Piet
@drpiet.bsky.social
Cardiovascular cell biologist & triathlon enthusiast
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Researchers: please read & share this excellent piece in @sigmaxi.bsky.social ‘s magazine @americanscientist.org by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social about the importance of communicating about your work to non-scientists, and how to do it! #scicomm
www.americanscientist.org/article/%E2%...
www.americanscientist.org/article/%E2%...
“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
www.americanscientist.org
June 19, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Researchers: please read & share this excellent piece in @sigmaxi.bsky.social ‘s magazine @americanscientist.org by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social about the importance of communicating about your work to non-scientists, and how to do it! #scicomm
www.americanscientist.org/article/%E2%...
www.americanscientist.org/article/%E2%...
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5 small joys you can cut out of your life and still not be able to afford a home
5 small joys you can cut out of your life and still not be able to afford a home
With home prices doubling in the last 5 years and increasingly divorced from the incomes of Canadians such that the real estate market has created a completely parallel universe devoid of anything res...
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May 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
5 small joys you can cut out of your life and still not be able to afford a home
Learned this week that after having been forced to use Office 365, and only Office 365, for the entire lab, and having restructured all our collaboration and documentation practices to comply with that directive, we are now also expected to pay for every single account we have. 💸/💸💸
May 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Learned this week that after having been forced to use Office 365, and only Office 365, for the entire lab, and having restructured all our collaboration and documentation practices to comply with that directive, we are now also expected to pay for every single account we have. 💸/💸💸
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Our "goal is to create a stable, independent non-profit organization that ensures [bioRxiv & medRxiv] remain open...governed by and for the research community, not a single funder...or any one stakeholder."
Some common questions about openRxiv answered:
openrxiv.org/qa-governanc...
Some common questions about openRxiv answered:
openrxiv.org/qa-governanc...
openRxiv Q&A: Questions About Governance, Funding, and the Future of Preprints - openRxiv
Following the March 2025 launch of openRxiv as an independent nonprofit, we’ve received a range of thoughtful questions from researchers, partners, and the broader scientific community. To answer thes...
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May 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Our "goal is to create a stable, independent non-profit organization that ensures [bioRxiv & medRxiv] remain open...governed by and for the research community, not a single funder...or any one stakeholder."
Some common questions about openRxiv answered:
openrxiv.org/qa-governanc...
Some common questions about openRxiv answered:
openrxiv.org/qa-governanc...
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We’ve just wrapped up Session 2: Creating Clarity: Crafting Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that Simplify and Succeed! 👏
Thank you to Janet Rothberg, for leading such an insightful and interactive session on best practices for crafting SOPs that are clear, effective, and streamlined!
Thank you to Janet Rothberg, for leading such an insightful and interactive session on best practices for crafting SOPs that are clear, effective, and streamlined!
May 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
We’ve just wrapped up Session 2: Creating Clarity: Crafting Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that Simplify and Succeed! 👏
Thank you to Janet Rothberg, for leading such an insightful and interactive session on best practices for crafting SOPs that are clear, effective, and streamlined!
Thank you to Janet Rothberg, for leading such an insightful and interactive session on best practices for crafting SOPs that are clear, effective, and streamlined!
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We’re excited to share the first publication from our lab, now out in @EMBOPress! @shayma-a.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk
Using live imaging in the mouse embryo, we tracked how heart progenitors migrate and assemble into the heart tube.
Using live imaging in the mouse embryo, we tracked how heart progenitors migrate and assemble into the heart tube.
Early coordination of cell migration and cardiac fate determination during mammalian gastrulation, revealed by light-sheet microscopy tracking of individual mesodermal cells
#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org by @kenzoivanovitch.bsky.social and colleagues
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org by @kenzoivanovitch.bsky.social and colleagues
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
May 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We’re excited to share the first publication from our lab, now out in @EMBOPress! @shayma-a.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk
Using live imaging in the mouse embryo, we tracked how heart progenitors migrate and assemble into the heart tube.
Using live imaging in the mouse embryo, we tracked how heart progenitors migrate and assemble into the heart tube.
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🧵5 Top Free Alternatives to BioRender for Scientific Illustrations!
