W. Brent Derry
@wbderry.bsky.social
Disturbing.
"essays produced by ChatGPT are soulless, boring abominations. Words, phrases and punctuation rarely used by the average college student are pervasive." www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Disturbing.
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Our new preprint is online! Viruses, bacteria and parasites use effector proteins to evade immunity and rewire host cell pathways. Together with @AlexanderStark8, we wondered if we could systematically map what these effectors, regardless of their origin, do in human cells. 1/8
www.biorxiv.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Our new preprint is online! Viruses, bacteria and parasites use effector proteins to evade immunity and rewire host cell pathways. Together with @AlexanderStark8, we wondered if we could systematically map what these effectors, regardless of their origin, do in human cells. 1/8
Great to spend some time in the mountains with the epigenetics folks, including my Toronto colleagues @matlupien.bsky.social and @icscott.bsky.social.
November 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Great to spend some time in the mountains with the epigenetics folks, including my Toronto colleagues @matlupien.bsky.social and @icscott.bsky.social.
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As a metalhead of a certain age, this was my introduction to @flavorflav.bsky.social and still kicks massive amounts of ass.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl1h...
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Anthrax & Public Enemy - Bring The Noise (Official Video)
YouTube video by Anthrax
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November 15, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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Great that top Canadian universities are hiring top scholars (why wouldn't they?) but the Ontario Progressive Conservative government has starved the post-secondary sector and the province has the lowest per-student funding of any Canadian province. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/educa...
U of T hires three top U.S. scholars, plans for 100 new postdocs
Canadian-born MIT astrophysicist Sara Seagar among those joining the university
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Great that top Canadian universities are hiring top scholars (why wouldn't they?) but the Ontario Progressive Conservative government has starved the post-secondary sector and the province has the lowest per-student funding of any Canadian province. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/educa...
Great BBC article about my dear friend Barrie Wentzell. What a legend! www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Beatles, Bowie, Dylan, Mercury and more: rock’n’roll royalty – in pictures
Music photographer Barrie Wentzell shot the world’s biggest stars between 1965 and 1975. He talks us through some of his favourite moments
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Great BBC article about my dear friend Barrie Wentzell. What a legend! www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
How embarrassing. Thanks in large part to the smooth-brained f@ckwits who buy into conspiracy theories. Maybe it's time to mandate vaccinations federally.
BREAKING: "The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has notified the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) that Canada no longer holds measles elimination status."
Statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada on Canada’s Measles Elimination Status
Following over 12 months of transmission across the country, PAHO confirms Canada's loss of measles elimination status. We are coordinating efforts with provinces and territories to restore the status...
www.canada.ca
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
How embarrassing. Thanks in large part to the smooth-brained f@ckwits who buy into conspiracy theories. Maybe it's time to mandate vaccinations federally.
November 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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There are many reasons I love Los Angeles (and will visit again once the current cr*p down south fades) - this story adds to that.
www.thestar.com/sports/blue-...
www.thestar.com/sports/blue-...
‘I hope this becomes a lasting tradition.’ Dodgers fans ease Blue Jays’ World Series loss with $30,000 in donations to SickKids
Many fans donated $51 as a tribute to the Blue Jays relievers who put the number 51 on their caps to pay respects to L.A. pitcher Alex Vesia.
www.thestar.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Excited to launch an openRxiv partnership with the scientist-run AI review service qed (@qedscience.bsky.social), the brainchild of @odedrechavi.bsky.social 1/n
openrxiv.org/enabling-rev...
openrxiv.org/enabling-rev...
Enabling options for review: from training and transparency to author-centered AI tools - openRxiv
Peer review is widely viewed as a critical aspect of biomedical communication. Ideally, it provides authors with feedback so they can improve manuscripts and gives readers, particularly nonspecialists...
openrxiv.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Excited to launch an openRxiv partnership with the scientist-run AI review service qed (@qedscience.bsky.social), the brainchild of @odedrechavi.bsky.social 1/n
openrxiv.org/enabling-rev...
openrxiv.org/enabling-rev...
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IT'S HAPPENING! 💥 I'm psyched to launch the collaboration between @qedscience.bsky.social & @openrxiv.bsky.social @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social! Preprint + q.e.d = your science is out there, and anyone can appreciate it. Let's care about making discoveries, and not on “getting published” (1/3) 👇
November 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
IT'S HAPPENING! 💥 I'm psyched to launch the collaboration between @qedscience.bsky.social & @openrxiv.bsky.social @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social! Preprint + q.e.d = your science is out there, and anyone can appreciate it. Let's care about making discoveries, and not on “getting published” (1/3) 👇
My hope for the USA has been restored.
November 5, 2025 at 5:08 AM
My hope for the USA has been restored.
Looks like the CIHR dodged a big cut in the federal budget.
November 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Looks like the CIHR dodged a big cut in the federal budget.
Big thanks to Seamus Martin for making inviting me to speak at Trinity College, Dublin.
November 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Big thanks to Seamus Martin for making inviting me to speak at Trinity College, Dublin.
So nice to catch up with former Derry Lab postdoc Ben Lant in Dublin.
November 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
So nice to catch up with former Derry Lab postdoc Ben Lant in Dublin.
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This photo of rookie Yesavage casually walking off the mound as future Hall of Famer and helmet-less Ohtani is still in motion striking out is everything. #WantItAll
October 30, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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