Lesley MacNeil
@steeltownworms.bsky.social
Loves worms, dogs and nothing else. Opinions are my own and rarely reflect those of my employer.
Associate Professor at McMaster University.
Associate Professor at McMaster University.
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100% -- I can't even begin to calculate the lost productivity for those thousands of researchers applying over and over again in a desperate bid to keep their labs afloat
February 3, 2026 at 11:23 PM
100% -- I can't even begin to calculate the lost productivity for those thousands of researchers applying over and over again in a desperate bid to keep their labs afloat
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My favorite genre of Epstein emails are powerful people emailing WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN about how MeToo has gone too far and the woke mob must be stopped.
February 4, 2026 at 2:22 AM
My favorite genre of Epstein emails are powerful people emailing WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN about how MeToo has gone too far and the woke mob must be stopped.
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“Health officials in New Mexico are warning against consuming raw dairy products after a newborn baby in the state died from a listeria infection that they say was likely contracted when the baby's mother drank raw milk during pregnancy.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
New Mexico warns against consuming raw milk after newborn dies from listeria
While the New Mexico Department of Health said it cannot pinpoint the baby's exact cause of death, officials believe it could have been linked to the mother drinking raw milk during pregnancy.
www.nbcnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:27 AM
“Health officials in New Mexico are warning against consuming raw dairy products after a newborn baby in the state died from a listeria infection that they say was likely contracted when the baby's mother drank raw milk during pregnancy.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
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RiboTRAP-seq identifies spatially distinct functions for the anterior and posterior intestine in immune and metabolic regulation in C. elegans
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
RiboTRAP-seq identifies spatially distinct functions for the anterior and posterior intestine in immune and metabolic regulation in C. elegans
elifesciences.org
February 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
RiboTRAP-seq identifies spatially distinct functions for the anterior and posterior intestine in immune and metabolic regulation in C. elegans
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
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I am pleased to share our latest paper on the role of the alternative polyadenylation factor CFIM-1 (NUDT21) in C. elegans germline development. academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...
A stress-dependent postembryonic role for the core CPA factor CFIM-1 in germline integrity
Abstract. Post-transcriptional processing of pre-mRNAs by alternative polyadenylation (APA) generates a diversity of transcript isoforms at the 3’ untransl
academic.oup.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I am pleased to share our latest paper on the role of the alternative polyadenylation factor CFIM-1 (NUDT21) in C. elegans germline development. academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...
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Are you a fermentation researcher outside of Canada ? We're looking for a Canada Impact+ Research Chair in Sustainable Food Fermentation Systems. Tenured at Associate or Full Professor. Come join @umanitoba.bsky.social the Harvard of the Prairies ! #share viprecprod.ad.umanitoba.ca/DEFAULT.ASPX...
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January 28, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Are you a fermentation researcher outside of Canada ? We're looking for a Canada Impact+ Research Chair in Sustainable Food Fermentation Systems. Tenured at Associate or Full Professor. Come join @umanitoba.bsky.social the Harvard of the Prairies ! #share viprecprod.ad.umanitoba.ca/DEFAULT.ASPX...
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Friends! I am so happy to share our new preprint!
Hydrogen peroxide has been the most common reactive chemical threat to life forms since the Great Oxygenation Event 2.5 billion years ago.
How do animals like C. elegans sense it fast and escape?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Thread 1/
Hydrogen peroxide has been the most common reactive chemical threat to life forms since the Great Oxygenation Event 2.5 billion years ago.
How do animals like C. elegans sense it fast and escape?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Thread 1/
January 28, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Friends! I am so happy to share our new preprint!
Hydrogen peroxide has been the most common reactive chemical threat to life forms since the Great Oxygenation Event 2.5 billion years ago.
How do animals like C. elegans sense it fast and escape?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Thread 1/
Hydrogen peroxide has been the most common reactive chemical threat to life forms since the Great Oxygenation Event 2.5 billion years ago.
How do animals like C. elegans sense it fast and escape?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Thread 1/
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She was given a tough brief: to revitalize a struggling and increasingly dysfunctional research funding ecosystem without any control or influence over budgets. In the end, she didn't get the govt support she deserved, but she got us the Naylor Report, so we all know how it could be. /2
January 26, 2026 at 10:51 PM
She was given a tough brief: to revitalize a struggling and increasingly dysfunctional research funding ecosystem without any control or influence over budgets. In the end, she didn't get the govt support she deserved, but she got us the Naylor Report, so we all know how it could be. /2
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The University of Guelph is closed on Monday, January 26 due to heavy snowfall. Please visit the campus status site for more information: https://uoguel.ph/51sni
January 26, 2026 at 2:52 AM
The University of Guelph is closed on Monday, January 26 due to heavy snowfall. Please visit the campus status site for more information: https://uoguel.ph/51sni
Just finished making slides for the Monday 8:30 am class that will likely be cancelled.
a young woman wearing a green jacket and a black hoodie is standing in a crowd .
ALT: a young woman wearing a green jacket and a black hoodie is standing in a crowd .
media.tenor.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Just finished making slides for the Monday 8:30 am class that will likely be cancelled.
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Police Repeatedly Shoot Tim Cook After Mistaking iPhone For Gun https://theonion.com/police-repeatedly-shoot-tim-cook-after-mistaking-iphone-1824184361/
January 25, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Police Repeatedly Shoot Tim Cook After Mistaking iPhone For Gun https://theonion.com/police-repeatedly-shoot-tim-cook-after-mistaking-iphone-1824184361/
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The New York Times reports that a group of “scientific” racists misused National Institute of Health data (that families were assured would be protected) to write bogus papers on supposed to biological racial differences. Gift link.
Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:15 PM
The New York Times reports that a group of “scientific” racists misused National Institute of Health data (that families were assured would be protected) to write bogus papers on supposed to biological racial differences. Gift link.
I miss the days when important jobs were done by competent people.
The Trump-appointed head of the federal panel that recommends vaccines is saying that polio and measles vaccines—and perhaps every vaccine—should be optional. trib.al/bOi5cBS
January 24, 2026 at 2:51 AM
I miss the days when important jobs were done by competent people.
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California just joined the World Health Organization.
I love it.
I love it.
California joins WHO public health network following US exit, marking a first for any state
California joined WHO's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, countering federal withdrawal from the organization.
www.abc10.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:30 PM
California just joined the World Health Organization.
I love it.
I love it.
I have to say, in this crazy time, I'm happy we have an adult in charge. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
As great powers abandon rules and values for their own interests, middle powers like Canada have a choice: compete with each other for favour or act together with impact.
January 21, 2026 at 10:54 PM
I have to say, in this crazy time, I'm happy we have an adult in charge. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
I wish I had ChatGPT's confidence.
"What's inside:
A clean schematic world map highlighting the tropical/subtropical belt where Aedes aegypti occurs."
"What's inside:
A clean schematic world map highlighting the tropical/subtropical belt where Aedes aegypti occurs."
January 20, 2026 at 5:24 PM
I wish I had ChatGPT's confidence.
"What's inside:
A clean schematic world map highlighting the tropical/subtropical belt where Aedes aegypti occurs."
"What's inside:
A clean schematic world map highlighting the tropical/subtropical belt where Aedes aegypti occurs."
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"Mass UK study debunks COVID vaccine myth."
"A landmark study of nearly 14 million children in England has revealed that the Covid infection carries a higher risk of heart complications than the vaccination"
Source: archive.md/PanVG
"A landmark study of nearly 14 million children in England has revealed that the Covid infection carries a higher risk of heart complications than the vaccination"
Source: archive.md/PanVG
January 19, 2026 at 10:11 PM
"Mass UK study debunks COVID vaccine myth."
"A landmark study of nearly 14 million children in England has revealed that the Covid infection carries a higher risk of heart complications than the vaccination"
Source: archive.md/PanVG
"A landmark study of nearly 14 million children in England has revealed that the Covid infection carries a higher risk of heart complications than the vaccination"
Source: archive.md/PanVG
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MLK 1968: It may be true that morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. It may be true that the law cannot change the heart but it can restrain the heartless. It may be true that the law can't make a man love me, but it can restrain him from lynching me.
January 19, 2026 at 6:22 PM
MLK 1968: It may be true that morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. It may be true that the law cannot change the heart but it can restrain the heartless. It may be true that the law can't make a man love me, but it can restrain him from lynching me.
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For Canadian scholars, the reality is bleak .
Ottawa is dangling money for American researchers, but what about our own? #academicsky #neuroskyence #psychscisky
Ottawa is dangling money for American researchers, but what about our own? #academicsky #neuroskyence #psychscisky
January 12, 2026 at 11:29 AM
For Canadian scholars, the reality is bleak .
Ottawa is dangling money for American researchers, but what about our own? #academicsky #neuroskyence #psychscisky
Ottawa is dangling money for American researchers, but what about our own? #academicsky #neuroskyence #psychscisky
Creative slide titles for my class:
"Giardia, what a weirdo!"
"Giardia, what a weirdo!"
January 13, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Creative slide titles for my class:
"Giardia, what a weirdo!"
"Giardia, what a weirdo!"
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Could international scientific organisations please stop having meetings in countries which are at best hostile and at worst extremely risky for international visitors? This creates unacceptable barriers to the community.
January 12, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Could international scientific organisations please stop having meetings in countries which are at best hostile and at worst extremely risky for international visitors? This creates unacceptable barriers to the community.
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RESEARCH PAPER: An intrinsically disordered region of Drosha selectively promotes miRNA biogenesis independent of tissue-specific Microprocessor condensates
By Yang et al., and Katherine McJunkin
➡️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/40/1-2/26.abstract
#IDR #miRNA #Microprocessor #smallRNA
By Yang et al., and Katherine McJunkin
➡️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/40/1-2/26.abstract
#IDR #miRNA #Microprocessor #smallRNA
January 12, 2026 at 6:55 PM
RESEARCH PAPER: An intrinsically disordered region of Drosha selectively promotes miRNA biogenesis independent of tissue-specific Microprocessor condensates
By Yang et al., and Katherine McJunkin
➡️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/40/1-2/26.abstract
#IDR #miRNA #Microprocessor #smallRNA
By Yang et al., and Katherine McJunkin
➡️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/40/1-2/26.abstract
#IDR #miRNA #Microprocessor #smallRNA
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Our lab, located at the University of Alberta (Canada), is hiring a postdoctoral scholar and/or PhD student to work on the contribution of genetic mutations to neurological disorder mechanisms and response to treatments. Please share widely! can-acn.org/postdoctoral...
Postdoctoral fellow or PhD student position with Dr. Anastassia Voronova (University of Alberta, Canada) – Canadian Association for Neuroscience
can-acn.org
January 12, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Our lab, located at the University of Alberta (Canada), is hiring a postdoctoral scholar and/or PhD student to work on the contribution of genetic mutations to neurological disorder mechanisms and response to treatments. Please share widely! can-acn.org/postdoctoral...