Samantha (Ji Soo) Yoon, PhD
@samanthajsyoon.bsky.social
Postdoc in @jthompsonlab.bsky.social at the University of Calgary. (www.jenniferthompsonlab.com)
Researching metabolism, adipose tissue, estrogen signaling, women's health, and obesity. Did my PhD here: www.lynnlab.com
Researching metabolism, adipose tissue, estrogen signaling, women's health, and obesity. Did my PhD here: www.lynnlab.com
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CIRTN-R2FIC is currently running in Toronto its 4th Annual Meeting. During this meeting we have launched our mini interview series called "Islets in a Pod" ! Our first interview is with Dr. Patrick MacDonald from the University of Alberta.
youtu.be/UlHn_1Fz3ck?...
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#1 Islets in a Pod with Dr. Patrick MacDonald
YouTube video by CIRTN-R2FIC
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November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
CIRTN-R2FIC is currently running in Toronto its 4th Annual Meeting. During this meeting we have launched our mini interview series called "Islets in a Pod" ! Our first interview is with Dr. Patrick MacDonald from the University of Alberta.
youtu.be/UlHn_1Fz3ck?...
youtu.be/UlHn_1Fz3ck?...
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The 🇨🇦 Standing Committee on Science and Research passed a modified resolution this afternoon that the requested ricouncil applicant and reviewer data can be aggregated and anonymized. Thanks to the many researchers who signed letters pointing out legitimate data privacy concerns. 👏👏
November 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The 🇨🇦 Standing Committee on Science and Research passed a modified resolution this afternoon that the requested ricouncil applicant and reviewer data can be aggregated and anonymized. Thanks to the many researchers who signed letters pointing out legitimate data privacy concerns. 👏👏
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Yes! Contact them and sign this petition here —it’s not just about EDI data! So much personally identifying information for applicants and reviewers will not be protected!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open Letter to Protect Tri-Council EDI Data
Why do we need urgent action to protect our data?
The mandate of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research is to review and report on topics relating to science and research in ...
docs.google.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Yes! Contact them and sign this petition here —it’s not just about EDI data! So much personally identifying information for applicants and reviewers will not be protected!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
October 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
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Congratulations to Dr. Taylor Scheidl, who successfully defended her PhD thesis last week! 🎉🎉🎉 Dr. Scheidl (@taylorscheidl.bsky.social) is the Thompson lab's first PhD graduate, and she will continue in her research career as a postdoc at the University of Alberta.
October 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Taylor Scheidl, who successfully defended her PhD thesis last week! 🎉🎉🎉 Dr. Scheidl (@taylorscheidl.bsky.social) is the Thompson lab's first PhD graduate, and she will continue in her research career as a postdoc at the University of Alberta.
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New content online: Health of adipose tissue: oestrogen matters
Health of adipose tissue: oestrogen matters
Nature Reviews Endocrinology, Published online: 26 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41574-025-01180-2Oestrogen is a key regulator in many metabolic processes, particularly in adipose tissue. This Review discusses the role of oestrogen in adipose tissue metabolism and its wider implications for systemic metabolic health.
www.nature.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
New content online: Health of adipose tissue: oestrogen matters
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Sharing knowledge is a fundamental principle within the scientific community, yet null and negative results are still being underreported. @scurry.bsky.social &co present a roadmap to a solution that has a role for everyone in the scientific community 🧪 #Academicsky #reproducibility
plos.io/3VwaU2O
plos.io/3VwaU2O
Ending publication bias: A values-based approach to surface null and negative results
Sharing knowledge is a fundamental principle within the scientific community, yet null and negative results are still being underreported. This Consensus View discusses the problem of such publication...
plos.io
September 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Sharing knowledge is a fundamental principle within the scientific community, yet null and negative results are still being underreported. @scurry.bsky.social &co present a roadmap to a solution that has a role for everyone in the scientific community 🧪 #Academicsky #reproducibility
plos.io/3VwaU2O
plos.io/3VwaU2O
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AVID mouse: A versatile platform for real-time, multiscale ATP imaging and spatial systems metabolism analysis in living mice
AVID mouse: A versatile platform for real-time, multiscale ATP imaging and spatial systems metabolism analysis in living mice
Ohnishi et al. present the AVID mouse, which enables real-time, multiscale imaging of ATP dynamics in vivo across organs and cell types. This platform reveals spatially heterogeneous changes in energy metabolism during both physiological conditions and pathological states such as myocardial infarction, enabling systems-level analysis of metabolic regulation.
dlvr.it
September 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
AVID mouse: A versatile platform for real-time, multiscale ATP imaging and spatial systems metabolism analysis in living mice
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In Canada, proposed cuts of 15% across the federal government would have a dramatic effect on already globally decimated research & science.
Join Canada's research & science community and tell PM Mark Carney to preserve the funding promised in 2024.
Send a letter: win.newmode.net/canadianasso...
Join Canada's research & science community and tell PM Mark Carney to preserve the funding promised in 2024.
Send a letter: win.newmode.net/canadianasso...
