Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦
@estherverheyen.bsky.social
Drosophila development and models of human disease focussed on kinases, metabolism and cell signaling. Prof at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Grew up in Baltimore, MD. Lab website: verheyenlab.weebly.com
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So excited to share this as a new junior PI:
My brand-new lab website! 🎉🪰🌀
www.bischofflab.com
Please pass it on to young, motivated researchers looking for PhD positions 😊
And for the #FluorescenceFriday community: don’t miss the SciArt Gallery!
#CellBio #DevBio #PhDjob #PhDposition #Science
My brand-new lab website! 🎉🪰🌀
www.bischofflab.com
Please pass it on to young, motivated researchers looking for PhD positions 😊
And for the #FluorescenceFriday community: don’t miss the SciArt Gallery!
#CellBio #DevBio #PhDjob #PhDposition #Science
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
So excited to share this as a new junior PI:
My brand-new lab website! 🎉🪰🌀
www.bischofflab.com
Please pass it on to young, motivated researchers looking for PhD positions 😊
And for the #FluorescenceFriday community: don’t miss the SciArt Gallery!
#CellBio #DevBio #PhDjob #PhDposition #Science
My brand-new lab website! 🎉🪰🌀
www.bischofflab.com
Please pass it on to young, motivated researchers looking for PhD positions 😊
And for the #FluorescenceFriday community: don’t miss the SciArt Gallery!
#CellBio #DevBio #PhDjob #PhDposition #Science
RIP Jimmy Cliff. His music played a big part in my young adulthood. Still love his music and am sad to know his voice is now gone.
Jimmy Cliff, the Jamaican reggae singer who helped popularize the genre with songs like “You Can Get It If You Really Want” and “The Harder They Come,” died at 81 of pneumonia, his wife said. Read more about his life and legacy: nyti.ms/4pxqKao
November 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
RIP Jimmy Cliff. His music played a big part in my young adulthood. Still love his music and am sad to know his voice is now gone.
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New Research Alert!
INN researchers, led by Dr. Lisa Julian, used 3D bioprinting to create self-folding brain tissues that reveal how genetic mutations disrupt early brain development.
Read More: www.sfu.ca/neuro-instit...
INN researchers, led by Dr. Lisa Julian, used 3D bioprinting to create self-folding brain tissues that reveal how genetic mutations disrupt early brain development.
Read More: www.sfu.ca/neuro-instit...
November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
New Research Alert!
INN researchers, led by Dr. Lisa Julian, used 3D bioprinting to create self-folding brain tissues that reveal how genetic mutations disrupt early brain development.
Read More: www.sfu.ca/neuro-instit...
INN researchers, led by Dr. Lisa Julian, used 3D bioprinting to create self-folding brain tissues that reveal how genetic mutations disrupt early brain development.
Read More: www.sfu.ca/neuro-instit...
Thanks for beating me to the punch! So so many times folks in vertebrate fields totally ignore findings from the 'lower organisms'. Let's value and respect the work across species!
November 24, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Thanks for beating me to the punch! So so many times folks in vertebrate fields totally ignore findings from the 'lower organisms'. Let's value and respect the work across species!
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We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work on induced proximity 🤜🤛 and functional genomics! Join our team in Toronto 🇨🇦 to tackle major challenges in oncology and neurodegeneration. www.nature.com/naturecareer...
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW - Toronto (City), Ontario (CA) job with Taipale Lab, Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto | 12849004
The Taipale lab in the Donnelly CCBR and University of Toronto is looking for a highly motivated Postdoctoral Fellow
www.nature.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work on induced proximity 🤜🤛 and functional genomics! Join our team in Toronto 🇨🇦 to tackle major challenges in oncology and neurodegeneration. www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Great opportunity in an excellent lab!
Our lab is actively looking for posdocs and there is NOW an Open Call for Postdoc contracts (3 years) here: www.aei.gob.es/en/announcem...
www.aei.gob.es
November 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Great opportunity in an excellent lab!
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Our lab is actively looking for posdocs and there is NOW an Open Call for Postdoc contracts (3 years) here: www.aei.gob.es/en/announcem...
www.aei.gob.es
November 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Our lab is actively looking for posdocs and there is NOW an Open Call for Postdoc contracts (3 years) here: www.aei.gob.es/en/announcem...
Apply for the 'Dr. Connie Eaves Chair in Cancer Cell Research' at UBC. Come join the dynamic research community in Vancouver 🇨🇦!
