Science Sam
Science Communicator with a PhD in cell & molecular biology + neuroscience.
🎙️ Host of Curiosity Weekly for Discovery
📺 Science Expert on CTV’s The Good Stuff
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- Canada has lost a true champion for science with the passing of the Hon. Kirsty Duncan. Dr. Duncan was a medical geographer, Minister for Science, and a huge inspiration to many for her advocacy for basic science and uplifting women in STEM. We'll continue your legacy while you rest in peace <3
- Somehow @astrokatie.com always finds a way to make me laugh — even when she’s talking about the end of the universe 😅 Catch our full conversation on the latest episode of Curiosity Weekly: bit.ly/CuriosityWeekly 🔭🧪
- Watch the journey of AI models trying to describe a video someone was watching -- going off nothing but their brain activity. Over 100 iterations, it went from "Given these principles" ... to "A circular and rotating shape is formed with subtly moving sections." Pretty impressive???!
- The winners for the largest photo microscopy competition were just announced and they do NOT disappoint!! [Photos shared with permission courtesy of the 2025 Nikon Small World Photo Competition] 🧪🔬
- 🗣️ Let Palestinians lead “Researchers who study post-war reconstruction have told @nature.com that the recovery of public health, environment, higher education & research in Gaza will not succeed unless it is led by experts from the Palestinian territory*” *Palestine www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- I got to be a source for a 15-year-old journalist covering the science of studying and it was the sweetest media interview ever 😭😭 Catch the segment led by Jonnakae Hoskins -- definitely a talent to watch! 🧪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOn_...
- Dear friends with access to microscopes, If you would ever permit me to share your microscopy videos, I can’t promise I’ll pronounce things properly but I absolutely will find the perfect song that captures the biology (wait for it). 🧪
- The beauty of microscopic life 🔬🧪✨ The winners of the 2025 Nikon Small World in Motion competition are in and they are all GORGEOUS!!!
- Any microplastics researchers who would be interested in talking to me about some of the critiques surrounding this paper www.nature.com/articles/s41...? I'm most interested in the contamination and methodology critiques, but also general insights into the challenges/limitations in the field 🧪
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- The EU recently banned a popular ingredient in gel nail polish. But you'll still find it in salons around the world. Colour me (and my nails!) intrigued... but not panicked. 🧪 I explain why for CTV news: www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
- Two headlines in my inbox on the exact same day. 🧪
- Are you wearing enough sunscreen??! @labmuffin.com spills the chemisTEA behind SPF, sunscreen policy & more on the latest episode of the Curiosity Weekly pod 🧪 Listen & lmk if you can tell I’m fangirling the entire time 🙂↕️ podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
- I was interviewed for a @wired.com article by the fabulous @evystadium.bsky.social about trolling because being a scientist has (somehow!!!?) made me an expert 🫠 WHAT TIMELINE IS THIS???? Annnnyyyway it’s a great informative & entertaining read, as usual from Evy: www.wired.com/story/how-to... 🧪
- If you're attending a protest anywhere in the world, @eff.org has this really handy guide for how to protect your digital information so your tech can't be used against you: ssd.eff.org/module/atten...
- "Mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell" NO MORE? Scientific American, who coined the phrase in 1957, says it's time to retire it given all we've learned about the bean-shaped organelles. Instead, they suggest the MOTHERBOARD of the cell. wdu think?🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
- How do you make your coffee? ☕️ A group of physicists might've convinced me to start my pour over era. They used a laser + high-speed camera to find a more efficient coffee extraction technique. Save beans + $$! Their scientific method: pour high AND slow, while keeping a smooth stream of water 🧪
- “With the climate crisis, it's really a relational question of how are people's deep, intimate relationships with the natural world being impacted.” - @jahwaiian.bsky.social, expert guest on the latest ep of Curiosity Weekly An insightful & timely conversation 🌊🧪 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
- There are 2 types of people in this world: 1) those who LOVE the Merlin Bird ID app, and 2) those who are about to fall in love with it thanks to @corinanewsome.bsky.social. 🧪 Which one are you? 🤭
- Catch our full conversation all about the joys and importance of birding on the Curiosity Weekly pod: bit.ly/CuriosityWeekly
- Can AI out-science scientists?? 🧪 Look, there are enough threats to scientists' jobs already so let's be clear: NO. But Dr. James Zou is building REALLY COOL "AI researchers" to work alongside scientists to accelerate discovery. Ofc I had to have him on the pod!! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
- ok science pals 🧪 I need your help! I am finally working on a scicomm piece about ozempic. WHEW. what a topic. Who's an expert you think the world needs to hear more from on this topic? Ideally an endocrinology expert who's, you know, not fatphobic? so we can actually get into the science & risks
- I repeat: weaponizing ableism about neurodivergence to fear monger vaccines is not going to make anyone healthier.
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- I’m chair & a co-founder of Science is a Drag, the award-winning and longest running fully science-themed drag show 🧪🧬💄🌈 Tickets to our flagship show in Toronto go on sale Monday at noon - they sell fast so don’t miss out! scienceisadrag.com/tickets (Not in Toronto? DM me to book us in your city!)
- Scientists love to debate and argue, but if there are 3 things every scientist absolutely agrees on, it's that: 1. Climate change is real 2. Vaccines work 3. Those are NOT dire wolves 😤 🧪
- Tomorrow (Wed April 9) at 1pm ET, I'll be live in conversation talking about the importance of gender equity & safety in STEM. I’m very passionate about this topic and there’s a LOT to say!! It’s free & we'll do a live audience q&a, so hope to see ya there! www.couragetoact.ca/blog/launchi... 🧪
