Francis Lynn 🇨🇦
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Many exciting opportunities for a PhD in Life Sciences in CRG, Barcelona. If you are interested in Genomics of Diabetes check out the offer for a fully funded fellowship in our lab - we will consider candidates with experimental or computational backgrounds.
Please spread the word!
Please spread the word!
Are you looking for a PhD? Join us in Barcelona! You'll dive into a community of >100 PhD students from 30 countries exploring the frontiers of biology. You can also join an online workshop on 6 November (15:00 CET) to learn how to find the right lab for you.
More info: www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
More info: www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
October 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Many exciting opportunities for a PhD in Life Sciences in CRG, Barcelona. If you are interested in Genomics of Diabetes check out the offer for a fully funded fellowship in our lab - we will consider candidates with experimental or computational backgrounds.
Please spread the word!
Please spread the word!
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This car is now added to my list of metaphors for genomics experiments gone wrong
November 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This car is now added to my list of metaphors for genomics experiments gone wrong
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“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
Said by someone with a 14 year old daughter, damn.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Said by someone with a 14 year old daughter, damn.
After a night of fitful sleep I again wonder why organizations cannot live by the golden rule. Still too idealistic I guess.
November 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
After a night of fitful sleep I again wonder why organizations cannot live by the golden rule. Still too idealistic I guess.
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Some more charts for the Vancouver budget, a response from Ken Sim on the future of the city’s climate department, and a decision to wear a sweater on camera which I’m frankly still on the fence about
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Some more charts for the Vancouver budget, a response from Ken Sim on the future of the city’s climate department, and a decision to wear a sweater on camera which I’m frankly still on the fence about
I remember the last peak in 1991 as I received a measles vaccine booster in high school. What are we doing this time?
Canada has a lot of work to do
Anti-vaccine disinformation from the US is a huge threat
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Anti-vaccine disinformation from the US is a huge threat
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I remember the last peak in 1991 as I received a measles vaccine booster in high school. What are we doing this time?
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"And while the budget pours money into infrastructure and emphasizes resource extraction, it fails to leverage our country’s most significant economic drivers: people, research and education."
In case you missed it over the weekend, my op-ed on the federal budget.
GIFT LINK - My Toronto Star op-ed on the federal budget, and the failure to account for provincial action on post-secondary education. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
"And while the budget pours money into infrastructure and emphasizes resource extraction, it fails to leverage our country’s most significant economic drivers: people, research and education."
Of course he will
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Of course he will
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Measles cases per 100K is also a map of how frequently the premier says "parental rights."
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Measles cases per 100K is also a map of how frequently the premier says "parental rights."
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Now do universities and colleges
Let's work together across party lines to defend the forestry sector. Because when forestry is strong, Canada is strong.
November 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Now do universities and colleges
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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Happy to share that our preprint is now published at @embomolmed.org! We expanded on the benchmark of porcine ductal organoids by a pretty extensive proteomics dataset to compare organoids derived from different developmental stages of the pig #devbio #PancSky www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Benchmarking porcine pancreatic ductal organoids for drug screening applications | EMBO Molecular Medicine
imageimageState-of-the-art single-cell RNA sequencing and proteomics approaches were employed
to benchmark porcine and human pancreatic ductal organoid systems for use as a drug
screening and testing ...
www.embopress.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Happy to share that our preprint is now published at @embomolmed.org! We expanded on the benchmark of porcine ductal organoids by a pretty extensive proteomics dataset to compare organoids derived from different developmental stages of the pig #devbio #PancSky www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
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Budget 2024 did not disappear. Granting council budgets are still rising, just not as quickly.
As a Canadian researcher/academic, it's beyond discouraging that the federal gov't is rolling out the welcome mat for foreign assistant professors, doctoral students and postdocs, while *cutting* domestic research funding and doing nothing to support those of us who are already here, doing the work.
November 6, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Budget 2024 did not disappear. Granting council budgets are still rising, just not as quickly.
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Study permit exemption for graduate students...
What do you make of this? u15.ca/publications...
Press release - U15 Canada welcomes study permit exemption for international graduate students - U15 Canada
November 5, 2025 (OTTAWA, ON) – U15 Canada welcomes the reintroduction of an exemption for international graduate students from study permit caps, announced
u15.ca
November 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Study permit exemption for graduate students...
