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Wyeth Wasserman

@wywywa.bsky.social
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UBC bioinformatics researcher focused on gene regulation and rare disease diagnosis

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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I found this guide helpful in preparing to vote in the Vancouver election...
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
5 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables
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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In Seattle today for the annual scholarship celebration of the Puget Sound section of the @acs.org to greet the recipients of the William J Wasserman Scholarship named for my father. (Photo from 1956 when Dad was hosting Adlai Stevenson at Humboldt State University.)
Photo showing William J Wasserman and Adlai Stevenson when Stevenson was visiting Humboldt State University in 1956 Black and White. Media and and other onlookers in background.
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UBC Biochemistry & Molecular Biology @ubcbiochemistry.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🎙️ Hear Dr. Pieter Cullis discuss RNA therapeutics, medical innovation, and the future of healthcare in the debut episode of Transforming Health Insights. 🎧 Tune in: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx0I...
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The Race to Reinvent Medicine, and Why Canada is Winning ft Dr. Anna Blakney and Dr. Pieter Cullis
YouTube video by UBC Medicine - Educational Media
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Harrison Ritz @hritz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“Just 1.7 per cent of professors were 65 or older in 2000. By 2024, that proportion had risen to 12.1 per cent. One-quarter of full-time Canadian academic staff are now over age 60, while less than 15 per cent are under 40. There are now more professors aged 69 or older than under 35.”
A graph showing an increase in 65+ staff, and a decrease in every other category
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🍁 Alex Smith 🍁 @alexsmithants.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🧪 An editorial this morning in the @theglobeandmail.com about the growing trend in Canada for professors to avoid retiring. "The grey (time) zone of academia" 🎁 link www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/c231c7b...
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The grey (time) zone of academia
The growing cohort of aging professors is raising intergenerational tensions on campuses
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UBC News @news.ubc.ca · 14/09/2026
Why do some people with Huntington disease develop symptoms a decade earlier than others? UBC researchers have identified a genetic mechanism that accelerates disease progression and revealed a potential treatment target. Read more ⤵️ news.ubc.ca/2026/09/why-...
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UBC scientists uncover why some Huntington disease patients decline years earlier
New research from UBC's Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and BC Children's Hospital Research Institute explains why some people with Huntington disease develop symptoms a decade earlier and points to a promising treatment target.
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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I have found Vacation and it is good.
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Josie Osborne 🇨🇦 @josieosborne.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
More internationally trained physicians can now apply directly for a full licence to practice in BC. The changes reduce red tape, help qualified physicians begin practicing sooner and strengthen access to care for people throughout the province.
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Yun S. Song @yun-s-song.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I am thrilled to share that UC Berkeley and UCSF have launched a joint initiative in Computational Biomedicine! cdss.berkeley.edu/news/uc-berk... We will soon be recruiting new faculty and postdoctoral fellows. Please repost to help spread the word.
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UC Berkeley and UCSF Launch Computational Biomedicine Initiative
UC Berkeley and UCSF have launched a joint program called the Bakar Computational Biomedicine Initiative to develop the frontier of AI and biomedicine, tremendously accelerating advances in clinical c...
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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
A colleague at edge of Ebola breakout is trying to prevent spread and isolate victims. NGOs have pulled out of region. Immediate funds are needed (tents, ethanol, etc). What's the best mechanism or organization to direct $ immediately? No time for slow processes, but creditability important. Advice?
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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
A first for me today. My Air Canada flight into Pearson executed a "go around" just as we were about to be wheels down on the runway. (We circled and landed without issue on try #2.) Is this common?
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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Violet says Good Night.
Brown and White Australian Labradoodle on blue and white quilt
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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Did not see this post until hitting post on my last message. Glad to see this resource spread.
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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This is an excellent toolkit for Indigenous Data Sovereignty from the Native Women's Association of Canada. Grateful for this resource. nwac-afac.ca/assets-docum...
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I have a scientist joke, but with an n of 1, it's not that significant.
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 14/03/2026
I realize that to people outside the PNW this is just an interesting news item, but if you're in the PNW, where tracking orca pods is a local religion, this is basically like being visited by alien gods
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Bowinn Ma @bowinnma.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Construction is well underway on the new centre for health complexity at BC Children's Hospital, a first-of-its-kind facility in Canada. 🏗️ This new centre will help connect families across BC with the services, & care they need. The project is on budget & on track to open in early 2028.
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Science in Vancouver @scienceinvancouver.com · 05/03/2026
🍁 The Government of Canada has invested $41 million in groundbreaking #CancerPrevention research. Researchers from BC Cancer are among the awardees for this five-year funding. Congratulations to Drs. Isabella Tai, Rachel Murphy, David Huntsman, and Gina Ogilvie: bit.ly/4l8Ickm
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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Ohh.... #biology #lego
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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
A n important step towards putting our health data under our control... Health data in Canada is indeed a "hot mess"
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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
As an immigrant and in these challenging times, the Canadian flag holds important meaning to me. Sadly the flag at my local school is bedraggled. Would love to see photos of your school's flag to know this is not normal. @vsb39.bsky.social @adriandix.bsky.social #NorquaySchool
Canadian flag on pole with shredded edges and fabric strips stuck in nearby tree branches
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John Lees @johnlees.bacpop.org · 30/01/2026
We are hiring for group leaders again — EBI is a great place to start your research group! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hin...
