Izabella A. Pena, PhD 🇧🇷🇨🇦
#newPI @ Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (CHEO-RI), Assist. Professor, University of Ottawa
@uottawamed.bsky.social 🇧🇷in🇨🇦 www.penalab.ca
Former @MIT_Picower
#rarediseases #vitamins #metabolism #genetics #zebrafish #newMom
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- Reposted by Izabella A. Pena, PhD 🇧🇷🇨🇦My fantastic department at CU Boulder is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor! This is a broad search spanning nearly all areas of biology. Applications are due Nov 13, 2025. Feel free to reach out to me with questions, and please share widely. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
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- Just a reminder that vaccines are safe and the best tool to protect you and your loved ones from sickness. More than 1.2 million pregnant women vaccinated against Covid-19 (including myself) and research shows clear benefits from mother and baby. #vaccinesAREsafe
- My lab (1st photo), together with the Djaoud lab (2nd photo) took a little break from the lab to enjoy the stunning fall colors and crisp air at Gatineau Park. It was a refreshing gathering, full of connection and shared appreciation for each other, celebrating the accomplishments this past semester
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- Celebrating the first MSc graduation from my lab, Rahima Hasmani! It was a truly wonderful experience to mentor you through your science journey. I’m very proud of you and I’m excited to follow your next journey! Viva! #uoGrad25
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- Reposted by Izabella A. Pena, PhD 🇧🇷🇨🇦David Liu @harvard.edu beautifully articulates the criticality of basic science funding for developing revolutionary therapeutics like life-saving base editors 👏 youtu.be/8YhJM6zxYDw?...
- Reposted by Izabella A. Pena, PhD 🇧🇷🇨🇦Molecules in urine and blood can reveal how much of a person’s diet comes from ultra-processed foods go.nature.com/4kybHea
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- Reposted by Izabella A. Pena, PhD 🇧🇷🇨🇦Are you based in the U.S. 🇺🇸 or Canada 🇨🇦 and thinking of doing research in Europe? ERC grants offer up to €4.5 million to support groundbreaking, investigator-driven frontier research in all fields. Watch the dedicated info session for researchers in your region👉 youtu.be/92QYink1Lik #ChooseEurope
- Today, the ERC formally adopted a decision to increase its support for researchers moving to Europe. On top of its normal grants, the ERC offers 'start-up' funding to help PIs establish laboratories / research teams in Europe. This extra funding is now x2 (up to €2 million!) europa.eu/!6Vdgmp
- Reposted by Izabella A. Pena, PhD 🇧🇷🇨🇦This is what can be achieved today due to longstanding federal support of academic basic science alongside close partnership of universities, private industry and NIH intramural initiatives. An ecosystem worth not just saving but doubling down on! innovativegenomics.org/news/first-p...
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- Reposted by Izabella A. Pena, PhD 🇧🇷🇨🇦The Department of Human Genetics at the University of Utah is sponsoring the Rising Stars in Genetics and Genomics symposium! - We are seeking nominations bu June 1. - September 18-19, 2025 - Please share with the star postdocs that you know. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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- Just had an incredible week at the Bellairs Research Institute, McGill, discussing CRISPR and functional genomics with brilliant folks. It was, without a doubt, the best scientific meeting I've ever attended! Super small and informal meeting, with plenty of time for discussions and work at the beach
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- Reposted by Izabella A. Pena, PhD 🇧🇷🇨🇦Dear Canadian researchers, faculty, RAs, PDFs and grad students, this letter is for the federal party leaders asking them to defend and expand Canadian research sovereignty with a historic investment in science, please sign and share docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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- Reposted by Izabella A. Pena, PhD 🇧🇷🇨🇦so they're mycoblogging
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- Reposted by Izabella A. Pena, PhD 🇧🇷🇨🇦Good for Harvard
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- Reposted by Izabella A. Pena, PhD 🇧🇷🇨🇦Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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- Reposted by Izabella A. Pena, PhD 🇧🇷🇨🇦How is mitochondrial volume maintained across successive generations of dividing cells? In our new preprint, we show how fission yeast cells use mitochondrial activity to control division timing and maintain mitochondrial homeostasis! (1/n) 📖 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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- Reposted by Izabella A. Pena, PhD 🇧🇷🇨🇦New preprint drop! Check out work from @jimmy-ly.bsky.social et al for how protein isoforms generated by alternate translation initiation create dual localization, contribute to mitochondrial function, and are mutated in disease. "Blue-tutorial" thread below. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Izabella A. Pena, PhD 🇧🇷🇨🇦Discovery of a new class of natural antibiotics with a new mode of action to address antimicrobial resistance, a major unmet need @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Izabella A. Pena, PhD 🇧🇷🇨🇦We are seeking to hire a lab tech, this is an HHMI funded position, please share the job posting: hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
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- Reposted by Izabella A. Pena, PhD 🇧🇷🇨🇦Under a court-supervised sale process, genome information from 23andMe’s roughly 15 million users, along with associated information on their diseases and personal details ranging from handedness to education level, could change hands. scim.ag/4iG0iIz
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- Reposted by Izabella A. Pena, PhD 🇧🇷🇨🇦📢 In @hilltimes.com today: @scichefqc.bsky.social and I make the case for action in the 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 context. 🔗 Read more here: www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
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- Reposted by Izabella A. Pena, PhD 🇧🇷🇨🇦Call it anecdotal, but my Canadian friends who are cancelling their US travel are not doing it because of tariff worries at all; they’re doing it because the US government is currently actively threatening Canada’s sovereignty and economy and they’re all justifiably furious