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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November 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Apply for the 'Dr. Connie Eaves Chair in Cancer Cell Research' at UBC. Come join the dynamic research community in Vancouver 🇨🇦!
Happy to share our latest paper led by recent MSc grad Karampal Grewal with help from Chris Tam and Jenny Liao. "Uncovering functional insights into human pathogenic variants in CDK19 using Drosophila models" published in Human Molecular Genetics.
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Uncovering functional insights into human pathogenic variants in CDK19 using Drosophila models
Abstract. Heterozygous missense variants in CDK19 have been found in patients diagnosed with Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy-87 (DEE87) who pres
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November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Happy to share our latest paper led by recent MSc grad Karampal Grewal with help from Chris Tam and Jenny Liao. "Uncovering functional insights into human pathogenic variants in CDK19 using Drosophila models" published in Human Molecular Genetics.
academic.oup.com/hmg/advance-...
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Less than 2 weeks left to apply!
Join the international, vibrant and drama-free biomedical research community in Toronto.
Join the international, vibrant and drama-free biomedical research community in Toronto.
Launch your independent research career in beautiful Toronto!
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre is recruiting an ECR in cancer biology with appointment to University of Toronto and a generous startup package. Vibrant research community.
Apply now!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre is recruiting an ECR in cancer biology with appointment to University of Toronto and a generous startup package. Vibrant research community.
Apply now!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Principal Investigator - Early Career in Cancer Biology - Toronto (City), Ontario (CA) job with Princess Margaret Cancer Centre | 12845320
We are seeking an early-career faculty Scientist at Assistant Professor level to establish an independent research program in Cancer Biology.
www.nature.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Less than 2 weeks left to apply!
Join the international, vibrant and drama-free biomedical research community in Toronto.
Join the international, vibrant and drama-free biomedical research community in Toronto.
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v sad to hear Antonio García-Bellido's passing. his work on mitotic clones led to fundamental insights such as compartment boundaries, enabled post-embryonic analysis of lethals, and revealed autonomous vs non-autonomous effects of mutants. and founding father of Spanish DB and Drosophila schools.🪰
The European Drosophila Society #flyEDS extends the condolences on the passing of Antonio García-Bellido, considered the founder of the Spanish school of #Drosophila genetics and an influential figure in developmental biology research worldwide. May he rest in peace.
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
v sad to hear Antonio García-Bellido's passing. his work on mitotic clones led to fundamental insights such as compartment boundaries, enabled post-embryonic analysis of lethals, and revealed autonomous vs non-autonomous effects of mutants. and founding father of Spanish DB and Drosophila schools.🪰
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Happy Halloween! 🎃 Continuing my tradition of Nobel-prize-winning discoveries, this year's costume is Ubx!!!
It honors Edward B. Lewis, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, & Eric Wieschaus's work on the genetics of development 🧬🪰
(Please clap for the accuracy of those wing veins on *both* pairs of wings.)
It honors Edward B. Lewis, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, & Eric Wieschaus's work on the genetics of development 🧬🪰
(Please clap for the accuracy of those wing veins on *both* pairs of wings.)
October 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Happy Halloween! 🎃 Continuing my tradition of Nobel-prize-winning discoveries, this year's costume is Ubx!!!
It honors Edward B. Lewis, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, & Eric Wieschaus's work on the genetics of development 🧬🪰
(Please clap for the accuracy of those wing veins on *both* pairs of wings.)
It honors Edward B. Lewis, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, & Eric Wieschaus's work on the genetics of development 🧬🪰
(Please clap for the accuracy of those wing veins on *both* pairs of wings.)
Reposted by Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦
Drosophila loss-of-function mutations for ~100 human Alzheimer's risk genes.
Of these, 50 show requirements for CNS structure or function; For 18 of these, loss causes neurodegeneration.
Of these, 50 show requirements for CNS structure or function; For 18 of these, loss causes neurodegeneration.
Revealing the nervous system requirements of Alzheimer disease risk genes in Drosophila
#Drosophila
#Drosophila
Revealing the nervous system requirements of Alzheimer disease risk genes in Drosophila
#Drosophila
PubMed link
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
October 31, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Drosophila loss-of-function mutations for ~100 human Alzheimer's risk genes.
Of these, 50 show requirements for CNS structure or function; For 18 of these, loss causes neurodegeneration.
