Will Foulkes
@willfoulkes.bsky.social
Clinical and Lab Cancer Genetics. Chair Dept Human Genetics, McGill. “I saw no need to paint the sky”.
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A study published in JAMA found acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability.
JAMA Deputy Editor Linda Brubaker, MD, MS, spoke with senior author Brian Lee, PhD, about the study’s findings. ja.ma/4nugLSF
JAMA Deputy Editor Linda Brubaker, MD, MS, spoke with senior author Brian Lee, PhD, about the study’s findings. ja.ma/4nugLSF
September 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A study published in JAMA found acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability.
JAMA Deputy Editor Linda Brubaker, MD, MS, spoke with senior author Brian Lee, PhD, about the study’s findings. ja.ma/4nugLSF
JAMA Deputy Editor Linda Brubaker, MD, MS, spoke with senior author Brian Lee, PhD, about the study’s findings. ja.ma/4nugLSF
Tony Harrison, the great Yorkshire poet, died a few days ago. Here’s one of my favourites.
September 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Tony Harrison, the great Yorkshire poet, died a few days ago. Here’s one of my favourites.
Anyone else riding a vintage bike from Bell St Bikes? (located near London’s Paddington Station but out of business for years). I had my 1985 bike rebuilt recently by the great team at C and L cycles in Montreal, and it is riding like a dream. The BSB 400 logo is just about still visible.
August 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Anyone else riding a vintage bike from Bell St Bikes? (located near London’s Paddington Station but out of business for years). I had my 1985 bike rebuilt recently by the great team at C and L cycles in Montreal, and it is riding like a dream. The BSB 400 logo is just about still visible.
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@who.int remains committed to end AIDS in our lifetime, and calls on leaders to:
Embrace meaningful partnerships — esp. with people living with #HIV;
Support HIV research;
Prioritize HIV prevention;
Protect human rights;
Reject the politicization of science and scientific institutions.
Embrace meaningful partnerships — esp. with people living with #HIV;
Support HIV research;
Prioritize HIV prevention;
Protect human rights;
Reject the politicization of science and scientific institutions.
July 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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“The principle of a tax-funded single-payer model is the most efficient and effective way of running a healthcare system.”
🚨INTERVIEW: Tomorrow new NHS England chair Penny Dash will publish her review into patient safety. She sat down with The Sunday Times to explain her views on the NHS and what needs to change:
READ: www.thetimes.com/article/f90d...
READ: www.thetimes.com/article/f90d...
NHS England chief Penny Dash says wasting billions ‘makes me want to cry’
The new chairwoman of NHS England also says that poor care for the poorest communities is a ‘stain on our country’
www.thetimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
“The principle of a tax-funded single-payer model is the most efficient and effective way of running a healthcare system.”
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Canada, the UK, and Ukraine all at once — after a Canuk enlargement, the EU would be the global economic powerhouse.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Canada won’t become the 51st US state – but could it join the EU?
Donald Trump’s extraordinary threats have angered Canadians and Europeans, and the idea of a new kind of transatlantic alliance is gaining traction
www.theguardian.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Canada, the UK, and Ukraine all at once — after a Canuk enlargement, the EU would be the global economic powerhouse.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
The End Of The Day Song
Karin Krog & Bengt Hallberg · Two Of A Kind · Song · 1982
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May 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
What next? This is so out of control.
Staff members at the US National Science Foundation (NSF) were told on 30 April to “stop awarding all funding actions until further notice,” according to an email seen by Nature.
https://go.nature.com/44Ugf9V
https://go.nature.com/44Ugf9V
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
go.nature.com
May 1, 2025 at 10:59 PM
What next? This is so out of control.
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Reckon we still have a while before ChatGPT replaces genetic counselors
April 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Reckon we still have a while before ChatGPT replaces genetic counselors
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Unwavering support to our colleagues
We live in challenging times where support for science, research, and academic freedom is being questioned. As researchers, educators, and learners, we must stand together with our colleagues.
Full statement: www.mcgill.ca/sbms/
We live in challenging times where support for science, research, and academic freedom is being questioned. As researchers, educators, and learners, we must stand together with our colleagues.
Full statement: www.mcgill.ca/sbms/
March 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Unwavering support to our colleagues
We live in challenging times where support for science, research, and academic freedom is being questioned. As researchers, educators, and learners, we must stand together with our colleagues.
Full statement: www.mcgill.ca/sbms/
We live in challenging times where support for science, research, and academic freedom is being questioned. As researchers, educators, and learners, we must stand together with our colleagues.
Full statement: www.mcgill.ca/sbms/
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If you’re a Canadian student or permanent resident facing academic uncertainty, you may find world-class opportunities closer to home. Explore McGill’s Department of Human Genetics MSc and PhD programs. We’re here to support your academic excellence.
