Alexander Beristain
@agberistain.bsky.social
Associate Professor UBC
Interested in how the placenta forms and interacts with the mother.
Interested in how the placenta forms and interacts with the mother.
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Mini placentas and ovaries could improve treatment for women’s health issues.
"Lab-made organoids that mimic reproductive tissues could point to treatments for common conditions such as pre-eclampsia and endometriosis."
🧪 #Science #Biology #Health #Biotechnology
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Lab-made organoids that mimic reproductive tissues could point to treatments for common conditions such as pre-eclampsia and endometriosis."
🧪 #Science #Biology #Health #Biotechnology
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
September 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Mini placentas and ovaries could improve treatment for women’s health issues.
"Lab-made organoids that mimic reproductive tissues could point to treatments for common conditions such as pre-eclampsia and endometriosis."
🧪 #Science #Biology #Health #Biotechnology
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Lab-made organoids that mimic reproductive tissues could point to treatments for common conditions such as pre-eclampsia and endometriosis."
🧪 #Science #Biology #Health #Biotechnology
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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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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Read this piece. It gives a great impression of #TCTeAC WoodstockBio2 & Night Science from one of the #Instigators. This is the next best thing to being there... I like the expression #BohemianFixers. Many thanks to them! Děkujeme.
thenode.biologists.com/from-posters...
thenode.biologists.com/from-posters...
From Posters to Parades: Inside Woodstock.Bio² & Night Science Conference - the Node
A fever dream of science and spirit wrapped in the forests of Bohemia. Here’s an escalating list — starting with the standard (though nothing was standard
thenode.biologists.com
June 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Read this piece. It gives a great impression of #TCTeAC WoodstockBio2 & Night Science from one of the #Instigators. This is the next best thing to being there... I like the expression #BohemianFixers. Many thanks to them! Děkujeme.
thenode.biologists.com/from-posters...
thenode.biologists.com/from-posters...
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Some bits from #TCTeAC #Barkley marathon. We had ~25 runners, 3 cyclists, 9 finished 2nd round, 6 did a #funrun and went on to become #Finishers. One got lost, two almost drowned 😉. The rest was tapped out by Phillip’s #trumpet. All cyclists did at least one run. #Kata ruled - 🏃♀️. Lazarus Lake says 🫡
June 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Some bits from #TCTeAC #Barkley marathon. We had ~25 runners, 3 cyclists, 9 finished 2nd round, 6 did a #funrun and went on to become #Finishers. One got lost, two almost drowned 😉. The rest was tapped out by Phillip’s #trumpet. All cyclists did at least one run. #Kata ruled - 🏃♀️. Lazarus Lake says 🫡
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🇨🇦🚖🛬🇨🇿🚊☀️🧪🍻🚊🌙🧪⛺️💃🕺🎉🚣♂️🚌🛫🇨🇦 ❤️❤️❤️ Whoosh!
Heading home with @agberistain.bsky.social after #TCTeAC
Thank you for these inspiring, creative, fascinating days together! Please do come visit Vancouver any time, on even the tiniest, flimsiest of excuses - we love visitors! 🏔️🌊🌳🧬🧪
Heading home with @agberistain.bsky.social after #TCTeAC
Thank you for these inspiring, creative, fascinating days together! Please do come visit Vancouver any time, on even the tiniest, flimsiest of excuses - we love visitors! 🏔️🌊🌳🧬🧪
June 14, 2025 at 6:51 AM
🇨🇦🚖🛬🇨🇿🚊☀️🧪🍻🚊🌙🧪⛺️💃🕺🎉🚣♂️🚌🛫🇨🇦 ❤️❤️❤️ Whoosh!
