The final recap of CIRTN Summer 2026 publications: August🌻! Here are works from the labs of Drs. Devlin, Dhavantari, Hill, Korbutt, Pepper, Lim, Prentki, Rabasa-Lhoret and Shapiro.

(🧵1/17) CIRTN labs continued to publish throughout the Summer. We will recap the works three parts. In June, there have been publications from Drs. Ferdaoussi, Gaisano, Hoesli, Kopp, Verchere, Levings, Lynn, P. MacDonald, Nostro, Paraskevas, Rabasa-Lhoret, Riddell, Rideout, Johnson and Rutter.

(1/2) ✨ APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN! SCN has launched a NEW national research funding competition in #RegenerativeMedicine. 🔬 We’re proud to partner with @azrielifoundation.bsky.social and Breakthrough T1D to offer joint-funding opportunities across four programs:

✨ Exciting opportunity at SCN! We’re hiring a Finance Specialist to manage day-to-day accounting and support reporting, audits, and financial operations driving #StemCell and #RegenerativeMedicine research. Learn more and apply. ➡️ stemcellnetwork.ca/careers/

(🧵 1/22) Many publications from the CIRTN labs this Spring 🌷! Works are from Drs Bruin, MacDonald, Johnson, Mulvihill, Chen, Verchere, Kolic, Huang, Hull-Meichle, Kin, Shapiro, Korbutt, Pepper, P. MacDonald, T. MacDonald, Rideout, Riddell, Rutter, Rabasa-Lhoret and Prentice.

A new step toward cures for type 1 diabetes in Canada. Breakthrough T1D Canada has formally asked the federal government to partner in launching the Breakthrough T1D Network for Canada (BTNC), a national effort to accelerate treatments for #T1D. 💙 Learn more 🔗 ow.ly/yi8850YH60L

Excited to share our new paper in Nat Comms on how human stem cell-derived pancreatic progenitors choose between islet and enterochromaffin (EC)-like fates - and how we can steer that choice! A story in a few tweets… Full paper 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s414...

(🧵1/18) Lots of new papers from the members of CIRTN🍀! Here are works from the labs of Drs Mulvihill, Huang, Poitout, Bruin, Johnson, Doucette, Hull-Meichle, Kieffer, Nostro, Prentice, Prentki, Rabasa-Lhoret, Riddell and Shapiro.

Hot off the press! This paper provides protocols for directed differentiation of hPSCs to different pancreatic islet-like endocrine cells as well as to enterochromaffin cells. Congratulations to the whole team! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Breakthrough T1D Canada is pleased to announce three new trainees joining the fourth cohort of our partnership with the Canadian Islet Research and Training Network @cirtn.bsky.social Learn more about their research and the impact of this collaboration: breakthrought1d.ca/breakthrough...

Calling all residents and fellows interested in type 1 diabetes #T1D research! Breakthrough T1D Canada's Clinician Investigator Fellowship is currently open for applications. Up to $50,000 salary support per year. Deadline to submit is March 31st. breakthrought1d.ca/research/gra...

(🧵1/7) Several publications coming out of CIRTN labs in the first half of February 2026🎉! This includes labs of Drs: Prentice, Riddell and Rutter.

(🧵1/23) First month of 2026: complete✅! Many papers coming from CIRTN scientists, including works from the labs of Drs Bruin, Lynn, Estall, Ferdaoussi, Fullerton, Hull-Meichle, Pepper, Korbutt, Levings, Lim, Mulvihill, Rabasa-Lhoret, Riddell, Rutter, Tsai, Woo and Verchere! 📝

Are you soon-to-be PhD student or postdoctoral fellow, based outside of Canada? Here is a great program for you if you are interested in diabetes and/or obesity research! PhD students- $40k CAD/year; three years PDFs- $70k CAD/year; two years Let's chat! nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/canada-im...

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The new Crome Lab at BC Cancer is up and running — and we’re hiring! We’re recruiting a PDF for a newly funded project on ILCs & NK cells in Type 1 Diabetes, using spatial genomics and single-cell approaches. 🔗 jobs.phsa.ca/job/postdoct... #Immunology #SingleCell #SpatialGenomics #Type1Diabetes

Postdoctoral Fellow - Innate Lymphoid Cells and Spatial Genomics in Type 1 Diabetes, Crome Lab, Terry Fox Laboratory - BC Cancer Vancouver | Working at Provincial Health Services Authority | Careers a...

Postdoctoral Fellow - Innate Lymphoid Cells and Spatial Genomics in Type 1 Diabetes, Crome Lab, Terry Fox Laboratory BC Cancer Vancouver, BC We are recruiting a highly motivated Postdoctoral Fellow to...

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I'm excited to share that we are hiring two positions with Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF) Canada! National Specialist, Research & Mental Health (Bilingual) National Manager, Medical Affairs Please pass these along to anyone who may be interested: jobs-ca.silkroad.com/breakthrough...

CIRTN-R2FIC is currently running in Toronto its 4th Annual Meeting. During this meeting we have launched our mini interview series called "Islets in a Pod" ! Our first interview is with Dr. Patrick MacDonald from the University of Alberta. youtu.be/UlHn_1Fz3ck?...

#1 Islets in a Pod with Dr. Patrick MacDonald

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🌟 New opportunity - Fourteen summer studentships are available for undergraduate and med students to carry out summer research in diabetes under the supervision of a member of the BBDC. Learn more! bbdc.org/funding/fund...

Congratulations, Cristina, well deserved!

Research at UHN@uhnresearch.ca · 12mo ago

Congratulations to Dr. Cristina Nostro from @uhn.ca’s McEwen Stem Cell Institute on winning the prestigious 2025 Till & McCulloch Award! 🎉 Her impactful research in #diabetes and #RegenerativeMedicine brings us closer to #AHealthierWorld every day. 🔗 Read more: www.uhnresearch.ca/news/honouri...

Congratulations to Dr. Cristina Nostro from @uhn.ca’s McEwen Stem Cell Institute on winning the prestigious 2025 Till & McCulloch Award! 🎉 Her impactful research in #diabetes and #RegenerativeMedicine brings us closer to #AHealthierWorld every day. 🔗 Read more: www.uhnresearch.ca/news/honouri...

(1/2) 🇨🇦 Canada changed the world with the discovery of insulin — and 40 years later, with #StemCells, launched #RegenerativeMedicine. Today, another breakthrough is within reach.

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(1/2) A century after discovering insulin, Canadian innovation is once again poised to change the world — this time through #RegenerativeMedicine and advanced therapeutics. In an op-ed with Jessica Diniz, President & CEO of @breakthrought1dca.bsky.social,

📢 Exciting job opportunity! The Epelman Lab at University Health Network is hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher in #Cardiology to study engineered heart tissue, tissue regeneration, and macrophage biology. 🫀 Learn more and apply! ➡️ stemcellnetwork.ca/career-oppor...

📢 McGill University is hiring! A tenure-track Assistant Professor position is open in Pluripotent Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine, within the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, in partnership with the Meakins-Christie Labs at the RI-MUHC. Apply. ➡️ stemcellnetwork.ca/wp-content/u...

Yesterday we celebrated our 600th human research islet isolation in support of diabetes research (and then last night isolated the islets in the pic). I’m very fortunate to work with such a dedicated team! See more at www.isletcore.ca

I have gotten a bit behind at sharing the lab’s latest work - this paper is now published - check it out! www.cell.com/cell-reports... Long story short: insulin is the major determinant of female fat storage, with a relatively minor effect on males.

Insulin/insulin-like growth factor signaling pathway promotes higher fat storage in Drosophila females

Biswas et al. show that greater dietary sugar intake promotes fat accumulation in Drosophila adult females. In the presence of dietary sugar, the activity of the conserved insulin/insulin-like growth ...

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So proud of this preprint! The main paper from Puja Biswas @pujabiswas.bsky.social PhD revealing a female-biased role for the insulin/insulin-like growth factor signaling pathway (IIS) pathway in regulating body fat in fruit flies www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Save the date for the 2026 A-BC Islet Biology meeting! Looking forward to many fantastic presentations by trainees in islet biology from all over Canada as well as great keynote lectures. Please share widely! isletmeeting.weebly.com

JOB ALERT 🚨 We are hiring TWO principal investigators in cell, molecular, systems, or chemical biology in Toronto, Canada at @sinaihealth.bsky.social. We provide a generous startup, fully funded salary and academic appointment at U of Toronto. www.nature.com/naturecareer... Please repost!

Discover MyRoad, a platform dedicated to research training and mentorship in the fields of obesity, diabetes, and cardiometabolic diseases. New opportunities are available this fall, including cohort-based training, travel awards, and health research exchange competitions. www.myroadplatform.ca/en

The @calvin-ke.bsky.social lab is hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow! Apply to join the team, where you will lead community-engaged, equity-focused type 2 diabetes research (qualitative & mixed-methods). jobs.smartrecruiters.com/UniversityHe...

Very proud to share the first review from the lab with contributions of all lab members. Writing this gave our new lab opportunity to read and discuss many papers and grow as a team. www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...