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Research Group Leader
Do you want to lead groundbreaking research in computational biology? Join us at EMBL-EBI! EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) is seeking talented and highly-motivated scientists to jo...
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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Dr. Kristy Duncan was an inspiring advocate for science in Canada. We lost a great Canadian today. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
My brother outdid himself for dessert last night. He made a coffee cup out of chocolate and filled it with a mousse trio
A disposable coffee cup with beige lid made out of chocolate.Lid removed, chocolate cup filled with chocolate mousse
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 23/12/2025
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 5/5
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 23/12/2025
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 4/5
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 23/12/2025
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 3/5
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 23/12/2025
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 2/5
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 23/12/2025
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Looking forward to #ChoirLeoni performance tonight in Vancouver
Wesleyan St Andrew Church interior with blue light and seated crowd anticipating a choral performance
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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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Agnese Loda @agneseloda.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Very happy to share our paper rdcu.be/eUImj out today in @natcellbio.nature.com 🎉🎉🎉 We uncover an unexpected role for endogenous Xist RNA in regulating X-linked genes that escape X-inactivation.
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Escape from X inactivation is directly modulated by Xist noncoding RNA
Nature Cell Biology - The authors show that increased Xist RNA levels can induce de novo silencing of genes that normally escape X inactivation. SPEN depletion prevents the silencing of escape...
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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
UBC is hiring elite senior faculty for the generously funded Canada Impact+ Research Chairs Program. Requires recruitment from outside Canada, but welcomes Canadians abroad to come home. Expressions of interest due 15 January. research.ubc.ca/federal-rese...
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UBC Recruitment for Canada Impact+ Research Chairs
Ad start date: December 15, 2025Ad closing date: June 15, 2026UBC’s Expression of Interest deadline for the program's March intake: January 15, 2026
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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Canada is announcing program details for science talent recruitment from abroad. The first one across my desk this morning is support for 600 doctoral students and 400 post-docs. Research investment is greatly appreciated, especially trainees and early career. www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/research_tra...
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NSERC - Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards: Q&A
NSERC - Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards: Q&A
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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Excited to attend my first Goldeneyes #PWHL game today
Scoreboard at Vancouver Goldeneyes game
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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
It's always exciting when the latest edition of JASPAR comes out. Great leadership by @amathelier.bsky.social and pleased to welcome @anshulkundaje.bsky.social to the journey. #Jaspar2026 academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
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Norwegian Centre for Molecular Biosciences and Medicine (NCMBM) @ncmbm.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Together, these approaches create a uniquely powerful platform for exploring how transcription factors interpret the genome.” 📰 Read the full story: www.med.uio.no/ncmbm/englis... Congrats to the entire JASPAR community for driving this resource forward to shape the future of regulatory genomics!
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JASPAR goes Deep Learning! - NCMBM - Norwegian Centre for Molecular Biosciences and Medicine
A new era for motif resourcesThe team behind JASPAR, led by Anthony Mathelier at NCMBM, has released the 11th update. JASPAR is built and maintained by an international consortium of research groups, ...
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BF Francis Ouellette @bffo.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
From @damlaob.bsky.social & colleagues in @narjournal.bsky.social #NARDatabaseIssue | #JASPAR 2026: expansion of transcription factor binding profiles and integration of deep learning models | #Bioinformatics #Genomics #Database #OpenScience #TFBS 🧬 🖥️🧪🔓 ⬇️ academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
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JASPAR 2026: expansion of transcription factor binding profiles and integration of deep learning models
Abstract. JASPAR (https://jaspar.elixir.no/) is an open-access database that has provided high-quality, manually curated, and non-redundant DNA binding pro
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Wyeth Wasserman @wywywa.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
It's been a challenge today to pick a side with the Wisconsin Badgers (grad school alum) playing the Washington Huskies (undergrad alma mater). I think I will have to drink two beers to both celebrate and drown sorrows simultaneously.
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a red broken heart with a crack in it on a white background
ALT: a red broken heart with a crack in it on a white background
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Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 08/11/2025
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫
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James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
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Climate-Smart Data Collaboration Centre (CS-DCC) @cs-dcc.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
The Data Research Alliance of Canada (DRAC) has put out a call for proposals for its National Data Spaces Pilot Program, designed to improve how Canada's research data is managed, shared, and used. Application deadline is Dec 1, 2025. Learn more: www.alliancecan.ca/en/opportuni...
DRAC National Data Spaces Call for Proposals. Deadline: 01 Dec 2025.
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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 06/11/2025
An update on this story - grad students are now exempt from the cap in student visas. 🧪
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
An update on my column: Parliamentary committee drops most contentious parts of its demand for data on research funding. It now wants aggregated, not disaggregated data. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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BCCHR ResDev (DM) @resdevbcch.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
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Jehannine (J9) Austin @j9austin.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Great opportunity for a genetic counselor.. #GeneChat
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Science in Vancouver @scienceinvancouver.com · 28/10/2025
New data from Christine Wardell and the Levings lab at UBC and @bcchresearch.bsky.social has demonstrated that A2-CAR Treg cells have potential therapeutic use to simultaneously control both allo- and #autoimmunity in islet transplantation. Check it the paper: bit.ly/4nq3SIg
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Michael Smith Health Research BC @healthresearchbc.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Join us in welcoming Dr. Geoff Payne as our new President & CEO. A longtime researcher and academic leader, Dr. Payne brings a strong commitment to collaboration and excellence to strengthen BC’s health research system. Read more: bit.ly/3Ldn5jc
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