Genome Prairie was honored to be part of the Canadian Genomics Summit 2025 in Ottawa. We are equally delighted with the joint announcement of the $175M Canadian Genomics Strategy, which will help Canada become a global leader in genomics research and commercialization.🥳

Scientists are now organizing events, called Stand Up for Science, on 7 March in Washington, D.C., and state capitals. scim.ag/3XlYkEu News from Science

Our paper is out. And it is distressing. Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

🌟 International Women’s Day (March 8) honors women’s achievements and inspires change. This year, we spotlight Dr. Kim TallBear (Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate), recipient of Genome Canada’s Societal Impact Award. 🔗Read More: bit.ly/3DdClZM

The importance of diversity in science is an unshakeable reality that the scientific community must stand by, says Arthur Caplan go.nature.com/3Ri9p5W

New WHO #MentalHealth guidance provides all countries with practical tools to strengthen policies & services. It tackles social factors that affect mental health like poverty & housing, ensures people with lived experience have a voice, & promotes rights-based care. Learn

When food starts dwindling you should ask the media why they didn’t report this more prominently. The reason is because the establishment are terrified the public will demand climate action #climatebreakdown

The amount of shade being thrown by the WHO right now is truly inspiring

The electricity consumption of data centres is projected to more than double by 2030 The primary culprit? Artificial Intelligence go.nature.com/3YhcAiz

The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government. hrvd.me/ResearchFundin…

If we switched to #renewableenergy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall by 40% because they're just carrying coal & oil & gas!! buff.ly/dpTrSpO We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #ClimateAction #climate #energy #GreenNewDeal

Good job team America

Economists today must be feeling like epidemiologists have for five years which was how climate scientists have for thirty years

A #UofG project to build a genetic reference library of all life on Earth has reached a major milestone. Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (CBG) now has 15 million specimens, positioning it among the top natural history archives in the world. College of Biological Science Integrative Biology news.uoguelph.ca/2025/04/worlds…

🔊 Share this message far and wide 🌍 We can use your help! We are looking for partners in these unsampled ecoregions to get involved in the BIOSCAN program. Check out bioscan.life for more details. #Biodiversity #Research #BIOSCAN #ScienceForAll

Humans strip ecosystems of elders—then wonder why they collapse. Older animals carry memory: where to spawn, migrate, survive. Even plants pass resilience through ancient roots and fungal networks. When we erase the old, we don’t just take life—we erase wisdom.

Big News! Genome Atlantic is delivering $1.38M to 3 game-changing projects under Genome Canada's eDNA Surveillance Initiative. #Genomics is powering smarter environmental protection and helping industries operate more sustainably bit.ly/4kdb6hC

The non-profit organization that runs Retraction Watch has launched a project aimed at rounding up flawed and fake medical-research papers and neutralizing their impact on public health. go.nature.com/4kOp9um

The world’s oceans are in worse health than realised, scientists said today, as they warn that a key measurement shows we are “running out of time” to protect marine ecosystems. Ocean acidification, is often called the “evil twin” of the climate crisis. theguardian.com/environment/20…

📢 New ELSI Collections! 🧬 Stewardship Obligations for Biobankers Biobank stewardship goes beyond sample management—it's also about sustainable access, ethical responsibility, and trust. Explore ➡️ elsihub.org/collection/ste… Curated by Jean Cadigan, PhD & Karen Meagher, PhD