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Meghan Riddell
@meghanriddell.bsky.social
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Placenta, pregnancy, and blood vessel researcher, UAlberta researcher
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Happy Halloween!
November 1, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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🚨Job alert🚨 Super lab!!! Apply 👇👇👇
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Passionate about neurovascular research?

Join our lab as a Ph.D or Postdoc at CHU Sainte-Justine (Montreal) to study endothelial cell function and neurovascular disorders using cutting-edge models and transcriptomics.

📩alexandre.dubrac@umontreal.ca
📅 Start: January 2026
July 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Congrats and welcome home Felix!!
gunawanlab.bsky.social Felix Gunawan (he/him) 🇨🇦🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈 @gunawanlab.bsky.social · Jul 8
1/6 Thrilled to share that I have joined the Department of Cell & Systems Biology at the University of Toronto as an Assistant Professor! Grateful for the journey so far and incredibly excited for what’s ahead at @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social @utoronto.ca‬.

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July 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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WCHRI members are doing amazing things and I can honestly say WCHRI fosters one of the best environments to do perinatal research in the world. Check out what they did this year!
wchriuofa.bsky.social Women and Children's Health Research Institute @wchriuofa.bsky.social · Jun 17
Research not only saves lives, it ignites hope. Through continual innovation, WCHRI researchers are illuminating the path toward a healthier future for women and children.

We are lighting the way!

Read more in our 2024-2025 annual report:

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#WCHRIAR2025
Lighting the Way | 2024-2025 Annual Report
Research not only saves lives, it ignites hope. While true transformation requires both patience and vision, each breakthrough brings us closer to our goal.
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June 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Want an exciting opportunity that merges academia and industry? Interested in fertility, method development or embryogenesis? Then come join our teams for a fully funded postdoctoral fellow position!🧬🧫
April 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Microvilli are required for placental cell fusion

Read this Research Highlight showcasing work from @wendykduan.bsky.social,
@meghanriddell.bsky.social & collegaues:
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🎥12wk gestational age placental tissue 24hrs posttrypsinization
April 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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To learn more about the story behind the paper, we caught up with first author Wendy Duan @wendykduan.bsky.social and corresponding author Meghan Riddell @meghanriddell.bsky.social, Associate Professor at the University of Alberta, Canada:
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Meghan Riddell (left) and Wendy Duan (right)
April 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Thrilled to see this work published! track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...
Placental cytotrophoblast microvillar stabilization is required for cell-cell fusion
Summary: Fusion-competent cytotrophoblasts undergo dynamic changes in cell morphology, including the acquisition of apically localized microvilli, the stabilization of which facilitates effective fusi...
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April 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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🔊Share widely!
Were looking for a Tier 2 CRC in Human Metabolic Disease!

Just posted but hurry as app deadline is May 15!

Got expertise in #obesity or #diabetes and are an emerging expert in your field?

Apply now!!!!

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Assistant or Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair, Tier 2, Biology or Health Sciences or Neuroscience (Human Metabolic Disease) - Office of the Deputy Provost (Academic Operations and Plannin...
About the Position The Faculty of Science invites applications for a Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) appointment in Biology, as applicable to Human Meta...
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April 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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A few spots left and deadline extended to March 14th! Many opportunities for talks with 16 talks plus 24 flash talks selected from abstracts! Please repost!
March 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Don’t miss out on this opportunity to grow your mentor network at #SRI2025
sriwomenshealth.bsky.social The Society for Reproductive Investigation @sriwomenshealth.bsky.social · Jan 16
In Training Members, are you ready to level up your career? Join SRI's Mentor in the Cloud program as a mentee! Connect with experienced professionals to gain guidance, feedback and expand your network. #SRI2025

Don’t miss this opportunity to grow – apply today!
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January 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Honoured to be named a Canada Research Chair in Maternal-Fetal Interface biology in health and disease 🥳 thank you for the support @ualberta.bsky.social and to this amazing team who make it so much fun!
November 22, 2024 at 6:49 PM
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Upcoming Development Special Issue 'Lifelong Development'

Beyond the embryo: tissue maintenance, regeneration & plasticity

Guest eds: Meri Huch & Mansi Srivastava

Deadline: 15 May 2025 All article types welcome #DevBio #Regeneration #StemCells

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CFP | Lifelong Development | Development | The Company of Biologists
CFP | Lifelong Development | Development | The Company of Biologists Special Issue – Lifelong Development: the Maintenance, Regeneration and Plasticity of Tissues Development invites yo...
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November 15, 2024 at 7:07 AM