Sporometrics' owner and CEO Dr. James Scott teamed up with the CBC Marketplace investigators to test various types of face masks available. Find out which face masks pass the test and which ones you should avoid. #covid19 #WearAMask #publichealth cbc.ca/news/business/…

Team Hopes to Create Reusable Surgical Mask medicine.utoronto.ca/news/team-hope… via Temerty Medicine

With province's support, #UofT researchers to explore key questions about masks & #COVID19 🍁 uoft.me/6n0

Congratulations Carsten Weiss, Marie Carriere, Laura Fusco, Ilaria Capua Jose Angel Regla-Nava, Matteo Pasquali, James Scott, Flavia Vitale, Mehmet Altay UNAL Cecilia Mattevi, Davide Bedognetti, Arben Merkoçi Ennio Tasciotti Acelya Yilmazer Yury Gogotsi Francesco Stellacci and Lucia Gemma Delogu!

Mushrooms are the future! nytimes.com/2021/02/07/sty…

Happy to be part of this exciting venture! - Edmonton company to produce psychedelic drugs for clinical use cbc.ca/news/canada/ed… ⁦Sporometrics⁩

Just received our #LotsOfSocks to raise awareness for Down syndrome on March 21st, 2021!! U of T Public Health

Pet peeves (still old school): "Particulates" as a noun. No! No! No! No! No! "Particulate matter" I don't care what any dictionary says, "particulate" is an adjective. Probably a lost cause, but I still cringe when I hear "Data is". A "data point is". "Data are".

Fungal spores from 250-year-old collections given new lease of life phys.org/news/2021-06-f…

#Ontario #Paramedics, are you curious about your #respiratorfit when performing CPR and other paramedic tasks? Visit the University of Toronto for fit testing and find out today! Join the #RespiratorFitStudy bit.ly/respiratorfits…

Why are we seeing outbreaks of infections like COVID, monkeypox, Zika, Ebola, Dengue, H1N1, MERS, etc? 1. Environmental encroachment & contact with animal reservoirs 2. Climate change expanding the range of insect-transmitted infections 3. Increasing human global mobility 4. Etc

My pandemic hobby 'project' was developing a board game about fungi. The game will be launching shortly on Kickstarter! Then sign up for notifications to stay tuned. kickstarter.com/projects/58853…

I'm intrigued by the #whiskeyfungus story making the rounds these last few weeks & the prominent role U of T Public Health's James Scott (Occupational & Enviro. Health) has played in the coverage. James will be on 300 NPR stations today @ 3 pm discussing his research. Kudos James!

I did a fun interview with Flora Lichtman that aired today about the whiskey fungus!! sciencefriday.com/segments/whisk…

Once in a while in the role of reviewers we are afforded what is essentially a sneak peak at a new game, which really is rather cool. sasktoday.ca/central/local-…

Great review of my mushroom board game by journalist and game aficionado Calvin Daniels in sasktoday.ca sasktoday.ca/central/local-…

I have a “preview copy” of this game (haven’t yet played due to end of semester shenanigans!) and let me tell you, it’s BEAUTIFUL. Want and/or need a board game about Mushrooms? Then you need a copy of this! kickstarter.com/projects/58853…

An excellent NYT piece by Linsey Marr https://www.threads.net/@linseycmarr calling for a comprehensive strategy on air quality and health. nytimes.com/2023/06/07/opi…

Sadly, the storied, century-old UAMH fungal biobank is on the brink of leaving Canada due to lack of funding. cbc.ca/news/science/f…

I just had one of these and it turned out to actually be Kuehneromyces lignicola: Deadly mushroom found at Fort Drum is likely all over North Country wwnytv.com/2025/06/11/dea…