Frank Beier
@beierlab.bsky.social
Researcher working on skeletal biology & #osteoarthritis. Chair of Physiology and Pharmacology @westernu. Living with stage 4 #AdenoidCysticCarcinoma. Interested in environment, EDI, & other woke things. www.westernconnect.ca/beier
Hi all. Frank passed peacefully with the love of his family on July 18, 2025 in London, ON. He was a wonderful human being who shared much of his life with you. We could not have asked for a better father, grandfather, friend, colleague, or mentor. 1/
Very proud of this one. If you want a complete primer on the history of functional neuroimaging in disorders of consciousness, then this is for you. With @karnig-kazazian.bsky.social and Martin Monti. owenlab.org/uploads/pdfF...
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✨ The Bernhardt Lab at the University of Guelph is recruiting graduate students for 2026! Join us! We have several fully funded grad positions available ✨ Please spread the word! www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us #CSEE2025
Uppsala University has an open call for a professorship in pharmacology, deadline Sept 15: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University
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Congratulations to PhysPharm department members Lisa and Taylor on these well deserved awards!!!
WesternU Research@westernuresearch.bsky.social · last yr.Congratulations to the awardees of this years' Western Research Excellence Awards, who are each recognized for their scholarship, creativity and impact in their chosen fields: news.westernu.ca/2025/07/west...
Wow! Amazing images! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... High-speed mapping of whole-mouse peripheral nerves at subcellular resolution: Cell @maximoprado.bsky.social @jointsintheworld.bsky.social
High-speed mapping of whole-mouse peripheral nerves at subcellular resolution
A high-speed pipeline enables whole-mouse imaging and mesoscopic analysis of peripheral nerves using transgenic, immunostaining, and viral labeling, providing an effective means to map body-wide struc...
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We have an open postdoc position in our lab using #NAMs! We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher to work on an NIH-funded R01 project investigating tendon cell-ECM interactions using advanced microphysiological and engineered approaches (including non-animal models). Apply here! michmed.org/5GV5x
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Now that I am shedding most of my committee memberships, it is super tempting to delete the MS Teams app that I greatly dislike from all my devices. Give me one reason to keep it?
Another update although not much has changed. Still expected to have 'a few months'. Oncologist feels like there is nothing he can do any more but we will try to keep me as comfortable & productive as possible with palliative care, oxygen, wheelchair etc.
Frank Beier@beierlab.bsky.social · last yr.Cancer update. A bit darker than usual. Cancer has advanced and it looks like I only have a few months left. Took me a few days to get used to this new timeline. Time to start wrapping things up at home and at the lab. Thankfully there is little pain and I am relatively functional.
To attract top global talent, #WesternU is doubling the number of Postdoctoral Fellowship Program awards and launching the new US-CAN Doctoral Excellence Awards. #CdnPSE #HigherEd
Western expands PhD and postdoc funding - Western News
Western is boosting funding for postdoctoral fellows and PhD candidates from the U.S. and other countries with expanded and new award programs.
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Come join us in Vancouver! Exciting opportunity for a more senior investigator researching new regenerative medicine approaches for Type 1 diabetes. $8M in funding for successful candidate research.ubc.ca/media/file/j...
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Exciting Research Professorship Position in Stem Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Leuven. Amazing research ecosystem, great colleagues, high quality of life, tenure track. For those interested in joining us, please see below: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Lots of visitors these days! Former PhD students and postdocs coming by from in and out of town. A sad occasion but great to see them all! Oh those memories.... sorry for the poor selfie skills....
Lots of room for growth at @uwaterloo.ca. 🇨🇦 And were hiring 6 new faculty in #optometry and #visionscience. Spread the news. Contact me if you want to learn more. share.google/8HXvp3LbwLPw...
A clinical trial led by @schulichmeddent.bsky.social prof Dr. Stephen Pasternak at Lawson Research Institute (St. Joseph's Health Care London) shows European cough medicine Ambroxol may offer brain protection and improve symptoms in people with Parkinson’s-related #dementia. #WesternU
Study uncovers potential treatment for Parkinson’s-related dementia
A 12-month clinical trial investigated whether a cough medicine used in Europe called Ambroxol can slow dementia in people with Parkinson’s.
