(🧵1/10) Here are publications that came out last month from CIRTN labs! Works are from the labs of Drs: Ferron, Rutter, Hill, Hull-Meichle, Johnson, P. MacDonald, Levings, Rabasa-Lhoret, Riddell, Screaton and Sefton.
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(🧵 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.
(🧵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.
(🧵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! 📝
Happy New Year ! 🎆 We hope everyone had a wonderful winter holiday. We have uploaded our fourth Islets in a Pod episode. Here we interview Dr. Andrew Pepper from the University of Alberta. youtu.be/Z2i0-C0KkaU
#4 Islets in a Pod with Dr. Andrew Pepper
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New Islets in a Pod video! Interview #3 with Dr. Greg Korbutt from the University of Alberta. youtu.be/UYHDHaBerHU
#3 Islets in a Pod with Dr. Greg Korbutt (from University of Alberta)
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A new video by Islets in a Pod is up! In this interview, we have Dr. Elizabeth Rideout from the University of British Columbia. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tumq...
#2 Islets in a Pod with Dr. Elizabeth Rideout
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(🧵1/10) We are coming to the end of 2025! We are wishing everyone a cheerful winter holiday ❄️. This month we have had publications from drs: Ferron, Levings, Light, Giacca, Mulvihill, Rabasa-Lhoret, Riddell and Woo. Mini-interview posts from Islets in a Pod to follow!
(🧵1/10) Diabetes Awareness Month has come to a close, and CIRTN Labs had many publications!🤩 For the second half of Nov. 2025 we have papers from Drs. Giacca, MacDonald, Rabasa-Lhoret, Rideout, Johnson, Rocheleau, Rutter, Shapiro, Taubert and Thompson.
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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🧵(1/12) November is Diabetes Awareness Month, and we have many works coming out from the CIRTN labs focusing on islet biology and diabetes. For the beginning of Nov 2025, we have papers from Drs Thompson, Verchere, Chen, Dhanvantari, Hill, Hoesli, Kin, Levings, Lynn, Riddell, Rutter and Wheeler.
🧵(1/4) We have finished up October 2025 🎃, and the CIRTN groups had several more publications coming from the labs of Drs Rennian Wang, Megan Levings and Marc Prentki.
🧵(1/4) For the first half of October 2025 we have 3 publications from the CIRTN labs🍁. These papers are from the groups of Drs. Bruce Verchere, Yi-Chun Chen, Francis Lynn, James Shapiro, Tatsuya Kin and Guy Rutter!
🧵(1/7)We are now out of September🍁! From the last two weeks we have had publications from the CIRTN labs of Drs Jenny Bruin, Mourad Ferdaoussi, Peter Light, Patrick MacDonald, James Shapiro and Bruce Verchere!
🧵(1/3) Our first post highlighting publications coming from CIRTN groups (first half of September 2025)! We have works from the labs of Drs. Marc Prentki, Timothy Kieffer and Mathieu Ferron. 1)“From β soloist to endocrine symphony: Subtype-complete islets conduct glucose harmony” PMID 40912231
Hello! Welcome to the CIRTN-R2FIC BlueSky account! Our group focuses on researching pancreatic islet biology and pathology related to islets such as type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Here you will find bi-weekly updates from the scientists from across Canada that make up CIRTN-R2FIC.