These five websites offer free scientific illustrations for biologists. Great for presentations, research papers and other research communication needs.
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These five websites offer free scientific illustrations for biologists. Great for presentations, research papers and other research communication needs.
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May 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
🧵5 Top Free Alternatives to BioRender for Scientific Illustrations!
These five websites offer free scientific illustrations for biologists. Great for presentations, research papers and other research communication needs.
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These five websites offer free scientific illustrations for biologists. Great for presentations, research papers and other research communication needs.
Save and share the post!
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“How about eye colour?” I hear you ask. “We all know the story behind blue eyes - caused by recessive alleles of a single gene. If both parents are blue-eyed, a child’s eyes must be blue, yes?” Nope! A myth busted long ago: a 1908 study found non-blue-eyed children in 12% of blue-blue pairings. 6/n
May 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“How about eye colour?” I hear you ask. “We all know the story behind blue eyes - caused by recessive alleles of a single gene. If both parents are blue-eyed, a child’s eyes must be blue, yes?” Nope! A myth busted long ago: a 1908 study found non-blue-eyed children in 12% of blue-blue pairings. 6/n
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I am teaching my phd writing workshop course this quarter, question: are there any words/phrases said to you by an advisor/mentor that stuck with you, were memorable, or particularly helpful? If so please reply below!
April 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I am teaching my phd writing workshop course this quarter, question: are there any words/phrases said to you by an advisor/mentor that stuck with you, were memorable, or particularly helpful? If so please reply below!
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April 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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😮💨😮💨😮💨 That’s a pretty good flex to be honest 💪🏻 #MvdP #ParisRoubaix 🪨🪨🪨
April 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
😮💨😮💨😮💨 That’s a pretty good flex to be honest 💪🏻 #MvdP #ParisRoubaix 🪨🪨🪨
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CODA for the masses!
Valentina Matos-Romero, Ashley Kiemen and team have put together an ultra detailed protocol to use CODA for 3D single-cell mapping of tissues, organs, and organisms.
Use CODA by downloading this protocol here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Valentina Matos-Romero, Ashley Kiemen and team have put together an ultra detailed protocol to use CODA for 3D single-cell mapping of tissues, organs, and organisms.
Use CODA by downloading this protocol here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
April 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
CODA for the masses!
Valentina Matos-Romero, Ashley Kiemen and team have put together an ultra detailed protocol to use CODA for 3D single-cell mapping of tissues, organs, and organisms.
Use CODA by downloading this protocol here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Valentina Matos-Romero, Ashley Kiemen and team have put together an ultra detailed protocol to use CODA for 3D single-cell mapping of tissues, organs, and organisms.
Use CODA by downloading this protocol here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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I urge folks to sign this letter and share it with their university colleagues to get critical mass.
Dear Canadian researchers, faculty, RAs, PDFs and grad students, this letter is for the federal party leaders asking them to defend and expand Canadian research sovereignty with a historic investment in science, please sign and share
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
National Letter
Open Letter from Canadian Researchers to the Federal party leaders Click here to sign this letter See who has signed - version française se trouve à page 3 - Dear Party Leaders We, the undersigne...
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April 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I urge folks to sign this letter and share it with their university colleagues to get critical mass.
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first up, including "fantasy author who popularized a make-believe version of the species and also investor" as an author on this is, uhh, A Choice??
i know of PIs who won't give authorship to lab techs or undergrads bc "their paycheck is their compensation" so this is. hmm. not great imo?
i know of PIs who won't give authorship to lab techs or undergrads bc "their paycheck is their compensation" so this is. hmm. not great imo?
April 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
first up, including "fantasy author who popularized a make-believe version of the species and also investor" as an author on this is, uhh, A Choice??
i know of PIs who won't give authorship to lab techs or undergrads bc "their paycheck is their compensation" so this is. hmm. not great imo?
i know of PIs who won't give authorship to lab techs or undergrads bc "their paycheck is their compensation" so this is. hmm. not great imo?
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Float like a butterfly, sting like a BEE!!
How is this even real?!! 🥹🦋🐝
How is this even real?!! 🥹🦋🐝
April 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Float like a butterfly, sting like a BEE!!
