Calling all virologists: my lab is hiring a tech for high containment work! Come work with our amazing team at 🇨🇦's National Pandemic Research Centre, using experimental, systems biology, & AI-driven approaches to study infection & pathogenesis of emerging viruses.

Yikes!! Early registration deadline is Mar 31 for this fabulous conference! Join us!
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Alberta's chief medical officer should be given green light to speak publicly on measles, experts say www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... @jenleecbc.bsky.social

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Down to earth (as always) interview with @danieljdrucker.bsky.social on the impact of GLP1 agonists in fields of biology that he’d never anticipated but is leading the way on understanding - as awardee of th3 Breakthrough Prize with colleagues. www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...

If you’re interested in moving your lab to beautiful Montreal Canada, this program offers chairholders funding of up to 1M$ a year for 8 years. See link for details.
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Google searches relating to moving to Canada have been up. To that end, we’ve prepared something of a bicyclist cheat sheet for those who consider a cycling friendly city at or near the top of the list of any potential relocation targets.
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Proud of my recent graduate Dr. Raelynn Brassard's work on understanding mutations associated with inherited forms of Parkinsonism, just out in J Biol Chem! #PINK1 #biochemistry
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Ontario is currently experiencing a measles outbreak, with the vast majority of cases occurring in unvaccinated individuals who were eligible to receive both doses of the vaccine.

The measles vaccine is safe, free, widely available, and very effective.

Alberta added to list of provinces with measles outbreak today.