September 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
In Canada, proposed cuts of 15% across the federal government would have a dramatic effect on already globally decimated research & science.
Join Canada's research & science community and tell PM Mark Carney to preserve the funding promised in 2024.
Send a letter: win.newmode.net/canadianasso...
Join Canada's research & science community and tell PM Mark Carney to preserve the funding promised in 2024.
Send a letter: win.newmode.net/canadianasso...
Congratulations to Taylor Scheidl, the senior PhD student in the Thompson lab, on her new preprint 🎉 She showed that offspring born to obese dams are more likely to become obese due to more proliferation in early-life adipose progenitors, which leads to higher adipocyte numbers.
We have a new preprint! A major part of Taylor's PhD research is now available to read on bioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Hyper-proliferation of Adipose Progenitors During Developmental Adipogenesis Programs Higher Adipocyte Number and Early-onset Obesity in Offspring Born to Obese Dams
Being born to a mother who was obese during pregnancy is one of the strongest predictors of early onset obesity and metabolic syndrome. To identify the developmental mechanism linking maternal obesity...
www.biorxiv.org
September 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Congratulations to Taylor Scheidl, the senior PhD student in the Thompson lab, on her new preprint 🎉 She showed that offspring born to obese dams are more likely to become obese due to more proliferation in early-life adipose progenitors, which leads to higher adipocyte numbers.
Opening a PDF these days is so weird. Yes, I know it's a long document. No, I don't want an AI summary, it's literally part of my job to read the long document and understand it, how do I make you go away? 😂
September 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Opening a PDF these days is so weird. Yes, I know it's a long document. No, I don't want an AI summary, it's literally part of my job to read the long document and understand it, how do I make you go away? 😂
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📢 Don’t miss the next Early Career Academy #Webinar! Prof. Kirsty Spalding ( @ki.se ) will present a new topic: “Mapping human brown fat: cellular architecture & metabolic implications”.
🗓 2 Sept 2025 | ⏰16:30 CEST
Register now 👉 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#earlycareer #metabolichealth
🗓 2 Sept 2025 | ⏰16:30 CEST
Register now 👉 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#earlycareer #metabolichealth
August 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
📢 Don’t miss the next Early Career Academy #Webinar! Prof. Kirsty Spalding ( @ki.se ) will present a new topic: “Mapping human brown fat: cellular architecture & metabolic implications”.
🗓 2 Sept 2025 | ⏰16:30 CEST
Register now 👉 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#earlycareer #metabolichealth
🗓 2 Sept 2025 | ⏰16:30 CEST
Register now 👉 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#earlycareer #metabolichealth
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JOB ALERT 🚨 We are hiring TWO principal investigators in cell, molecular, systems, or chemical biology in Toronto, Canada at @sinaihealth.bsky.social. We provide a generous startup, fully funded salary and academic appointment at U of Toronto.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Please repost!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Please repost!
August 28, 2025 at 6:34 AM
JOB ALERT 🚨 We are hiring TWO principal investigators in cell, molecular, systems, or chemical biology in Toronto, Canada at @sinaihealth.bsky.social. We provide a generous startup, fully funded salary and academic appointment at U of Toronto.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Please repost!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Please repost!
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Hey everyone who signed the letter about increasing funding for research in Canada, you can fill in this consultation and write in "Double Tri-council funding to help secure Canadian Research Sovereignty" as an option under "other" for the first question...
The government of Canada has a questionnaire about it's new budget. Most of the given options are conservative (because this is a conservative government) but there are some that aren't, and you can write in your own responses.
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
Pre-Budget Consultations 2025 - Canada.ca
Pre-Budget Consultations 2025
www.canada.ca
August 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Hey everyone who signed the letter about increasing funding for research in Canada, you can fill in this consultation and write in "Double Tri-council funding to help secure Canadian Research Sovereignty" as an option under "other" for the first question...
Reposted by Samantha (Ji Soo) Yoon, PhD
The government of Canada has a questionnaire about it's new budget. Most of the given options are conservative (because this is a conservative government) but there are some that aren't, and you can write in your own responses.
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
Pre-Budget Consultations 2025 - Canada.ca
Pre-Budget Consultations 2025
www.canada.ca
July 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The government of Canada has a questionnaire about it's new budget. Most of the given options are conservative (because this is a conservative government) but there are some that aren't, and you can write in your own responses.
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
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Official posting coming soon, but here's a heads-up:
#Postdoc Opportunity for individuals with an interest in advancing the understanding of pancreatic islet hormones in health and #diabetes. Diverse backgrounds, skill sets and experiences are welcome!
www.bcell.org
#Postdoc Opportunity for individuals with an interest in advancing the understanding of pancreatic islet hormones in health and #diabetes. Diverse backgrounds, skill sets and experiences are welcome!
www.bcell.org
July 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Official posting coming soon, but here's a heads-up:
#Postdoc Opportunity for individuals with an interest in advancing the understanding of pancreatic islet hormones in health and #diabetes. Diverse backgrounds, skill sets and experiences are welcome!
www.bcell.org
#Postdoc Opportunity for individuals with an interest in advancing the understanding of pancreatic islet hormones in health and #diabetes. Diverse backgrounds, skill sets and experiences are welcome!
www.bcell.org
Bringing this thread back since this paper is currently featured as the Endocrinology Article of the Week! 🎉This paper was the result of years of hard work during my PhD and it wouldn't have been possible without the excellent mentorship from Francis and the collaborative efforts of all co-authors.
