Lara K. Mahal
@glycocode.bsky.social
CERC in Glycomics, Director of Glycomics Institute of Alberta(www.glyco-alberta.ca), Professor of Chemistry, Univ. of Alberta. Work on #glycotime with lectin microarrays and discovering new aspects of #miRNA. Opinions are mine (she/her). www.glycocode.org
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@glycocode.bsky.social
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Screening the human miRNA interactome reveals coordinated up-regulation in melanoma, adding bidirectional regulation to miRNA networks
Analysis of ST3GAL1/2 and CD98hc regulation by miRNA reveals co–up-regulation, adding a bidirectional twist to miRNA networks.
www.science.org
Proud of @faezehjame.bsky.social and our latest paper on upregulation by #miRNA. miRNA upregulate protein expression of CD98hc, ST3GAL1 and ST3GAL2 in a coordinated manner. Regulation is bidirectional, changing the picture on how these #RNA work. #glycotime
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪
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*Women receive substantially lower "potential" ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
Forthcoming in the AER: "“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap" by Alan Benson, Danielle Li, and Kelly Shue. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap
(Forthcoming Article) - We show that subjective assessments of employee “potential” contribute to gender gaps
in promotion and pay. Using data on 29,809 management-track employees from a
large retail ...
www.aeaweb.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
*Women receive substantially lower "potential" ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
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On this day in 1941, Carrie Derick died.
Born in 1862 in Clarenceville, Canada East (Quebec), she was the first woman professor of a Canadian university. A leading geneticist and botanist, she also founded McGill University's genetics department.
Born in 1862 in Clarenceville, Canada East (Quebec), she was the first woman professor of a Canadian university. A leading geneticist and botanist, she also founded McGill University's genetics department.
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
On this day in 1941, Carrie Derick died.
Born in 1862 in Clarenceville, Canada East (Quebec), she was the first woman professor of a Canadian university. A leading geneticist and botanist, she also founded McGill University's genetics department.
Born in 1862 in Clarenceville, Canada East (Quebec), she was the first woman professor of a Canadian university. A leading geneticist and botanist, she also founded McGill University's genetics department.
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'Japan is currently the only country that legally requires married couples to share the same family name — a system that Takaichi, a conservative, has defended. The naming law makes it difficult for women to maintain consistent publication records and professional identities'
Japan’s first female prime minister doesn’t call herself a feminist — but the country needs her to tackle sexism in science
Sanae Takaichi has pledged to make the country ‘strong and prosperous’ again; success hinges on breaking barriers for women in science.
www.nature.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
'Japan is currently the only country that legally requires married couples to share the same family name — a system that Takaichi, a conservative, has defended. The naming law makes it difficult for women to maintain consistent publication records and professional identities'
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What does a scientist look like?
Children are drawing women more than ever before
"Most scientists are still men, but as time goes on that's changing—even in the imaginations of children."
www.science.org/content/arti...
Children are drawing women more than ever before
"Most scientists are still men, but as time goes on that's changing—even in the imaginations of children."
www.science.org/content/arti...
What does a scientist look like? Children are drawing women more than ever before
Study is based on 20,860 sketches drawn by children over 5 decades
www.science.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
What does a scientist look like?
Children are drawing women more than ever before
"Most scientists are still men, but as time goes on that's changing—even in the imaginations of children."
www.science.org/content/arti...
Children are drawing women more than ever before
"Most scientists are still men, but as time goes on that's changing—even in the imaginations of children."
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Guess what, QueerFam?
We’re hosting the #LGBTIQA+ STEMM Day symposium at Swinburne Uni (MELB.) on 18 Nov. 2025.
We’d love for you to join us — incl. special
session on Trans+ health & wellbeing + networking.
Info: queersinscience.org.au/event/lgbtqi...
Tickets: www.trybooking.com/events/landi...
We’re hosting the #LGBTIQA+ STEMM Day symposium at Swinburne Uni (MELB.) on 18 Nov. 2025.
We’d love for you to join us — incl. special
session on Trans+ health & wellbeing + networking.
Info: queersinscience.org.au/event/lgbtqi...
Tickets: www.trybooking.com/events/landi...
November 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Guess what, QueerFam?
We’re hosting the #LGBTIQA+ STEMM Day symposium at Swinburne Uni (MELB.) on 18 Nov. 2025.
We’d love for you to join us — incl. special
session on Trans+ health & wellbeing + networking.
Info: queersinscience.org.au/event/lgbtqi...
Tickets: www.trybooking.com/events/landi...
