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rib Susan Meiselas awarded Sony World Photography Awards’ Outstanding Contribution to Photography 2025 By www.diyphotography.net Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:42:50 +0000 In a significant recognition of her pioneering role in documentary photography, Susan Meiselas has been awarded the 2025 Outstanding Contribution to Photography by the Sony... The post Susan Meiselas awarded Sony World Photography Awards’ Outstanding Contribution to Photography 2025 appeared first on DIY Photography. Full Article news Sony World Photography Awards
rib How to review a migration decision in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) By visaaustralia.com.au Published On :: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 01:50:31 +0000 One of the questions we are asked regularly when a client has a visa refused is – What are my chances of success if I appeal? Statistics would seem to indicate that the Department of Home Affairs (DoHA) often takes an unreasonable approach to their decision making. In the AAT Migration and Refugee Division caseload report […] The post How to review a migration decision in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) appeared first on Australian Visa Experts. Full Article News AAT Administrative Appeals Tribunal 1975 appeal a decision appeal period australian refused visa australian visa refual bridging visa Commonwealth Parliament Department of home affairs DOHA DoHA decision family visa Federal Court independent tribunal lodge an appeal nominated visa partner visa permanent business visa refused visa remitted application review migration decision skilled visa sponsored visa student cancellation student visa temporary work visa visa application visa refusal visa refused visitor visa
rib Building Well-Connected Distributed Teams By www.viget.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 09:30:00 -0400 Five years ago, without consciously trying, I would have noticed if a coworker was taking a break, feeling extra chatty, or looking hyper-focused. I got to choose whether to respond and how I might build rapport by responding (I’m sure I didn’t always get it right). Now that more of the Viget team works from home than in an office, I feel a loss. I have less awareness of other people's states of mind and fewer chances to demonstrate my interest. I need to learn new ways of connecting. I took notice when Adam Grant recently posted about pebbling: Sending memes, links, and videos to others isn't trivial. It signals that you're thinking of them and want them to share your joy. It's known as pebbling, based on penguins gifting pebbles to potential partners. Pebbling is an act of care. Every pebble is a bid for connection.” Grant acknowledges that the term "pebbling" comes from penguins, but he also uses the phrase “bid for connection,” which I associate with John Gottman. Gottman is a well-known psychologist who has researched marital stability and relationships. His work provides insights into how small interactions, or "bids," play a crucial role in building strong relationships. Gottman defines a "bid" as any attempt from one person to another for attention, affirmation, affection, or any positive connection. A bid can be as explicit as saying, “I had such a hard day,” or as random as saying, “Did you see the size of that red bird?” The impact of responding with interest (turning toward) or ignoring or dismissing (turning away from) significantly influences the quality of the relationship. A simple, “Tell me what happened,” or “What? No, I missed it!” can foster closeness and trust. Silence or something like, “Here we go again,” will spark feelings of neglect and distance.Gottman's research is widely cited and has impacted my understanding of relationships. I'm interested in bids for connection at work, particularly as our work environment has changed dramatically in recent years.Connections at WorkFinding the right balance of work and non-work is a central challenge for most of us as we navigate demands on our time and energy. I generally hope work is a small enough part of a person’s life that they have time for many other things, but also that their work environment is engaging and meaningful enough that they enjoy it. I hope friendships emerge at work, mostly through collaboration or out of the gaps between responsibilities. As remote work has become commonplace, I find it’s harder to foster connections than it was before. The lack of proximity, and therefore organic social interactions, makes it harder for me to know my coworkers and be known by them. I’m not advocating for returning to offices. I’m noticing that after working with people for years in an office, I knew them better – their nerves before a presentation, their ability to set new people at ease, their grandma’s soup recipe, their knack for deadpan humor – and that made my life better. While many of my coworkers collaborate with each other daily through pair programming, design critiques, or iteration planning meetings, my work on a small People Team has always been less collaborative. For me, fewer organic in-person interactions means fewer interactions of any kind at work. The decline in ad-hoc opportunities for connecting impacts us all differently, but I am particularly