high altitude challenge?? I had the pleasure of participating (as volunteer) in the 1st Singela Area "Marathon" last year in beautiful Ladakh. So amazing and fun!! I am now helping to support this growing trail race! www.singelaareamarathon.com
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Singela Area Marathon
Organized by local communities, the marathon not only tests endurance but also promotes sustainable tourism and cultural exchange in one of Ladakh's most isolated regions. Join us to run through histo...
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Wendy Robinson 🇨🇦 @wprobins.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Congrats to Iciar and Ella on their newly minted degrees! And great to have previous grad @amy-inkster.bsky.social back for support! What a team!
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Meghan Azad, PhD @meghanazad.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
📢 New #THRiVElab Research! After 6 years (!) of work led by Dr. Sarah Turner, the paper is out in Frontiers in Public Health Early life predictors of child development at kindergarten 📖 doi.org/10.3389/fpub... What did we find? What was the impact? How did we go from this to THIS? #SkyTorial 🧵🧪
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Amy Inkster @amy-inkster.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
We’re excited to share a new review article from the Robinson lab: lessons learned from genomic and epigenomic studies of the placenta. Key highlights below! doi.org/10.1016/j.pl...
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Canada : on sort les coudes.
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DORA @dorassessment.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
On this International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, we plug our “Debiasing Committee Composition and Deliberative Processes”, a 1-pager w/strategies for diversifying perspectives & reducing biases for hiring, promotion, tenure, and funding decisions. sfdora.org/resource/ret...
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Rethinking Research Assessment: Debiasing Committee Composition and Deliberative Processes | DORA
This is part of DORA’s toolkit of resources to support academic institutions that are improving their policies and practices. Find the other resources in the toolkit here. Debiasing Committee Composit...
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Marco Marra @mmarra0630.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Come work with us in Vancouver! UBC’s Department of Medical Genetics, in collaboration with The Life Sciences Institute, seeks an Assistant Professor working in chromatin regulation or genetic regulatory mechanisms. ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfac...
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Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track)
Academic Job Category Faculty Bargaining Job Title Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) Department Department of Medical Genetics | Faculty of Medicine | Provost and VP Academic (Jehannine Austin) Posti...
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The Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research @loke-ctr.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
🔬 Does your research explore placental ageing, senescence, prolonged pregnancy, or term complications like pre-eclampsia? Join leading experts at our Annual Meeting! Registration open, don’t miss your chance to be part of the discussion. www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/ctrconferenc...
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Judith Mank @judithmank.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
A great piece in The Scientist by @hannahthomasy.bsky.social on the stunning diversity of sex determination across species. A fun read on why sex determination is anything but simple. www.the-scientist.com/sex-determin...
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Sex Determination: It’s in the Genes—Sometimes
Animals across the tree of life have developed a mind-boggling variety of ways to become male or female.
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Wendy Robinson 🇨🇦 @wprobins.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Great to see this out! Congrats @amy-inkster.bsky.social on such thoughtful insightful work!
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Carol Chen @carolchen.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
My alma mater, the University of British Columbia, Dept of Medical Genetics, is hiring for a tenure track junior faculty position specializing in chromatin regulation / gene regulatory mechanisms. Beautiful city and vibrant epigenetics research. Please share! medgen.med.ubc.ca/assistant-pr...
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Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) | Department of Medical Genetics | Life Sciences Institute (LSI) - Department of Medical Genetics
The Department of Medical Genetics, in collaboration with the Life Sciences Institute (LSI), invites applications for a full-time faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor, tenure track with...
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Josephine Kavanagh @ourhaus.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
You can freely access all PubMed records at Europepmc.org - I just checked and it's up and running.
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Europe PMCHome - Europe PMC
Europe PMC is an archive of life sciences journal literature.
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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Bioinformatics Post-Doc Opportunity Vancouver Canada Come grow your genome analysis and processing skills. The Silent Genomes Project has created an Indigenous Background Variation Library for improved rare disease diagnosis. Help us make it even better. tinyurl.com/bdh7d6bu Please repost
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Academic Job Category Faculty Non Bargaining Job Title Postdoctoral Research Fellow Department Wasserman Laboratory | Department of Medical Genetics | Faculty of Medicine (Wyeth Wasserman) Posting End...
