Clementine Cults England and Wales Census, 1871

"No one’s Ph.D. journey is the same, and no one deserves to be shamed for how long it takes." #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/7JE

We have news: #S4SN2025 will be from September 23rd to 26th 2025 in beautiful Lisbon, Portugal! ☀️ Stay tuned for more info and mark your calendars! 🗓️

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I get to go backwoods camping with my 6yo for 4 nights before the summer is out, and I don't think I've been so excited for a trip in ages. We also get to take trains there (plus a bus) and back which makes it even better. 🏕️🏕️🏕️

Congrats to Justine, a fierce PhD student who has worked tirelessly over many years in a controversial field to bring you this paper: doi.org/10.7554/eLife.… eLife - the journal

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We're a pop band now! workingtitle.bandcamp.com/album/4-u-hung…

I'm doing the Canadian Cancer Society Run for Cure in October with my wife's work team. Please consider donating in support of Canadians affected by breast cancer! support.cancer.ca/site/TR/Runfor…

Given the shocking announcement of forced closures of supervised consumption sites & needle and syringe distribution programs in Ontario yesterday, here is a thread of what was announced by Minister Jones, with most details pulled from her remarks at AMO youtube.com/watch?v=OB9gX-…

We have great news to share! Our post-doc Meira Machado was awarded with a Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award! Yahoooooo! Learn more here: tcnlab.ca/congratulation…

A fantastic collab! WintersLab, Gianluca Sbardella, Sabrina Castellano, Ciro Milite, Cassidy Wideman, Allison Lacoursiere, Elena Choleris, and Neil MacLusky. And shout out to Paul Sheppard, PhD🧠 for some stimulating conversations!

Occasional reminder that I'm fundraising and doing Run for the Cure in October. Please donate if you are willing and able ❤️ support.cancer.ca/site/TR?px=148…

Important piece ⁦eLife - the journal⁩ from ⁦NIH⁩ leadership Basic research is like the backstage crew at a concert—it’s not in the spotlight, but without it, the whole show would fall apart. Let’s not forget the science that makes the magic happen! elifesciences.org/articles/102368

Congrats to Kate, Adriana and the team on this. The data suggest astrocyte morphological complexity has scaled but not expanded disproportionately with evolution. Journal of Comparative Neurology | Systems Neuroscience Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cn…

I've been using X less and less and will maybe use Bluesky more and more (though I'm enjoying the peace of reduced social media use). Please feel free to follow me there. There's been a real surge over there in the last few weeks... bsky.app/profile/paulsh…

Read Paul Sheppard, PhD🧠's wonderful poems in Issue 29! From "Work from Home (Again)": ... Neverendingholyghost of publish-or-per-                               ish scientific                               endeavours... thetemzreview.com/sheppard.html