Andrew Simmonds 🇨🇦
@simmondlab.bsky.social
A #CellBio laboratory in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at @ualberta.bluesky.social We use #Drosophila (fruit flies) to understand human diseases. #peroxisomes #neurodev #devbio #scSeq #development #lipiddroplets
I baked 💩 cupcakes for our lab meeting today.
November 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I baked 💩 cupcakes for our lab meeting today.
Seen walking in London tonight. Inspired to change the name of my lab?
September 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Seen walking in London tonight. Inspired to change the name of my lab?
I just realized you can use Chat GPT to rewrite emails into any style you wish.
September 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I just realized you can use Chat GPT to rewrite emails into any style you wish.
The final session of today's #CellBiology symposium honouring Rick Rachubinski, highlighting his trainees over the years. Here is Andrea Bodnar presenting their work on sea urchins and aging. @ualberta.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The final session of today's #CellBiology symposium honouring Rick Rachubinski, highlighting his trainees over the years. Here is Andrea Bodnar presenting their work on sea urchins and aging. @ualberta.bsky.social
In the last talk of morning session - Jennifer Smith outlines the major areas of innovation over Rick Rachubinski's career and the work of their current company PreCyte developing blood based diagnostics. #CellBiology @ualberta.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
In the last talk of morning session - Jennifer Smith outlines the major areas of innovation over Rick Rachubinski's career and the work of their current company PreCyte developing blood based diagnostics. #CellBiology @ualberta.bsky.social
Chris Tam, talks about their 20 year journey from trainee in Rick Rachubinski's lab to therapeutic development. @ualberta.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Chris Tam, talks about their 20 year journey from trainee in Rick Rachubinski's lab to therapeutic development. @ualberta.bsky.social
Dr. Chris Winrow, former trainee with Rick Rachubinski lists Rick's " keys to the research game", as well as his current efforts in research commercialization working at Merck. @ualberta.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Dr. Chris Winrow, former trainee with Rick Rachubinski lists Rick's " keys to the research game", as well as his current efforts in research commercialization working at Merck. @ualberta.bsky.social
Here we see Peter Kim, as he reminisces about Rick Rachubinski's time at McMaster,the evolution of models of peroxisome biogenesis, as well presenting their current work on #peroxisomes
June 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Here we see Peter Kim, as he reminisces about Rick Rachubinski's time at McMaster,the evolution of models of peroxisome biogenesis, as well presenting their current work on #peroxisomes
Francesca DiCara, who worked with Rick Rachubinski while a post-doc in #CellBiology @ualberta.bsky.social is presenting their work on immno-metabolism regulation by #peroxisomes in flies and mammals.
June 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Francesca DiCara, who worked with Rick Rachubinski while a post-doc in #CellBiology @ualberta.bsky.social is presenting their work on immno-metabolism regulation by #peroxisomes in flies and mammals.
Fred Mast - graduate of the @ualberta.bsky.social #CellBiology undergraduate program and former PhD student with Rick Rachubinski tells up about kinases that regulate human #peroxisomes
June 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Fred Mast - graduate of the @ualberta.bsky.social #CellBiology undergraduate program and former PhD student with Rick Rachubinski tells up about kinases that regulate human #peroxisomes
Suresh Subramani, longtime collaborator of the Rachubinski lab gets us going with the first talk today. @ualberta.bsky.social #CellBiology #peroxisomes
June 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Suresh Subramani, longtime collaborator of the Rachubinski lab gets us going with the first talk today. @ualberta.bsky.social #CellBiology #peroxisomes
It's bittersweet as we start a day-long symposium at @ualberta.bsky.social #CellBiology to honor the career and retirement of Rick Rachubinski. #peroxisomes
June 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It's bittersweet as we start a day-long symposium at @ualberta.bsky.social #CellBiology to honor the career and retirement of Rick Rachubinski. #peroxisomes
One of our Cell Biology faculty, @rlhull-meichle.bsky.social gives the first talk of the Islet Cell Biology session for the Scientific Symposium: 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Edmonton Protocol and Future of Islet Replacement Therapies
@ualberta.bsky.social
@ualberta.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
One of our Cell Biology faculty, @rlhull-meichle.bsky.social gives the first talk of the Islet Cell Biology session for the Scientific Symposium: 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Edmonton Protocol and Future of Islet Replacement Therapies
@ualberta.bsky.social
@ualberta.bsky.social
The last session of the Canadian Developmetnal Biology Conference goes into overtime with a couple of last-minute talks thanks to Dr. Katia Del Rio-Tsionis (Miami University, Ohio) and Dr. Curtis French (Memorial University of Newfoundland). #justcantstop! #newts! #CDBC2025 @socdevbio.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The last session of the Canadian Developmetnal Biology Conference goes into overtime with a couple of last-minute talks thanks to Dr. Katia Del Rio-Tsionis (Miami University, Ohio) and Dr. Curtis French (Memorial University of Newfoundland). #justcantstop! #newts! #CDBC2025 @socdevbio.bsky.social
Next speaker in the (sadly) final session of the Canadian Developmental Biology Conference is Gabriel Bossé, Université Laval talking about “Investigating the neurodevelopmental impact of polydrug exposure using zebrafish” #CDBC2025 @socdevbio.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Next speaker in the (sadly) final session of the Canadian Developmental Biology Conference is Gabriel Bossé, Université Laval talking about “Investigating the neurodevelopmental impact of polydrug exposure using zebrafish” #CDBC2025 @socdevbio.bsky.social
Kicking off thje last session of the Canadian Developmental Biology meeting, Gurpreet Moroak, Simon Fraser University tells us about “Tumor growth in Drosophila larval epithelial tissue induces distant organ wasting through fat body metabolic dysregulation” #CDBC2025 @socdevbio.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Kicking off thje last session of the Canadian Developmental Biology meeting, Gurpreet Moroak, Simon Fraser University tells us about “Tumor growth in Drosophila larval epithelial tissue induces distant organ wasting through fat body metabolic dysregulation” #CDBC2025 @socdevbio.bsky.social
Continuing with the our morning session at the Canadian Developmental Biollgy Conference. Here we have Jeff Rasmussen from University of Washington telling us aobut "Building and maintaining the touch system: Insights from zebrafish skin". #CDBC2025 @socdevbio.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Continuing with the our morning session at the Canadian Developmental Biollgy Conference. Here we have Jeff Rasmussen from University of Washington telling us aobut "Building and maintaining the touch system: Insights from zebrafish skin". #CDBC2025 @socdevbio.bsky.social
First trainee talk for Day 4 of the Canadian Developmental Biology Conference. Andy Cheng, University of Alberta, telling us about how “Lipid coordination between peroxisomes, peroxins, and lipid droplets” affects early fly development. #CDBC2025 @socdevbio.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
First trainee talk for Day 4 of the Canadian Developmental Biology Conference. Andy Cheng, University of Alberta, telling us about how “Lipid coordination between peroxisomes, peroxins, and lipid droplets” affects early fly development. #CDBC2025 @socdevbio.bsky.social
Here we go with Day 4 of the Canadian Developmental Biology Conference! Starting us off is Brittany Carr, University of Alberta speaking abourt “The role of prominin-1 in photoreceptor development and disease”. #CDBC2025 @socdevbio.bsky.social @drbjcarr.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Here we go with Day 4 of the Canadian Developmental Biology Conference! Starting us off is Brittany Carr, University of Alberta speaking abourt “The role of prominin-1 in photoreceptor development and disease”. #CDBC2025 @socdevbio.bsky.social @drbjcarr.bsky.social
Last talk of a long Day 3 of the Canadian Developmental Biology Conference from trainee Andreas Dauter - “A Model of the Middle: How do cell behaviours shape the embryonic face?” #CDBC2025 @socdevbio.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Last talk of a long Day 3 of the Canadian Developmental Biology Conference from trainee Andreas Dauter - “A Model of the Middle: How do cell behaviours shape the embryonic face?” #CDBC2025 @socdevbio.bsky.social
Update from the Canadian Developmental Biology Conference Day 3! - YuXuan (Rain) Xiong, Graduate Student, UBC is seen here presenting their reserach on morphogenesis #CDBC2025 @socdevbio.bsky.social (Go Oilers! - ahead 1-0 at end of the first period)
May 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Update from the Canadian Developmental Biology Conference Day 3! - YuXuan (Rain) Xiong, Graduate Student, UBC is seen here presenting their reserach on morphogenesis #CDBC2025 @socdevbio.bsky.social (Go Oilers! - ahead 1-0 at end of the first period)
Jessica Feldman, Stanford University, presenting what is probably the best titled talk ever at the Canadian Developmental Biology Conference Day 3 #CDBC2025 @socdevbio.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Jessica Feldman, Stanford University, presenting what is probably the best titled talk ever at the Canadian Developmental Biology Conference Day 3 #CDBC2025 @socdevbio.bsky.social
When you want to see the talks at the Canadian Developmental Biology Conference, but Oilers are playing game 4 of the conference final! #CDBC2025
May 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
When you want to see the talks at the Canadian Developmental Biology Conference, but Oilers are playing game 4 of the conference final! #CDBC2025
Canadian Developmental Biology Conference Day 3 continues - Min Zhu Postdoctoral Fellow, Hospital for Sick Children, “Tissue stiffness mapping by light sheet elastography" #CDBC2025 @socdevbio.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Canadian Developmental Biology Conference Day 3 continues - Min Zhu Postdoctoral Fellow, Hospital for Sick Children, “Tissue stiffness mapping by light sheet elastography" #CDBC2025 @socdevbio.bsky.social