Carrie Shemanko
@shemanko.bsky.social
Scientist studying mammary gland development and breast cancer. Late to the sourdough craze
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Female graduates in the UK fall behind men from the very start of their careers, even when they have taken the same courses, and are out-earned after studying more than four-fifths of university subjects (1/3) www.ft.com/content/cb0e...
August 19, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Female graduates in the UK fall behind men from the very start of their careers, even when they have taken the same courses, and are out-earned after studying more than four-fifths of university subjects (1/3) www.ft.com/content/cb0e...
How can one remove 70 sample boxes and the lab freezer still looks full?!
August 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
How can one remove 70 sample boxes and the lab freezer still looks full?!
Pleased to be part of the this amazing network across Canada!
🚨 MILESTONE ALERT: Network publishes landmark paper in Cancer Cell! 🚨
The paper highlights the Network’s history, objectives and key accomplishments, underscoring how this unprecedented national collaboration is accelerating precision oncology!
More ▶️ bit.ly/4jemiKn
The paper highlights the Network’s history, objectives and key accomplishments, underscoring how this unprecedented national collaboration is accelerating precision oncology!
More ▶️ bit.ly/4jemiKn
April 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Pleased to be part of the this amazing network across Canada!
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MP Kirsty Duncan has served in Parliament since 2008, but before that she was a scientist. Ahead of International Women's Day, she shared her experience as a woman in research and the challenges of encouraging more women to choose a STEM career. #IWD
@schulichmeddent.bsky.social
@schulichmeddent.bsky.social
Long road ahead to draw more women into STEM careers
This week, MP Kirsty Duncan, a scientist-turned-politician, shared her own experiences with those obstacles in a seminar hosted by Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry’s Depart...
brainscan.uwo.ca
March 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
MP Kirsty Duncan has served in Parliament since 2008, but before that she was a scientist. Ahead of International Women's Day, she shared her experience as a woman in research and the challenges of encouraging more women to choose a STEM career. #IWD
@schulichmeddent.bsky.social
@schulichmeddent.bsky.social
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We finally got a ChatGPT generated review on a manuscript. So I wrote about how we handle these reviews is a sign of whether we have given up on peer review altogether.
Vol. 24 - Here is a revised version of your review with improved clarity
ChatGPT is not my peer. It should not review my papers.
buttondown.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
We finally got a ChatGPT generated review on a manuscript. So I wrote about how we handle these reviews is a sign of whether we have given up on peer review altogether.
Did you know up to 70% of breast cancer patients whose disease has spread will experience bone metastasis? #BoneMetsAware
February 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Did you know up to 70% of breast cancer patients whose disease has spread will experience bone metastasis? #BoneMetsAware
Did you know that bone metastasis is the spread of cancer from another site in the body? Cancers that commonly spread to the bone include breast, prostate, lung, kidney, thyroid.
#BoneMetsAware
#BoneMetsAware
February 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Did you know that bone metastasis is the spread of cancer from another site in the body? Cancers that commonly spread to the bone include breast, prostate, lung, kidney, thyroid.
#BoneMetsAware
#BoneMetsAware
Research on bone metastasis has increased over the years, but is still very challenging to study.
#BoneMetsAware
#BoneMetsAware
February 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Research on bone metastasis has increased over the years, but is still very challenging to study.
#BoneMetsAware
#BoneMetsAware
It's Bone Metastasis Awareness Week. Researchers - do you have a project on bone metastasis you'd like to share? Fundamental, clinical, epidemiological, other? We'd like to hear about it! #BoneMetsAware
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February 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It's Bone Metastasis Awareness Week. Researchers - do you have a project on bone metastasis you'd like to share? Fundamental, clinical, epidemiological, other? We'd like to hear about it! #BoneMetsAware
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This is Bone Metastasis Awareness Week. If you are a clinician, researcher, patient, family or friend with someone experiencing bone metastasis, please join us in this closed Facebook group.🧪
February 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This is Bone Metastasis Awareness Week. If you are a clinician, researcher, patient, family or friend with someone experiencing bone metastasis, please join us in this closed Facebook group.🧪
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Developmental biology discovers fundamental biological concepts, develops new technologies, and elucidates disease mechanisms. And so many fascinating phenomena remain unexplained. Some examples of concepts discovered and technologies created by developmental biologists since 1974:
February 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Developmental biology discovers fundamental biological concepts, develops new technologies, and elucidates disease mechanisms. And so many fascinating phenomena remain unexplained. Some examples of concepts discovered and technologies created by developmental biologists since 1974:
Maybe I should wear a bell to the lab as to not startle focused people in zen-mode who have relaxed in the comforting hum of fans and machines
January 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Maybe I should wear a bell to the lab as to not startle focused people in zen-mode who have relaxed in the comforting hum of fans and machines
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Very pleased that our Routledge History of Loneliness is now out (& reasonably priced) in paperback - 30 multidisciplinary essays exploring the history of loneliness, its form and development across cultures c.17C to the present. #skystorians🗃️
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
The Routledge History of Loneliness
The Routledge History of Loneliness takes a multidisciplinary approach to the history of a modern emotion, exploring its form and development across cultures from the seventeenth century to the presen...