Of these, 50 show requirements for CNS structure or function; For 18 of these, loss causes neurodegeneration.
NSERC submitted. Actually quite excited about the proposal. Hope the reviewers are too! 🤞Now we just wait 5 months.. 🇨🇦🧪
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
NSERC submitted. Actually quite excited about the proposal. Hope the reviewers are too! 🤞Now we just wait 5 months.. 🇨🇦🧪
Thinking of the people in Jamaica as this massive storm approaches. I spent some time in Kingston and in the mountains there in 1992. Hoping desperately it is not as devastating as predicted.
Melissa’s Powerful Winds Could Be Even Worse in Jamaica’s Mountains
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Thinking of the people in Jamaica as this massive storm approaches. I spent some time in Kingston and in the mountains there in 1992. Hoping desperately it is not as devastating as predicted.
Does anyone know if the 2-page reference list we provide in our NSERC Discovery Grant applications have to be 12 point font? Tough to fit everything into 2 pages!
October 28, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Does anyone know if the 2-page reference list we provide in our NSERC Discovery Grant applications have to be 12 point font? Tough to fit everything into 2 pages!
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I'm not a gut person, I want to *exclude* effects of gut neuropeptides. Are there any gut Gal80 lines available for enteroendocrine cells? I just keep encountering escargot-Gal80, which isn't a good option. Please help me, #Drosophila people who work outside the brain! 🧪🪰
October 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I'm not a gut person, I want to *exclude* effects of gut neuropeptides. Are there any gut Gal80 lines available for enteroendocrine cells? I just keep encountering escargot-Gal80, which isn't a good option. Please help me, #Drosophila people who work outside the brain! 🧪🪰
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Maud Menten was born in Canada in 1879 and completed her UG and MD education at University of Toronto. As a research assistant with Leonor Michaelis in 1912, they wrote the classic paper describing the “Michaelis-Menten” model of enzyme kinetics.. #WomenInScience
October 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Maud Menten was born in Canada in 1879 and completed her UG and MD education at University of Toronto. As a research assistant with Leonor Michaelis in 1912, they wrote the classic paper describing the “Michaelis-Menten” model of enzyme kinetics.. #WomenInScience
Exciting news for SFU and BC students.
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www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
SFU School of Medicine opens applications, announces plans for new Surrey location
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October 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Exciting news for SFU and BC students.
www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
Happy Thanksgiving Canada.
October 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Happy Thanksgiving Canada.
Fantastic essay! Sent it to my lab group today. Wish we could get a nice PDF version of it though?
The Kahneman Chronicles: Lessons from a Fly Lab
Entertaining post from @sameerthukral.bsky.social kicking of a series imagining what would transpire if Daniel Kahneman—the “grandfather of behavioural economics”—took a sabbatical and worked in a fly lab. 🪰
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Entertaining post from @sameerthukral.bsky.social kicking of a series imagining what would transpire if Daniel Kahneman—the “grandfather of behavioural economics”—took a sabbatical and worked in a fly lab. 🪰
thenode.biologists.com/the-kahneman...
The Kahneman Chronicles: Lessons from a Fly Lab - the Node
The Kahneman Chronicles #1: When a Nobel Laureate Fixed Our Lab's Scheduling Disasters Daniel Kahneman (1934-2024) was a legendary psychologist who
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October 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Fantastic essay! Sent it to my lab group today. Wish we could get a nice PDF version of it though?
Sad news about Jane Goodall. She was an inspiration to me growing up and I feel so fortunate that I was able to meet her when she received an honorary degree from SFU in 2018. She was truly a legend.
October 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Sad news about Jane Goodall. She was an inspiration to me growing up and I feel so fortunate that I was able to meet her when she received an honorary degree from SFU in 2018. She was truly a legend.
Our latest published paper on developmental consequences of a human DVL1 variant in a Drosophila model of Robinow Syndrome.
September 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Our latest published paper on developmental consequences of a human DVL1 variant in a Drosophila model of Robinow Syndrome.
Question for fly folks - we talk about using Gal4 drivers at different temps to get more UAS-driven expression at higher and reduced at lower. In PMID: 12324939 Duffy states the following but give no reference for the statement (see pic). Is it just more active?
September 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Question for fly folks - we talk about using Gal4 drivers at different temps to get more UAS-driven expression at higher and reduced at lower. In PMID: 12324939 Duffy states the following but give no reference for the statement (see pic). Is it just more active?
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