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Gut check: Peroxisomes as a missing link in long COVID intestinal repair Long COVID is often associated with persistent gastrointestinal dysfunction. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Wang et al. reveal that intestinal S…

Our lab wrote a "preview" of a new paper by Wang et al. on the role of peroxisomes in gut develoment (and COVID response).
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I was playing with Gemini "Gems" to see how it would work to help teach Cell Biology concepts. Nothing is more terrifying than a 10 sec AI-generaged Taylor Swift sound alike song about the Myc protein domains and binding partners.

Novartis settles with Henrietta Lacks' estate over use of her 'stolen' cells to advance medicine Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and...

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Sometimes I have to wonder if some reviewer comments are just a conseqence of having too many good grants and finding 'reasons' to reject as they prefer a different proposal? There needs to be a 'I liked your grant, but not enough' so you don't have to chase these weak reasons for rejection.

#womeninSTEM

‘A no thank you to the person who assumed I was the coffee lady’ - Rachel Los

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Following CanFly 2025 in Montreal, Genome Journal is inviting submissions for the #CanFly2025 collection. Showcase your research using Drosophila to advance genetics, neuroscience, development, and evolutionary biology.

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Such a pleasure to write this review on #LipidDroplet heterogeneity, dynamics and #organelle interactions with Mike @hennelab.bsky.social ! Thank you to the editorial team @natrevmcb.nature.com and to Yoni Malis for assistance with draft illustrations

Our lab, located at the University of Alberta (Canada), is hiring a postdoctoral scholar and/or PhD student to work on the contribution of genetic mutations to neurological disorder mechanisms and response to treatments. Please share widely! can-acn.org/postdoctoral...

The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing Academic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.

The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing theconversation.com/the-5-stages... Thanks to @simmondlab.bsky.social for sharing this one!

The staff and associate editors at Genome are great. It is wonderful to work with a group that 'tries a little harder'.

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Calling #CanFly2025 attendees! Genome Journal is now accepting manuscripts for the CanFly Collection, featuring cutting-edge Drosophila research across genetics, development, and neuroscience.

Submit by June 30, 2026 ▶️ https://ow.ly/LFph50XBE3b

#DrosophilaResearch

Advance genetics and genomics research from a Canadian and global perspective. Genome welcomes submissions on evolutionary, functional, population, cytogenetic, and spatial genomics.

Publish with us 🍁▶️ https://ow.ly/arKX50XFQvf

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The nuclear and mitochondrial genomes of the bellicose bumblebee (Bombus bellicosus, Hymenoptera: Apidae), a threatened pollinator in a changing South American landscape We present the first genome of a Brazilian bumblebee species, the bellicose bumblebee (Bombus bellicosus). This is an endemic species in southern South America facing local extinction due to habitat…

Saving the bellicose #bumblebee! 🐝 Brazil’s endemic Bombus bellicosus faces habitat loss & #ClimateChange. Sequencing its #genome shows it’s genetically diverse enough to survive, thanks in part to #CitizenScientists who helped locate populations.
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Northern lights are bright in Edmonton tonight.

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I baked 💩 cupcakes for our lab meeting today.

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Calling #CanFly2025 attendees! Genome is now accepting manuscripts for the CanFly Collection, featuring cutting-edge Drosophila research across genetics, development, and neuroscience.

Submit by June 30, 2026▶️ buff.ly/NyAG4mI

#DrosophilaResearch

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This #CanFly collection highlights research presented at the 2025 Canadian Drosophila Research Conference. Submit your work and be part of this showcase of innovation in Drosophila science.

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#ASD diagnosis could get a precision upgrade! 🧬 Long-read sequencing reveals complex structural variants missed by short-read methods, helping to clarify #genetic contributions to #autism #PrecisionMedicine buff.ly/nm5kd7q

Kirkaldy's Testing Works Kirkaldy’s Testing and Experimenting Works is an extraordinary survivor in the heart of transforming London. What’s more, it has played a unique part in that transformation – the place where one man’s...

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Seen walking in London tonight. Inspired to change the name of my lab?

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Can’t wait to join the Riboclub 2025 Annual Meeting! See you there to talk RNA and share ideas! @rnacanada.bsky.social #BiologyConference #RNABiology

Lipid droplets: Open questions and conceptual advances around a unique organelle. New review from Mike Henne (@hennelab.bsky.social), Emma Reynolds, and William: rupress.org/jcb/article/...

#Biochemistry #CellMetabolism #LipidDroplets

I just realized you can use Chat GPT to rewrite emails into any style you wish.

Well. That's definitely not the way I heard it 🤣

JCB has rounded up a good collection of papers outlining best practices regarding reproducability in Cell Biology experiments, especially microscopy. Worth a read, and passing along to your trainees.

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