We are saddened to hear of the sad loss of Connie Eaves, a long-term and hard-working member of PLOS Biology's editorial board. Her contribution to this journal and to science as a whole was substantial.

We are sorry to share the news that Dr. Connie Eaves has passed away. Dr. Eaves was a leader & trailblazer in the #stemcell & #cancer fields, & her impact has been felt around the world. To her family, colleagues, friends, & the people she mentored, we extend our condolences.

Today is #InternationalWomensDay! 🎉 The GCI is proud to have an incredible team committed to transforming #gynecologiccancer care for women+ across Canada. Depicted are only a few of the many inspiring women in the group 💗 Let us know if you recognize some familiar faces! 👀

During a conference dinner at an alpine mountain resort in Eibsee, I noticed Connie Eaves quietly seating herself next to me and other startled PhD students.

We are saddened to share news of the passing of Dr. Connie Eaves, distinguished scientist with BC Cancer. Dr. Eaves was a world-renowned pioneer in stem cell research whose trailblazing methodologies are used around the world. She will be dearly missed. ow.ly/LfqP50QPl6Q

My mom passed a few days ago. There will likely be pieces written about her work, but I wanted to write something that got to the core of who she was. I hope those who knew her see her in it. And those who didn't get a chance to see her. Love to all. eaves.ca/2024/03/10/con…

Are you #gynecancer trainee interested in sharing your work with the world? 🤔 Submit your abstract to present during GCI Trainee Research Day on June 17th! 🤩 ⏰ Abstract Submission Deadline: April 20, 2024 @ 11:59pm PST 💻 Learn more here ⏩: buff.ly/3N3QoQE

I'm excited to join all these talented researchers at the Long Read Sequencing webinar! I'll show how long-read seq has enhanced our ability to detect, assemble, and understand the genomic and epigenomic effects of HPV integration in cervical cancer.

Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, and across all #science disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️ So how can we achieve #gender #equality? We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary.. 🧵 cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

New work on #Cancer variant prioritization using #T2T . It helps & we can overcome variant annotation issues! + An updated somatic SV benchmark for COLO829/COLO829BL across 4 replicates Grch38 +T2T! New preprint: medrxiv.org/content/10.110… Luis Paulin, PhD BCM HGSC Kieran O'Neill etc!

Our 10th Long Read webinar is now under way! Join in now and hear about the latest advancements from Fritz Sedlazeck, Miten Jain, Tychele Turner, Genome in a Bottle, Vanessa Porter, PhD and more! hgsc.bcm.edu/LongReadSeminar

New study: a bacteria that normally lives in the mouth was found in 50% of colon cancers. This is consistent with prior research on the interactions between the microbiome and colon cancer, which is rising among young people. nature.com/articles/s4158….

We'd like to extend a huge congratulations to Dr. Yuka Takemon, PhD (竹門ゆか) of the Marra Lab (Marco Marra) for their successful PhD defence! 🎉👏 UBC Graduate School UBC Medicine

Low depth WGS 🧬 harnessing precision medicine in glioblastoma 🧠: this Letter to the Editor in Annals of Oncology reports on the identification of ncogenic extrachromosomal DNA using FFPE samples Imran Noorani @charlesswanton Mischel Lab annalsofoncology.org/article/S0923-…

Budget 2024 increases the value of Tri-agency scholarships & fellowships by up to 90% & adds 1720 new awards. 📈 This sets a new compensation benchmark for Canada's graduate students & postdoctoral scholars. #Budget2024 #SOSBudget2024

Researchers in Canada got most of what they were hoping for in the country’s 2024 federal budget, with a big boost in postgraduate pay and more funding for research and scientific infrastructure go.nature.com/4azQ8Ft

So happy all the petitions and protests by Canadian scientists and trainees finally paid off. Grad students and postdocs deserve to live above the poverty line. Investing in trainees is investing in the future.

There's still time to make our today's webinar on cancer research! If you can't make it, you can register and watch the on-demand version whenever you're free. Don't miss these great talks covering multiomics, long-reads, and 3D analysis! Register here: workcast.com/register?cpak=…

Happy #DNADay! 🧬 This is one of my favourite pieces I made for Scientific American about genome sizes across select species. Was really fun to make this! #science #DNA #genome #infographic #sciart #genomics #genetics #genes

Congratulations to UBC MD student, Brendan Tao (Brendan Tao), on his recent publication in The Lancet! 📝  Read the article on 'The case for Indigenous land acknowledgements in scholarly publishing' here: thelancet.com/journals/lance…