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Francis Lynn 🇨🇦 @nictitate.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
I have funding through at least 2031 for postdoctoral researchers with expertise in islet biology or cell-based therapies for, or modelling of, diabetes. Bring your expertise to a country that values it. 🇨🇦 Contact info on my website.
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Mary Ann 🇨🇦 @mas30.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Hey Canada 🇨🇦 here are some products either Made in Canada or are Products of Canada 🇨🇦. Attached are the definition of each, pics of each group (labeled) and a pic of product imported from countries other than the US. Not bad at all. We can do this! #buyCanadian
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S Otto @sarperotto.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
An unprovoked economic attack, intent on crushing US’s historically closest ally. If you can, please buy 🇨🇦 and 🇲🇽 products. & keep up the calls to your senators and reprentatives in 🇺🇸! www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Trump launches trade war against Canada with a 25% tariff on most goods | CBC News
President Donald Trump launched a trade war against Canada on Saturday by imposing a 25 per cent tariff on virtually all goods from the U.S.'s neighbour — an unprecedented strike against a longstandin...
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Adam Grant @adamgrant.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
It takes curiosity to learn. It takes courage to unlearn. Learning requires the humility to admit what you don't know today. Unlearning requires the integrity to admit that you were wrong yesterday. Learning is how you evolve. Unlearning is how you keep up as the world evolves.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
How exercise during pregnancy can improve metabolic health of offspring: a key mediator (Serpina3c) from mother's white adipose tissue gets into fetal circulation, suppresses inflammation, as demonstrated in the mouse model www.nature.com/articles/s42... www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Melissa Lem @drmelissalem.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
"LNG expansion must not proceed — until we know whether or not expansion will threaten world climate and British Columbians’ health. Good public health policy demands nothing less." My latest op-ed @theprovince.bsky.social with Calvin Sandborn. @cape-acme.bsky.social theprovince.com/opinion/op-e...
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Calvin Sandborn and Meliss Lem: To protect public health, B.C. must rethink LNG
Recent study finds that the methane in natural gas leaks at every stage of fracking, transporting, and processing LNG
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
When 2 males have a baby that reaches adulthood (mice with extensive genome editng)) www.cell.com/cell-stem-ce...
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Adult bi-paternal offspring generated through direct modification of imprinted genes in mammals
Li and colleagues successfully generated bi-paternal mice that developed to adulthood by targeting 20 key imprinted loci. This study underscores imprinting gene abnormalities as the primary barrier to...
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Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD @lluaces.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Everyone criticizes the “publish or perish” culture. But I have yet to hear someone praise a researcher with few pubs or not accept that more pubs = better. If we hate that aspect of the culture that much, let’s change it! Like us. Like next time you see job applicants being discussed
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
I realize now that I have a “trade deficit” with the store across the street. I walked over and bought a jug of milk. The store is abusing me and I’m tired of subsidizing it by buying something at a fair price that I want. I’m going to apply a tariff that will raise the future price of milk for me.
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
This is not hyperbole. This is an unmitigated disaster for biomedical science and reflect how central to American life and productivity NIH funding is. This funding drives the economy and contributes to the health and wellbeing of the entire country.
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Francesca Capon @francicapon.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Thoughtful and engaging talk by @wprobins.bsky.social on the importance of considering researcher bias and confounders in analyzing #omics data (bit of a wonky picture as seminar room was packed) #researchintegrity
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Wendy Robinson 🇨🇦 @wprobins.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Cool work adding to our understanding of the unique DNAmethylation landscape in human trophoblast cells
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Rosa Ritunnano @rritunnano.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Instead of listing my publications, as the year draws to an end, I want to shine the spotlight on the commonplace assumption that productivity must always increase. Good research is disruptive and thinking time is central to high quality scholarship and necessary for disruptive research.
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placresearch.bsky.social @placresearch.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Got a great idea for a symposium? Want to go to Puerto Rico in March 2026? Combine them and respond to this call from SRI
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