interested because an aspect of my role at Viget is to nurture a strong company culture. For us that means a culture where we do excellent work, learn a lot, support each other, and – yes – make some friends. I’m looking for ways we can adapt our employee engagement efforts to the new work environment and evolve how we cultivate alignment.The concept of "bids for connection" seems useful for understanding the building blocks of connection and, over time, friendships. As a mostly remote company, I want to be sure we’re asking: How do people make bids? How do others respond to them? What parts of the work environment encourage us to turn towards a bid? Bids While DistributedThere needs to be “space” for these interactions to happen across a distributed company, and we need to notice what is working and why. One opportunity for bids to play out is in recurring meetings. At Viget, we try to be efficient with our time, but we also build in time for informal interactions. Daily Stand-up MeetingsThe discipline and project teams that do daily stand-ups are careful to keep them brief. These meetings need to be reliably quick-paced in order to fulfill their purpose. Still, without sacrificing efficiency, these meetings can spark strong bids for connection. Sharing work updates in small, daily increments encourages people to open up about specific elements of their progress. The specificity allows for connection in ways that broad strokes do not. Hearing someone say, “Progress was slow, but I’m finally done with the feature,” I might respond, “Oh, good.” But hearing someone say, “If I don’t figure out how to debug this API integration by noon, we need to update the launch timeline," gives me a chance to be curious, helpful, and invested in something very specific. Weekly All-Hands MeetingEvery Friday, our whole company meets for about an hour. The first 15 minutes are deliberately set aside for informal conversations and sharing, which mostly happens over Slack. We often play music or show a live stream of something noteworthy, like an eagle’s nest, to which we can react. Someone might share where they were when they first heard this song. Someone else might reveal they are an experienced falconer. The whole company gets a chance to see or hear these things, and while only a handful may react, we are all building shared awareness and memories.Monthly Team MeetingDuring a team meeting, a small group of same-discipline-peers comes together to talk shop, share lessons learned, or bond. These meetings allow for exercises that don’t scale to a whole company – like getting feedback or planning progress – and over time, certain activities can become team favorites. A monthly “rose, bud, thorn” or an annual “sharing circle” ritual prompts people to share in ways that otherwise might feel too awkward or vulnerable. Another way to make and respond to bids for connection across locations is on Slack. Different kinds of Slack channels offer different kinds of opportunities.Interest-based Slack ChannelsAt Viget we have channels like #woodworking, #sewing, #starwars, #hot-sauce, #gardening, #home-improvement, and many, many more. These types of channels allow people to go deeper than they might in more general channels. You know you’re talking to like-minded people, so why not dive fully into your opinion on robot vacuum cleaners?"Random" Slack ChannelIn our #random channel, I’ve seen everything from a heads up on free Firehouse subs to a recommendation for an estate planning system. The responses vary, too – sometimes they spark day-long conversations. At a minimum, posts will get a smattering of emoji responses and the impact can be significant. For example, a post might get a sympathetic :heart: but then a couple :same: or :it-me: come in and before you know it, there’s a subset of coworkers who realize they share the same rare phobia. I also think a share in #random can signal, “I’m between tasks. I’m open to distractions right now,” and folks can follow up with a DM.Project-Specific Slack ChannelIn channels where everyone is working on the same project with shared goals, stresses, and deadlines, we might see bids that build momentum. A PM might post something in the morning to encourage the team to rally behind a tough deadline. A designer might post mid-week, acknowledging the drudgery of certain tasks, implicitly giving everyone else permission to do the same. A developer might be slowly building a little arsenal of inside jokes and call-backs over weeks, dropping a note at just the right time to get others laughing. Someone might turn one of those jokes into a custom emoji that lives well beyond the project timeline and every time that inside-joke-emoji gets used, it's a bid for folks who worked on that team to recognize each other and reconnect. Recognizing BidsWe all grew up learning in-person social norms and have a mostly shared understanding of what’s considered warm, polite, stand-off-ish, or rude in the workplace. Now that we’re distributed, we may need to learn to recognize new signals and define new norms. A bid is an action that invites connection, but sometimes the action is so small, we might not notice it or realize it has potential value. Understanding the concept of bids can help us notice them and respond with more awareness. If we train ourselves to see bids for what they are and respond accordingly, we may get more mileage out of the limited impromptu interactions we have as remote coworkers. Actions like responding to an open-ended question in a Slack channel or acknowledging someone’s request for help during a meeting go a long way. Each response builds trust and camaraderie, even if in tiny doses. When a comment or question is ignored or dismissed, the negative effect is compounding; that person is less likely to reach out again.Adam Grant said sharing memes and links are a way to invite someone to share in your joy. At a distributed company, “bids” take a lot of different shapes, but they all communicate things like, “I am here,” and “let’s work together,” and “you can trust me.”I’m encouraged to think we already have some infrastructure in place at Viget to support remote bids for connection. I’m excited to work with Aubrey Lear and others to find ways to evolve that infrastructure. We’ll continue to hire people who want to develop friendships with coworkers and who are willing to take personal responsibility for making and turning towards bids. Together, we can make sure Viget remains a great place to work as the workplace continues to evolve. Full Article News & Culture Employee Engagement
rib US Federal employees and retirees: Contribute conveniently through the Combined Federal Campaign By www.fsf.org Published On :: 2023-12-04T22:06:11Z BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Monday, December 4, 2023 -- The Free Software Foundation, today, highlighted its participation as a charity in the 2023 Combined Federal Campaign, which is focused on human rights this week. Full Article News Item
rib Making Distributed Software Development Work: Strategies and Best Practices for Managing Remote Teams By www.404techsupport.com Published On :: Tue, 02 May 2023 02:38:44 +0000 The rise of distributed software teams has fundamentally transformed how we approach software development. With technology evolving, so does our ability to connect and collaborate across borders, time zones, and cultural barriers. The article will venture into the fascinating world of distributed software development and provide you with the most effective strategies and best practices […] The post Making Distributed Software Development Work: Strategies and Best Practices for Managing Remote Teams appeared first on 404 Tech Support. Full Article Talking Points
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rib Back to the Future? UK Government Consults on the Potential Reintroduction of Tribunal Fees By www.littler.com Published On :: Mon, 04 Mar 2024 14:58:58 +0000 At the end of January 2024, the UK Government set out a surprise proposal to introduce a £55 fee for individuals to bring proceedings in the Employment Tribunals (ET) and Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT). Full Article
rib Ontario, Canada’s Divisional Court Confirms Unionized Workplaces May Pursue Human Rights Claims Before Labour Arbitrator or Human Rights Tribunal By www.littler.com Published On :: Thu, 04 Apr 2024 19:03:01 +0000 In London District Catholic School Board v. Full Article
rib Ontario, Canada Human Rights Tribunal Establishes That Employers’ Duty to Accommodate Family Status with Shift Changes Is not Unlimited By www.littler.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 18:16:26 +0000 Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario clarified that an employer’s duty to accommodate an employee’s family status with shift changes is not unlimited. Employees must co-operate in the accommodation process and cannot reject an employer’s offer of accommodation that is reasonable in the circumstances. Full Article
rib Predistribution, Labor Standards, and Ideological Drift: Why Some Conservatives Are Embracing Labor Unions (and Why They Shouldn't) By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 20:49:18 +0000 Alexander T. MacDonald says predistributional labor policies do none of the things they’re supposed to do and, in fact, amplify the problems they’re supposed to solve. The Federalist Society View Full Article
rib Robust Action Helps Recidivist Employer Reduce Penalty for Alleged Bribery in South Africa and Indonesia By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 15:54:52 +0000 In the first major action of 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it had entered into a three-year deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with a publicly traded global software company for alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The January 10, 2024 announcement described the company’s agreement to pay more than $220 million in connection with the investigation, consisting of just under $120 million in criminal penalties. While significant, these fines were reduced based on the pilot program announced by the DOJ last spring, as described below. Full Article
rib Illinois Federal Court Holds that a Pension Rehabilitation Plan Fund Used an Improper High-Contribution Rate in Withdrawal Liability Calculations By www.littler.com Published On :: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 13:40:35 +0000 In a matter of first impression for federal courts, the Northern District of Illinois found that a pension fund cannot use post-2014 contribution rate increases made pursuant to a rehabilitation plan to calculate an employer’s withdrawal liability payment amount. This decision represents a major victory for employers faced with inflated withdrawal liability demands. Full Article
