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PostDoc in . New Torontonian. PhD. Bacteriologist with a keen interest in ethics and policy. He/Him 
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I'm proud to be doing my part and donating whole blood .
I promised that when I could, i would donate as often as possible. I've donated 5 times since the deferral period for men who have sex with men was replaced with behaviour-based screening.
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📣 JUST ANNOUNCED!
⭐️ André Picard ()
📆 Jun. 13 (Tue.)
🕚 12pm to 1pm ET
🏟️ In-person (Medical Sciences Building, UofT)
🔗 REGISTER: ow.ly/wlBm50OHUxI
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Can't wait to rep these wicked t-shirts in Quebec City on June 20th.
and I will be debuting the network to the crowd at 2023!
Looking forward to sharing our journey with you all soon!
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We have T-shirts for @prideinmicro !
Read more about it here: nature.com/articles/s4156
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Pretty incredible to see almost 330 of you folks in the first week of our existence!! Glad to see this kind of support for building a networking of Queer and Trans microbiologists...something we desperately need!
So we have to ask: What would you like to see our network do?
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So this just happened…
Many thanks to the awesome students and research associates for the nomination.
Feeling really proud about the next generation coming from the lab. 👏
and many others (not on Twitter)
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Pride in Microbiology Network () is for all of us! This pride month and I will introduce this network to the Canadian Plant Biology community during #CSPB2023 ()!
You still have chance to join us! Registration is still possible until this…Show more
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It's pretty cool to be front and center at ! Thanks for the opportunity to publish our correspondence with you folks, and thanks to and for coming on this journey with me!
Follow to keep in touch!
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Celebrating #PrideMonth with our June issue, featuring...
A Pride in Microbiology Network
AI in the lab
Loss of primate gut symbionts
Myotis bat morbillivirus
Mixotrophy in the dark ocean depths
...and more! Check it out
nature.com/nmicrobiol/vol
A Pride in Microbiology Network
AI in the lab
Loss of primate gut symbionts
Myotis bat morbillivirus
Mixotrophy in the dark ocean depths
...and more! Check it out
nature.com/nmicrobiol/vol1
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Wondering how to join the network?
We have a Discord server for everyday communication, and an email list for more newsletter-like communication. You can find sign-ups to both at prideinmicrobiology.github.io
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Bravo pour cette super initiative! • Congrats to , and CRIV Microbiologist Edel Pérez-López for this great initiative go.nature.com/3C8BkxF #ulcriv
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OUT NOW @LandonGetz @bfrancescol and @Edel_PLopez said we needed a Pride in Microbiology Network to support 2SLGBTQIA+ microbiologists...so they made one! #PrideMonth
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@LandonGetz @bfrancescol and @Edel_PLopez said we needed a Pride in Microbiology Network to support 2SLGBTQIA+ microbiologists...so they made one! #PrideMonth
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Awesome thread on how we got to building the Pride in Microbiology Network, and everything that what we hope to be!
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Hi folks, so I’m thrilled to introduce the Pride in Microbiology Network (@prideinmicro), a mentorship and community-building initiative to enhance justice and belonging among 2SLGBTQIA+ members in microbiology 
. Check out us in @NatureMicrobiol : doi.org/10.1038/s41564
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Hi Everyone!!
We are super excited to launch the Pride in Microbiology Network, a community-building initiative for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community in microbiology.
Check us out in :
nature.com/articles/s4156
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OUT NOW 🏳️🌈 and said we needed a Pride in Microbiology Network to support 2SLGBTQIA+ microbiologists...so they made one! #PrideMonth
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It's finally here!! , , and I get to finally announce , the Pride in Microbiology Network.
Check out more about this initiative and why it exists in .
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 Happy Pride 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Queer and Trans celebrations of joy and resistance (hell, even just celebrating our existence) come with a cost.
I know they say you shouldn't read the comments...but the ones under post are particularly nightmarish. We need more than rainbows and kind words
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Rainbow flags are flying high and #PrideSeason is officially upon us! 
Min. Ien issued a statement to mark the start of Pride Season 2023 in Canada. Let’s come together to honour and celebrate the #2SLGBTQI+ communities from June to September and beyond. (1/2)
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I am thrilled to announce that I have been chosen as a member of Canada's Chief Science Advisor's Youth Council! I am delighted to embark on this journey of learning with some young brilliant scientists across Canada 🥳
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I am so pleased to welcome 16 bright young scientists to my 2nd Youth Council! Looking forward to working with them and listening to their input on the issues around science in 
that are important to them.
Read up on the members: science.gc.ca/site/science/e
that are important to them.
Read up on the members: science.gc.ca/site/science/e
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I am so pleased to welcome 16 bright young scientists to my 2nd Youth Council! Looking forward to working with them and listening to their input on the issues around science in 🇨🇦 that are important to them.
