Dr. Paula Littlejohn, PhD, MHS
@sistainscience.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Fellow at UBC BCCHR. Studies: gut microbiome, inflammatory bowel disease, nutritional deficiencies, stem cells and epigenetics using organoids & other cool models. 💍✝️
Looking forward to being a part of this very timely conversation on research and AI. Register here: webinars.elsevier.com/elsevier/bui...
Building confidence in research in the age of AI
What’s really on the minds of researchers today, and what does it mean for the future of research? Elsevier’s new <b>Confidence in research: Researcher of the future</b> report is here, offering a rar...
webinars.elsevier.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Looking forward to being a part of this very timely conversation on research and AI. Register here: webinars.elsevier.com/elsevier/bui...
Honoring the survivors and their families today from the atrocities of residential schools. Remembering the truth of the past to reconcile for the future
September 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Honoring the survivors and their families today from the atrocities of residential schools. Remembering the truth of the past to reconcile for the future
Finally deactivated my Twitter account woohoo 🙌🏾
September 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Finally deactivated my Twitter account woohoo 🙌🏾
In World IBD Day, highlighting some of my recent work in advancing research on IBD. #nutrition #IBD
Nutritional deficiencies are a common complication of IBD. In this Editorial we discuss the challenges of diagnosing and managing IBD in sub-Saharan Africa where underlying nutritional deficiency is endemic. nutrition.bmj.com/content/earl...
Nutritional deficiencies and associated pathologies present unique challenges of diagnosing paediatric inflammatory bowel disease in sub-Saharan Africa
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) represents two idiopathic conditions (Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis (UC)) of chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract affecting all ages with no known cure....
nutrition.bmj.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
In World IBD Day, highlighting some of my recent work in advancing research on IBD. #nutrition #IBD
Very grateful to be a part in this project now finally published. www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...
Frontiers | Crosstalk with infant-derived Th17 cells, as well as exposure to IL-22 promotes maturation of intestinal epithelial cells in an enteroid model
www.frontiersin.org
May 19, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Very grateful to be a part in this project now finally published. www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...
Standing together with IBD patients, their families and caregivers across the globe to find better biomarkers, treatments and ultimately a cure.
May 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Standing together with IBD patients, their families and caregivers across the globe to find better biomarkers, treatments and ultimately a cure.
Sometimes being an enigma can be your superpower—life lessons
May 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Sometimes being an enigma can be your superpower—life lessons
As always, @nature.com hits the mark with timely, appropriate commentary that speaks to deeper issues. I really enjoyed this article as I begin to find ways to engage with communities my research aims to help.
Experts explain why scientists must commit to engaging with the communities they want to help at all stages of the research process — from planning to dissemination
https://go.nature.com/4i6BuJx
https://go.nature.com/4i6BuJx
Use your research to beat health inequities: four strategies from experts
Scientists must commit to engaging with the communities they want to help at all stages of the research process — from planning to dissemination.
go.nature.com
March 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
As always, @nature.com hits the mark with timely, appropriate commentary that speaks to deeper issues. I really enjoyed this article as I begin to find ways to engage with communities my research aims to help.
March 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Science is still relevant, and so are women and girls in science. #internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience
February 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Science is still relevant, and so are women and girls in science. #internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience
Delighted to be a panelist at the Soroptimist Surrey/Delta/White Rock Dream It, Be It conference. My take home messages: bring your creativity, learn to listen more in a world that is often so loud, practice critical thinking and show up as your authentic self to Dream It and Be It.
February 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Delighted to be a panelist at the Soroptimist Surrey/Delta/White Rock Dream It, Be It conference. My take home messages: bring your creativity, learn to listen more in a world that is often so loud, practice critical thinking and show up as your authentic self to Dream It and Be It.
Reposted by Dr. Paula Littlejohn, PhD, MHS
New Millman lab publication out in Advanced Science using genetically engineered brain organoids to model glioblastoma (GBM). Excited to collaborate with Albert Kim
to extend our stem cell expertise to cancer. Congrats 1st author Matt Ishahak advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
to extend our stem cell expertise to cancer. Congrats 1st author Matt Ishahak advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Genetically Engineered Brain Organoids Recapitulate Spatial and Developmental States of Glioblastoma Progression
This study develops engineered glioblastoma organoids to investigate the role of specific mutations in tumor progression. The analytic framework spans single-cell analysis, spatial transcriptomics, s...
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
New Millman lab publication out in Advanced Science using genetically engineered brain organoids to model glioblastoma (GBM). Excited to collaborate with Albert Kim
to extend our stem cell expertise to cancer. Congrats 1st author Matt Ishahak advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
to extend our stem cell expertise to cancer. Congrats 1st author Matt Ishahak advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Reposted by Dr. Paula Littlejohn, PhD, MHS
Rock and dust samples brought back from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu contain organic matter, including amino acids and all five DNA and RNA nucleobases, according to two papers in Nature Astronomy and Nature.
https://go.nature.com/40SlwfF
https://go.nature.com/3CC6ZLO
🔭 🧪
https://go.nature.com/40SlwfF
https://go.nature.com/3CC6ZLO
🔭 🧪
January 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Rock and dust samples brought back from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu contain organic matter, including amino acids and all five DNA and RNA nucleobases, according to two papers in Nature Astronomy and Nature.
https://go.nature.com/40SlwfF
https://go.nature.com/3CC6ZLO
🔭 🧪
https://go.nature.com/40SlwfF
https://go.nature.com/3CC6ZLO
🔭 🧪
Nutritional deficiencies are a common complication of IBD. In this Editorial we discuss the challenges of diagnosing and managing IBD in sub-Saharan Africa where underlying nutritional deficiency is endemic. nutrition.bmj.com/content/earl...
Nutritional deficiencies and associated pathologies present unique challenges of diagnosing paediatric inflammatory bowel disease in sub-Saharan Africa
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) represents two idiopathic conditions (Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis (UC)) of chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract affecting all ages with no known cure....
nutrition.bmj.com
November 16, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Nutritional deficiencies are a common complication of IBD. In this Editorial we discuss the challenges of diagnosing and managing IBD in sub-Saharan Africa where underlying nutritional deficiency is endemic. nutrition.bmj.com/content/earl...