Ruud Veldhuizen
@ruudveldhuizen.bsky.social
Carbon-based life form with interest in science research (pulmonary surfactant, ARDS , vaping, aging). 🇨🇦 🇳🇱
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People think money has ruined football but the sight of a rapist dictator standing next to a corrupt football official in front of a big gold trophy at a competition bankrolled by Saudi Arabia reminds me the game still belongs to us.
July 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
People think money has ruined football but the sight of a rapist dictator standing next to a corrupt football official in front of a big gold trophy at a competition bankrolled by Saudi Arabia reminds me the game still belongs to us.
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Mural of Statue of Liberty in shame unveiled in France the day before 4th of July
July 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Mural of Statue of Liberty in shame unveiled in France the day before 4th of July
Throwing this out here today…
But also happy fathers day to all who it applies to.
But also happy fathers day to all who it applies to.
June 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Throwing this out here today…
But also happy fathers day to all who it applies to.
But also happy fathers day to all who it applies to.
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The lab’s pride month TikTok! Good job Sara.
The lab’s pride month TikTok! Good job Sara.
TikTok - Make Your Day
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June 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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The lab’s pride month TikTok! Good job Sara.
The lab’s pride month TikTok! Good job Sara.
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Publication alert: "No evidence of immune exhaustion after repeated SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in vulnerable and healthy populations" @natcomms.nature.com The backstory is particularly interesting-it's a tale of the conflicting needs of scientists & decision makers in times of disinformation ....1/n
No evidence of immune exhaustion after repeated SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in vulnerable and healthy populations
Nature Communications - Repeated vaccination is needed to maintain high levels of SARS-CoV-2 immunity in vulnerable populations, but there is concern that it could lead to immune exhaustion. Here,...
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June 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Publication alert: "No evidence of immune exhaustion after repeated SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in vulnerable and healthy populations" @natcomms.nature.com The backstory is particularly interesting-it's a tale of the conflicting needs of scientists & decision makers in times of disinformation ....1/n
Here is a lay overview of our recent JCI insight paper about #aging and #mechanicalventilation 🧪 link.growkudos.com/1efjobhb94w
Damage by being put on a mechanical ventilator gets worse with aging.
There are many clinical situations in which hospital patients are being put on a mechanical ventilator. Whereas this supportive therapy can be life-saving, the process of forcing air into the lungs ca...
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April 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Here is a lay overview of our recent JCI insight paper about #aging and #mechanicalventilation 🧪 link.growkudos.com/1efjobhb94w
🧪 With Trump defunding American science there is a lot of interest in the potential recruitment of established American scientist to Canada. Great idea, but shouldn't we also consider creating positions for young Canadian postdocs (potentially) forced to return from the US?
April 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🧪 With Trump defunding American science there is a lot of interest in the potential recruitment of established American scientist to Canada. Great idea, but shouldn't we also consider creating positions for young Canadian postdocs (potentially) forced to return from the US?
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Omega-3s have potential to counteract THC effects on fetal development
"The best way to prevent the adverse cardiac health outcomes in offspring is to stop using cannabis, but this study raises the exciting possibility that an Omega-3 diet could be beneficial to those…exposed to cannabis in utero."
"The best way to prevent the adverse cardiac health outcomes in offspring is to stop using cannabis, but this study raises the exciting possibility that an Omega-3 diet could be beneficial to those…exposed to cannabis in utero."
Omega-3s have potential to counteract THC effects on fetal development, study finds
Previous studies show exposure to Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)—the main psychoactive component in cannabis—while in utero can lead to lower birth weight and potential heart complications in newborn anim...
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April 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Omega-3s have potential to counteract THC effects on fetal development
"The best way to prevent the adverse cardiac health outcomes in offspring is to stop using cannabis, but this study raises the exciting possibility that an Omega-3 diet could be beneficial to those…exposed to cannabis in utero."
"The best way to prevent the adverse cardiac health outcomes in offspring is to stop using cannabis, but this study raises the exciting possibility that an Omega-3 diet could be beneficial to those…exposed to cannabis in utero."
Looking quite productive this week as this paper is also published: JCI Insight - Effect of aging on pulmonary cellular responses during mechanical ventilation insight.jci.org/articles/vie... 🧪
Key findings: less inflammation but more vascular leak in aged mice during mechanical ventilation.
Key findings: less inflammation but more vascular leak in aged mice during mechanical ventilation.
JCI Insight -
Effect of aging on pulmonary cellular responses during mechanical ventilation
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March 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Looking quite productive this week as this paper is also published: JCI Insight - Effect of aging on pulmonary cellular responses during mechanical ventilation insight.jci.org/articles/vie... 🧪
Key findings: less inflammation but more vascular leak in aged mice during mechanical ventilation.
Key findings: less inflammation but more vascular leak in aged mice during mechanical ventilation.
No longer just in-press.
This is a different type paper for me, a historical review, but I am happy I could contribute and to be on a paper with Dr Alan Jobe.
If interested, check out the ChatGPT-generated shakespearean summary at the end. 🧪
journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....
This is a different type paper for me, a historical review, but I am happy I could contribute and to be on a paper with Dr Alan Jobe.
If interested, check out the ChatGPT-generated shakespearean summary at the end. 🧪
journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....
Reflections on the introduction of surfactant therapy for neonates with respiratory distress | American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology | American Physiological Society
When pulmonary surfactant was first detected in the 1950s by Pattle and Clements, many thousands of infants perished each year due to a respiratory illness termed hyaline membrane disease. Hyaline mem...
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March 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
No longer just in-press.
This is a different type paper for me, a historical review, but I am happy I could contribute and to be on a paper with Dr Alan Jobe.
If interested, check out the ChatGPT-generated shakespearean summary at the end. 🧪
journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....
This is a different type paper for me, a historical review, but I am happy I could contribute and to be on a paper with Dr Alan Jobe.
If interested, check out the ChatGPT-generated shakespearean summary at the end. 🧪
journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....
The limerick tradition:
The once was a personable geek
You could tell every time he would speak
About the mechanistic function
Of some cellular junction
Now he is a world expert in vascular leak.
Congrats to Dr Amin Manji on a successful PhD defense!
The once was a personable geek
You could tell every time he would speak
About the mechanistic function
Of some cellular junction
Now he is a world expert in vascular leak.
Congrats to Dr Amin Manji on a successful PhD defense!
March 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The limerick tradition:
The once was a personable geek
You could tell every time he would speak
About the mechanistic function
Of some cellular junction
Now he is a world expert in vascular leak.
Congrats to Dr Amin Manji on a successful PhD defense!
The once was a personable geek
You could tell every time he would speak
About the mechanistic function
Of some cellular junction
Now he is a world expert in vascular leak.
Congrats to Dr Amin Manji on a successful PhD defense!
Cool!
🧵A team of 22 Dutch students from Eindhoven University of Technology, known as Solar Team Eindhoven, has engineered the world's first entirely self-sufficient, solar-powered camper van--the Stella Vita.
It draws energy from solar panels integrated into its roof.
It draws energy from solar panels integrated into its roof.
March 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Cool!
Only saw the highlights, but to me the only thing that could have improved the USA-Panama soccer game was if the commentator had described the assist for the winning goal as “a pass through the main channel”.
March 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Only saw the highlights, but to me the only thing that could have improved the USA-Panama soccer game was if the commentator had described the assist for the winning goal as “a pass through the main channel”.
Respiratory runners are back in action! First run of the season. Tentative target run: the “Shoppers Drug Mart Run for Women” to support women’s mental health.
March 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Respiratory runners are back in action! First run of the season. Tentative target run: the “Shoppers Drug Mart Run for Women” to support women’s mental health.
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Always liked this song, so it’s fun to hear it with updated lyrics.
Always liked this song, so it’s fun to hear it with updated lyrics.
We Will Survive
YouTube video by Jesse McFaul
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March 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Always liked this song, so it’s fun to hear it with updated lyrics.
Always liked this song, so it’s fun to hear it with updated lyrics.
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If leaders are serious about ending war, women need a seat at the table.
Global data, 1989-2011: When women are involved in agreements, peace is 35% more likely to last 15+ years.
Men alone shouldn’t decide the fate of nations. Gender balance is especially vital with high stakes and hot tempers.
Global data, 1989-2011: When women are involved in agreements, peace is 35% more likely to last 15+ years.
