🍁 Bryan Heit, PhD 🍁
@bryanheit.bsky.social
Canadian immunologist who looks at host-pathogen interactions, cardiovascular disease & how they intersect. Also a big 🔬, 🔭 & 3D printing nerd. I ❤️ 🧀,🐝, 🍺 & 🐐.
Same username on threads. He/him.
www.phagocytes.ca
www.micrographiauwo.ca
Same username on threads. He/him.
www.phagocytes.ca
www.micrographiauwo.ca
A real loss to our country.
The world has lost one of its most courageous and passionate advocates for people + science.
Back in the days of Twitter, I saw her regularly send encouragement to people she’d never met. That was who she was: a model of joy, perseverance, courage, and kindness.
Kirsty, you will be so missed. 💔
Back in the days of Twitter, I saw her regularly send encouragement to people she’d never met. That was who she was: a model of joy, perseverance, courage, and kindness.
Kirsty, you will be so missed. 💔
Former Liberal cabinet minister Kirsty Duncan dead at 59 | CBC News
Former Liberal cabinet minister Kirsty Duncan has died at the age of 59 following a years-long battle with cancer.
www.cbc.ca
January 27, 2026 at 2:18 AM
A real loss to our country.
My cloning worked!
a woman in a pink dress is dancing on a stage and saying `` i still got it '' .
Alt: a woman in a pink dress is dancing on a stage and saying `` i still got it '' .
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January 14, 2026 at 7:34 PM
My cloning worked!
Bottled my smoked habanero #hotsauce that I started fermenting back in September, and I got a fresh batch of #sauerkraut started.
January 4, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Bottled my smoked habanero #hotsauce that I started fermenting back in September, and I got a fresh batch of #sauerkraut started.
Final #brewday of 2025 is in the bag. This is my annual teaching beer that I ferment with 6 different yeasts, which are then used as aroma samples in my course on industrial fermentation. A fun way to explore yeast biochemistry! This year I'm using a Czech style pilsner as the base beer.
December 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Final #brewday of 2025 is in the bag. This is my annual teaching beer that I ferment with 6 different yeasts, which are then used as aroma samples in my course on industrial fermentation. A fun way to explore yeast biochemistry! This year I'm using a Czech style pilsner as the base beer.
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Come work with us. Huge strengths in MRI, neuroscience and musculoskeletal health and their intersections such as pain, child development or ageing. Preclinical and clinical research and translation are also big opportunities. Shoot me a note if you have questions.
🚀 Launched! Here’s our call for applicants to the Canada Impact+ Research Chairs Program at @westernu.ca. This is a remarkable opportunity for us to recruit outstanding scholars who are currently working internationally:
www.uwo.ca/research/can...
www.uwo.ca/research/can...
Canada-Impact-Plus - Research - Western University
www.uwo.ca
December 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Come work with us. Huge strengths in MRI, neuroscience and musculoskeletal health and their intersections such as pain, child development or ageing. Preclinical and clinical research and translation are also big opportunities. Shoot me a note if you have questions.
Reposted by 🍁 Bryan Heit, PhD 🍁
Western is seeking outstanding leaders for the Canada Impact+ Research Chair program. Candidates in AI, cybersecurity, and other advanced technologies are of interest to Western Computer Science. If you are interested, please reach out or see ad below. Applications considered starting Jan 19 2026.
🚀 Launched! Here’s our call for applicants to the Canada Impact+ Research Chairs Program at @westernu.ca. This is a remarkable opportunity for us to recruit outstanding scholars who are currently working internationally:
www.uwo.ca/research/can...
www.uwo.ca/research/can...
Canada-Impact-Plus - Research - Western University
www.uwo.ca
December 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Western is seeking outstanding leaders for the Canada Impact+ Research Chair program. Candidates in AI, cybersecurity, and other advanced technologies are of interest to Western Computer Science. If you are interested, please reach out or see ad below. Applications considered starting Jan 19 2026.
Reposted by 🍁 Bryan Heit, PhD 🍁
It's happening! Canada launched two programs to recruit international researchers.
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +)
Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders.
I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up.
www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +)
Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders.
I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up.
www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
The Government of Canada introduces new programs for international researchers - Canada.ca
www.canada.ca
December 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It's happening! Canada launched two programs to recruit international researchers.
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +)
Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders.
I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up.
www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +)
Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders.
I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up.
www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
It's the most wonderful time of the year...by which I mean it's the time of year when my brewing club does our big advent exchange. I've been under the weather, so I'm playing catch-up, but here's beer #1 - an abbey-inspired winter ale 🎄 🍺🍻 🎁
December 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
It's the most wonderful time of the year...by which I mean it's the time of year when my brewing club does our big advent exchange. I've been under the weather, so I'm playing catch-up, but here's beer #1 - an abbey-inspired winter ale 🎄 🍺🍻 🎁
One of North America's best known brewing schools is moving from Chicago to Montreal!
Bienvenue au Canada!
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/21/o...
Bienvenue au Canada!
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/21/o...
Oldest Brewing School In The US Leaving For Canada, Citing Trump Visa Restrictions
The Siebel Institute of Technology and World Brewing Academy, which has been in Chicago for 157 years, is relocating to Montreal next year. Trump's proposed changes to student visa policy have been li...
blockclubchicago.org
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
One of North America's best known brewing schools is moving from Chicago to Montreal!
Bienvenue au Canada!
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/21/o...
Bienvenue au Canada!
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/21/o...
We had a great fall crash course on fluorescence microscopy. Thank you to all our participants and instructors.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
We had a great fall crash course on fluorescence microscopy. Thank you to all our participants and instructors.
Day 1 of the Fall Crash Course on Fluorescence Microscopy is nearly done. We've had a great start, lots of questions, and are ramping up for tomorrow! #microscopy #fluorescence
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Day 1 of the Fall Crash Course on Fluorescence Microscopy is nearly done. We've had a great start, lots of questions, and are ramping up for tomorrow! #microscopy #fluorescence
Registration closes Friday at noon! Are you in South-Western Ontario and interested in fluorescence microscopy? If so, we are offering a 2-day course on designing, implementing and analysing microscopy experiments. Visit our website for more information: micrographiauwo.ca/cc2025/ #microscopy
October 29, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Registration closes Friday at noon! Are you in South-Western Ontario and interested in fluorescence microscopy? If so, we are offering a 2-day course on designing, implementing and analysing microscopy experiments. Visit our website for more information: micrographiauwo.ca/cc2025/ #microscopy
Are you in South-Western Ontario and interested in fluorescence microscopy? If so, check out our upcoming 2-day course on planning, designing, implementing and analysing quantitative microscopy experiments. Visit our website for more information: micrographiauwo.ca/cc2025/ #microscopy #fluorescence
October 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Are you in South-Western Ontario and interested in fluorescence microscopy? If so, check out our upcoming 2-day course on planning, designing, implementing and analysing quantitative microscopy experiments. Visit our website for more information: micrographiauwo.ca/cc2025/ #microscopy #fluorescence
This is insane. 13 years ago we bought a million dollar #microscope to do this type of super-resolution imaging. Today, all you need is a smartphone and a few hundred bucks of off-the-shelf components 🤯
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Direct single-molecule detection and super-resolution imaging with a low-cost portable smartphone-based microscope - Nature Communications
Loretan and colleagues present a low-cost smartphone-based microscope capable of detecting single-molecule fluorescence. This approach opens doors to personalised and widely distributed applications in diagnostics, biosensing, and science education.
www.nature.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This is insane. 13 years ago we bought a million dollar #microscope to do this type of super-resolution imaging. Today, all you need is a smartphone and a few hundred bucks of off-the-shelf components 🤯
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
✅ Mullet
✅ Skates
✅ Padding
✅ Uniform (slightly big)
✅ New stick
Time for some 🏒
(also, it's 33°C today for some reason)
✅ Skates
✅ Padding
✅ Uniform (slightly big)
✅ New stick
Time for some 🏒
(also, it's 33°C today for some reason)
October 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
✅ Mullet
✅ Skates
✅ Padding
✅ Uniform (slightly big)
✅ New stick
Time for some 🏒
(also, it's 33°C today for some reason)
✅ Skates
✅ Padding
✅ Uniform (slightly big)
✅ New stick
Time for some 🏒
(also, it's 33°C today for some reason)
My 10 y/o officially has a mullet. And I'm afraid to say that it is glorious.
a man is holding a bottle of water in front of a sign that says business in the front
Alt: a man is holding a bottle of water in front of a sign that says business in the front
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October 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
My 10 y/o officially has a mullet. And I'm afraid to say that it is glorious.
#Micorscopy community, does anyone know where I can order this type of bottle from? Or even what the proper name is for them?
October 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
#Micorscopy community, does anyone know where I can order this type of bottle from? Or even what the proper name is for them?
I'm excited to announce my labs newest paper in which we identify GATA2 as a driver of a stem cell-like phenotype of atherosclerotic plaque macrophages which promote the development of disease. #macrophages #atheroscerlosis
doi.org/10.1093/jleu...
doi.org/10.1093/jleu...
GATA2 Induces a Stem Cell-Like Transcriptional Program in Macrophages That Promotes an Atherogenic Phenotype
The upregulation of GATA2 in response to pro-atherosclerotic stimuli induces a stem cell-like phenotype in macrophages that promotes disease progression.
doi.org
September 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I'm excited to announce my labs newest paper in which we identify GATA2 as a driver of a stem cell-like phenotype of atherosclerotic plaque macrophages which promote the development of disease. #macrophages #atheroscerlosis
doi.org/10.1093/jleu...
doi.org/10.1093/jleu...
Some things never change. My son has joined his first 🏒 team (along with 2 of his friends) and has gotten his first jock strap...so just like when I was a kid, the first thing the three of them did was see how hard they could kick eachother in the crotch.
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in the back seat of a plane
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in the back seat of a plane doing a facepalm
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September 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Some things never change. My son has joined his first 🏒 team (along with 2 of his friends) and has gotten his first jock strap...so just like when I was a kid, the first thing the three of them did was see how hard they could kick eachother in the crotch.
This is a bit of a long shot, but does anyone know of a source for the OT-IIZ T cell hybridoma (immortalized OT-II T cells)? I've been unable to find a cell repository that carries it. #Immunosky
September 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This is a bit of a long shot, but does anyone know of a source for the OT-IIZ T cell hybridoma (immortalized OT-II T cells)? I've been unable to find a cell repository that carries it. #Immunosky
Time to get this long weekend started!
August 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Time to get this long weekend started!
Excited to share our newest preprint!
GATA2 Induces a Stem Cell-Like Transcriptional Program in Macrophages that Promotes Atherogenesis. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.18.665581v1
July 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Excited to share our newest preprint!
I'm two days into my holiday. Made a new (turtle) friend, saw a big boat, and saved my soul by drinking some beer.
July 22, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I'm two days into my holiday. Made a new (turtle) friend, saw a big boat, and saved my soul by drinking some beer.