My brilliant & multi-talented colleague @alex_m_kozlov has entered a beautiful image in CCRM's Cells I See contest. Please go vote for her image "Microscopic Mickey Mouse" by liking it at the link here! 👇 #SciArt #PeoplesChoice m.facebook.com/media/set?vani…

Fantastic to see Stem Cell Network's continued dedication to supporting trainees!

🚨Attention #TMM2023 attendees🚨 Here is your annual reminder to register for the interactive Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) panel, featuring a fantastic line-up of speakers discussing #bioethics & regenerative medicine Stem Cell Network

The Seeds of Science (University Health NetworkSeedsPodcast) returns!🎧Episode 1 of UHN’s trainee-led podcast is now live, tune into to hear about the unique journeys, challenges and lives of junior researchers at UHN. @UHN @UHNtrainees Read more about what is to come > uhnresearch.ca/news/seeds-sci…

With recent changes in the #SocialMedia landscape, where do scientists and engineers meet online for networking and #ProfessionalDevelopment? Comms expert Laine Bodnar provides a helpful overview, with tips. signalsblog.ca/the-social-med… #scicomm #STEM

Spooky Halloween season is upon us! And with that comes a story on the PhD Afterlife 🪦🧟‍♂️ Here I've gathered perspectives from PhD holders on the utility of a postdoc as a next step in academic or industry career paths. Article link below! 🎃 signalsblog.ca/the-phd-afterl…

And that’s a wrap on ELSI! Look at all those smiling faces! Big thank you again to Caroline (U Calgary), Chris (Chris Bennett) and Bernard (Thébaud lab) for coming out to Toronto to speak about conducting ethical science at the bench, in the hospital, and in our communities.

My latest blog post covers the bench-to-bedside story of BlueRock's investigational cell therapy for Parkinson's disease. Link below! 👇 signalsblog.ca/a-bench-to-bed…

New blogger Rebecca Ihilchik writes about the #HenriettaLacks lawsuit and examining scientific history from today's viewpoint. She recommends steps we can all take for incorporating #EDI to action change signalsblog.ca/hela-ethics-to…

Allo or auto? New blogger Tyler J Wenzel examines allogeneic vs autologous #celltherapies and shares methods from the research of Dr. Akitsu Hotta (Kyoto University), presented at #TMM2023, to reduce the risks of allogeneic cell therapies. signalsblog.ca/overcoming-the…

🚨NEW PAPER ALERT🚨 Check out our paper on hESC aggregation across multiple cell culture platforms, and their capacity to differentiate into hormone-producing cell clusters.  Shoutout to the fantastic team of co-authors🪅🎉 frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #bioprocess #diabetes

It was ~8 years ago that I told an undergrad that 'Gene Therapies' are sci-fi. We had the tools, but no where near therapies. Now, it seems like we are about to announce that we've cured every monogenic disease. Read the Signals (CCRM) 👉wnzl.ca/casgevy 🧵(1/4)

Signals editor Stacey Johnson sums up a year of blogging and teases 2024. Thank you to our bloggers and readers! Wishing you all the best in the new year. signalsblog.ca/right-turn-tha… 🎵 Tim Blais 👨🏻‍🔬

Nice to see a couple of my blogs made the Signals Top 10 list of 2023! Thank you Signals & Stacey Johnson !

‼️🚨 New publication alert 🚨‼️ Please #repost Check out our paper making stem cell-derived insulin-producing cells using a monolayer-suspension hybrid bioprocess workflow in cellSTACKs and PBS Minis. stemcellres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Meet Atoosa Ziyaeyan, PhD Student within the Division of #Orthopedics at Schroeder Arthritis Institute , supervised by Dr. Sowmya Viswanathan. She is working on finding the link between gut microbiome changes and knee joint #osteoarthritis. #TraineeTuesday

Blogger Kevin Robb, PhD shares lessons learned from market-approved #MSC products at a talk ISCT with STEMPEUTICS and Takeda signalsblog.ca/lessons-learne… #clinicaltrials #regulatoryapprovals

Join us on November 20 for Careers Beyond Academia, a virtual series by SCN and Medicine by Design! Kevin Robb, PhD and Danielle Spice, PhD will dive into industry roles, big vs. small companies, and translating research to the real world. 🌍 Learn more and register. ➡️ stemcellnetwork.ca/training/works…