An excellent Nature Reviews Drug Discovery article by Terry Kenakin discusses key factors in the assessments of the pharmacology of hits and leads in the context of GPCR target class. A very good reading. nature.com/articles/s4157…

We're hiring a CRC Tier 1 in Biomedical Research! Looking for peeps with a track record of CIHR funding! University of Waterloo Waterloo Science Waterloo Biology uwaterloo.ca/biology/tier-1…

Ted Littleford Ted (Edward) Littleford #SCOTUSIsCorrupt

Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star

This is an excellent and timely analysis from DT Cochrane of what Canadian corporations have been doing with their record post-pandemic profits. TL:DR: Mostly NOT reinvesting in the Canadian economy! progressive-economics.ca/2024/05/what-d…. PEF

When I moved from midtown Toronto to Trent University in Peterborough my colleague said I was moving to cottage country, and I can see why. If you also want to live and work here, send me an email! My lab is recruiting graduate students in skeletal muscle biology.

#SFU’s medical school is moving forward! We are closer to training more family doctors with today’s announcement of an interim space at the Surrey campus, funding, a three-year curriculum model and a founding dean.  ow.ly/pTWz50SyhVT

Lisa Rubin Maddow Blog Committing crimes to hide illegal payments are not "official acts" of a president, especially when the illegal payments were happening BEFORE the 2016 election.

Academic publishing is a lucrative scam – and we’re determined to change that | Arash Abizadeh theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

well, the success rate of the March 2024 CIHR Project Scheme competition was 15.3% ... kinda the opposite of good news.

Here’s Bob Newhart at the “Dean Martin Celebrity Roast” of Don Rickles in 1974. God speed Mr. Newhart.

Data: #COVID shaved 2.6 years from life expectancy—much more in some groups—in India The death rate was 17% higher in 2020 than in 2019 in India, implying an estimated 1.19 million excess deaths. cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/data-… Photo: Ninian Reid / Flickr cc

Lectureship available at the University of Manchester in stem cell biology organoid biology or gene therapy The University of Manchester - Job Information | Apply for Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in the Division Cell Matrix Biology and Regenerative Medicine.

Dr. Pieter Cullis began his laureate lecture with a remark on science & #Serendipity. His groundbreaking work on lipid nanoparticles revolutionized mRNA vaccine technology, paving the way for rapid COVID-19 vaccine development! 📺Watch the full lecture: youtu.be/258sWtEZBoU?si…

Supplements are a Rising Cause of Liver Failure open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/p/…

🚨Please RT! Our lab is recruiting at least one postdoctoral researcher interested in beta cell biology and diabetes! nature.com/naturecareers/…

🇨🇦Two new principal investigator positions available in biomedical discovery research and two more in population health data science at #LTRI Sinai Health in Toronto. Closes Oct 20. See lunenfeld.ca (or DM me for deets).🇨🇦

From yesterday.

A recent article in Retraction Watch reported on an author finding a plagiarised version of their paper published in an Elsevier journal. I have the advert selling authorship of that paper, and a dozen others. 🧵 retractionwatch.com/2024/07/04/els… forbetterscience.com/2024/09/02/any…

Obituary: Dr. Donald Beanlands, the 'soul' and co-founder of the Ottawa Heart Institute, dead at 91. The UOHI opened in 1977. His son, Rob Beanlands, is now the CEO, by Elizabeth Payne ottawacitizen.com/news/local-new… via Ottawa Citizen UOHI Research Services Alumni University of Ottawa Heart Institute