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Great talk! #multiscmodels #limbdevelopment

21.10.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I had a blast helping moderate β€œ From Multiscale Immune Modeling to Medical Digital Twins Virtual Conference” @smbmathbiology.bsky.social
#digitaltwins
#virtualtwins
#multiscalemodels

21.10.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Virtual human development: merging experiments and theory to understand human development This Collection invites research leveraging experimental and theoretical models, and advanced research tools to study human development.

Last call! Share your work, ideas and perspectives
@biologists.bsky.social
@the-node.bsky.social
@stemcellnetwork.ca
@smbmathbiology.bsky.social
#virtualtwins
#digitatwins
#mathematicalbiology
#insilicotrials
#cellmodels

www.nature.com/collections/...

21.10.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Early Career Editor Amy Wong (Amy Wong πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦) is attending the Till & McCulloch Meeting in Ottawa, Canada in two weeks. Connect with her there to discuss whether your research is a fit for publishing in Stem Cell Reports!

21.10.2025 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Bridging Theory and Experiments: James Sharpe EMBL Barcalona. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. β€œOrganogenesis: Building a complete multiscale model of limb development”

Please join us this thursday, October 2nd, at 11:00amET

BRITE with James Sharpe, head of EMBL Barcelona, will talk about "Organogenesis: Building a complete multiscale model of limb development.
Register: utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

@the-node.bsky.social
@stemcellnetwork.ca

29.09.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor

πŸ“’ McGill University is hiring!

The Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, with the Meakins-Christie Labs at the RI-MUHC, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Pluripotent Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine.

Learn more and apply. ➑️ stemcellnetwork.ca/wp-content/u...

29.09.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Bridging Theory and Experiments: James Sharpe EMBL Barcalona. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. β€œOrganogenesis: Building a complete multiscale model of limb development”

Please join us this thursday, October 2nd, at 11:00amET

BRITE with James Sharpe, head of EMBL Barcelona, will talk about "Organogenesis: Building a complete multiscale model of limb development.
Register: utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

@the-node.bsky.social
@stemcellnetwork.ca

29.09.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The Stem Cell Network Announces $33M to Advance Regenerative Medicine Research and Clinical Trials
YouTube video by Stem Cell Network - RΓ©seau de cellules souches The Stem Cell Network Announces $33M to Advance Regenerative Medicine Research and Clinical Trials

🚨 BIG NEWS! SCN announces $33M to advance 36 #RegenerativeMedicine research projects and #ClinicalTrials!

Learn more. ➑️ stemcellnetwork.ca/research/res...

16.06.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 11

Looking forward to seeing you all next week!

06.06.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

James Till, along with his collaborator Ernest McCulloch, laid the groundwork for today's #regenmed researchers through their discovery of stem cells in the 1960s. We are grateful for his work and its enduring impact on the health of all people around the world.

23.05.2025 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Dr. James Till

Dr. James Till

Drs. James Till & Ernest McCulloch

Drs. James Till & Ernest McCulloch

(1/3) It is with profound sadness that we honour the passing of Dr. James Till, a pioneering Canadian scientist whose work, alongside Dr. Ernest McCulloch, laid the very foundation of stem cell research.

stemcellnetwork.ca/celebrating-...

23.05.2025 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Back to the Future with the Yachie LabΒ  - UBC - SBME Yachie Lab unveils a time-reversing system that allows scientists to isolate cell clones destined for important future rolesΒ  Congratulations to Drs. Nozomu Yachie and Soh Ishiguro on their recent pub...

πŸŽοΈβ¬…οΈπŸ”₯ bme.ubc.ca/back-to-the-...

26.05.2025 07:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We had a great BRITE discussion! join our next one on June 12, Ala Trusina will talk about her work on "In silico 3D models of nephrogenesis: from branching epithelial tubes to early nephron. "
Please register here utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

27.05.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Bridging Theory and Experiments: Ala Trusina "In silico 3D models of nephrogenesis: from branching epithelial tubes to early nephron. ". After registering, ... Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Bridging Theory and Experiments: Ala Trusina "In silico 3D models of nephrogenesis: from branching epithelial tubes to early nephron. ". After registering, ...

Our next BRITE talk will be on June 12, Ala Trusina will talk about her work on "In silico 3D models of nephrogenesis: from branching epithelial tubes to early nephron. "
Please register here utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@thenode.bsky.social @stemcellnetwork.ca @dev-journal.bsky.social

27.05.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Photo of Muzlifah Haniffa

Photo of Muzlifah Haniffa

An interview with Muzlifah Haniffa

We spoke to Muzz @mhaniffa.bsky.social following her receipt of the 2025 Tickle Medal from the British Society for Developmental Biology @bsdb.bsky.social‬ , to learn more about her career and her motivations:
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

29.05.2025 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Abstracts - North American Veterinary Regenerative Medicine Association Abstract Submission Call Deadline to submit abstracts is June 2, 2025.We are excited to solicit abstract presentations in the following fields:Mechanisms of Tissue RegenerationNovel Cell Therapies and...

πŸ”ˆ Abstract Submission Call for the 2025 NAVRMA Conference!

πŸ“ Banff, AB
πŸ“… Sept 16-19, 2025

NAVRMA is now accepting abstract submissions:
- Mechanisms of Tissue Regeneration
- Novel Cell Therapies and Genetic Engineering
- and more!

Deadline to submit abstracts is June 2, 2025.

