There are moments in a career that force you to pause and take a hard look at how you lead. Recently, I’ve had one of those moments. I’ve shared a short reflection on leading through uncertainty. #Leadership #Experience lisa-porter.medium.com/learning-to-...

Learning to Lead through Uncertain Times

Leadership is most often framed in terms of strategy, decisiveness, and outcomes. We are taught to bring order to complexity and to move…

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Proud of our new @cellpress.bsky.social pub Elevated levels of atypical cell cycle regulators: - Alter normal brain development - Expand neural stem cells, even in aging - Increase susceptibility to #braincancer @isscr.org @stemcellnetwork.ca @uwindsor.bsky.social pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41483811/

Atypical cell cycle regulation over neural stem cell expansion - PubMed

Populations of adult neural stem cells (NSCs) that reside in the mammalian brain aid in neurogenesis throughout life and can be identified by a type VI intermediate filament protein, Nestin. Cell cycle regulation plays an important role in maintaining a balance between self-renewal and differentiati …

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Today we remembered the 5 students from UWin who were victims of PS752. 2 missiles, 30 seconds apart - ruled a “moment of forgetfulness” that ended the lives of 176 people. Rest in peace Samira & Hamid - we will not push you aside & forget. They mattered. #PS752

People under appreciate the self awareness that grad school delivers. A definite soft skill! 😂💚❤️

Happy holidays friends. My group could make the grinch sing carols. 🎶 🎄❤️💚 Cheers to turning the page on 2025 and new opportunities for all in 2026!

Animal researchers, patients, advocates for health research please note the proposed changes to the Ontario Animals for Research Act and consider providing input to OMAFA www.regulatoryregistry.gov.on.ca/proposal/52653 Process is important here & has implications Canada wide. (1of2)

Grateful for our region to be involved in this amazing program 🙏 Most of Canadians are treated outside our biggest centres. Building capacity and linkages to community hospitals ensures access to best care - and that the answers that we get from these big national projects represent our population

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🍁Bringing hope and discovery to communities across Canada🍁 Q&A with Dr. Lisa Porter, the MOHCCN Windsor lead, who is working to ensure that the genetics and experiences of Windsor-Essex families are represented in Canada’s national precision oncology efforts. Learn more▶️ tinyurl.com/2v8ej36b

#LoveWhereYouLive last days of this view until the spring 😢 … soaking it in for one last weekend.

If your on Facebook I encourage your to follow Dr. Jessica Knurick, PhD, RDN amazing fact-based short videos that all scientists should amplify! www.facebook.com/share/1CvaxE...

A great organizational meeting for @terryfoxresearch.bsky.social @marathonofhope.bsky.social - making major strides to deliver personalized medicine approaches across Canada 🇨🇦 As Terry Fox said “Anything is possible if you try” @jwoodgett.bsky.social

We need more Davin’s in the world 🤣

Great read 👏 I would go further to say that even those who are established in science need to better prepare for wild uncertainty.

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New Opinion out today in @chicagotribune.com "The Bio10 is an academic powerhouse." "The health of our society depends on generations of young students equipped to embrace, and succeed in the face of, uncertainty." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/o...

Thank you, @beierlab.bsky.social , for your remarkable impact you will be deeply missed ❤️ The Frank Beier Graduate Opportunity Scholarship is one way your legacy of generosity and mentorship will live on. I miss you! www.giving.westernu.ca/giving/frank...

Frank was the kindest and most inspiring mentor and friend I could ever have hoped for. His wisdom, generosity, and care touched so many lives, including my own. ❤️ Frank’s legacy of support and encouragement will always guide us, and we carry forward his spirit in all we do. I’ll miss him forever!

3 MSc defenses in 2 weeks (and one more next week). Congrats to Alan, Ali & Amy - definitely the A-team! Thanks to my three talented RAs who make it all possible 💖 Excited to see what these 3 amazing students will accomplish next!

Pleased to be part of this amazing work as part of the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centre Network & Terry Fox Foundation! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The Terry Fox Research Institute Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network: A pan-Canadian precision oncology initiative

The Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network (MOHCCN), led by the Terry Fox Research Institute and the Terry Fox Foundation, unites researchers, clinic…

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Canadian scientist Daniel Drucker among winners of prestigious Breakthrough Prize for discovery of hormone used in anti-obesity drugs, by @ivansemeniuk.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #WeightLoss #diabetes

Canadian scientist Daniel Drucker among winners of Breakthrough Prize for discovery of hormone used in anti-obesity drugs

Senior investigator at Mount Sinai Hospital was one of five researchers jointly awarded US$3-million in world’s largest science prize

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#Sncc2025 Cheers from the Banff conference! Learning lots and reuniting with colleagues.

#YQGWESPARKCONFERENCE kicks off - so proud of this amazing program spearheaded by #Porterlab RA @bre-annef.bsky.social

Tom Maniatis coming in hot in @CellCellPress to spell out in no uncertain terms what cutting indirect cost rates to 15% will cost science. And a call to action: "A united front...is essential to preventing this devastating policy from taking effect." 💯 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Safeguarding the future of biomedical science in the United States

NIH’s abrupt decision to cap indirect cost reimbursement at 15% threatens the critical infrastructure supporting groundbreaking biomedical research in the United States. This policy jeopardizes Americ...

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In a world of chaos - it is so reassuring to surround yourself with the smart, driven, minds of the future. We need to empower our students to be loud - to stand up to the ignorant, bullies who are threatening democracy and progress. My students give me hope ❤️ (getting in one picture is a challenge

Please 2 share our #LungTumour Biobank website located at the QEII Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Biobanking is essential 4 advancing our understanding of lung tumourigenesis.Thanks 2 the people that consent to depositing their lung tumours in our biobank. novascotialungbiobank.com

Home - QEII Lung Tumour Bank

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When CIHR scores are pending - you put on your good luck socks! Good luck friends 🫣🙏❤️

Remembering Samira and Hamid 🖤#PS752 It is hard to believe it has been 5 years. We will never forget or forgive. But hate cannot win. Let us commit to working better together, appreciating our shared humanity,having more compassion and understanding. We owe them that ❤️

Opening for prestigious Endowed Chair & Institute Scientist position will close soon! Widely accepting applicants with expertise in imaging. Please circulate & forward to colleagues! Check out this job at St. Joseph's Health Care London: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...

Opening for prestigious Endowed Chair & Institute Scientist position will close soon! Widely accepting applicants with expertise in imaging. Please circulate & forward to colleagues! Check out this job at St. Joseph's Health Care London: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...

Porter lab spreading holiday cheer around @uwindsor.bsky.social including the new Dean @ Faculty of Science. Happy holidays 🎄✨🎅❤️

Porter lab elf games have begun 🎉🎄🎅

Looking forward to what this amazing group will achieve in 2025!

My long-time Research Associate bought this notebook for me … 🤣 … it is absolutely me.