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Amy
@amyhoff94.bsky.social
MSc in Molecular and Cellular Biology + Toxicology
Buy Canadian Products. Proud part owner of Canadian.
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UK science and technology is suffering from a lack of investment, a hostile immigration system, and fragile university finances, reports @cathleenogrady.bsky.social 🧪 #scipolicy
www.science.org/content/arti...
U.K. science sector is ‘bleeding to death,’ lawmakers say in report
House of Lords committee urges government to stem exodus of science and technology companies
www.science.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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The "second brain" of the body—the gut (enteric) nervous system—can tamp down inflammation of the gut lining via release of a neuropeptide, a discovery that may help vs inflammatory bowel disease
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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When mRNA vaccines are wrongly attacked, this is one of many examples of what you're missing.
A broad spectrum prevention strategy against viruses
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
August 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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🧵 of 🧵s @ukhadds.bsky.social RE "straw man" papers, there are a bunch but IMO a lot of it comes back to the Evidence Based Medicine idea that a checklist can substitute for expertise.

The result is junk trials compiled into junk reviews and guidance, just from ignorance, hubris and cherry picking.
Trump’s cronies aren’t what broke public health
The structural blind spots that undermine medical progress and how to fix them.
canadahealthwatch.ca
August 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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August 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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#MorningVibe

Radiate positivity and watch the world transform around you.
August 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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God willing they actually enforce this and fine companies that don't follow the law ✌️
August 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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A new “European Movement Canada” is being built. 🇨🇦🇪🇺

"Canada must not be a spectator to history. Strengthening our relationship with Europe now is an investment in the stability and prosperity of our shared future.”
Strengthening the European Union-Canada relationship
European Movement International seeks creating a European Movement Canada
bylines.scot
March 9, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
July 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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July 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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A tortoise shows it can go way faster with a ride and it even learns how to turn like a pro. 😅
July 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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We’re thrilled to announce IGI–Bakar Labs. This new building will allow the IGI to continue expanding our impact in health and agricultural applications of #CRISPR, and will be shared with the Bakar Labs incubator for growing biotech companies. Learn more: news.berkeley.edu/2025/07/17/c...
CRISPR researchers and startup entrepreneurs will share new building in UC Berkeley's Innovation Zone - Berkeley News
A planned addition to the campus's Innovation Zone will expand lab space for the Innovative Genomics Institute and build out the largest innovation hub — Bakar Labs — at any U.S. university.
news.berkeley.edu
July 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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TMNT was right… 🐢 🐈‍⬛
July 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Recently, I presented technological progress in single-cell proteomics & the biological analysis that it enables:

𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞-𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬: 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

youtu.be/8nhjKSTqeOs?...
Single-cell proteomics: From Protein Variation to Biological Functions
YouTube video by Nikolai Slavov
youtu.be
July 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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I’m telling you 2025 is messed up.
July 15, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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The Queen of the Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) blooms once a year at night.
July 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Explore #Newfoundland and #Labrador, Canada is the most eastern part of North America and the first to see the sunrise.

Many counties have French, Irish, Scottish and West Country English that remain distinct.

UNESCO site L’Anse aux Meadows, is the only confirmed site of the Viking explorer.
July 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Happy Friday ☀️😊☀️
July 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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#HAVEN #Canada’s first fully automated #greenhouse in #Ontario that provides technology from Finland to grow produce that reduces reliance on other countries.

This is just amazing! Check out the video
#cdnpoli

youtu.be/7sCrC89lf5E?...
Canada's first fully automated greenhouse
YouTube video by CityNews
youtu.be
July 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM