Canada Chair in Synthetic Neuroimmunology at the Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto, Tech Geek, Science Nerd, Frenchy, Happy Dad

Toronto, Ontario
Joined November 2011
Thank you @ISSCR and @stemcellreports for a great edition of #ISSCR2025 and an opportunity to share the great work of Ai Tian, Roseanne Nguyen and Afrin Bhattacharya, with @yunli @SickKidsNews @UofT in beautiful Hong Kong!
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Congratulations to PhD student Daniela Cobo @MoGenGSA @SickKidsNews for receiving a best poster award for her work on herpesviruses! thanks @UofTEPIC!
MID Days are on May 26 and 27. Rishi Chanderraj is the keynote speaker. Other talks include spotlight talks by Aereas Aung, Greg German, Michelle Science, Sharon Sukhdeo and Tin Vo, and the Future Leaders Prize recipients. And, stop by the posters. shorturl.at/izTbo
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Congratulations to all very deserving recipients, we are thrilled to welcome Abdulkadir Duble to the lab to work on herpesviruses in brain organoids! @SickKidsNews
Replying to @UofTEPIC
@uoftepic welcomes the 2025 Inspire Summer Studentship recipients! This year, we harmonized with @uoftmedicine and are investing $50,000 to support the awardees. We also thank PRECISE for awarding an extra placement: epic.utoronto.ca/epic-congra…
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Thank you @CANGlia2024 for an amazing day of talks and posters #canglia2025 with a special shout-out to some of my excellent trainees Dr. Ai Tian, David Millar and Mahta Jan. Until next time. @SickKidsNews @uoftmedicine
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Julien Muffat retweeted
Dr. Tian sharing some exciting astrocyte-microglia in vitro work!
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Looking forward to start traveling this week for the Fall semester with a visit @UofT @SickKidsNews for a seminar on Thursday and PhD thesis defense on Friday 🤓🧠 I have to say camping 🏕️ in Mauricie and Vermont was very refreshing! Yes it's a bear 🐻 on the 4th pic 😱
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Julien Muffat retweeted
De Montpellier à Pekin, la communauté scientifique salue la mémoire du géologue Paul Tapponnier ➡️ l.midilibre.fr/kgE l.midilibre.fr/kgE
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Christmas was always the time when you would come back from faraway lands, with tales of extraordinary discoveries and dreams of new adventures. Sadly, the last few years had kept you away. You were an inspiration, we will miss you immensely. ipgp.fr/actus-et-agenda/actu…
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Julien Muffat retweeted
#Disparition C'est avec tristesse que nous avons appris le décès, ce 24 décembre, de Paul Tapponnier, géologue, pionner de l’étude de la déformation des continents & fondateur de l'équipe de tectonique de @IPGP_officiel. Ses collègues lui rendent hommage👉ipgp.fr/actus-et-agenda/actu…
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There are no words.
I am sad to have to tell you that Paul Tapponnier passed away on Dec 24 in Beijing. With Peter Molnar he was the father of indentation tectonics / extrusion processes in Asia. I had the joy and pleasure of working with him in many Asian countries. Here 👇 in Myanmar
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#Glia2023 if you were inspired by stories you heard during this amazing meeting, and want to work with human iPSC-derived (micro)glial cells in 3D cultures: reach out, we are looking for great postdocs to join the fun! #EuroGlia2023 @gliameeting
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#glia2023, can't believe it's been 4 years since the last in-person meeting. Excited to hear all about our favorite cells!
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Excited to host this symposium on spatial biology @SickKidsNews !
We're proud to sponsor this symposium bringing together world experts in #SpatialBiology to discuss recent technological advances and discoveries, as well as future opportunities for the application of spatially-informed analysis approaches. Register ➡️ gairdner.org/event-item/spat…
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Proud daddy -This morning, my 2 year old, bundled in a bathrobe looking like OB1: "no! I'm not a bundle, I'm a Jedi!"
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And tonight, in response to "hi my little Jedi!", With a sly smile "No! I'm not a Jedi, I'm a bundle" :)
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We’re thrilled to be kicking off SCN’s first Early Career Researcher Symposium happening today in Montreal! #ECRSymposium2023
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mens sana in corpore sano. Good to be on the mountain for a break in the amazing presentations #KSNeuroimmune23 #KSNeurodegen23
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