by Francesco Zangari | Sep 1, 2022
This post is a collaborative effort, written by the ComSciConCAN2022 organizing committee: Katie Pullella, Ben Davis-Purcell, Shealin Murray, Shanzeh Mumtaz Ahmed and Francesco Zangari. When the inaugural ComSciConCAN took place in 2019 at McMaster University, it...
by Stacey Johnson | Aug 26, 2022
Hello from Alaska! I’m on vacation this week – hopefully you are as well. After many days at sea and lots of napping, reading, walking, spotting local wildlife, eating, Netflix and Wordle, it’s time for something that feels like work without being work. Since I...
by Stacey Johnson | Aug 12, 2022
Scientists are clever people so I guess we shouldn’t be surprised at all the different art forms they have mastered to do science communications. I have compiled some great examples below, but welcome others. Feel free to share some of your favourites in the comment...
by Sara M. Nolte | Jul 14, 2022
Almost two years ago, I wrote a post about how scientists were looking for new immunotherapies to improve immunologically “cold” tumours’ responses to existing therapies. And while the findings of that article were very promising, tumour evasion of the immune system...
by Lyla El-Fayomi | Jul 7, 2022
“Regenerative medicine news under the microscope” is a monthly feature highlighting big stories in stem cell research. I sample the latest and greatest findings in recent press and package them into a single post. In this double issue, I cover a gene therapy for...
by Cal Strode | Jun 16, 2022
Since Robert Hooke first laid eyes on a micro-organism using his custom-built microscope in the 1660s, artists have deployed their skills in service of helping us to see the small picture. Coining the word “cell” to describe what he saw through the lens, Hooke...
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