How is this even real?!! 🥹🦋🐝
How is this even real?!! 🥹🦋🐝
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Instead of believing the myth that three expensive, genetically modified wolves are “de-extinct” dire wolves, let’s look at animals humanity has actually brought back from the brink of extinction using proven science and dedicated hard work: 🧵/6
April 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Instead of believing the myth that three expensive, genetically modified wolves are “de-extinct” dire wolves, let’s look at animals humanity has actually brought back from the brink of extinction using proven science and dedicated hard work: 🧵/6
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Fantastic opportunity if you are interested in moving your lab to Montreal, Canada! Through this program, Chairholders will be awarded up to $1 million per year for a period of 8 years.
Contact me if you are interested.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Contact me if you are interested.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) - Montréal, Quebec (CA) job with University of Montreal (UdeM) | 12838461
Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC)
www.nature.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Fantastic opportunity if you are interested in moving your lab to Montreal, Canada! Through this program, Chairholders will be awarded up to $1 million per year for a period of 8 years.
Contact me if you are interested.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Contact me if you are interested.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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If you’re interested in moving your lab to beautiful Montreal Canada, this program offers chairholders funding of up to 1M$ a year for 8 years. See link for details.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) - Montréal, Quebec (CA) job with University of Montreal (UdeM) | 12838461
Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC)
www.nature.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:37 AM
If you’re interested in moving your lab to beautiful Montreal Canada, this program offers chairholders funding of up to 1M$ a year for 8 years. See link for details.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Bird flu is hitting the U.S. hard. Now, migratory birds are flying north. How Canadian scientists are ramping up efforts to curb the virus that could cause the next pandemic, by Jennifer Yoon www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca #H5N1
Bird flu is hitting the U.S. hard. Now, migratory birds are flying north | CBC News
5 years after COVID-19, scientists are watching another virus warily: H5N1. It’s been circulating widely in the U.S. — and now, wild birds are set to start north for migration season.
www.cbc.ca
March 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Bird flu is hitting the U.S. hard. Now, migratory birds are flying north. How Canadian scientists are ramping up efforts to curb the virus that could cause the next pandemic, by Jennifer Yoon www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca #H5N1
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At a time when bike lanes are under threat—both in Ontario and south of the border—it’s great to see...
cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/new...
cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/new...
Canada to invest $3 million for bike infrastructure in Quebec - Canadian Cycling Magazine
The government is working to promote cycling and active transportation in the province, at a time when the same type of programs are under threat elsewhere
cyclingmagazine.ca
March 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
At a time when bike lanes are under threat—both in Ontario and south of the border—it’s great to see...
cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/new...
cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/new...
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Come and Stand Up For Science in a city near you this Friday
standupforscience2025.org
standupforscience2025.org
March 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Come and Stand Up For Science in a city near you this Friday
standupforscience2025.org
standupforscience2025.org
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Fight between bald eagle 🦅 and Canada goose ‘highly symbolic, says photographer. Eagle gave up after 20 minutes of squawking.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca
Photographer who snapped fight between a bald eagle and Canada goose calls it 'very symbolic' | CBC News
A bald eagle may have thought it spotted an easy lunch in a Canada goose sitting on an icy bay in Burlington, Ont., but according to Mervyn Sequeira — who watched and photographed a 20-minute battle b...
www.cbc.ca
March 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Fight between bald eagle 🦅 and Canada goose ‘highly symbolic, says photographer. Eagle gave up after 20 minutes of squawking.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca
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Happy to share the lab's latest publication from @eli-elder.bsky.social and team in @narjournal.bsky.social ! What happens when #DNAmethylation maintenance is transiently interrupted in mouse embryonic stem cells? Let's dive in (1/11). doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
Rescuing DNMT1 fails to fully reverse the molecular and functional repercussions of its loss in mouse embryonic stem cells
Abstract. Epigenetic mechanisms are crucial for developmental programming and can be disrupted by environmental stressors, increasing susceptibility to dis
doi.org
February 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Happy to share the lab's latest publication from @eli-elder.bsky.social and team in @narjournal.bsky.social ! What happens when #DNAmethylation maintenance is transiently interrupted in mouse embryonic stem cells? Let's dive in (1/11). doi.org/10.1093/nar/...