We’re hosting the #LGBTIQA+ STEMM Day symposium at Swinburne Uni (MELB.) on 18 Nov. 2025.
We’d love for you to join us — incl. special
session on Trans+ health & wellbeing + networking.
Info: queersinscience.org.au/event/lgbtqi...
Tickets: www.trybooking.com/events/landi...
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Great two glyco-days at #GIA2025 🍬
Honored to introduce Prof. Jim Paulson ⭐
Exciting glyco talks, amazing chats ☕, and valuable feedback for the next steps in my project 💡 #glycotime
Honored to introduce Prof. Jim Paulson ⭐
Exciting glyco talks, amazing chats ☕, and valuable feedback for the next steps in my project 💡 #glycotime
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Great two glyco-days at #GIA2025 🍬
Honored to introduce Prof. Jim Paulson ⭐
Exciting glyco talks, amazing chats ☕, and valuable feedback for the next steps in my project 💡 #glycotime
Honored to introduce Prof. Jim Paulson ⭐
Exciting glyco talks, amazing chats ☕, and valuable feedback for the next steps in my project 💡 #glycotime
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His comments were not going out to nowhere. He directly told the brilliant and incredible grad students, postdocs, particularly people he had no reason to fear because they were in vulnerable and low power positions -- that they did not belong in science
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When I was a postdoc, CSHL held a Burns poetry night, which Watson attended.
I did a dramatic reading of Ice Ice Baby.
I hope he found it deeply offensive, and that the graduate students (many of whom he told didn't belong there) found it at least mildly entertaining.
This is a good day for CSHL.
I did a dramatic reading of Ice Ice Baby.
I hope he found it deeply offensive, and that the graduate students (many of whom he told didn't belong there) found it at least mildly entertaining.
This is a good day for CSHL.
Watson was a racist who, "near the end of his life, faced condemnation and professional censure for offensive remarks, including saying Black people are less intelligent than white people"
November 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
His comments were not going out to nowhere. He directly told the brilliant and incredible grad students, postdocs, particularly people he had no reason to fear because they were in vulnerable and low power positions -- that they did not belong in science
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bsky.app/profile/anal...
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We are in the midst of an all-out attempt to exclude the global majority from science. Watson was clear about where he fell on that. I would trade every single dinner, meeting, seminar, fancy campus, and prestigious donor for my incredible friends to be safer. Their science is worth far more.
November 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
We are in the midst of an all-out attempt to exclude the global majority from science. Watson was clear about where he fell on that. I would trade every single dinner, meeting, seminar, fancy campus, and prestigious donor for my incredible friends to be safer. Their science is worth far more.
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I was a grad student at UT and attended this lecture. While not one of your professorial colleagues, I was appalled by this lecture, as were nearly all the grad students I know that attended.
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I was a grad student at UT and attended this lecture. While not one of your professorial colleagues, I was appalled by this lecture, as were nearly all the grad students I know that attended.
As a young Assistant Professor, I attended a lecture by Watson at UT Austin. I was excited, I mean..DNA… I learned no science from his talk, but did learn he was a flaming sexist and racist. Worst of all, it went unremarked upon by my colleagues and the field. My lesson: this is what we face.
November 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
As a young Assistant Professor, I attended a lecture by Watson at UT Austin. I was excited, I mean..DNA… I learned no science from his talk, but did learn he was a flaming sexist and racist. Worst of all, it went unremarked upon by my colleagues and the field. My lesson: this is what we face.
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So many things to ruin, so little time
November 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
So many things to ruin, so little time
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Don’t forget-
Science
Sports
Rock&Roll
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Misogyny is a helluva drug
Science
Sports
Rock&Roll
……
Misogyny is a helluva drug
November 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Don’t forget-
Science
Sports
Rock&Roll
……
Misogyny is a helluva drug
Science
Sports
Rock&Roll
……
Misogyny is a helluva drug
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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Gliding over a forest of quadricolor anemones in the Coral Morphologic coral museum #coralmorphologic #miami #coralcity
November 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Gliding over a forest of quadricolor anemones in the Coral Morphologic coral museum #coralmorphologic #miami #coralcity
My PhD work is (finally) published in Science Signaling! And it made the cover!
Here’s what we found 🧵⬇️
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Here’s what we found 🧵⬇️
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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My PhD work is (finally) published in Science Signaling! And it made the cover!
Here’s what we found 🧵⬇️
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Here’s what we found 🧵⬇️
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
My PhD work is (finally) published in Science Signaling! And it made the cover!
