Samantha L Wilson, PhD

Canadian Bioinformatics Hub Conference 2026. May 27-29, 2026, MaRS Discovery District, Toronto, Canada. Nominate Outstanding Contributors to Canada's Bioinformatics Community! Help us recognize the researchers and community builders shaping the future of bioinformatics in Canada! CBHC 2026 is accepting nominations for awards celebrating innovation, leadership, inclusivity, and trainee excellence across the BCBDS community. Eligible nominees include trainees, early-career, and mid-career professionals. Self-nominations welcome!

The Canadian Bioinformatics Hub is accepting applications for their recognition awards. Three awards are available: CBH Research & Innovation Award, Francis Ouellette Community Award, and CBH Impact Trainee Award. Apply by Dec 8, 2025: www.iscb.org/cbhc2026/cal...

It’s never too early!

Nah she just wanted her Christmas sweater

I have won this year and Christmas is up before December first much to my partners dismay 🎄

Amazing!! Congrats!

It’s insulting to tell 🇨🇦 scientists we need international scientists to run to our rescue & ensure innovation.

🇨🇦 scientists have exceeded expectations with paltry funding. If the gov funded Tricouncil > & sustainably; imagine how innovative we’d already be!! /End

No, at the very least it has to start after Remembrance Day (my thinking). Husband says December 1st. Basically we spend the end of November arguing when I get to decorate 🎄

Ohtani struck out! #OhGONEi

#BlueJays #Worldseries

Open Letter to Protect Tri-Council EDI Data Why do we need urgent action to protect our data? The mandate of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research is to review and report on topics relating to science and research in ...

Yes! Contact them and sign this petition here —it’s not just about EDI data! So much personally identifying information for applicants and reviewers will not be protected!
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Wilson Pregnancy Lab 2025! Big shout out to this team who has held down the fort while I have been on leave this year. Literally nothing could be done without them!

Franki is owing tonight’s success to her hat wearing and will be wearing it again on Friday #bluejays

Busting out the vintage hat for luck 🍀 #LetsGoBlueJays #BlueJays

Sorry but this isn’t the win everyone thinks it is. Offering a lot of money to an elite few does absolutely nothing for the Canadian research landscape as a whole.

Very excited to share the results from our latest Meta-analysis at the Wilson Pregnancy Lab examining #placental DNA methylation in #IVF pregnancies doi.org/10.1093/mole...

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Excited to share Mel’s first paper of her PhD characterizing placental DNA methylation profiles post IVF out in @mhr-reprodsci.bsky.social

Mel details the results im her posts below:

Pretty sure Franki would also be scared of balloons

Lazy Saturday timeline cleanse
#corgi

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In Canada, proposed cuts of 15% across the federal government would have a dramatic effect on already globally decimated research & science.

Join Canada's research & science community and tell PM Mark Carney to preserve the funding promised in 2024.

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Each year, more than 20,000 pregnancies end in #stillbirth in the U.S. a devastating crisis that too often goes unseen.

On National Stillbirth Prevention & Awareness Day, join us in raising awareness, supporting families, and driving change.
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Wow we submitted a manuscript in July and I checked today and they still don’t have any reviewers accepted. I definitely feel like the publication process has slowed since covid. #newPI #academicchatter

Heads up: ignore samtools dot org, similarly minimap2 dot com and likely others. It's owned by a known phishing site and while the binaries they offer look valid currently (but note they may be serving us different binaries to others), that could change.

Ie: it's not us (Samtools team)! Be warned

🦣🍖🧬 Fully funded 3-yr PhD in palaeogenomics & bioinformatics! Help me push non-model palaeogenomes beyond their limits @DTU in Denmark.

Start: Feb 2026 (flexible)
Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025

For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPhD

Reposts appreciated 😁

If you like transcription regulation and its mechanisms, this WIP list is for you.

I'm sure I've forgotten lots of people, so don't hesitate to let me know so I can add you to the list.

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For the EU, this should be a very urgent matter of national security. All EU member states should build on Denmark's wise strategy to phase out Microsoft products

Assistant professor in life sciences at the Faculty of Medicine Two full time assistant professor positions are open for applications at the Department of Life Sciences, within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Iceland.

Our department is advertising two academic positions. Come join us in beautiful Reykjavík. I can promise a very positive collegial atmosphere! #assistant_professor #physiology #cell_biology #physiology #neuroscience
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Final call: Applications close September 2! KI is recruiting 20 Assistant Professors in a wide range of subject areas. We're looking for early-career researchers with strong scientific merits and future potential. All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...

🧪 98% researchers value publishing null/negative results—yet <20% actually submit them.
🗑️ ~€26B wasted in Europe from duplicating unpublished null data

📢 Editors: make space for null results. Make it visible. Science needs it. #OpenScience #ResearchIntegrity #NullResults

Feels like it’s been a while between papers.. but pleased to say our latest is now out! Here we used the side-population technique to isolate trophoblast stem cells from term placentas, showing that in FGR they grow slower, die more easily, and have impaired differentiation. doi.org/10.1016/j.ye...

Until now I thought I was doing a half decent job managing baby, admin, student needs and grant writing. The 4mo sleep regression has hit and OMG I’m dropping all the balls. Grant writing is going to be interesting! Send me all your hacks to survive and still get some work done!

#newPI #lifehacks

This is how I set it up so glad I’m not missing another option