Please share this gift article from The New York Times with friends, family, sceptics, and People who think that studying weird things is a waste of money. Then follow up with meaningful discussion about what I call 'free range science'. Free without subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/o...

Opinion | The Science That Turned Lizard Venom Into GLP-1s Is Under Attack

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Russell Vought’s grant proposal would give political appointees unprecedented influence over our federal research funding, threatening the independence of American science. That’s why we’re fighting back. Visit the link in our bio to take action, or go here: Article: zurl.co/AyP3y

I’ve spent 40 years in research. I have never seen a threat to science like the new grantmaking rule

The federal government is now proposing to fundamentally rewire scientific research review for no good reason.

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📺 Join EiC Dr. Jennifer Sargent & Assoc. Editor Dr. Simon Dreher for a webinar introducing EASD’s new journal, @metabologiajnl.bsky.social. Learn about its vision, submissions, & editorial opportunities for early-career researchers. 📅 2 July 2026 | 🕛 16:00 CEST 🔗👉 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

ADA sent a survey to ask how they could do better... Not censoring scientists would be a start. ADA President Elect and Scientific Sessions Chair (who I know and respect tremendously) did the right thing and resigned today. More coming. CEO Henderson next? www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

This just out in Diabetes Care. The need to highlight the destructive plans of the administration continues. Everyone needs to post comments to the OMB website. Relevant links in the article. Don’t delay!! diabetesjournals.org/care/article...

Please Tell Me It Is Only a Nightmare—The Proposed Dismantling of the United States Federal Research Infrastructure

Steven E. Kahn, Cheryl A.M. Anderson, John B. Buse, Elizabeth Selvin, Vanita R. Aroda, Seth A. Berkowitz, Matthew J. Crowley, Stephanie L. Fitzpatrick, Meg

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#ThrowbackThursday in JHC: "Role of the Pancreatic Islet Microvasculature in Health and Disease." Click to read for FREE: bit.ly/4fihNMw #capillary #diabetes #endothelialcell

Big breakthrough for living drugs. UBC researchers have discovered how to grow “helper” immune cells from stem cells—paving the way for more effective and accessible off-the-shelf immune therapies. Learn more: news.ubc.ca/2026/01/stem...

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Angelo Iulianella@aineurolab.bsky.social · 9mo ago

As 2025 comes to a close, my university (Dalhousie U in Halifax, Canada) is recruiting faculty, including outstanding early career researchers, and Canada Research Chairs. Applications are due January 19 2026 (was just notified today!). Please repost.

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

YouTube video by CIRTN-R2FIC

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Hey islet biology trainees (including but not limited to @cirtn.bsky.social members)! A-BC is coming up in February. We have extended abstract deadline to January 6th. For more info see website isletmeeting.weebly.com

A-BC 2026

A-BC Islet Workshop

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Take a look behinds the sciences of our recent work!

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Behind the Scenes: Featuring authors Theodore dos Santos, Xiao-Qing Dai, Patrick E. MacDonald, James G. Lyon, Aliya F. Spigelman, Nancy Smith, Tina Dafoe, and Austin Bautista and their work with IsletCore

An integrated analysis that combines electrophysiological and transcriptomic profiling, along with machine learning, of #islet cells from #T1D donors highlights the importance of α cell dysfunction @albertadiabetes.bsky.social @jci.org @bcellorg.bsky.social www.jci.org/articles/vie...

Worked with a great team to organize @keystoneSymposia.bsky.social Fueling #MASH : #Metabolic Drivers & #Inflammatory Crosstalk, this April! Join us to explore emerging research in Vancouver! keysym.us/KSMASH26 #KSMASH26 Early Registration and Abstract deadline is in less than 2 weeks!

Fueling MASH: Metabolic Drivers and Inflammatory Crosstalk | Keystone Symposia

Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Fueling MASH: Metabolic Drivers and Inflammatory Crosstalk, April 2026, in Vancouver, with field leaders!

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At the @cirtn.bsky.social we had an absolutely fantastic opportunity to attend a session on working with industry from @danieljdrucker.bsky.social. This was one of the most informative and entertaining talks I've attended in ages, as he shared so candidly about the process.

It was a pleasure to attend the @cirtn.bsky.social workshop. I could not be more impressed by the incredible trainee presentations. And it was a special pleasure to present the first CIRTN Science Communication Award to three amazing scientists: Lahari Basu, Maria Galipeau and Cassandra Locatelli!

Our new paper is out now in Nature Communications! We uncovered the function of XBP1 in beta cells of a preclinical model of T1D and identified unique and shared gene regulatory networks driven by IRE1 and XBP1. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Defining the role of β-cell IRE1α/XBP1 pathway and its gene regulatory network components in non-obese diabetic mice - Nature Communications

Modulating the unfolded protein response (UPR) can induce protective dedifferentiation of β-cells in non-obese diabetic mice. Here, the authors show that β-cell deletion of UPR transcription factor XB...

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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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Islet Biologists in 🇨🇦 🏆 @cirtn.bsky.social

Excited to have the 2025 CIRTN meeting underway. Great presentation from Victoria Johnston in our lab (her first conference!!) @cirtn.bsky.social

Extraislet β cells are virtually absent in the human #T1D pancreas www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#glycotime 🧪

Matthew Macauley@siglecdude.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Excited to share our laboratory's research tools to study Siglecs along with some interesting discoveries with these tools. Lot of help from many group, but @zeinab-jc.bsky.social was the major driver of this work. Please reach out if you would like to try them out. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

We are delighted to host the 2nd Annual Susie Clee Memorial Lecture this Thursday 4pm PST which will be given by Dr Melkem Kebede of the University of Sydney.

🩺❓What is medical misinformation? And how the heck does it spread so fast? Hear and discuss with our panel of experts about the current landscape of medical misinformation, and what practical, personal steps you can take to stop it. This event is virtual! Join from anywhere! RSVP: zurl.co/tZ8rW

Save the date for #GIA2026 (Nov. 5-6, 2026) which will feature free #glycotime talks by @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social , Dr. Mia Huang and more!

🎃 Happy Halloween! Enjoy some sweet, glucose-filled treats tonight—and speaking of glucose, meet Canada Excellence Research Chair Dr. Rebecca Hull-Meichle, who studies glycosaminoglycans in the pancreas 🧬. Catch her talk soon at GIA2025! @rlhull-meichle.bsky.social #GIA2025 #glycotime

🧵(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!

Friday September 26 @uoftmedicine.bsky.social @sinaihealth.bsky.social The 2025 Gerard N Burrow Lecture. Professor Alvin Powers #islets #diabetes #T1D #T2D @vubasicsciences.bsky.social 8 am Mt. Sinai Join us!

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

Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of @diabetologiajnl.bsky.social Diabetologia - the flagship journal of @easdnews.bsky.social the European Association for the Study of Diabetes! Thanks to our colleagues at the American Diabetes Association and Diabetes Care AND it’s editor-in-chief - Steve Kahn

🧵(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