rib Ontario, Canada Human Rights Tribunal Determines Volunteer Asked to Remove Rainbow Sticker Did Not Experience Discrimination By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 18:23:05 +0000 HRTO dismissed a volunteer’s claim that he experienced discrimination because of his sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression when he was asked to remove 2SLGBTQ2 symbol from his name badge, because the organization’s Dress Code applied to all volunteers and to any and all alterations to name badges. Full Article
rib The Massachusetts PFML: 2025 Contribution Rates and Benefit Amounts By www.littler.com Published On :: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 22:04:51 +0000 The Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave (Department) just announced the 2025 weekly benefit amount and contribution rates for both employers and employees under the state’s Paid Family and Medical Leave benefit program, which is funded through a payroll tax. Full Article
rib Ontario, Canada Human Rights Tribunal Finds it Has Concurrent Jurisdiction with Labour Arbitrators to Decide Human Rights Claims in Unionized Workplaces By www.littler.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 20:25:07 +0000 The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario recently held a preliminary hearing to determine whether allegations made under the Human Rights Code (Code) fell within the exclusive jurisdiction of a labour arbitrator, or whether the Tribunal had concurrent jurisdiction over employment-related human rights matters in a unionized workplace. Full Article
rib What's Contributing to the Decline in SF Superior Civil Filings? By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 16:24:04 +0000 Theodora Lee said overall case filings in the San Francisco state trial court have been down significantly compared to pre-pandemic levels, but she’s seeing an uptick in labor and employment law cases. The Recorder View (Subscription required.) Full Article
rib ETSI unveils 2020 Fellows rewarding outstanding personal contribution By www.etsi.org Published On :: Wed, 01 Sep 2021 13:17:16 GMT ETSI unveils 2020 Fellows rewarding outstanding personal contribution Sophia Antipolis, 7 April 2020 ETSI is pleased to unveil its 2020 ETSI Fellows. The Award committee composed of the GA Chair and Vice-Chairmen, the Board Chair and the ETSI Director-General, nominated Brian Copsey, Kiritkumar P. Lathia, and Edgard Vangeel as ETSI fellows for their outstanding personal contribution to ETSI. Read More... Full Article
rib ETSI launches IoT ontology for automotive, eHealth, wearables and water distribution By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 09:28:03 GMT ETSI launches IoT ontology for automotive, eHealth, wearables and water distribution Sophia Antipolis, 1 September 2020 The ETSI SmartM2M technical committee is pleased to confirm it has extended its IoT SAREF ontology with four new sectors addressing the automotive, eHealth/Ageing-well, wearable and water domains. The Smart Applications REFerence (SAREF) ontology is intended to enable interoperability between solutions from different providers and within various activity sectors in the Internet of Things (IoT), thus contributing to the development of the global digital market. SmartM2M has already developed six extensions, now supplemented with these four new specifications. Read More... Full Article
rib New ETSI White Paper on Enhanced DNS Support in Distributed MEC Environments By www.etsi.org Published On :: Tue, 08 Sep 2020 06:59:47 GMT New ETSI White Paper on Enhanced DNS Support in Distributed MEC Environments Sophia Antipolis, 8 September 2020 Today ETSI announces the publication of its White Paper on DNS Support in Distributed MEC Environments. DNS (Domain Name System) is a key infrastructure element in any distributed edge cloud as it is used to ensure that modern (i.e. URL/URI-based) services requests are resolved to the properly located service instances. The best instance may often be decided based on properties other than location, e.g., service latency, resource availability as well as the device identifier. Read More... Full Article
rib ETSI unveils 2021 Fellows rewarding outstanding personal contribution By www.etsi.org Published On :: Wed, 01 Sep 2021 14:01:13 GMT ETSI unveils 2021 Fellows rewarding outstanding personal contribution. Sophia Antipolis, 22 April 2021 ETSI is pleased to unveil its 2021 ETSI Fellows. The Award committee composed of the GA Chair and Vice-Chairs, the Board Chair and the ETSI Director-General, nominated Dr. Gabrielle Owen, Mr. Charles Brookson, Ms. Nurit Sprecher, Dr.- Ing.Hans Wilhelm Gierlich and Dr. Jamshid Khun-Jush and Mr. Anthony Wiles as ETSI fellows for their outstanding personal contribution to ETSI. Read More... Full Article
