Our educational article, "14 Quick Tips to Crowdsource Data for Public Health Advocacy" now out in @PLOSCompBiol ! Pls RT+share! h/t @Josh_JamesA @AnjaleeBenedict @LadyScorcher @KashPrime @lincolndstein + Greg Wilson for nudge to write this + @bffo Patricia Palagi for support. /1

Join the Brain Single Cell Initiative! This innovative project is driving #research in #brain health and disease using single-cell and spatial #genomics technologies.

IG hosts these meetings every year, and I-NMD every ~18 mos, so ECRs with work fitting the mandate of these institutes plan to apply. Subscribe to institute newsletters to learn more. /END

Special thank-you 🙏 to all the mentors for making the time + effort to share their personal journeys and trials through early, mid + senior PI stages. The personal aspect of mentor perspectives, conversations, and peer networking opportunity is what made this event special. /4

Plus a poster session, and plenty of time to network with peers and mentors. /3

Super useful 3-day workshops with diverse topics of value to new PIs: CIHR 101, managing a research programme, work/life balance, Knowledge Mobilization, writing CIHR Project Grants (time++ for questions!), mock grant review panel, Indigenous Health Res, Patient Engagement. /2

Thank you to @CIHR_IG CIHR_INMD for hosting Canadian Early Career Researchers in Halifax Wed-Fri last week + all mentors who provided their perspectives + wisdom. New 🇨🇦 ECRs plan to attend this! 🧵/1

Beautiful weather for Big Toronto Bike Ride Sunday to fundraise for @CycleToronto, biggest voice for #cycling advocacy + education in TO. Mayor @oliviachow joined part of the ride, said having cyclist mayor should spur doubling of efforts for stronger streets! Onward & upward!

Our educational article, "14 Quick Tips to Crowdsource Data for Public Health Advocacy" now out in @PLOSCompBiol ! Pls RT+share! h/t @Josh_JamesA @AnjaleeBenedict @LadyScorcher @KashPrime @lincolndstein + Greg Wilson for nudge to write this + @bffo Patricia Palagi for support. /1

And here is the article!

And here is the link to the article! (Talk about burying the lead...) https://t.co/fe7dXWykT2

PS: I think this article would work well as a series on Youtube, one 2-minute video per tip. Do you think there would be broad interest in this? Let me know in the comments or DMs.

This article condenses lessons from the COVID Schools Canada project. We hope the community uses these tips to build new cross-disciplinary teams and crowdsourcing initiatives in service of public health. So please share with anyone you think would be interested! /6

and applied the crowdsourced data for peer-reviewed epidemiological research. https://t.co/u6sJqH2Ara /5

We created a diverse team; built infrastructure to crowdsource 58K COVID cases + 2.8K outbreaks; provided daily data updates to >10K followers; gave 40+ broadcast/print media interviews ; built an industry partnership with @Mapbox to host our map; ... /4

The pandemic forced many of us to galvanize + pool skills for community service, outreach + public health advocacy. We developed @covidschoolsCA to crowdsource COVID19 cases + outbreaks in 🇨🇦 schools + promote evidence-based public health policy. https://t.co/YttiIgOkT3 /3

We share tips on: 🦾building + coordinating a strong team 💻setting up tech infrastructure & programmatic workflows 📺📰giving interviews for print + broadcast media 🙌🏾reaching out to industry and collaborators 🌇sunsetting the project /2

Epigenetic reprogramming of a distal developmental enhancer cluster drives SOX2 overexpression in breast and lung adenocarcinoma. Now online as a Breakthrough Article at NAR! https://t.co/RTbfwXEbBh

Because our genome is so much more than genes. A must-read for those eager to learn of the intricacies of non-coding sequences, in this case short tandem repeats, that define cell states: