Congrats Gisella!!!

Cc @endms.bsky.social, @braincanada.bsky.social, @canacn.bsky.social, @killamtrusts.bsky.social, @mscanadaofficial.bsky.social, @stemcellnetwork.ca, @wchriuofa.bsky.social

Our lab, located at the University of Alberta (Canada), is hiring a postdoctoral scholar and/or PhD student to work on the contribution of genetic mutations to neurological disorder mechanisms and response to treatments. Please share widely! can-acn.org/postdoctoral...

eLife Assessment This important study reports the results of efforts to replicate two phenomena of significant interest to early-career scientists and scientific policymakers: the Matthew effect and the early-career setback effect. Several previous studies of these effects have focused on early-career researchers with grant proposals that fell just below or just above a funding threshold. Those just above the threshold were more likely to be successful when they applied for funding later in the career (an example of the well-known Matthew effect), while those just below were more likely to go on to have stronger publication records (the early-career setback effect). In this study the Matthew effect was found to be robust across funders, and to generalize from those close to the funding threshold to the whole population. The early-career setback effect was not robust across funders and did not generalize to the whole population. The evidence reported is convincing.

Evidence from 14 research funding programmes confirms that early winners tend to keep winning (Matthew effect). But the idea that an early setback makes you stronger later doesn’t replicate widely.
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Dear CIHR Reviewers, pls keep in mind that knowledge users on grants see the reviews. If you tell us a protein/gene is not interesting/less important because it's rare, it reads as those patients aren't important.

Thank you! When it rains,
it pours! :)

Thanks so much Lara!

Thanks Angelo!

Thank you!

Thank you!

:) thank you

Thanks so much!

Thanks Caroline!

Thank you!

Well deserved! Congratulations!

Thanks so much Tim! Hope you are doing well!

Thanks so much!

CC
@wchriuofa.bsky.social @mscanadaofficial.bsky.social @stemcellnetwork.ca @endms.bsky.social @killamtrusts.bsky.social @sloanfoundation.bsky.social

New Future Leaders Grants Brain Canada is pleased to announce the latest cohort of Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research (Future Leaders). This flagship program provides vital funding to early-career scientists whose bold ...

Honoured to be selected as one of the trailblazing Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research by @braincanada.bsky.social! The future of neural stem cell research is bright. braincanada.ca/announcement...

Thank you again for this recognition and for supporting Canada’s future! Cc @wchriuofa.bsky.social @ualberta.bsky.social

I am elated to be selected as the @killamtrusts.bsky.social Research Accelerator Awardee! Grateful to my trainees and mentors with whom I share this honour. Looking forward to advancing neural stem cell research. CC @stemcellnetwork.ca @canacn.bsky.social

www.ualberta.ca/en/research/...

Lighting the Way | 2024-2025 Annual Report Research not only saves lives, it ignites hope. While true transformation requires both patience and vision, each breakthrough brings us closer to our goal.

One of the major partners supporting our world-class reserachers in the Department fo Cell Biology
@ualberta.bsky.social
is the Women's Children's Health Reserach Institute
@wchriuofa.bsky.social
See how in their 2024-2025 annual report. #WCHRIAR2025
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Lighting the Way | 2024-2025 Annual Report Research not only saves lives, it ignites hope. While true transformation requires both patience and vision, each breakthrough brings us closer to our goal.

Research not only saves lives, it ignites hope. Through continual innovation, WCHRI researchers are illuminating the path toward a healthier future for women and children.

We are lighting the way!

Read more in our 2024-2025 annual report:

ar.wchri.org/

#WCHRIAR2025

Thanks Mark!

This work would not be possible without investments into our discovery science projects by MS Canada and Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

My lab is very grateful to receive funding from the @stemcellnetwork.ca for remyelination and regeneration drug development program to #endMS! Enormous gratitude to Women and Children's Health Research Institute & UAlberta Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences for matching funds.

UHN marks the passing of Dr. James Till, whose work with Dr. Ernest McCulloch first demonstrated the existence of blood-forming stem cells in 1961 at Ontario Cancer Institute, now Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.

His work has helped launch the field of #stemcell science.

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If you are unable to vote in person, here is the link to apply to vote by mail. It takes 5 minutes but you have to do it ASAP to get the package in time.

UBC’s Dept of Medical Genetics is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the Life Sciences Institute.

If you’re interested in joining a strong research community in Vancouver, check out the job posting: medgen.med.ubc.ca/assistant-pr...

Please share with anyone who might be a great fit!

I am not sure if this is a sound advice anymore 🙈. I don’t think there is a good or bad strategy with grants. Gotta try, but the journey is tough.