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Earlier this month, Genome BC staff had the chance to volunteer with the Greater Vancouver Foodbank. 🥫💛
Incredible to see the impact organizations like the Foodbank have—especially as more people in our community rely on their support.
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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4 new Genome BC–supported projects focused on preserving and understanding BC’s marine ecosystems. From salmon genomics to fish immunity and climate impacts on zooplankton, researchers across BC are driving critical marine science forward. 🌊🧬
#MarineConservation #BCMarineLife
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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What can ancient DNA tell us about the future of #SpeciesConservation
 A research project btwn Dr. Yang
@sfuarchaeology.bsky.social
+ Dr. Morin Tsleil-Waututh Nation
used #GenomicTools to analyze archaeological fish bones alongside knowledge of the Tsleil-Waututh people.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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In this clip Dr. Goodridge explains why he studies Salmonella, which causes 93 million cases of illness worldwide each year.

🎧 Listen to the full episode of Nice Genes! – Gut Check: link.cohostpodcasting.com/b87cc2cc-6ed...

#NiceGenesPodcast #Genomics #Microbiome #FoodSafety #GutBrainConnection
November 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
genomebc.bsky.social
Ever gotten too close with a vacation bathroom? 😬
Genomics is helping to stop food poisoning outbreaks before they start.

In “Gut Check,” we explore gut microbes & the gut-brain connection.

link.cohostpodcasting.com/b87cc2cc-6ed...
November 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
genomebc.bsky.social
Goodbye (and good riddance) to bed sores! 🩹

UBC & Vancouver Coastal Health researchers are developing a plant-based gel to help bed sores heal stronger and stay healed. A #Genesolve project supported by #GenomeBC.

Read more: genomebc.ca/blog/new-the...

#Genomics #HealthInnovation
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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🎬 RNA & Healthcare Futures – A special opportunity for people in the health care community

Join us in collab with @bridgerc.bsky.social on Nov 20, 5–7:30pm at The Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema for The Messenger screening + panel with mRNA pioneers.

🎟️ Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/rna-health...
November 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Last week, we welcomed
@christineboyle.bsky.social
@nikisharma.bsky.social
and
@brendabailey.bsky.social to Genome BC & Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre.

We shared how genomics drives innovation across BC—from precision health to sustainability & Indigenous-led research.
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
genomebc.bsky.social
Incredible lineup our Dec 2 event at @spacecentreyvr.bsky.social

🎤 Martin Austwick, musician and writer
🧠 Dr. Lara Boyd, neuroscientist
🧩 Dr. Miriam Mosing, behavioral geneticist
🐭 Dr. Kaylee Byers, science communicator and host of Nice Genes!

🎟️
eventbrite.com/e/experience...
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
genomebc.bsky.social
Think mosquitoes, ticks and kissing bugs are just annoying? Think again. 🦟🩸

These tiny arthropods are behind malaria, Lyme, Zika and more — and they’re on the rise.

🎧 Tune in and bite into the science: link.cohostpodcasting.com/b87cc2cc-6ed...

#NiceGenesPodcast #Genomics #VectorBorneDiseases
November 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
genomebc.bsky.social
🧬 Transforming Cancer Care with Genomics

Read our latest blog post: genomebc.ca/blog/decodin...

#Genomics #CancerResearch #PrecisionMedicine #Lymphoma #HealthInnovation #GenomeBC #AIinHealthcare
October 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
genomebc.bsky.social
Join our very first Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) on r/genomics!

💬 Discussion Topics:
Pathogen evolution, ancient DNA, disease prediction and health connections.
📅 Nov 5 | ⏰ 8:30–10:00 AM PST | 11:30–1:00 PM ET

#Genomics #PublicHealth #AncientDNA #Parasites
October 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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“By supporting Genome BC, we are helping to advance research to improve patient outcomes and make precision medicine more accessible to people across BC.”
— Hon. Josie Osborne, BC Minister of Health

Find out how we’re driving health innovation: genomebc.ca/blog/genomic...
October 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Why do some athletes collapse mid-game? 💔

In Nice Genes! new episode, Dr. Kaylee Byers talks with Dr. Prashant Rao about the genetic roots of sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes—and how genomics is keeping them safe.

🎧 Listen: link.cohostpodcasting.com/b87cc2cc-6ed...
October 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
genomebc.bsky.social
Thrilled to sponsor the Gairdner Symposium, hosted by the
@ubcmedicine.bsky.social
Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics.
Oct 20, free public lecture with world-leading researchers advancing life-saving genomics
📍 BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute
💻 RSVP Zoom: jshum@cmmt.ubc.ca
October 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
genomebc.bsky.social
An incredible night with Dr. Chris Mason at the Don Rix Distinguished Keynote! 🌌

From microbiome exchanges to making our own vitamin C, his talk was as funny as it was fascinating.

#DRDK2025 #SpaceBiology #GenomeBC #Genomics
October 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
genomebc.bsky.social
🎬 How do shows like Grey’s Anatomy and HOUSE shape the way we see science?

In #NiceGenes “Genetics and the Silver Screen,” Dr. Kaylee Byers talks with Dr. Krysta Coyle and Ayden Eilmus about what TV gets right—and wrong—about genomics.

🎧
link.cohostpodcasting.com/b87cc2cc-6ed...

#Podcast
October 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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It’s a full house at tonight’s keynote! #DRDK2025
October 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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We’re looking forward to an evening of discovery, ideas and inspiration. If you’re joining us, don’t forget to tag
@genomebc.bsky.social
and use #DRDK2025 in your posts throughout the event to be entered to win a swag bag out of this world.
October 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
genomebc.bsky.social
🚀 Big day! Tonight is the Don Rix Distinguished Keynote with Dr. Chris Mason—exploring how humans and microbes adapt to space. Who’s ready?

#DRDK2025 #SpaceBiology
October 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
genomebc.bsky.social
We're investing $1M in @kwantlenu.bsky.social's Applied Genomics Centre to expand agri research + innovation.

The AGC, now supported by Genome BC, is Canada’s first Technical Access Centre in applied agricultural genomics, strengthening BC as a leader in agritech.

genomebc.ca/blog/genome-...
October 4, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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At the 27th Annual #LSBCAwards we celebrated the people & organizations driving BC’s life sciences forward.
👏 Congrats to Dr. Fiona Brinkman, recipient of the Genome BC Award for Scientific Excellence.
#LifeSciences #BCInnovation #GenomeBC
October 3, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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🎲 DRDK lands Monday, Oct 6!

Registered? You could score:
💧 Thermos
🔦 Flashlight
🧢 Toque

Just tag
@genomebc.bsky.social
+ use #DRDK2025 to show your DRDK energy.
October 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Breakthrough: The @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social reports a UK trial of a one-time gene therapy that may slow #Huntingtons disease by up to 75%. While still awaiting approval, this could mean decades of improved quality of life. A major step forward in genetic medicine.

#GeneTherapy #MedicalResearch
September 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
genomebc.bsky.social
We’re proud to sponsor BC’s 48th Mine Reclamation Symposium
Sept 24–25 in Penticton! 🌱⛏️

Our Research & Innovation Manager, Michelle Chan, will share how genomics supports biodiversity, mineral recovery and reclamation success.

#TRCR48 #BCMining #Reclamation #Genomics
September 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM