Zakia Djaoud
@zdjaoud.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Immunology
Scientist at CHEO Research Institute/uOttawa
Formerly at Stanford/Parham Lab 🌍
Scientist at CHEO Research Institute/uOttawa
Formerly at Stanford/Parham Lab 🌍
Reposted by Zakia Djaoud
My brief address at the Spanish Parliament last week, on how capitalism is driving the polycrisis, and how we can begin to align production with democratically ratified objectives.
(Part 2 below)
(Part 2 below)
October 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
My brief address at the Spanish Parliament last week, on how capitalism is driving the polycrisis, and how we can begin to align production with democratically ratified objectives.
(Part 2 below)
(Part 2 below)
Today, 7 out of 9 planetary boundaries have been transgressed.
www.planetaryhealthcheck.org
www.planetaryhealthcheck.org
Homepage - Planetary Health Check
We have breached 7 out of 9 Planetary Boundaries.The Planetary Health Check 2025 makes it clear: We have to act now.
www.planetaryhealthcheck.org
September 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Today, 7 out of 9 planetary boundaries have been transgressed.
www.planetaryhealthcheck.org
www.planetaryhealthcheck.org
Reposted by Zakia Djaoud
This makes me nauseous. 🌍
You have seen how trawling is obliterating the ocean
But its happening in the Amazon forest too
Known as correntão where a thick chain is attached to two tractors uprooting and obliterating the Amazon forest at fastest rate possible
Lungs of the Earth annihilated
www.youtube.com/shorts/bDYml...
But its happening in the Amazon forest too
Known as correntão where a thick chain is attached to two tractors uprooting and obliterating the Amazon forest at fastest rate possible
Lungs of the Earth annihilated
www.youtube.com/shorts/bDYml...
May 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This makes me nauseous. 🌍
To read and to share.
Huge numbers of people are addicted to shopping. Here are the game strategies that companies use to drive it
https://go.nature.com/41vnj9C
https://go.nature.com/41vnj9C
The science of shopping addiction: what makes people buy loads of stuff?
From China to Brazil to Germany, huge numbers of people are addicted to shopping, driven in part by companies that use gaming strategies.
go.nature.com
March 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
To read and to share.
Do you like hedgehogs? 🌍
www.earth.com/news/hedgeho...
www.earth.com/news/hedgeho...
Hedgehogs face extinction as their habitats vanish
Europe’s hedgehogs face extinction due to pesticides and urbanization. Conservation groups say urgent action is needed.
www.earth.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Do you like hedgehogs? 🌍
www.earth.com/news/hedgeho...
www.earth.com/news/hedgeho...
“…a scientist produces on average 116 kg plastics per year.”
A must-read! 🌍
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
A must-read! 🌍
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
What’s in our bin?: Labs kick off and demand the transition towards a circular economy for lab plastics: EMBO reports: Vol 26, No 2
EMBO Press is an editorially independent publishing platform for the development of EMBO scientific publications.
www.embopress.org
February 3, 2025 at 3:17 AM
“…a scientist produces on average 116 kg plastics per year.”
A must-read! 🌍
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
A must-read! 🌍
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Meanwhile, in Switzerland, citizens are preparing to vote on a proposal for a responsible economy that respects our planet's limits. 🌍#Sustainability
www.admin.ch/gov/en/start...
www.admin.ch/gov/en/start...
Environmental Responsibility Initiative
On 9 Februar 2025, the people of Switzerland will have their say on the Federal Popular Initiative ‘For a responsible economy within our planet’s limits (Environmental Responsibility Initiative)’.
www.admin.ch
January 31, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Meanwhile, in Switzerland, citizens are preparing to vote on a proposal for a responsible economy that respects our planet's limits. 🌍#Sustainability
www.admin.ch/gov/en/start...
www.admin.ch/gov/en/start...
Reposted by Zakia Djaoud
To help people understand the importance of NIH, share what you’ve used their funding for (in easily understandable terms).
I’ll start: my NIH postdoc funding helped me develop and test AI tools that could identify skin cancer across diverse skin tones.
I’ll start: my NIH postdoc funding helped me develop and test AI tools that could identify skin cancer across diverse skin tones.
January 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
To help people understand the importance of NIH, share what you’ve used their funding for (in easily understandable terms).
I’ll start: my NIH postdoc funding helped me develop and test AI tools that could identify skin cancer across diverse skin tones.
I’ll start: my NIH postdoc funding helped me develop and test AI tools that could identify skin cancer across diverse skin tones.
Congratulations, @eberlmat.bsky.social and team! This is truly remarkable. The field wouldn’t be the same without you.
The year 2024 has been pretty good to us.
Nine publications so far, at some point six under consideration at the same time (and with 19 pages the longest comments ever received by the infamous reviewer #3).
New collaborations, new thoughts and new insights on a wide range of topics.
Thread. 🧵
Nine publications so far, at some point six under consideration at the same time (and with 19 pages the longest comments ever received by the infamous reviewer #3).
New collaborations, new thoughts and new insights on a wide range of topics.
Thread. 🧵
December 18, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Congratulations, @eberlmat.bsky.social and team! This is truly remarkable. The field wouldn’t be the same without you.