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Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 3d

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers

James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.

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Women's Health Research Cluster @whrcluster.bsky.social · 4d

How do our brains develop differently depending on sex — and what role do estrogens play? 🧠
Join Dr. Deepak Srivastava (King's College London) Nov 18 for our next Women’s Health Seminar!
7am PDT / 10am EDT
🔗 Register: ow.ly/aXWX50Xl4nO
#womenshealthresearch #neuroscience

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 4d

The dysregulated immune system in #LongCovid with #MECFS. with sex-specific changes, increased inflammation (as seen by cells, chemokines and cytokines), and disrupted hormone levels www.cell.com/cell-reports...

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Kiran Soma @kiransoma.bsky.social · 6d

The Tragedy of Dick Cheney www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o... Free gift link 🎁 Suskind’s book The Price of Loyalty is fantastic.

Opinion | The Tragedy of Dick Cheney

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Kiran Soma @kiransoma.bsky.social · 10d

Make Atwood Fiction Again.

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Kiran Soma @kiransoma.bsky.social · 10d

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

‘It is the scariest of times’: Margaret Atwood on defying Trump, banned books – and her score-settling memoir

At 86, she’s a literary seer and saint – and queen of the Canadian resistance. So what does the writer make of our dystopian world?

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Kiran Soma @kiransoma.bsky.social · 12d

Not good. Not good at all. So disheartening.

Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 12d

The problems were so pervasive they abandoned their review and instead began investigating how widespread image duplication was in their field.

Widespread image reuse, manipulation uncovered in animal studies of brain injury

Widespread image reuse, manipulation uncovered in animal studies of brain injury

One of the papers in the analysis contained a figure (bottom) found to have overlap with other work by the same author (top). Both papers have been retracted. Annotated images: PubPeer More than 20…

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Michael Smith Health Research BC @healthresearchbc.bsky.social · 12d

📢 Applications are open for the 2026 Research Trainee competition!

This award supports postdocs and health researchers in training to build their careers and focus on impactful research in BC.

Apply by Nov 27 👉 bit.ly/3L8g6Ij

#healthresearch #researchfunding #bc #phd #grant

Feature image of the 2026 Research Trainee launch announcement. There are headshots of last year's awardees including Hiten Naik, Kenneth Noguchi, Linda Truong, Danielle Ferrari.

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Nature @nature.com · 13d

Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake

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From MRI to Ozempic: breakthroughs that show why fundamental research must be protected

In these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different.

go.nature.com

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Kiran Soma @kiransoma.bsky.social · 14d

High speed merry go round 😂

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Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (DMCBH) @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social · 14d

Join Julia for a day in the life of a research assistant in the MacVicar Lab! She’s now pursuing her MSc in Experimental Medicine in the Cembrowski Lab.

Stay tuned for more videos about her research and the behind-the-scenes of what it’s like to work in a #neuroscience lab!

A day in the lab at the MacVicar lab #neuroscience

YouTube video by Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health

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Kiran Soma @kiransoma.bsky.social · 17d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... One more reason to not travel to the US 🇨🇦

Trump raises tariffs on Canada by 10% in retaliation for anti-tariff TV ad

Move is response to ad sponsored by Ontario that referenced Ronald Reagan’s support for free trade

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International Brain Research Organization @ibroorg.bsky.social · 18d

This summer, IBRO supported ICORD's Seed2STEM, which offered paid research internships to foster early engagement in #neuroscience & STEM
Discover their impact: https://ibro.org/seed2stem-2025-empowering-young-scientists/

Applications for this #grant open again on 1 Nov 2025! #IBROinUSCanada

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UBC Psychology @ubcpsych.bsky.social · 18d

This past summer, four of our research labs teamed up with ICORD's seed2STEM program to welcome BC Indigenous high school students into our labs for hands-on research experience. 🧠
Hear from the students: psych.ubc.ca/news/2025-seed2stem/

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Kiran Soma @kiransoma.bsky.social · 20d

psych.cms.arts.ubc.ca/news/2025-se... Such a wonderful program! 🎉

UBC

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EndoMedia @endomedia.bsky.social · 21d

Researchers are exploring why anti-obesity medications may lessen cravings for alcohol. CBC News examines a recent review published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society. bit.ly/3L20VQH @endocrinesociety.bsky.social
@endosocjournals.bsky.social #EndoSky

Alcohol, nicotine and more — could drugs like Ozempic curb the desire for vices? | CBC News

Studies combing through past patient data have made a similar link between drugs like Ozempic and a loss of appetite for more than just food.