www.routledge.com
January 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Very pleased that our Routledge History of Loneliness is now out (& reasonably priced) in paperback - 30 multidisciplinary essays exploring the history of loneliness, its form and development across cultures c.17C to the present. #skystorians🗃️
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
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Do you know a UK-based wheelchair user who works in a lab and would be willing to user-test our prototype of what is believed to be the first-ever lab coat adapted for wheelchair users?
Please share far & wide! Interest form: forms.office.com/e/66FhcQjqRT
More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/new...
Please share far & wide! Interest form: forms.office.com/e/66FhcQjqRT
More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/new...
January 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Do you know a UK-based wheelchair user who works in a lab and would be willing to user-test our prototype of what is believed to be the first-ever lab coat adapted for wheelchair users?
Please share far & wide! Interest form: forms.office.com/e/66FhcQjqRT
More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/new...
Please share far & wide! Interest form: forms.office.com/e/66FhcQjqRT
More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/new...
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Trainee sending an email with their PI copied on it.
January 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Trainee sending an email with their PI copied on it.
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And with the arrival of hundreds of the cherished Snow Duck on campus, the winter mood is a little brighter.
November 26, 2024 at 6:22 PM
And with the arrival of hundreds of the cherished Snow Duck on campus, the winter mood is a little brighter.
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Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️
So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?
We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary
#WomeninSTEM
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?
We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary
#WomeninSTEM
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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November 25, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️
So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?
We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary
#WomeninSTEM
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?
We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary
#WomeninSTEM
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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I think our freezer is reaching maximum density and at risk of forming a quantum singularity.
November 25, 2024 at 9:19 PM
I think our freezer is reaching maximum density and at risk of forming a quantum singularity.
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Surround yourself with the kind of people who make small talk with stray animals.
November 21, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Surround yourself with the kind of people who make small talk with stray animals.
It hasn’t been that long since we needed winter woollies - why is it always a mystery to actually find them? (When it’s too late and it’s already freezing and windy 😂🥶)
a cat wearing a blue outfit and boots is looking at winter like ...
Alt: A cat wearing a blue snow suit with room for the ears.
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2024 at 10:21 PM
It hasn’t been that long since we needed winter woollies - why is it always a mystery to actually find them? (When it’s too late and it’s already freezing and windy 😂🥶)
Our lab has also been plagued with bad antibodies or else fantastic ones that were sadly discontinued. Speaking of which does anyone know of a great anti- beta-casein antibody? 🧪 🍼🥛
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The antibodies don’t work! The race to rid labs of molecules that ruin experiments
Poorly performing antibodies have plagued biomedical sciences for decades. Several fresh initiatives hope to change this.
www.nature.com
November 18, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Our lab has also been plagued with bad antibodies or else fantastic ones that were sadly discontinued. Speaking of which does anyone know of a great anti- beta-casein antibody? 🧪 🍼🥛
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Why do -80C freezers always crash on a weekend?
November 16, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Why do -80C freezers always crash on a weekend?
Beautiful crisp morning.
November 16, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Beautiful crisp morning.
@jung-sillah.bsky.social please add me to the cancer research starter pack profiles.ucalgary.ca/carrie-simon...
Carrie Simone Shemanko
profiles.ucalgary.ca
November 12, 2024 at 4:26 PM
@jung-sillah.bsky.social please add me to the cancer research starter pack profiles.ucalgary.ca/carrie-simon...