Here’s what we found 🧵⬇️
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Here’s what we found 🧵⬇️
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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It’s a good day to talk about women scientists. Let’s also remember Margaret W. Rossiter, who died in August of this year.
She coined the “Matilda Effect” (named after suffragist Matilda Gage), which describes bias against acknowledging women’s achievements.
She coined the “Matilda Effect” (named after suffragist Matilda Gage), which describes bias against acknowledging women’s achievements.
Women Scientists Were Written Out of History. It's Margaret Rossiter's Lifelong Mission to Fix That
The historian has devoted her career to bringing to light the ingenious accomplishments of those who have been forgotten
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
It’s a good day to talk about women scientists. Let’s also remember Margaret W. Rossiter, who died in August of this year.
She coined the “Matilda Effect” (named after suffragist Matilda Gage), which describes bias against acknowledging women’s achievements.
She coined the “Matilda Effect” (named after suffragist Matilda Gage), which describes bias against acknowledging women’s achievements.
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Good words from one of my favorite authors--you may know Charlotte's Web or Stuart Little, which are masterpieces, but his essays and commentaries are as good or better, and he was a champion of the common good
November 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Good words from one of my favorite authors--you may know Charlotte's Web or Stuart Little, which are masterpieces, but his essays and commentaries are as good or better, and he was a champion of the common good
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What a fabulous photo.
Ella Fitzgerald &
Louis Armstrong
“Dream a Little Dream of Me”
youtu.be/OAVZuSoP8dk?...
#Jazz #Music #JazzSky #MusicSky
#NowPlaying
Louis Armstrong
“Dream a Little Dream of Me”
youtu.be/OAVZuSoP8dk?...
#Jazz #Music #JazzSky #MusicSky
#NowPlaying
November 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
What a fabulous photo.
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Using proximity labeling and a derivatized galectin-3, scientists in the lab of Professor Mia Huang mapped glycan–protein interactions that drive placental cell fusion, published in @pnas.org, offering new insight into placental development.
Scripps Research team identifies sugar molecules that trigger placental formation
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November 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Using proximity labeling and a derivatized galectin-3, scientists in the lab of Professor Mia Huang mapped glycan–protein interactions that drive placental cell fusion, published in @pnas.org, offering new insight into placental development.
Wonderful day 2 of #GIA2025 @giaglyco.bsky.social ! We started off with an outstanding talk from @salomepinho.bsky.social followed by a spectacular day of science with talks from @rlhull-meichle.bsky.social, Jason Northey, Alisdair Boraston and Trainees Sogand Makhsous and @mathd34.bsky.social!
November 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Wonderful day 2 of #GIA2025 @giaglyco.bsky.social ! We started off with an outstanding talk from @salomepinho.bsky.social followed by a spectacular day of science with talks from @rlhull-meichle.bsky.social, Jason Northey, Alisdair Boraston and Trainees Sogand Makhsous and @mathd34.bsky.social!
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Nov 7th is the birthday of both Lise Meitner & Marie Curie. Of the 13 chemical elements named directly after real people (not mythological figures) only two are named after women: meitnerium and curium (the latter of which is named in honour of both Marie & her husband) #chemsky 🧪
November 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Nov 7th is the birthday of both Lise Meitner & Marie Curie. Of the 13 chemical elements named directly after real people (not mythological figures) only two are named after women: meitnerium and curium (the latter of which is named in honour of both Marie & her husband) #chemsky 🧪
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conversations about Watson's death rn are a potent reminder that racism and/or misogyny have RARELY been professionally disqualifying, especially in this country
November 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
conversations about Watson's death rn are a potent reminder that racism and/or misogyny have RARELY been professionally disqualifying, especially in this country
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#OnThisDay, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize was born: Marie Skłodowska-Curie.
Today, the MSCActions 🇪🇺 fellowship carries her name, supporting young scientists in their research.
Together, we’re building a brighter future for generations to come.
Today, the MSCActions 🇪🇺 fellowship carries her name, supporting young scientists in their research.
Together, we’re building a brighter future for generations to come.
November 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
#OnThisDay, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize was born: Marie Skłodowska-Curie.
Today, the MSCActions 🇪🇺 fellowship carries her name, supporting young scientists in their research.
Together, we’re building a brighter future for generations to come.
Today, the MSCActions 🇪🇺 fellowship carries her name, supporting young scientists in their research.
Together, we’re building a brighter future for generations to come.
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Simon Fraser University: Assistant Professor in the area of Organic Chemistry https://chempostingscanada.blogspot.com/2025/11/simon-fraser-university-assistant.html
November 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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