#ThrowbackThursday in JHC: "Role of the Pancreatic Islet Microvasculature in Health and Disease."
Click to read for FREE: bit.ly/4fihNMw
#capillary #diabetes #endothelialcell
#ThrowbackThursday in JHC: "Role of the Pancreatic Islet Microvasculature in Health and Disease."
Click to read for FREE: bit.ly/4fihNMw
#capillary #diabetes #endothelialcell
A researcher works at a laboratory bench using instruments and samples during experiments related to developing stem cellβbased immune therapies.
Big breakthrough for living drugs.
UBC researchers have discovered how to grow βhelperβ immune cells from stem cellsβpaving the way for more effective and accessible off-the-shelf immune therapies. Learn more: news.ubc.ca/2026/01/stem...
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A new video by Islets in a Pod is up! In this interview, we have Dr. Elizabeth Rideout from the University of British Columbia.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tumq...
Hey islet biology trainees (including but not limited to @cirtn.bsky.social members)! A-BC is coming up in February. We have extended abstract deadline to January 6th. For more info see website isletmeeting.weebly.com
05.12.2025 00:06 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Take a look behinds the sciences of our recent work!
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An integrated analysis that combines electrophysiological and transcriptomic profiling, along with machine learning, of #islet cells from #T1D donors highlights the importance of Ξ± cell dysfunction @albertadiabetes.bsky.social @jci.org @bcellorg.bsky.social www.jci.org/articles/vie...
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Worked with a great team to organize @keystoneSymposia.bsky.social Fueling #MASH : #Metabolic Drivers & #Inflammatory Crosstalk, this April! Join us to explore emerging research in Vancouver! keysym.us/KSMASH26 #KSMASH26
Early Registration and Abstract deadline is in less than 2 weeks!
At the @cirtn.bsky.social we had an absolutely fantastic opportunity to attend a session on working with industry from @danieljdrucker.bsky.social. This was one of the most informative and entertaining talks I've attended in ages, as he shared so candidly about the process.
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It was a pleasure to attend the @cirtn.bsky.social workshop. I could not be more impressed by the incredible trainee presentations. And it was a special pleasure to present the first CIRTN Science Communication Award to three amazing scientists: Lahari Basu, Maria Galipeau and Cassandra Locatelli!
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Our new paper is out now in Nature Communications! We uncovered the function of XBP1 in beta cells of a preclinical model of T1D and identified unique and shared gene regulatory networks driven by IRE1 and XBP1.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
CIRTN-R2FIC is currently running in Toronto its 4th Annual Meeting. During this meeting we have launched our mini interview series called "Islets in a Pod" ! Our first interview is with Dr. Patrick MacDonald from the University of Alberta.
youtu.be/UlHn_1Fz3ck?...
Thanks for posting @roblab.bsky.social. Such a fantastic meeting!!
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Islet Biologists in π¨π¦ π @cirtn.bsky.social
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Excited to have the 2025 CIRTN meeting underway. Great presentation from Victoria Johnston in our lab (her first conference!!) @cirtn.bsky.social
24.11.2025 14:06 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Extraislet Ξ² cells are virtually absent in the human #T1D pancreas www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Talk poster
We are delighted to host the 2nd Annual Susie Clee Memorial Lecture this Thursday 4pm PST which will be given by Dr Melkem Kebede of the University of Sydney.
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Poster reading: Understanding Medical Misinformation through a Scientific Lens. Sunday Nov. 9th 1:30-3pm PT Virtual! Featuring Dr. Joseph Pierre, MD; Dr. Jessie Seiler, PhD; Dr. Louise McNitt, MD, MPH; Dr Marvelle Maloney MD. RSVP! https://zurl.co/tZ8rW
π©ΊβWhat is medical misinformation? And how the heck does it spread so fast? Hear and discuss with our panel of experts about the current landscape of medical misinformation, and what practical, personal steps you can take to stop it.
This event is virtual! Join from anywhere!
RSVP: zurl.co/tZ8rW
Logo of the Glycomics Institute of Alberta, featuring the Glycogang, characters made from the symbolic nomenclature of glycans.
Save the date for #GIA2026 (Nov. 5-6, 2026) which will feature free #glycotime talks by @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social , Dr. Mia Huang and more!
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π Happy Halloween! Enjoy some sweet, glucose-filled treats tonightβand speaking of glucose, meet Canada Excellence Research Chair Dr. Rebecca Hull-Meichle, who studies glycosaminoglycans in the pancreas π§¬. Catch her talk soon at GIA2025! @rlhull-meichle.bsky.social #GIA2025 #glycotime
01.11.2025 01:27 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 1 π 1π§΅(1/7)We are now out of Septemberπ! From the last two weeks we have had publications from the CIRTN labs of Drs Jenny Bruin, Mourad Ferdaoussi, Peter Light, Patrick MacDonald, James Shapiro and Bruce Verchere!
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Friday September 26 @uoftmedicine.bsky.social @sinaihealth.bsky.social The 2025 Gerard N Burrow Lecture. Professor Alvin Powers #islets #diabetes #T1D #T2D @vubasicsciences.bsky.social 8 am Mt. Sinai Join us!
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Save the date for the 2026 A-BC Islet Biology meeting! Looking forward to many fantastic presentations by trainees in islet biology from all over Canada as well as great keynote lectures. Please share widely! isletmeeting.weebly.com
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Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of @diabetologiajnl.bsky.social Diabetologia - the flagship journal of @easdnews.bsky.social the European Association for the Study of Diabetes! Thanks to our colleagues at the American Diabetes Association and Diabetes Care AND itβs editor-in-chief - Steve Kahn
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π§΅(1/3) Our first post highlighting publications coming from CIRTN groups (first half of September 2025)! We have works from the labs of Drs. Marc Prentki, Timothy Kieffer and Mathieu Ferron.
1)βFrom Ξ² soloist to endocrine symphony: Subtype-complete islets conduct glucose harmonyβ PMID 40912231
The 2025 Claude Bernard Prize Awardee the brilliant Andrew Hattersley @exeter.ac.uk @easdnews.bsky.social #Genetics Scholar and gentleman #diabetes
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My awesome Drosophila colleague Akhila Rajan at Fred Hutch (Seattle) is recruiting both a staff scientist and a postdoc to study fatβbrain communication, innate immunity, mitochondrial signaling, and brain senescence. Great team, great environment. Apply here: careers-fhcrc.icims.com/jobs/30062/j...
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Hello! Welcome to the CIRTN-R2FIC BlueSky account! Our group focuses on researching pancreatic islet biology and pathology related to islets such as type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
Here you will find bi-weekly updates from the scientists from across Canada that make up CIRTN-R2FIC.