rib ETSI publishes a white paper introducing Permissioned Distributed Ledger (PDL) By www.etsi.org Published On :: Mon, 24 Jan 2022 09:05:43 GMT ETSI publishes a white paper introducing Permissioned Distributed Ledger (PDL) Sophia Antipolis, 24 January 2022 After the release of the first specification on smart contracts on 18 January, members from the ETSI PDL group published a White Paper entitled “An Introduction of Permissioned Distributed Ledger (PDL)”. Distributed ledgers have consolidated as one of the most disruptive applications of information technology that have appeared in recent years. Their ability to store any kind of data as a consensus of replicated, shared, and synchronized digital records distributed across multiple sites, without depending on any central administrator, together with their properties regarding immutability (and therefore non-repudiation) and multi-party verifiability opens a wide range of applications. Read More... Full Article
rib ETSI unveils 2022 Fellows rewarding outstanding personal contribution By www.etsi.org Published On :: Wed, 06 Apr 2022 14:52:05 GMT ETSI unveils 2022 Fellows rewarding outstanding personal contribution Sophia Antipolis, 6 April 2022 ETSI is pleased to unveil its 2022 ETSI Fellows. The Award committee, composed of the GA Chair and Vice-Chairs, the Board Chair and the ETSI Director-General, unanimously nominated Dr. Diego López, Dr. Günter Kleindl, Mr. Larry Taylor and Mr. Lindsay Cornell as ETSI Fellows for their outstanding personal contributions to the organization. Read More... Full Article
rib ETSI releases World First Protection Profile for Quantum Key Distribution By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 07:58:49 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 27 April 2023 ETSI has just released a Protection Profile (PP) for the security evaluation of quantum key distribution (QKD) modules, ETSI GS QKD 016. This Protection Profile is a first and anticipates the need for quantum safe cryptography. The ETSI specification will help manufacturers to submit pairs of QKD modules for evaluation under a security certification process. Read More... Full Article
rib ETSI unveils 2024 Fellows rewarding outstanding personal contribution By www.etsi.org Published On :: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 12:22:23 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 18 April 2024 ETSI is pleased to unveil its 2024 ETSI Fellows who were announced at the 83rd ETSI General Assembly on 16 April 2024.The Award Committee, composed of the GA Chair and Vice-Chairs, the Board Chair and the ETSI Director-General, unanimously named Dr. Howard Benn, Mr. Philippe Magneron, Dr. Matthias Schneider, Mrs. Isabelle Valet Harper and Mr. Dirk Weiler, as ETSI Fellows 2024 for their outstanding personal contributions to the organization. Read More... Full Article
rib Capital Markets Tribunal seeks applications for the Securities Proceedings Advisory Committee By www.osc.ca Published On :: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 13:28:40 GMT TORONTO – The Capital Markets Tribunal is seeking applications for membership to the Securities Proceedings Advisory Committee (SPAC). Full Article
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rib BNP Paribas enhances employee rights globally By www.personneltoday.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 10:06:47 +0000 BNP Paribas signs a new agreement with international trade union federation UNI Global Union which strengthens the rights of its employees. The post BNP Paribas enhances employee rights globally appeared first on Personnel Today. Full Article Adoption Enhanced pay Latest News Mental health Family-friendly benefits Domestic abuse Wellbeing Maternity and paternity
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rib How To Thrive When Everything Feels Terrible By hbr.org Published On :: Fri, 18 Jun 2021 04:00:00 GMT Research shows that negativity causes us to shut down, stop communicating, and cease being helpful to others. But thriving—the mental state in which people feel a sense of vitality and learning — blunts negativity’s toxic effects. Full Article
rib Sanofi’s CEO on How Company Culture Can Thrive in a Distributed, Hybrid World By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 05:00:00 GMT Paul Hudson, head of one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, says leaders need to sit back and listen more often. Full Article
rib Creating Leader Standard Work (LSW) Across a Distributed Business Model — Webinar Preview By www.leanblog.org Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:16:00 +0000 I'm happy to be hosting and moderating this webinar that will be presented by Brent Loescher, a fellow instructor with me at TKMG Academy. A Lean practitioner at heart, Brent received his formal Toyota Production System training while working for Toyota Motor Sales in their North American Parts Operations. He helped develop a Lean program for the landscape maintenance industry, implementing and evolving continuous improvement programs across the country since 2009. This included co-leading a […] The post Creating Leader Standard Work (LSW) Across a Distributed Business Model — Webinar Preview by Mark Graban appeared first at Lean Blog. Full Article Blog Change KaiNexus Leader Standard Work Webinar
rib Your Terrible Application Process is Costing You Big Time By www.recruiter.com Published On :: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 12:35:36 EST Job seekers hate the application process. I can make that claim without citing a source, and no one will contest it. We just accept it as fact at this point. The folks at Jibe, an HR software company that provides a set of cloud services for recruiting and managing talent, recently conducted a survey to ... Full Article
