Comparing deep learning models to human intelligence reminds me of when folks compared computers to brains in the 1950-1980 period. It's simply a category error. Those models have none of the general cognitive abilities of humans, and in reverse, the specialized abilities they

How much more evidence do people need to recognize that private equity is terrible for healthcare? This is sickening.

🚀 EPISODE 4 IS OUT! Join Rima El-Sayed as she talks to Ian M. F. , exploring Ian’s cutting-edge research on the cardiovascular system using stem cells. Tune in to discover the incredible details of Ian’s scientific journey and revolutionary goals. ✨ uhntrainees.ca/trainee/seeds-…

Whenever they tell you it can't be done in the modern age, show them Dresden. What's been achieved in Dresden is the most inspiring architectural feat for decades. Everything you see in the bottom image was built, from scratch, in the last 20 years. The city was a gem of German

Reminder that Argentina was once one of the richest nations on Earth and a rival of the U.S. - hence the well-known phrase, "as rich as an Argentine". Incredible facts about the Argentinian economy in the early 20th century: ✅ As rich as the U.S. per capita at the turn of the

Dive into Episode 4 and discover the driving force behind Ian M. F. ‘s passion - the incredible bonds forged at McEwen Stem Cell Institute. 🌟Uncover the transformative power of meaningful connections as Ian unveils the heart of his inspiration. Don’t miss this compelling narrative!

Geoffrey Hinton I'd like to respectfully point out that the logic in this argument is based on a flawed model for how scientists think. Scientists don't just take a weighted average of others' opinions to form their own. A good scientist takes as input lots of data, including others' opinions,

I am saddened to hear the news that Prof. Jeanette Erdmann (Jeanette Erdmann) passed away a few months ago. I deeply admired and respected Jeanette for her unconditional love for genetics, her great contributions to the genetics of cardiovascular disease (she was one of the

Our next #STEM workshop for youth is coming up - join Ian M. F. next Wednesday at 5pm ET for an engaging session on #stemcells. Youth will learn what pluripotent stem cells are and how they are made in the lab to treat various diseases. 🧫 Register here: tinyurl.com/SciStemCells

Our team had a fun day of all things #STEM with a visit from ÉCOLE RONALD-MARION. Students learned about stem cells, optics in healthcare, and surgical innovations from scientists and trainees University Health Network. A fantastic series of workshops and lab tours! 💡

Absolutely! I’ve seen it happen three times in my lab in the last year: We post our papers as preprints and share our codes on GitHub early, but then others slightly modify our work and get published first. Meanwhile, our papers languish in long review processes. To add insult to

#PADay session 1 ☑️ Students toured a lab, heard from grad students and even made heart models! They learned firsthand how the McEwen Stem Cell Institute is researching new stem cell-based therapies for chronic diseases with unmet clinical need. 🫀 🔬

Always a pleasure inspiring bright young minds with the wonders of regenerative medicine!

Academic journals are publishing peer reviewed papers with content generated by ChatGPT 🤦 This is embarrassing. Here's how you can use ChatGPT smartly to avoid this kind of embarrassment 👇

A team led by Dr. Gordon Keller University Health Network's McEwen Stem Cell Institute shows how cardiac organoids, 3D stem cell cultures, accurately mimic heart function, offering insights for targeted #HeartDisease therapies. Read more > uhnresearch.ca/news/mirroring…; doi.org/10.1038/s41467… Ian M. F.

My last tweet about China: In Shanghai, I visited BluePHA, a synthetic biology startup that uses engineered microbes to manufacture biodegradable plastics. They make ~5,000 metric tons/year, have products available on the market, and are scaling to 50,0000 tons/year. 🧵

Over hundreds of years the meter definition has closely matched the limits of precision in physical engineering sciences. Pendulum clocks were once the high precision lasers of the 1600s scientific laboratory, and metric today defines the imperial system of measures

Families in 🇨🇦 work *really* hard to survive. Policymakers don’t appreciate that fact, when they’re spending years of your labor with a stroke of a pen. They spend so much, people have a hard time fully comprehending these numbers. Let’s put it in context. <thread> 🧵👇

This work was a multi-disciplinary team effort - huge thanks to all collaborators for their generous expertise & efforts: Milica Radisic, Dr. Gordon Keller, Dr. Michael Laflamme + teams - tagged or in the author’s list! Ian M. F. Erika Wang

Wow, @nature has retracted the 2020 Poore et al. cancer microbiome paper that we showed (journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…) was deeply flawed. The retraction date is tomorrow so I can't yet read the official notice, but I'll update when I can Retraction Watch Professor Booty PhD