Thesis Based Research Programs in Human Genetics
MSc / PhD in Human Genetics (Thesis) The Department of Human Genetics provides a unified curriculum of study in genetics. Areas of specialization include: biochemical genetics, genetics of development...
www.mcgill.ca
March 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If you’re a Canadian student or permanent resident facing academic uncertainty, you may find world-class opportunities closer to home. Explore McGill’s Department of Human Genetics MSc and PhD programs. We’re here to support your academic excellence.
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openRxiv has arrived!
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of openRxiv as an independent, researcher-led nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences.
openrxiv.org/introducing-...
#openRxiv #OpenScience #Preprints #bioRxiv #medRxiv
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of openRxiv as an independent, researcher-led nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences.
openrxiv.org/introducing-...
#openRxiv #OpenScience #Preprints #bioRxiv #medRxiv
March 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
openRxiv has arrived!
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of openRxiv as an independent, researcher-led nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences.
openrxiv.org/introducing-...
#openRxiv #OpenScience #Preprints #bioRxiv #medRxiv
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of openRxiv as an independent, researcher-led nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences.
openrxiv.org/introducing-...
#openRxiv #OpenScience #Preprints #bioRxiv #medRxiv
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Mike spotted this before the rest of us. 🫡
Publications from 2025 are shared more on Bluesky than on X/Twitter.
Publications from 2025 are shared more on Bluesky than on X/Twitter.
About to talk to medical affairs colleagues, with the news that Bluesky is carrying more posts about new journal publications than X #bluesky #altmetrics #x #xparrot
March 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Mike spotted this before the rest of us. 🫡
Publications from 2025 are shared more on Bluesky than on X/Twitter.
Publications from 2025 are shared more on Bluesky than on X/Twitter.
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🆕 ‘Health in Canada: a pivotal political moment’
Read the latest Lancet Editorial: tinyurl.com/p8aedhkm
📖 Full issue: tinyurl.com/bdfav9vz #MedSky
Read the latest Lancet Editorial: tinyurl.com/p8aedhkm
📖 Full issue: tinyurl.com/bdfav9vz #MedSky
March 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🆕 ‘Health in Canada: a pivotal political moment’
Read the latest Lancet Editorial: tinyurl.com/p8aedhkm
📖 Full issue: tinyurl.com/bdfav9vz #MedSky
Read the latest Lancet Editorial: tinyurl.com/p8aedhkm
📖 Full issue: tinyurl.com/bdfav9vz #MedSky
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Calling all healthcare providers and researchers! Join us at #BRCA 2025, the 10th International Symposium on Hereditary Breast and Ovarian #Cancer, from May 6-9th 2025
✅Inspiring speakers
✅In-depth sessions
✅Networking opportunities
Visit www.brcasymposium.ca for more info!
✅Inspiring speakers
✅In-depth sessions
✅Networking opportunities
Visit www.brcasymposium.ca for more info!
March 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Calling all healthcare providers and researchers! Join us at #BRCA 2025, the 10th International Symposium on Hereditary Breast and Ovarian #Cancer, from May 6-9th 2025
✅Inspiring speakers
✅In-depth sessions
✅Networking opportunities
Visit www.brcasymposium.ca for more info!
✅Inspiring speakers
✅In-depth sessions
✅Networking opportunities
Visit www.brcasymposium.ca for more info!
From Tom Nichols in The Atlantic today—- Friday, February 28, 2025, will go into the history books as one of the grimmest days in American diplomacy, the beginning of a long-term disaster that every American, every U.S. ally, and anyone who cares about the future of democracy will have to endure.
March 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
From Tom Nichols in The Atlantic today—- Friday, February 28, 2025, will go into the history books as one of the grimmest days in American diplomacy, the beginning of a long-term disaster that every American, every U.S. ally, and anyone who cares about the future of democracy will have to endure.
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Musk is personally complicit in destroying scientific institutions and data and livelihoods. He is promoting dangerous disinformation and conspiracies. His comments have endangered at least one scientist personally.
"But look, we can't be political."
"But look, we can't be political."
February 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Musk is personally complicit in destroying scientific institutions and data and livelihoods. He is promoting dangerous disinformation and conspiracies. His comments have endangered at least one scientist personally.
"But look, we can't be political."
"But look, we can't be political."
In 1755, the English writer Samuel Johnson wrote “the mind can only repose on the stability of truth”. How relevant that seems now. Whose mind can be in repose today?
February 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
In 1755, the English writer Samuel Johnson wrote “the mind can only repose on the stability of truth”. How relevant that seems now. Whose mind can be in repose today?
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
February 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.