Samantha L Wilson, PhD
@samanthalwilson.bsky.social
Asst Prof McMaster OBGYN #omics | #epigenomics | #bioinformatics | #genomics | #placenta | #preeclampsia | #machinelearning | #cfDNA | #FirstGen She/her 🇨🇦🇦🇺
Come for the science, stay for the corgi pics
Come for the science, stay for the corgi pics
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Very excited to share the results from our latest Meta-analysis at the Wilson Pregnancy Lab examining #placental DNA methylation in #IVF pregnancies doi.org/10.1093/mole...
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@oxfordacademic.bsky.social
@smithk63.bsky.social @samanthalwilson.bsky.social
@oxfordacademic.bsky.social
Excited to share Mel’s first paper of her PhD characterizing placental DNA methylation profiles post IVF out in @mhr-reprodsci.bsky.social
Mel details the results im her posts below:
Mel details the results im her posts below:
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It’s insulting to tell 🇨🇦 scientists we need international scientists to run to our rescue & ensure innovation.
🇨🇦 scientists have exceeded expectations with paltry funding. If the gov funded Tricouncil > & sustainably; imagine how innovative we’d already be!! /End
🇨🇦 scientists have exceeded expectations with paltry funding. If the gov funded Tricouncil > & sustainably; imagine how innovative we’d already be!! /End
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
It’s insulting to tell 🇨🇦 scientists we need international scientists to run to our rescue & ensure innovation.
🇨🇦 scientists have exceeded expectations with paltry funding. If the gov funded Tricouncil > & sustainably; imagine how innovative we’d already be!! /End
🇨🇦 scientists have exceeded expectations with paltry funding. If the gov funded Tricouncil > & sustainably; imagine how innovative we’d already be!! /End
November 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Yes! Contact them and sign this petition here —it’s not just about EDI data! So much personally identifying information for applicants and reviewers will not be protected!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open Letter to Protect Tri-Council EDI Data
Why do we need urgent action to protect our data?
The mandate of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research is to review and report on topics relating to science and research in ...
docs.google.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Yes! Contact them and sign this petition here —it’s not just about EDI data! So much personally identifying information for applicants and reviewers will not be protected!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Wilson Pregnancy Lab 2025! Big shout out to this team who has held down the fort while I have been on leave this year. Literally nothing could be done without them!
October 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Wilson Pregnancy Lab 2025! Big shout out to this team who has held down the fort while I have been on leave this year. Literally nothing could be done without them!
Franki is owing tonight’s success to her hat wearing and will be wearing it again on Friday #bluejays
Busting out the vintage hat for luck 🍀 #LetsGoBlueJays #BlueJays
October 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Franki is owing tonight’s success to her hat wearing and will be wearing it again on Friday #bluejays
Busting out the vintage hat for luck 🍀 #LetsGoBlueJays #BlueJays
October 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Busting out the vintage hat for luck 🍀 #LetsGoBlueJays #BlueJays
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Sorry but this isn’t the win everyone thinks it is. Offering a lot of money to an elite few does absolutely nothing for the Canadian research landscape as a whole.
After more than a decade of growing his career in cancer research in Australia and then being recruited to a coveted position in the U.S, Canadian-born scientist Wes Wilson packed up his lab at Penn Medical in Philadelphia & has moved 800kms north to Toronto. #Canada
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Canada’s brain gain: A scientific migration amid U.S turmoil
More than 600 scientists – about half from the U.S. – ‘raise their hands’ as they compete for positions at a Canadian Hospital.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Sorry but this isn’t the win everyone thinks it is. Offering a lot of money to an elite few does absolutely nothing for the Canadian research landscape as a whole.
Reposted by Samantha L Wilson, PhD
Very excited to share the results from our latest Meta-analysis at the Wilson Pregnancy Lab examining #placental DNA methylation in #IVF pregnancies doi.org/10.1093/mole...
@smithk63.bsky.social @samanthalwilson.bsky.social
@oxfordacademic.bsky.social
@smithk63.bsky.social @samanthalwilson.bsky.social
@oxfordacademic.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Very excited to share the results from our latest Meta-analysis at the Wilson Pregnancy Lab examining #placental DNA methylation in #IVF pregnancies doi.org/10.1093/mole...
@smithk63.bsky.social @samanthalwilson.bsky.social
@oxfordacademic.bsky.social
@smithk63.bsky.social @samanthalwilson.bsky.social
@oxfordacademic.bsky.social
Excited to share Mel’s first paper of her PhD characterizing placental DNA methylation profiles post IVF out in @mhr-reprodsci.bsky.social
Mel details the results im her posts below:
Mel details the results im her posts below:
Very excited to share the results from our latest Meta-analysis at the Wilson Pregnancy Lab examining #placental DNA methylation in #IVF pregnancies doi.org/10.1093/mole...
@smithk63.bsky.social @samanthalwilson.bsky.social
@oxfordacademic.bsky.social
@smithk63.bsky.social @samanthalwilson.bsky.social
@oxfordacademic.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Excited to share Mel’s first paper of her PhD characterizing placental DNA methylation profiles post IVF out in @mhr-reprodsci.bsky.social
Mel details the results im her posts below:
Mel details the results im her posts below:
Reposted by Samantha L Wilson, PhD
In Canada, proposed cuts of 15% across the federal government would have a dramatic effect on already globally decimated research & science.
Join Canada's research & science community and tell PM Mark Carney to preserve the funding promised in 2024.
Send a letter: win.newmode.net/canadianasso...
Join Canada's research & science community and tell PM Mark Carney to preserve the funding promised in 2024.
Send a letter: win.newmode.net/canadianasso...
September 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
In Canada, proposed cuts of 15% across the federal government would have a dramatic effect on already globally decimated research & science.
Join Canada's research & science community and tell PM Mark Carney to preserve the funding promised in 2024.
Send a letter: win.newmode.net/canadianasso...
Join Canada's research & science community and tell PM Mark Carney to preserve the funding promised in 2024.
Send a letter: win.newmode.net/canadianasso...
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Each year, more than 20,000 pregnancies end in #stillbirth in the U.S. a devastating crisis that too often goes unseen.
On National Stillbirth Prevention & Awareness Day, join us in raising awareness, supporting families, and driving change.
www.marchofdimes.org/find-support...
On National Stillbirth Prevention & Awareness Day, join us in raising awareness, supporting families, and driving change.
www.marchofdimes.org/find-support...
September 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Each year, more than 20,000 pregnancies end in #stillbirth in the U.S. a devastating crisis that too often goes unseen.
On National Stillbirth Prevention & Awareness Day, join us in raising awareness, supporting families, and driving change.
www.marchofdimes.org/find-support...
On National Stillbirth Prevention & Awareness Day, join us in raising awareness, supporting families, and driving change.
www.marchofdimes.org/find-support...
Wow we submitted a manuscript in July and I checked today and they still don’t have any reviewers accepted. I definitely feel like the publication process has slowed since covid. #newPI #academicchatter
September 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Wow we submitted a manuscript in July and I checked today and they still don’t have any reviewers accepted. I definitely feel like the publication process has slowed since covid. #newPI #academicchatter
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Heads up: ignore samtools dot org, similarly minimap2 dot com and likely others. It's owned by a known phishing site and while the binaries they offer look valid currently (but note they may be serving us different binaries to others), that could change.
Ie: it's not us (Samtools team)! Be warned
Ie: it's not us (Samtools team)! Be warned
September 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Heads up: ignore samtools dot org, similarly minimap2 dot com and likely others. It's owned by a known phishing site and while the binaries they offer look valid currently (but note they may be serving us different binaries to others), that could change.
Ie: it's not us (Samtools team)! Be warned
Ie: it's not us (Samtools team)! Be warned
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🦣🍖🧬 Fully funded 3-yr PhD in palaeogenomics & bioinformatics! Help me push non-model palaeogenomes beyond their limits @DTU in Denmark.
Start: Feb 2026 (flexible)
Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025
For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPhD
Reposts appreciated 😁
Start: Feb 2026 (flexible)
Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025
For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPhD
Reposts appreciated 😁
September 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM
🦣🍖🧬 Fully funded 3-yr PhD in palaeogenomics & bioinformatics! Help me push non-model palaeogenomes beyond their limits @DTU in Denmark.
Start: Feb 2026 (flexible)
Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025
For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPhD
Reposts appreciated 😁
Start: Feb 2026 (flexible)
Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025
For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPhD
Reposts appreciated 😁
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If you like transcription regulation and its mechanisms, this WIP list is for you.
I'm sure I've forgotten lots of people, so don't hesitate to let me know so I can add you to the list.
go.bsky.app/8vTgeXB
I'm sure I've forgotten lots of people, so don't hesitate to let me know so I can add you to the list.
go.bsky.app/8vTgeXB
August 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
If you like transcription regulation and its mechanisms, this WIP list is for you.
I'm sure I've forgotten lots of people, so don't hesitate to let me know so I can add you to the list.
go.bsky.app/8vTgeXB
I'm sure I've forgotten lots of people, so don't hesitate to let me know so I can add you to the list.
go.bsky.app/8vTgeXB
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For the EU, this should be a very urgent matter of national security. All EU member states should build on Denmark's wise strategy to phase out Microsoft products
August 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
For the EU, this should be a very urgent matter of national security. All EU member states should build on Denmark's wise strategy to phase out Microsoft products
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Our department is advertising two academic positions. Come join us in beautiful Reykjavík. I can promise a very positive collegial atmosphere! #assistant_professor #physiology #cell_biology #physiology #neuroscience
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/368529
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/368529
Assistant professor in life sciences at the Faculty of Medicine
Two full time assistant professor positions are open for applications at the Department of Life Sciences, within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Iceland.
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
August 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Our department is advertising two academic positions. Come join us in beautiful Reykjavík. I can promise a very positive collegial atmosphere! #assistant_professor #physiology #cell_biology #physiology #neuroscience
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/368529
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/368529
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Final call: Applications close September 2! KI is recruiting 20 Assistant Professors in a wide range of subject areas. We're looking for early-career researchers with strong scientific merits and future potential. All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...
August 18, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Final call: Applications close September 2! KI is recruiting 20 Assistant Professors in a wide range of subject areas. We're looking for early-career researchers with strong scientific merits and future potential. All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...
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🧪 98% researchers value publishing null/negative results—yet <20% actually submit them.
🗑️ ~€26B wasted in Europe from duplicating unpublished null data
📢 Editors: make space for null results. Make it visible. Science needs it. #OpenScience #ResearchIntegrity #NullResults
🗑️ ~€26B wasted in Europe from duplicating unpublished null data
📢 Editors: make space for null results. Make it visible. Science needs it. #OpenScience #ResearchIntegrity #NullResults
August 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
🧪 98% researchers value publishing null/negative results—yet <20% actually submit them.
🗑️ ~€26B wasted in Europe from duplicating unpublished null data
📢 Editors: make space for null results. Make it visible. Science needs it. #OpenScience #ResearchIntegrity #NullResults
🗑️ ~€26B wasted in Europe from duplicating unpublished null data
📢 Editors: make space for null results. Make it visible. Science needs it. #OpenScience #ResearchIntegrity #NullResults
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Feels like it’s been a while between papers.. but pleased to say our latest is now out! Here we used the side-population technique to isolate trophoblast stem cells from term placentas, showing that in FGR they grow slower, die more easily, and have impaired differentiation. doi.org/10.1016/j.ye...
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July 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Feels like it’s been a while between papers.. but pleased to say our latest is now out! Here we used the side-population technique to isolate trophoblast stem cells from term placentas, showing that in FGR they grow slower, die more easily, and have impaired differentiation. doi.org/10.1016/j.ye...
Until now I thought I was doing a half decent job managing baby, admin, student needs and grant writing. The 4mo sleep regression has hit and OMG I’m dropping all the balls. Grant writing is going to be interesting! Send me all your hacks to survive and still get some work done!
#newPI #lifehacks
#newPI #lifehacks
July 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Until now I thought I was doing a half decent job managing baby, admin, student needs and grant writing. The 4mo sleep regression has hit and OMG I’m dropping all the balls. Grant writing is going to be interesting! Send me all your hacks to survive and still get some work done!
#newPI #lifehacks
#newPI #lifehacks
Going to bring this up again. Got officially flagged for not having correct font. Thinking I just have to cave and struggle through word?
Every time I write grants in latex I get flagged for not having Times New Roman Font. It is times new Roman, but apparently Latex times new Roman is slightly different from word. How do people deal with this?
#latex #academicchatter #openacademic #timesnewroman #newPI
#latex #academicchatter #openacademic #timesnewroman #newPI
July 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Going to bring this up again. Got officially flagged for not having correct font. Thinking I just have to cave and struggle through word?
Have to start teaching them young #babyscientist
June 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Have to start teaching them young #babyscientist