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Science communication and policy in a year of uncertainty

The need for effective science communication tools and approaches has never been greater than during the COVID-19 pandemic. While policymakers use evidence to guide decisions, ineffective communication or an abundance of misinformation can undermine public trust and...

Till & McCulloch Meetings 2020: A tale of self-renewal

Joshua Dierolf (www.joshuadierolf.com) is currently completing his PhD in the lab of Dr. Dean Betts, at Western University, studying the influence of metabolism on stem cell pluripotency and early development. He will be joining Dr. Amy Wong, at the University of...

Access and affordability of gene therapies at TMM2020

We heard it first. If you attended the virtual Vancouver version of the 2020 Till & McCulloch Meetings, you had the opportunity to hear from Dr. Janet Rossant, Chair of the Expert Panel on the Approval and Use of Somatic Gene Therapies in Canada, giving us a...

CRISPR gets a Nobel Prize and its own day

I read somewhere, probably Twitter, that today is World CRISPR Day. I’m willing to play along since now is an excellent time to think about CRISPR. After all, Drs. Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna received the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry earlier this month...

First ever ComSciConGTA held virtually this fall

In 2019, Canada’s first Communicating Science workshop (ComSciConCAN) series took place. I attended and later shared tips and tools I learned there, which you can read here. Now, one year later, ComSciConCAN alumni have hosted events across Canada, including...