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Kiran Soma @kiransoma.bsky.social · 24d

Protesters Denouncing Trump Unite Across the Country www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u... Free gift link 🎁

Protesters Denouncing Trump Unite Across the Country

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Kiran Soma @kiransoma.bsky.social · 25d

Great news! 🎉

Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (DMCBH) @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social · 25d

Congrats to ICORD’s seed2STEM summer research program for Indigenous youth, which was awarded the City of Vancouver’s Leadership in Reconciliation Award for 2025!

The program was co-founded by DMCBH member Dr. Corree Laule and ICORD communications & administrative manager Cheryl Niamath.

seed2STEM honoured with City of Vancouver Leadership in Reconciliation Award

ICORD’s seed2STEM summer research program for high school youth has been awarded the City of Vancouver’s Leadership in Reconciliation Award for 2025. seed2STEM transforms reconciliation principles …

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Pan American Neuroendocrine Society @paneuroendo.bsky.social · 28d

Do you know any trainees who are looking for mentoring opportunities? Share with them the MAPS Program! 🧑‍🔬🎯

Applications are open until October 20th 📆

🔗 Learn more: forms.gle/Aa5dF4Wqswy2...

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 29d

Nobel laureate Shimon Sakaguchi reflects on the role of regulatory T cells in peripheral immune tolerance and how the cells could transform treatment for cancer, autoimmune disease and organ transplant rejection

Shimon Sakaguchi Hunted for an Immune Cell Others Dismissed. It Earned Him a Nobel Prize

Nobel laureate Shimon Sakaguchi reflects on the role of regulatory T cells in peripheral immune tolerance and how the cells could transform treatment for cancer, autoimmune disease and organ transplan...

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · Oct 9

Hey grad students studying animal behavior! Need a little extra research $$? (Don't we all?)

Apply for an ABS Student Research Grant! We award grants up to $2,000 to grad students & give feedback on the proposals. Deadline Dec 15.

More info here: www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/web/awards-s...

ABS Student Research and Developing Nations Grants! ABS offers the following grants to support graduate student research: Student Research Grants, ABS Conservation Award and Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Awards. The ABS also offers an Early Career Grant in Conservation Behavior and Developing Nations Grant to support students and other researchers from developing nations.

Applicants for student grants must be enrolled in a graduate program and must be active members of ABS (student membership fees cost $17-$34). Research grants range from $500-$2,000 USD, depending on the category of the grant and evaluations. Individuals may receive only one ABS research grant during their lifetime. More details on how the grants and how to apply in the link in the post.

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · Oct 12

Untitled (Blue Jays)
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2025

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Oct 10

The Canadian boycott of travel to the U.S. continued through September—cementing an enormous economic loss for American tourism in 2025 as visitors from around the world choose not to travel to the States amid geopolitical tensions.
www.forbes.com/sites/suzann...

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Women's Health Research Cluster @whrcluster.bsky.social · Oct 10

Grad students researching women’s health—this is for you!
Apply for the Holly Ewanyshyn Women’s Health Equity Graduate Research Award by Oct 31, 2025.
Funding: $2,000 for research on disease pathogenesis in women or female models of disease. https://ow.ly/S5iZ50X8L6V
#WomensHealth #ResearchFunding

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Kiran Soma @kiransoma.bsky.social · Oct 7

www.theguardian.com/science/2025... 🤔

Jane Goodall said she would launch Trump and Musk on one-way trip into space

Primatologist said in interview released after her death she would also put Putin, Xi and Netanyahu on that spaceship

www.theguardian.com

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