Men alone shouldn’t decide the fate of nations. Gender balance is especially vital with high stakes and hot tempers.
March 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
If leaders are serious about ending war, women need a seat at the table.
Global data, 1989-2011: When women are involved in agreements, peace is 35% more likely to last 15+ years.
Men alone shouldn’t decide the fate of nations. Gender balance is especially vital with high stakes and hot tempers.
Global data, 1989-2011: When women are involved in agreements, peace is 35% more likely to last 15+ years.
Men alone shouldn’t decide the fate of nations. Gender balance is especially vital with high stakes and hot tempers.
Of the several excellent apps that helps people identify Canadian products “O SCANada” has by far the best name. “Maple scan” and “buy beaver” deserve honourable mentions. #buycanadian
March 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Of the several excellent apps that helps people identify Canadian products “O SCANada” has by far the best name. “Maple scan” and “buy beaver” deserve honourable mentions. #buycanadian
Just downloaded the HOVR app as a Canadian Uber alternative: hopefully it works and the business will do well! Has anyone tried it? #buycanadian
February 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Just downloaded the HOVR app as a Canadian Uber alternative: hopefully it works and the business will do well! Has anyone tried it? #buycanadian
Contributed to this historical review on the development of surfactant therapy for premature infants. doi.org/10.1152/ajpl.... We included a fun (IMO) addendum with a chatgpt generated summary in the style of shakespeare.
🧪 #surfactant
🧪 #surfactant
February 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Contributed to this historical review on the development of surfactant therapy for premature infants. doi.org/10.1152/ajpl.... We included a fun (IMO) addendum with a chatgpt generated summary in the style of shakespeare.
🧪 #surfactant
🧪 #surfactant
Very excited to see our paper, showing marked difference in responses to mechanical ventilation in aged versus young mice, out in press. Thanks everyone that contributed, and especially a big congrats to first author Amin. #mechanicalventilation #aging insight.jci.org/articles/vie... 🧪
insight.jci.org
February 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Very excited to see our paper, showing marked difference in responses to mechanical ventilation in aged versus young mice, out in press. Thanks everyone that contributed, and especially a big congrats to first author Amin. #mechanicalventilation #aging insight.jci.org/articles/vie... 🧪
Since my dad passed away we have been managing microloans to KIVA in his memory. Today, the loans were in Panama and Mexico, partly cause there were none needed in Greenland.
January 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Since my dad passed away we have been managing microloans to KIVA in his memory. Today, the loans were in Panama and Mexico, partly cause there were none needed in Greenland.
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Would you like to do a post-doc in the Bowdish lab? Interested in human immunology? Want to discover age-related differences in immune responses to SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 vaccinations and infections? Check us out! (Please share broadly)👩🔬🧪 #immunosky #IDsky www.bowdish.ca www.bowdish.ca/lab/wp-conte...
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January 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Would you like to do a post-doc in the Bowdish lab? Interested in human immunology? Want to discover age-related differences in immune responses to SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 vaccinations and infections? Check us out! (Please share broadly)👩🔬🧪 #immunosky #IDsky www.bowdish.ca www.bowdish.ca/lab/wp-conte...
Got a new coffee mug: apparently, I say this once in a while…
January 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Got a new coffee mug: apparently, I say this once in a while…
New supervisory strategy: providing student with time to play esports.
December 10, 2024 at 1:46 PM
New supervisory strategy: providing student with time to play esports.
Scientist me: “need objective data presentation.”
Also me: “can i use emojis as significance symbols on graphs?”
p<0.05 and…
🤔 - made us think
🤯 - did expect that
🤑 - will help our grant
🤬 -
😮 -
Etc.
Also me: “can i use emojis as significance symbols on graphs?”
p<0.05 and…
🤔 - made us think
🤯 - did expect that
🤑 - will help our grant
🤬 -
😮 -
Etc.
December 1, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Scientist me: “need objective data presentation.”
Also me: “can i use emojis as significance symbols on graphs?”
p<0.05 and…
🤔 - made us think
🤯 - did expect that
🤑 - will help our grant
🤬 -
😮 -
Etc.
Also me: “can i use emojis as significance symbols on graphs?”
p<0.05 and…
🤔 - made us think
🤯 - did expect that
🤑 - will help our grant
🤬 -
😮 -
Etc.