Dr Christian Smith 🧬🔬
@drcasmith
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Research Scientist in Toronto. Author of the nonfiction book "The Scientist and the Psychic" on sale now! (opinions here are my own)
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Joined February 2009
Congratulations Dr. Levine on becoming a double doctor! Today he successfully defended his PhD! Well done and wishing you much success in the future 🎉🔬
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🎉 Congratulations Dr. Bennett, Dr. Levine, Dr. Nobre and the contributing authors on our @NatureCancer publication “A population-based analysis of the molecular landscape of glioma in adolescents and young adults reveals insights into gliomagenesis” https://t.co/Q0cFhYg67z
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New in Nature Cancer: CANON co-lead Dr. Julie Bennett and team show that 31% of AYA gliomas carry pediatric-type alterations. Findings highlight the need for age-specific approaches to diagnosis and treatment.
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Nature Cancer - Bennett et al. conducted a population-based study in adolescents and young adults with gliomas, revealing the specific molecular alterations and identifying potential...
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Groundbreaking study from @BTRCSickKids lab of @BrainSurgn1989 that investigates injury response/inflammation in glioblastoma (brain cancer that claimed lives of Gord Downey, John McCain and too many others) formation.
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An exciting day, 19 years in the making.
This weekend we welcomed Toronto’s first 7-Tesla MRI. It’ll be used by researchers across the city as part of the Toronto Neuro-Immunology/Imaging Consortium (TONIIC), a multi-site research network focused on neuroimmunology and neuroimaging. Learn more: https://t.co/JpFoDdYtNz
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It's International Brain Tumour Awareness Week. There are more than 150 types of brain tumours. PRIMARY, METASTATIC, BENIGN, MALIGNANT: 🧠 Primary brain tumours originate in the brain. 🧠 Metastatic” tumours originate elsewhere in the body and spread to the brain. 🧠 Primary
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Dr. Cynthia Hawkins has been elected as a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS)! Congratulations Dr. Hawkins on receiving one of Canada’s highest academic honours in the health sciences community. 🎉
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Congratulations to the @ZadehLab and @gelarehzadeh for this outstanding study just published in @NatureMedicine
Using data from a cohort of 402 #LungAdenocarcinoma patients and from multiple independent cohorts, DNA #Methylation signatures were evaluated to build and validate an accurate model predicting #BrainMetastasis development. @JeffreyZuccato @gelarehzadeh
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#UofT Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton has won the 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics. Hinton shares the prize with John J. Hopfield “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.” #NobelPrize
https://t.co/NkWyAwi3eZ
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Excited to speak at the 12th Annual Traynor Lectureship in Neuro-Oncology on Oct 23 at The Hospital for Sick Children, discussing oncolytic immune-activation for glioblastoma. Honored to celebrate 25 years of the BTRC! #NeuroOncology #GlioblastomaResearch #BTRC25 @MGBneurosurgery
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BREAKING NEWS The 2024 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.
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Launch Day tomorrow! Day 7 of the 7-day countdown to the release of Bad Artist: Creating in a Productivity-Obsessed World on Oct 1st! This collection of essays from 21 diverse writers offers a powerful antidote to the toxic productivity culture, celebrating creativity for its
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Almost there! Day 6 of the 7-day countdown to the release of Bad Artist: Creating in a Productivity-Obsessed World on Oct 1st! This collection of essays from 21 diverse writers offers a powerful antidote to the toxic productivity culture, celebrating creativity for its own sake.
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Day 5 of the 7-day countdown to the release of Bad Artist: Creating in a Productivity-Obsessed World on Oct 1st! This collection of essays from 21 diverse writers offers a powerful antidote to the toxic productivity culture, celebrating creativity for its own sake. Today, I am
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Day 4 of the 7-day countdown to the release of Bad Artist: Creating in a Productivity-Obsessed World on Oct 1st! This collection of essays from 21 diverse writers offers a powerful antidote to the toxic productivity culture, celebrating creativity for its own sake. Today, I am
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Day 3 of the 7-day countdown to the release of Bad Artist: Creating in a Productivity-Obsessed World on Oct 1st! This collection of essays from 21 diverse writers offers a powerful antidote to the toxic productivity culture, celebrating creativity for its own sake. Today, I am
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Day 2 of the 7-day countdown to the release of Bad Artist: Creating in a Productivity-Obsessed World on Oct 1st! This collection of essays from 21 diverse writers offers a powerful antidote to the toxic productivity culture, celebrating creativity for its own sake. Today, I am
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