Read up on the members: science.gc.ca/site/science/e
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🏳️⚧️ Happy Pride Month to all my 2SLGBTQIA+ friends! 🏳️🌈
This Pride Month marks an exciting launch, which I can finally talk about tomorrow! For a few months now, , , and I have been scheming...
Stay tuned 😉
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The private statement of support, the “that’s so fucked,” they just aren’t enough. Speech is cheap but it’s action we need.
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One day away of starting Pride Month … is hard to live in a world where your rights are always at risk …
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Uganda’s President has signed this anti-gay legislation into law. Canada’s stance has not changed: This law is appalling and abhorrent, and we strongly condemn it. We’ll continue to stand with 2SLGBTQI+ people – and stand up for 2SLGBTQI+ rights – at home and abroad. twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/…
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This law is going to harm so many people. My heart hurts.
Gay and lesbian lives matter.
Trans lives matter.
2SLGBTQ+ lives matter.
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President Yoweri Museveni has assented to Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which criminalizes same-sex sexual acts between consenting adults.
This is a desperately dark day for LGBTI rights. amn.st/6012OScMK
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Join me this Wednesday at 2:30 pm ET for an in-depth discussion with members of the outgoing youth council. Bring along your questions!🧪🔬🥼
Register 👇👇👇
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist
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🔜Join the discussion with and my colleague from the youth council !
🎥Online, May 31 @ 2:30 pm ET!
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Join me and the outgoing members of my inaugural Youth Council on May 31 @ 2:30 p.m. ET
as we discuss their "Our Vision for Science" report. There will be lots of time for your questions!
Register
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I am giving the 7th Annual FOME keynote address at the annual meeting for the Canadian Society for Microbiologists from Jun 25-28! I'm excited to talk about my work in microbiology education in majors & non-majors courses. Want to learn more? Click: csm-scm.org/english/conf_u
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A mental-health crisis is gripping science — toxic research culture is to blame
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Page proofs take the sting out of a long-weekend return to work!
Really looking forward to sharing this piece with you all in June 🏳️🌈
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Join me and the outgoing members of my inaugural Youth Council on May 31 @ 2:30 p.m. ET
as we discuss their "Our Vision for Science" report. There will be lots of time for your questions!
Register 👇👇👇👇
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist
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"Sometimes the actions I have taken [throughout my career] have been perceived by others as risk-taking. I have only ever experienced them as 'doing the right thing.'" , #MolsonPrize winner in the social sciences and humanities. #CCPrizes buff.ly/3BayMyB
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So proud to do LGBTQ+ research on this International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. Such as Wicked Bodies film project on eating disorders within LGBTQ+ communities phillipjoy.ca/wicked-bodies.
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Today is the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia.
Be part of this community has always been a challenge. The jokes, the uncomfortable questions, the “oh yes he is good but you know …”. Be kind to each others …
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍
#IDAHOBIT2023
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Some of my thesis work has been published open access! Non binary experiences with accessing healthcare in the Canadian system.
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This is my 18th IDAHOBIT since I came out. Right now it's grim - in general, in the UK, in the province I grew up.
Straight friends - I know you think it's all gotten better, but please understand that progress is not unidirectional. We're faltering. Badly.
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The theme for the 2023 edition of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia will be “Together always: united in diversity”.
(Text from may17.org)
#LGBTQIA
#LGBTplusHM
#educateOUTprejudice
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Take the time TODAY to educate yourself about what you can do to support and be an active ally for your 2SLBGTQIA+ family, friends, and colleagues. The possibility of safe, happy, and healthy lives for us depends on it.
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Battling homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia as a member of the community is exhausting. It's personal work and it always feels like a "one-step forward, two-steps back" situation...we are losing ground.
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International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (#IDAHOBIT2023)
These are always double-edged for me. This year's theme is United in Diversity...a collective celebration of our community. However, this day is also a reminder of how much farther we have to go
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Thanks for the awesome write-up Dan, and for the kind words :)
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Reflecting on the 2SLGBTQIA+ In STEM Conference - a celebration of science, resilience, leadership, and queerness.
cc: @lgbtqplusstem @landongetz @isa_aznarez @vanessa_raponi @missmckensea danielgillis.wordpress.com/2023/05/11/202
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Our warmest congratulations to Joséphine Bacon and , the latest winners of our #MolsonPrizes! Learn about their important contributions to the arts and to the social sciences and humanities in this Spotlight feature: buff.ly/3BayMyB #CCPrizes #MolsonPrize
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An unusual DNA superstructure regulates virulence.
New work from the Thomas Lab
Attenuation of a DNA cruciform by a conserved regulator directs T3SS1 mediated virulence in Vibrio parahaemolyticus
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