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By flipping an evolutionarily disabled genetic switch involved in Vitamin A metabolism, researchers in Science have enabled ear tissue regeneration in mice. Learn more: scim.ag/3TzUSnH
Reactivation of mammalian regeneration by turning on an evolutionarily disabled genetic switch
Mammals display prominent diversity in the ability to regenerate damaged ear pinna, but the genetic changes underlying the failure of regeneration remain elusive. We performed comparative single-cell ...
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Nothing like a CT scan at 2:45 am to confirm you are dying..... to be fair they want to see if there is any chance for radiation to make a difference, but chances are slim. Anyway, thanks for taking me Aaron!
Today is my last day as Chair of Physiology and Pharmacology at @schulichmeddent.bsky.social @westernu.ca, after 7 years (1 yr acting, 5 in term 1, 1 in term 2). I would have loved to complete term 2 but my advancing cancer leaves me no choice. 1/
The Oslo Pride 2025 video shows how quiet visibility -🌈 pins, bracelets, flags- can mean safety, belonging, and respect. Amid rising hate [and lost protections elsewhere] the message is clear: you are seen, you matter, this is a safe place. Civic decency, not just law.
I will be opening my new lab in September at UBC! if you’re coming to #Worm25 and are looking for graduate studies or a postdoc position, let’s meet! Vancouver + worms = perfect vibes. www.zoology.ubc.ca/~yeecs/labsi... Please share! 🙌
The new Department of Functional Genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine is looking for scientists at any level. 👉 mpi-muenster.mpg.de/780013/profil
NERVE GROWTH FACTOR IS SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE MULTIPLE OSTEOARTHRITIS-RELEVANT PATHOLOGICAL FEATURES IN NAIVE MURINE KNEE JOINTS https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.20.660696v1
The response to this - on here, by email, in person etc - was overwhelming. Sorry, I don't have the time to respond to everyone, but I read it all. Thank you so much. It feels good to know I made a bit of a difference.
Frank Beier@beierlab.bsky.social · last yr.Cancer update. A bit darker than usual. Cancer has advanced and it looks like I only have a few months left. Took me a few days to get used to this new timeline. Time to start wrapping things up at home and at the lab. Thankfully there is little pain and I am relatively functional.
Congrats to all!! What a great list of awardees.
ASBMR@asbmr.bsky.social · last yr.We're thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2025 ASBMR Esteemed Awards! Please join us in recognizing these outstanding individuals who represent he exceptional talent and unwavering dedication to bone, mineral, and musculoskeletal research within our community.
#WesternU professor Adrian Owen is featured in the June issue of @theatlantic.com for his work using fMRI to detect “covert awareness” in patients with severe brain injuries – challenging assumptions about cognition and consciousness. #SchulichMedDent
The Mother Who Never Stopped Believing Her Son Was Still There
For decades, Eve Baer remained convinced that her son, unresponsive after a severe brain injury, was still conscious. Science eventually proved her right.
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✨June Issue✨| Targeting osteoarthritis where it hurts: the osteochondral junction This News & Views article discusses targeting neurovascular growth at the osteochondral junction as a therapeutic approach for osteoarthritis. @jointsintheworld.bsky.social bit.ly/4kiDfo3 #Rheumsky #Medsky
Targeting osteoarthritis where it hurts: the osteochondral junction - Nature Reviews Rheumatology
In joints with osteoarthritis, angiogenesis and neuronal growth occur at the osteochondral junction, a process that can contribute to structural joint damage and pain. Targeting this neurovascularizat...
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Cancer update. A bit darker than usual. Cancer has advanced and it looks like I only have a few months left. Took me a few days to get used to this new timeline. Time to start wrapping things up at home and at the lab. Thankfully there is little pain and I am relatively functional.
