If I knew I would have to go on stage I would've dressed better...sorry mom! Excited to see y'all at the poster session tonight *cough poster #317 cough*

Another great poster day from Andrew Lofts (poster 191), @CampeaMatt (poster 317), and Lisha at #CRSAM2022! Today's the last day to ask your questions that these folks are *clearly* excited to answer!

He’s a 10 but he’s starting an AI-for-drug-discovery startup with no biology background

Canada's first game of the 2022 FIFA World Cup is in the books, so here are some tactical observations from Les Rouges' narrow defeat to Belgium. #CANMNT | (via Christopher Fung) wakingthered.com/2022/11/25/234…

End of an era in our lab - congratulations to Eva Mueller (who started as a second year undergrad student back in 2014) on an absolutely outstanding PhD defence! Can't wait to see what you do next. Thanks to Dr. Willerth for serving as the external examiner!

To celebrate this time of peace and joy, we (1) stole gifts we liked better from each other white elephant-style and (2) tried to drive each other off a go-kart track. Peace and joy indeed. Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays/Happy New Year to all!

Rent for a 1 bed apt in Vancouver in 2003: $759/mo ($9,108 annual) Rent for a 1 bed apt in Vancouver in 2023: $2680/mo ($32,160 annual) ➡️353% increase PGS-D funding 2003: $21,000 PGS-D funding 2023: $21,000 ➡️0% increase Make it make sense. #SupportOurScience

This one feels good: my first EVER first author research article! Big thanks to The Hoare Lab Andrew Lofts Fei Xu Meghan and Mina for all your hard work! Want to learn how little nanoparticles became less little nanogels to deliver chemotherapy? Click pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Been designing personalized biosensor tattoos. Tattoos that change colors based on blood glucose levels for pre-diabetics and diabetics. Looking for a technical founder in biochemical engineering to build this with me. Need to make this happen. Let's talk #biotech

I finally defended my PhD this week and my favourite part are the memes made by my friends who have no idea what a PhD defence is

When reviewer #3 = ChatGPT. This is a new first for me. Reviewer number 3’s comments were clearly written by ChatGPT. Is this to be expected now? Call to action to all journal editors and reviewers not to less this become the new norm.

Unfortunately, RFK Jr. does not seem to understand that the problem with our food system is the UBIQUITOUS EXISTENCE OF CHEAP, CALORIE-DENSE, HIGHLY PALATABLE FOOD. That's it. That's the whole problem. It has precisely nothing to do with food dye or high fructose corn syrup.