Christina Thornton
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Assistant Prof @caldommed | CFF Postdoc Fellow @umich | Respirology 🫁 @Ucalgary | MD PhD @ucalgaryalumni @leadersinmed | Microbiome👩🏻🔬🦠 | Enjoy all memes.
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Joined May 2012
Paul Nurse describing the main job of a PI (From ‘The Thinking Game’, 2024)
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People with antisocial traits prefer bitter tastes like black coffee.
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The new PCD diagnostic guidelines emphasise the importance of genetic testing in confirming diagnosis. In response, we compiled an up-to-date list of PCD-related genes, including ClinGen classifications — a key resource for clinicians and researchers. https://t.co/zgvCoREzua
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Delighted to share we are recruiting for a Fully Funded PhD "Personalised Approach to Treatment of Chronic Fungal Lung Disease" at the @MFT_NAC and @FBMH_UoM as part of the MRC DTP studentship programme! More info: https://t.co/pn6UVLq2My Please get in touch before applying.
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PhD Project - (MRC DTP) Personalised approach to treatment in chronic fungal lung disease at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Reaching peak Canada magic. Geese migrating in formation through the aurora borealis, skies over Yellowknife.
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A great statement by the AMA on our measles outbreak. Please share this widely. I only wish our government controlled public health system were allowed to do their job and get this under control. We are paying an exorbitant price for our gov's failures.
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This is bad news. This is very bad news. The US government has stopped the funding of PubMed, the most comprehensive database of biomedical literature. Why would you do this? This database it literally a matter of life and death.
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A great cover letter can make or break your manuscript submission. As an editor and author, I've seen how a strong cover letter helps editors grasp your paper’s significance. 🧵 [1/9]
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Ghost Baby Clifford is here to announce that it is officially spooky season. Let the festivities commence.
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“Africa was far away and girls didn’t do that sort of thing.” You did it anyway, and changed how we see ourselves and our planet. Thank you, Dr. Jane Goodall, for your extraordinary legacy. 🌍💚 #RIPJaneGoodall
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Jane Goodall, the world-famous primatologist, activist and environmentalist whose discoveries about chimpanzees forever changed what it means to be human, has died at 91.
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Just in time for the @EuroRespSoc Congress EMBARC is delighted to introduce our downloadable slide decks. Free to use presentation slides on bronchiectasis and recent research. Helping to spread the word and raise awareness of bronchiectasis https://t.co/P6oD77hDF3
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In #bronchiectasis, neutrophil serine proteases present as promising, treatment-responsive biomarkers in the disease, summarized in this beautiful paper @ERSpublications
https://t.co/eqrCLmzyhB
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This is a really good lecture summarising recent developments in bronchiectasis going through all of the recent clinical trial data
⁉️Did you miss out on Dr Daniel Smith's talk about 'New Therapies for Bronchiectasis' at the CRE RESPOND Respiratory Infections seminar? 🤯Don't worry! You can catch up on everything you missed here: https://t.co/nFhoezfu2S
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🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨 The Integrative Viromics Lab @UCalgary is looking for a Lab Technician to join us starting November 2025. 🔬 Phage isolation & culture 🧫 Anaerobic chamber work 📦 Lab management & student mentoring Apply now & help us explore the virosphere!
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New Guidelines published in the European Respiratory Journal access it here: https://t.co/vwN2R7UTG0
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📄 The new ERS & @eular_org clinical practice guideline on connective tissue diseases with ILD involvement has now been published in the European Respiratory Journal. Access the new guideline and associated content via the ERS Respiratory Channel: https://t.co/OFoFnsSJS9
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