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Gareth Lim
@glim2016.bsky.social
ex-Torontonian, ex-Vancouverite, a Montrealer. Associate Prof. Canada Research Chair in Adipocyte Development. #EDI advocate

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The Lim Lab at the @crchum.bsky.social is recruiting PhD students or Postdoctoral Fellows to study the roles of 14-3-3zeta in #adipocytes or pancreatic #betacells.

Projects are supported by CIHR, NSERC, or Diabetes Canada.

Please share with people who might be interested!

Thanks!
Perhaps the devil is in the details, but it's disappointing to know that
@mark-carney.bsky.social would rather budget up to $1B to support and recruit international researchers than to support to talent already in Canada.

@melaniejolycan.bsky.social

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November 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Reposted by Gareth Lim
The Canadian government has seemingly never read a single one of its own commissioned reports on what Canadian science needs. (It's not more people.)
Globe & Mail reports “the budget is expected to include up to $1-billion to attract high-quality talent and researchers from the United States and elsewhere”
So far hospitals and universities have been going it alone….
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
@ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
PI achievement unlocked!

Congrats to Dr Frederic Abou Azar, PhD!

First PhD student to finish in the Lim lab!

@crchum.bsky.social
@umontreal.ca
October 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Reposted by Gareth Lim
In Canada, proposed cuts of 15% across the federal government would have a dramatic effect on already globally decimated research & science.

Join Canada's research & science community and tell PM Mark Carney to preserve the funding promised in 2024.

Send a letter: win.newmode.net/canadianasso...
September 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The man
The myth
The legend!!

@feedphil.bsky.social

In #MTL
September 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Dear colleagues:

Just because there is an “average” salary range for a postdoc in a given city, this should not be a reason to NOT PAY THEM a living wage.

It is unthinkable to justify paying PDFs less money because of the city they live in.

Do better please.
July 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
There is still a spot for a PhD student or Postdoc in the Lim Lab! If you are interested in metabolism, 14-3-3 proteins, adipocytes, or beta-cells, please email me (details at www.limlab.ca). International applicants are welcome!

Positions are fully funded. Looking forward to working with you!
Lim Lab
Exploring how 14-3-3 proteins contribute to metabolism and metabolic diseases
www.limlab.ca
May 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Reposted by Gareth Lim
One third of the time I have an imposter syndrome, another third of the time I don't have the energy to keep up with the pace of things, a quarter of the time I feel like I am managing OK, and the remaining <9% of the time I feel like I can kick ass all the way to the moon (this is when I write).
May 27, 2025 at 4:45 AM
New #lab photo!
May 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Today was another amazing day!

For the second year in a row, the Lim Lab and others labs from the @crchum.bsky.social welcomes high school students from the #Kahnawake Survival School for a day of hands-on research activities!

It’s always fun to promote #STEM #STEMM !!
May 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Reposted by Gareth Lim
Repost w/ correct link!
The Dept of Human Genetics at the Univeristy of Utah is hosting a Rising Stars in Genetics & Genomics postdoc symposium. We are looking to feature postdocs doing cool science! Please self nominate or nominate an excellent postdoc! #ASHGtrainees docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
May 3, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Reposted by Gareth Lim
Sad to hear that Dr. Henry Friesen, who had a transformative influence on health research in Canada, has died at age 90. He discovered the hormone prolactin and founded the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, among his many accomplishments. www.cdnmedhall.ca/laureates/he...
May 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Congrats to Dr. Sabri Rial !

He investigated the mechanisms of how 14-3-3zeta influences adipogenesis.

FYI, he's on the PI job market and would make a fantastic colleague ;)

@crchum.bsky.social @umontreal.ca l @facmed-umontreal.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
14-3-3ζ allows for adipogenesis by modulating chromatin accessibility during the early stages of adipocyte differentiation
We previously established the scaffold protein 14-3-3ζ as a critical regulator of adipogenesis and adiposity, but the temporal specificity of its acti…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Reposted by Gareth Lim
Sabri Ahmed Rial, stagiaire post-doctoral dans le laboratoire de Gareth Lim, explique comment fonctionne l’hormone GLP-1 et son rôle dans le développement du diabète.

@chumontreal.bsky.social
L’Ozempic peut-il aider les gens en santé?
Moteur de recherche | Et si on administrait du sémaglutide, comme de l’Ozempic, à des personnes en santé, est-ce que ça contribuerait à rendre leur santé encore meilleure? Cette question venue d’une a...
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April 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The Lim Lab at the @crchum.bsky.social is recruiting PhD students or Postdoctoral Fellows to study the roles of 14-3-3zeta in #adipocytes or pancreatic #betacells.

Projects are supported by CIHR, NSERC, or Diabetes Canada.

Please share with people who might be interested!

Thanks!
April 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM