
Joanna Valsamis
@joannalv
Director, Knowledge Mobilization, @StemCellNetwork | Passionate #SciComm-er & Public/Youth #Educator | Interested in all things #Health & #Disease | Views=mine
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https://stemcellnetwork.ca/ 09-12-2009 04:59:06
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Thank you to today’s #misinformation speakers! Love Webowl advice to practice digital hygiene, Timothy Caulfield advice to build a portfolio of credible sources, Samantha Yammine, PhD advice to beware of + understand the echo chamber, & Ive Velikova, M. S. Com. advice to take care of ourselves.


Couldn’t resist one more tweet of credible sources from today’s #misinformation panel: ScienceUpFirst | LaScienced'Abord, Social Media Lab, Google ___ + “fact check”, MediaSmarts, and, of course, talk to your #librarian! Thanks again Timothy Caulfield Ive Velikova, M. S. Com. Samantha Yammine, PhD Webowl & Jessica Allingham


In celebration of #WomensBrainHealthDay, check out this article profiling Stem Cell Network-funded researchers, including 5 talented females: Dr. Ann Yeh & Dr. Yun Li The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Jo Anne Stratton McGill University, + faiz lab & Molly Shoichet University of Toronto. #neural #stemcells #Biology

It's #InternationalVolunteerDay! Check out this interview I did with Reza Moridi - successful scientist & politician, and now one of Stem Cell Network's newest volunteer Board Members.


“An hour of running may add 7 hours to your life”. Dr. Thomas Rando of Stanford University quoting Gretchen Reynolds's The New York Times article. Great talk on #aging and tissue regeneration, and, imptly, the rejuvenating effects of #exercise, esp as we age. #MedicinebyDesign #mbdsymposium Medicine by Design


Penney Gilbert Gilbert Lab speaking about “Accelerating the identification of skeletal #muscle endogenous repair modulators” at #MedicinebyDesign #mbdsymposium today. Medicine by Design


Interesting talk by Michael Garton Garton Lab on solving #ischemia by learning from other species like the naked mole rat & Tibetan antelope, who have evolved to be naturally tolerant. #regenmed #designercells #MedicinebyDesign #mbdsymposium Medicine by Design


Thank you Medicine by Design for the Stem Cell Network mention for our support of #NextGen leaders in #regenmed. Excited for the relaunch of the Summer by Design Program on Monday Dec 12! #mbdsymposium #MedicinebyDesign



"The internet is a great place to find a nice dress ... not a medical diagnosis or cure." Check out our CEO Cate Murray speaking with The Hon. Hon. Lisa MacCormack Raitt P.C. about #stemcells, #regenmed, #misinformation in the field, & the work of the incredible Stem Cell Network community!

Life sciences will deliver personal medicines of the future. And will change the shape of healthcare in this country. The time is now - just follow the 💰- big investments happening in 🇨🇦. Great remarks by Stem Cell Network Cate Murray at Canadian Club Ottawa Genome Canada





"If hockey is Canada’s sport, #stemcells are Canada’s science," Dr. Michael A. Rudnicki talking to high school students today at StemCellTalks Ottawa about Drs. Till and McCulloch and how Canadian researchers have advanced the field. Let's Talk Science The Ottawa Hospital Rudnicki Lab StemCellTalks


“The research that we are funding today will change lives, and save lives,” says Cate Murray, President and CEO of SCN. “Canadian researchers are unlocking leading-edge treatments for type 1 diabetes, lung and heart disease and much more.” Cate Murray #regenmed #stemcells


Today, we continue celebrating #StemCellAwarenessDay! Check out SCN trainee Priye Iworima, MSc. PhD.🇳🇬 (Black lives matter) in this video collaboration with EduCanada promoting our country as the destination for #nextgen #stemcell scientists! youtu.be/qIVnDCoGcXs?si…

Victor Fedeli gives a shout out for stem cell research in Ontario. Calling it an area of strength. We agree, Minister! Stem Cell Network Life Sciences Ontario