Heading home with @agberistain.bsky.social after #TCTeAC
Thank you for these inspiring, creative, fascinating days together! Please do come visit Vancouver any time, on even the tiniest, flimsiest of excuses - we love visitors! 🏔️🌊🌳🧬🧪
Heading home with @agberistain.bsky.social after #TCTeAC
Thank you for these inspiring, creative, fascinating days together! Please do come visit Vancouver any time, on even the tiniest, flimsiest of excuses - we love visitors! 🏔️🌊🌳🧬🧪
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It's hard to describe how amazing this conference has been, the final day had everything including a wedding, a boxing match and a great performance of Y.M.C.A. Thanks to all the organizers @woodstocknightsci.bsky.social, this has been a once-in-a-lifetime event!
#TCTeAC
#TCTeAC
June 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM
It's hard to describe how amazing this conference has been, the final day had everything including a wedding, a boxing match and a great performance of Y.M.C.A. Thanks to all the organizers @woodstocknightsci.bsky.social, this has been a once-in-a-lifetime event!
#TCTeAC
#TCTeAC
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the morning after #TCTeAC. The contrast with the news I woke up to
🙏
@svobodalab.bsky.social
@odedrechavi.bsky.social
@itaiyanai.bsky.social
and everyone helping and precipitating. you guys rock🧡
🙏
@svobodalab.bsky.social
@odedrechavi.bsky.social
@itaiyanai.bsky.social
and everyone helping and precipitating. you guys rock🧡
June 14, 2025 at 7:57 AM
the morning after #TCTeAC. The contrast with the news I woke up to
🙏
@svobodalab.bsky.social
@odedrechavi.bsky.social
@itaiyanai.bsky.social
and everyone helping and precipitating. you guys rock🧡
🙏
@svobodalab.bsky.social
@odedrechavi.bsky.social
@itaiyanai.bsky.social
and everyone helping and precipitating. you guys rock🧡
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Alexander Beristain at the Woodstock Night Science conference #TCTEAC @agberistain.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Alexander Beristain at the Woodstock Night Science conference #TCTEAC @agberistain.bsky.social
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June 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Excellent Op-Ed by Peter Zandstra on improving 🇨🇦 science at a time when 🇺🇸 is throttling their golden goose. Instead of bespoke, targeted & ultimately short term solutions limited to a few people, build a deep, more attractive ecosysyem. The best will thrive. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/46242ee...
Canada’s U.S. brain gain is risky without more foundational support for science
Scientists want to come to Canada not only to escape the chaos and uncertainty emerging in U.S. science but also because they are drawn to the energy here
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Excellent Op-Ed by Peter Zandstra on improving 🇨🇦 science at a time when 🇺🇸 is throttling their golden goose. Instead of bespoke, targeted & ultimately short term solutions limited to a few people, build a deep, more attractive ecosysyem. The best will thrive. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/46242ee...
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I’d love nothing more than recruiting my American colleagues. But there’s already very limited funding in Canada & we are in a trade war with the US that will economically devastate both countries.
I’d love nothing more than recruiting my American colleagues. But there’s already very limited funding in Canada & we are in a trade war with the US that will economically devastate both countries.
Totally true for Australia as well. We are not a viable end point for a brain drain.
Pet peeve: I hate how often ppl claim “all the researchers will just move to Europe/Canada!” You vastly under-estimate how little money there is there vs the USA- and unless that changes ASAP this loss is just going to decimate global science, full stop. 🧪🔭
March 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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I’d love nothing more than recruiting my American colleagues. But there’s already very limited funding in Canada & we are in a trade war with the US that will economically devastate both countries.
I’d love nothing more than recruiting my American colleagues. But there’s already very limited funding in Canada & we are in a trade war with the US that will economically devastate both countries.
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Great to see this out! Congrats @amy-inkster.bsky.social on such thoughtful insightful work!
Feels like a strange time to be sharing research news, but the final manuscript from my PhD is now available online! In this article we explore the unique low-methylated state of the inactive X chromosome in the human placenta. doi.org/10.1186/s132...
March 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Great to see this out! Congrats @amy-inkster.bsky.social on such thoughtful insightful work!