Thrilled to share our latest work, which was the outstanding doctoral work of @samanthajsyoon.bsky.social academic.oup.com/endo/advance... 1/12
NPAS4 depletion in POMC neurons protects from obesity and alters the feeding-regulated transcriptome in male mice
Abstract. Immediate Early Genes (IEGs), such as Neuronal PAS domain protein 4 (Npas4), are induced as part of the response to environmental stimuli. In the
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July 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Bringing this thread back since this paper is currently featured as the Endocrinology Article of the Week! 🎉This paper was the result of years of hard work during my PhD and it wouldn't have been possible without the excellent mentorship from Francis and the collaborative efforts of all co-authors.
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Excited to share that our recent paper is featured as the Endocrinology Article of the Week! @samanthajsyoon.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Excited to share that our recent paper is featured as the Endocrinology Article of the Week! @samanthajsyoon.bsky.social
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We are launching a new initiative to support experimental design, data management/analysis and bioinformatics. Early days yet, but check it out here.
www.bcell.org/adi-datasci....
www.bcell.org/adi-datasci....
July 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
We are launching a new initiative to support experimental design, data management/analysis and bioinformatics. Early days yet, but check it out here.
www.bcell.org/adi-datasci....
www.bcell.org/adi-datasci....
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New single-nucleus and spatial datasets offer unprecedented insights into the basis of #obesity associated adipose tissue dysfunction and its reversal by #weightloss and are a key resource for mechanistic and therapeutic exploration www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Selective remodelling of the adipose niche in obesity and weight loss - Nature
An atlas study of adipose tissue in people with obesity undergoing weight loss and their lean counterparts reveals that weight loss reduces cell senescence but cannot reverse all the metabolic problem...
www.nature.com
July 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
New single-nucleus and spatial datasets offer unprecedented insights into the basis of #obesity associated adipose tissue dysfunction and its reversal by #weightloss and are a key resource for mechanistic and therapeutic exploration www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Come join us in Vancouver! Exciting opportunity for a more senior investigator researching new regenerative medicine approaches for Type 1 diabetes. $8M in funding for successful candidate research.ubc.ca/media/file/j...
research.ubc.ca
July 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Come join us in Vancouver! Exciting opportunity for a more senior investigator researching new regenerative medicine approaches for Type 1 diabetes. $8M in funding for successful candidate research.ubc.ca/media/file/j...
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📣Don't miss our second seminar on June 5th with @shanaadise.bsky.social sharing her work on food behavior and eating choices 🧠🥪🍓! Imane Hadj-Aissa from @ulaval.ca
will be our student presenter.
🔗Register here to ge the zoom link: forms.gle/nvcWTK7BtwSj...
#Science #Metabolism #behavior
will be our student presenter.
🔗Register here to ge the zoom link: forms.gle/nvcWTK7BtwSj...
#Science #Metabolism #behavior
June 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
📣Don't miss our second seminar on June 5th with @shanaadise.bsky.social sharing her work on food behavior and eating choices 🧠🥪🍓! Imane Hadj-Aissa from @ulaval.ca
will be our student presenter.
🔗Register here to ge the zoom link: forms.gle/nvcWTK7BtwSj...
#Science #Metabolism #behavior
will be our student presenter.
🔗Register here to ge the zoom link: forms.gle/nvcWTK7BtwSj...
#Science #Metabolism #behavior
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Register to our Neurometabolism Summer Seminar Series and don't miss our first seminar by Dr. Martin Myers on "CNS control of food intake an metabolism". Lila Dabill from Washington University will be our student presenter.
Register here: forms.gle/nvcWTK7BtwSj...
#Science #Metabolism
Register here: forms.gle/nvcWTK7BtwSj...
#Science #Metabolism
May 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Register to our Neurometabolism Summer Seminar Series and don't miss our first seminar by Dr. Martin Myers on "CNS control of food intake an metabolism". Lila Dabill from Washington University will be our student presenter.
Register here: forms.gle/nvcWTK7BtwSj...
#Science #Metabolism
Register here: forms.gle/nvcWTK7BtwSj...
#Science #Metabolism
Best places to get work/writing done, according to my brain:
1. Planes ✈️
2. Trains 🚅
3. That's it, apparently.
1. Planes ✈️
2. Trains 🚅
3. That's it, apparently.
May 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Best places to get work/writing done, according to my brain:
1. Planes ✈️
2. Trains 🚅
3. That's it, apparently.
1. Planes ✈️
2. Trains 🚅
3. That's it, apparently.