29.05.2025 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We had a great BRITE discussion! join our next one on June 12, Ala Trusina will talk about her work on "In silico 3D models of nephrogenesis: from branching epithelial tubes to early nephron. "
Please register here utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

27.05.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Bridging Theory and Experiments: Ala Trusina "In silico 3D models of nephrogenesis: from branching epithelial tubes to early nephron. ". After registering, ... Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Bridging Theory and Experiments: Ala Trusina "In silico 3D models of nephrogenesis: from branching epithelial tubes to early nephron. ". After registering, ...

Our next BRITE talk will be on June 12, Ala Trusina will talk about her work on "In silico 3D models of nephrogenesis: from branching epithelial tubes to early nephron. "
Please register here utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@thenode.bsky.social @stemcellnetwork.ca @dev-journal.bsky.social

27.05.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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A multi-kingdom genetic barcoding system for precise clone isolation - Nature Biotechnology A barcoded CRISPR base editing system isolates target clones from complex mammalian, yeast and bacterial populations.

CloneSelect published in Nature Biotechnology
@natbiotech.nature.com. This retrospective clone isolation method using CRISPR base editors is a powerful tool in broad biology. A history of Soh in the Yachie lab. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

21.05.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
The Company of Biologists 100 logo to the left and QR code to the right.
 
Portrait of Janet Rossant to the left, text to the right
 
100 extraordinary biologists

Janet Rossant

Developmental and stem cell biologist Janet Rossant is President of the Gairdner Foundation, Canada, a Senior Scientist Emeritus at SickKids, Canada, and a previous Development Editor. Janet published her first two papers on the mouse inner cell mass in JEEM (now Development) in 1975.

#100biologists #biologists100

The Company of Biologists 100 logo to the left and QR code to the right. Portrait of Janet Rossant to the left, text to the right 100 extraordinary biologists Janet Rossant Developmental and stem cell biologist Janet Rossant is President of the Gairdner Foundation, Canada, a Senior Scientist Emeritus at SickKids, Canada, and a previous Development Editor. Janet published her first two papers on the mouse inner cell mass in JEEM (now Development) in 1975. #100biologists #biologists100

Our next extraordinary biologist is Janet Rossant, President of @gairdnerawards.bsky.social, Canada, Senior Scientist Emeritus at SickKids, Canada, and former @dev-journal.bsky.social Editor. #100biologists

20.05.2025 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Hidden Social Lives of Mitochondria When these energy-giving organelles thrive, so do we

"Mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell" NO MORE?

Scientific American, who coined the phrase in 1957, says it's time to retire it given all we've learned about the bean-shaped organelles.

Instead, they suggest the MOTHERBOARD of the cell. wdu think?πŸ§ͺ
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

22.05.2025 03:36 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Steampunk Zebrafish Embryo – Digital artwork representing the dynamic world of Cell and Developmental Mechanobiology, blending biological accuracy with a steampunk aesthetic.

Steampunk Zebrafish Embryo – Digital artwork representing the dynamic world of Cell and Developmental Mechanobiology, blending biological accuracy with a steampunk aesthetic.

Ribosomal RNA Modifications Fingerprint – Cover illustration for Molecular Cell, Volume 85, Issue 1 (2025), depicting findings from the study β€œEpitranscriptomic rRNA Fingerprinting Reveals Tissue-of-Origin and Tumor-Specific Signatures” by Milenkovic, I. et al.

Ribosomal RNA Modifications Fingerprint – Cover illustration for Molecular Cell, Volume 85, Issue 1 (2025), depicting findings from the study β€œEpitranscriptomic rRNA Fingerprinting Reveals Tissue-of-Origin and Tumor-Specific Signatures” by Milenkovic, I. et al.

In our latest #SciArt profile, we meet Queralt Tolosa @queralttolosa.bsky.social, a biochemist/developmental biologist turned scientific illustrator.

Find out about her background, her artistic influences and how she ended up becoming a scientific illustrator:
thenode.biologists.com/sciart-profi...

22.05.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

‼️10 days left to register and submit your abstract!! Come and join us to help relaunch the UK EvoDevo meetings. An exciting day with friends and good science!

Register and submit your abstract here πŸ‘‰πŸ» eshop.qmul.ac.uk/conferences-...

21.05.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is an interdisciplinary perspective that joins modelling and experimental work in development ! @smbmathbiology.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social @stemcellnetwork.ca
#mathematicalmodeling

19.04.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Bridging Theory and Experiments: Linus Schumacher and Guillaume Blin will talk about their collaboration on pattern formation in vitro models of human devel... Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Bridging Theory and Experiments: Linus Schumacher and Guillaume Blin will talk about their collaboration on pattern formation in vitro models of human devel...

Join us May 1st!
Linus Schumacher and Guillaume Blin will talk about their collaboration on pattern formation in vitro models of human development
@the-node.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social @dev-journal.bsky.social @stemcellnetwork.ca @smbmathbiology.bsky.social

utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

19.04.2025 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great talk by Leah Edelstein-Keshet @fieldsinstitute.bsky.social @smbmathbiology.bsky.social #mathematicalbiology

19.04.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Interesting discussion by @stemcellnetwork.ca about Generative-AI and how Scientists should use them to ensure academic integrity β€”> Protect your voice and original ideas!

19.04.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Last night I had the pleasure of celebrating with my fellow awardees of the @kingcharlesiii.bsky.social Coronation Medal nominated and hosted by the @canadianlung.bsky.social Congratulations to all winners πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»It is such a huge honor to be in your company.

21.03.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

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