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That’s a wrap for #TMM2025 in Ottawa! 🎉
Highlights included:
✨ SCN’s Celebration of Research Excellence
💡 Plenaries on stem cell therapies
🔬 Christine Mummery’s keynote
🧬 Open symposia on cardiac & neuronal regeneration
Thanks to all sponsors and participants—see you next year in Vancouver!
Highlights included:
✨ SCN’s Celebration of Research Excellence
💡 Plenaries on stem cell therapies
🔬 Christine Mummery’s keynote
🧬 Open symposia on cardiac & neuronal regeneration
Thanks to all sponsors and participants—see you next year in Vancouver!
November 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
That’s a wrap for #TMM2025 in Ottawa! 🎉
Highlights included:
✨ SCN’s Celebration of Research Excellence
💡 Plenaries on stem cell therapies
🔬 Christine Mummery’s keynote
🧬 Open symposia on cardiac & neuronal regeneration
Thanks to all sponsors and participants—see you next year in Vancouver!
Highlights included:
✨ SCN’s Celebration of Research Excellence
💡 Plenaries on stem cell therapies
🔬 Christine Mummery’s keynote
🧬 Open symposia on cardiac & neuronal regeneration
Thanks to all sponsors and participants—see you next year in Vancouver!
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Canada makes pitch for US researchers to relocate with $1.7bn in new funding. My story for @science.org 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Canada’s new budget aims to lure U.S. researchers to relocate
Spending plan also calls for smaller research spending cut than feared
www.science.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Canada makes pitch for US researchers to relocate with $1.7bn in new funding. My story for @science.org 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Here’s my humble pitch: we stop calling Vancouver’s housing market a “slowdown” or “slump”, implying that it was a great time before.
And instead, consider that after three years of similar numbers, acknowledge a new reality that everyone should adjust to.
And instead, consider that after three years of similar numbers, acknowledge a new reality that everyone should adjust to.
November 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Here’s my humble pitch: we stop calling Vancouver’s housing market a “slowdown” or “slump”, implying that it was a great time before.
And instead, consider that after three years of similar numbers, acknowledge a new reality that everyone should adjust to.
And instead, consider that after three years of similar numbers, acknowledge a new reality that everyone should adjust to.
Although things could always be better, it's great to see the government continuing to support research in this environment...a rising tide lifts all boats.
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Although things could always be better, it's great to see the government continuing to support research in this environment...a rising tide lifts all boats.
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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
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
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.)
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We've been told by Finance that the 2024 budget commitments are intact, minus the $83 million. This is much better than I had been expecting.
2/ This matters enormously for granting councils. is the announced $83M cut from the 2024-25 baseline (which would be a real cut) or from the fiscal framework in which big instance were promised building up out to 2027-28 (which would mean a smaller rate of increase but not a cut)?
November 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
We've been told by Finance that the 2024 budget commitments are intact, minus the $83 million. This is much better than I had been expecting.
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How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as you think. - Globe and Mail
November 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as you think. - Globe and Mail
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Some breaking news: in a special Vancouver Police Board meeting only announced over the weekend, the police board has requested a $50 million increase to their budget for 2026.
This comes as other departments across the city are trying to cut staff to ensure a property tax freeze for next year.
This comes as other departments across the city are trying to cut staff to ensure a property tax freeze for next year.
November 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Some breaking news: in a special Vancouver Police Board meeting only announced over the weekend, the police board has requested a $50 million increase to their budget for 2026.
This comes as other departments across the city are trying to cut staff to ensure a property tax freeze for next year.
This comes as other departments across the city are trying to cut staff to ensure a property tax freeze for next year.
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Fact for today: Canada has climbed from 4th to 2nd in the latest international reputation rankings. The US has dropped dramatically, from 30th to 48th among the 60 top economies. Switzerland ranks first, Russia last. The rankings are often a factor in country investment decisions.
November 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Fact for today: Canada has climbed from 4th to 2nd in the latest international reputation rankings. The US has dropped dramatically, from 30th to 48th among the 60 top economies. Switzerland ranks first, Russia last. The rankings are often a factor in country investment decisions.