Our Special Advisor on Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence reflects back on a year of many difficult conversations, and reinforces our University's commitment to fostering true equality, diversity and inclusion. Read his full statement⬇️https://t.co/1HOJQu4Fl4
Also, @SIMB_Microbio , I really appreciate the explicit shoutout of @jo44atWID work on the role gender plays in #STEM academics alongside her work on the microbiome & antibiotics
Excited to be at society for industrial microbiology and biotechnology. Awesome keynote by Dr Jo Handelsman @jo44atWID . The @TinyEarthNet is an awesome program for education and antibiotic identification
Good turnout for @DoorsOpenOttawa, where @EuFletch and I are showing groups some of the work we do at the @OISB_IBSO. Awesome high-throughout plate pinning and fluorescence microscopy using the great #yeast model organism! @uOttawaMed
A very exciting day ahead for the 62nd Annual Conference of the @CSMB_SCBM at the @IRIC_umontreal. The theme this year is: Model Systems in Cancer Research. Thanks to our sponsors for their support!
#Sciences#Research#Cancer
What are the sex of your cells? I worked in cells for 2 years in my MSc and I only knew Hela were female from the Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks. Today I learned that HEK 293 are also female. A fantastic set of talks about EDI and SDGA+ @CSMB2019 https://t.co/4SoqVtRJiZ
We are constantly inhaling fungal spores. The number will vary with season and weather, but on the order of ~1000 spores/day is on the more conservative end. This helps explain why this #FungiFriday some of the plates I retrieved from our stocks are already occupied!
New research from Diane Lagace, Jean-Claude Béïque, Timal Kannangara and team from @CMMuOttawa and @uOttawaBMRI is igniting excitement about the capacity of stem cells to improve stroke recovery and outlining new directions for stroke research. https://t.co/7siUfi7kRQ