Cox Systems Biology Group

Shocking disparities in reproductive research. A Poor Research Landscape Hinders the Progression of Knowledge and Treatment of Reproductive Diseases https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.11.16.468787v1

Meta-Research: A Poor Research Landscape Hinders the Progression of Knowledge and Treatment of Reproductive Diseases Reproductive diseases have gone under the radar for many years, resulting in insufficient diagnostics and treatments. Infertility rates are rising, preeclampsia claims over 70 000 maternal and 500 000 neonatal lives globally per year, and endometriosis affects 10% of all reproductive-aged women but....

I found this disturbing. If this is true, I am shocked.

An Urgent Plea to Astronomers - Chanda Prescod-Weinstein - Medium Do not let the Thirty Meter Telescope begin (with the military at your side)

New publication from Katie with David our favorite pathologist.

Internal Server Error We use cookies to help provide and enhance our service and tailor content and ads. By continuing you agree to the use of cookies.

Here is a runaway feed forward system. The more you have the more you attract.

Opinion: The National Institutes of Health needs to better balance funding distributions among US institutions The NIH is the federal steward of biomedical research in the United States. Taxpayers fund the NIH; the NIH supports research into the underlying biology, etiology, and treatment of diseases; and benefits of that research are returned to taxpayers. This is a large and complex enterprise, but at its....

Women advancing medical research

The Woman Who Revealed the Missing Link Between Viruses and Cancer Today, vaccinating against cervical cancer is routine. But before Sarah Stewart, scientists dismissed the idea of a cancer-preventing vaccine as ludicrous

I suspect this is really just the tip of the iceberg of women who deserved recognition or had their work stolen by men.

The five: unsung female scientists The history of science has often seen women’s work overlooked and their credit stolen

Out now! I was on the advisory panel for three years during the tool's development. A great resource and platform for data analysis of placenta literature, including images and gene expression data.

The Placental Atlas Tool (PAT): A collaborative research and discovery platform for the placental research community The placenta is one of the least understood, yet arguably one of the most important organs for human health and development. While there have been num…

Save the date for the Southern Ontario Reproductive Biology Meeting!

Local press coverage of our diabetes research
https://medicine.utoronto.ca/news/building-better-diabetes-predictor.

Building a Better Diabetes Predictor Every year in Canada as many as 20 per cent of pregnant women develop gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), which in most cases is a temporary form of diabetes. Even though the condition usually goes away following delivery of their babies, women who’ve had this transient form of diabetes are about...

Here is an excellent podcast of some real and practical way to change our granting system given low levels of funding.

Working Scientist podcast: The grant funding lottery and how to fix it Many grant funding decisions are random, with luck playing a large part. How can the system be improved, particularly when funds are tight? 

A new paper in Cell with lead collaborators Peter Backx and Milica Radisic
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2018.11.042

New collaborative publication with Wheeler lab on gestational diabetes. Great job Saifur!
https://rdcu.be/bg72E