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rib Canadian Blood Services discovery research lab contributes to new knowledge on neutrophils By www.blood.ca Published On :: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 14:37:37 +0000 Canadian Blood Services discovery research lab contributes to new knowledge on neutrophils Plasma Transfusion Blood Thursday, August 29, 2024 Abby Wolfe Dr. Donald R. Branch’s work as a discovery scientist at Canadian Blood Services focuses on immunotherapy, seeking to further enhance understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in autoimmune diseases. Based in Toronto, Dr. Branch’s laboratory develops models of rheumatoid arthritis, Alzheimer’s disease, immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) and multiple sclerosis in mice. These models are particularly useful in examining how cells affected by these conditions respond to current therapeutic agents like intravenous immunoglobulin – a blood product made from human plasma commonly known as IVIg – and investigating potential alternative therapeutics. Over the years, Dr. Branch’s lab research findings have included the discovery of a special reagent that makes identification of antibodies easier by “zapping" autoantibodies, answers around unexpected side effects of IVIg therapy, and insights around recipients’ responses to bone marrow transplantation. It has also earned him numerous awards and accolades, including four from AABB, the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies. Dr. Don Branch, Canadian Blood Services senior scientist New knowledge about neutrophils Recently, contributions from Dr. Branch’s lab helped a U.K.-based team of researchers discover new information about how neutrophil function and activity is regulated. Neutrophils are a type of white blood cell that are part of the body’s normal immune response. A person’s neutrophil levels may be affected by infections as well as chronic or acute illnesses. Patients who have very low neutrophil counts and/or persistent infections may receive a boost to their neutrophil levels via granulocyte transfusion therapy. However, in some diseases, overactivation of neutrophils can also create an inflammatory environment and harm healthy tissue. The research has been published in the high-impact scientific journal, Nature. This publication has filled a gap in knowledge about the mechanisms involved in maintaining balance between neutrophils’ infection-fighting power and inflammation-causing potential. As Dr. Branch describes: “This research by Dr. Brown and team shows that the myeloid inhibitory C-type lectin enzyme, which is known as MICL, controls neutrophil activity in rheumatoid arthritis. It is likely that MICL also regulates neutrophil activity in general. This suggests that if therapeutics can be designed to target MICL, they may be useful in controlling inflammation and infection. It is a fundamental finding that will change our understanding of the biology of neutrophils.” Discovery research, like the study to which Don and Ruqayyah contributed, is essential to improving patient care in the long run. New biomedical insights are essential to crafting new drugs and new therapeutic approaches in a rational way. Dr. William (Bill) Sheffield, Canadian Blood Services senior scientist and associate director of research Discovery research expertise leads to new collaboration The special mouse model that Dr. Branch’s lab uses is known as K/BxN. In this model, two mouse populations are selectively bred to produce offspring whose genetic material carry an antibody that destroys bone cartilage. An arthritis-causing serum containing this destructive antibody can then be obtained from the mice for use as a reagent in research. This process is termed “serum-transfer arthritis” and has been used by many investigators in the study of treatments that may alleviate the condition. Knowledge of Dr. Branch’s lab’s expertise in this area prompted a connection to the team of researchers at the Universities of Exeter and Aberdeen in the U.K. for this study. Says Dr. Branch, “In 2021, I supported a successful application to Canadian Blood Services’ Blood Efficiency Accelerator Program (BEAP) by Dr. Maria Fernandes, a researcher from Héma-Québec who works with neutrophils. Through this collaboration, Dr. Fernandes was aware that I work on rheumatoid arthritis with K/BxN mice, and she also knew that Dr. Gordon Brown in the U.K. was looking to collaborate with a researcher in this area for some planned neutrophil research. My lab, which included postdoctoral fellow Dr. Ruqayyah Almizraq at the time, contributed to Dr. Brown’s research by providing the sera from our K/BxN mice. With this sera, Dr. Brown and his collaborators were able to induce rheumatoid arthritis and show that it could be resolved by removing the inhibition of a specific enzyme.” Science that is never boring The Branch lab is currently using these same mouse models to investigate whether a recombinant protein called IgG1 Fc hexamer could be an effective replacement for IVIg in the treatment of autoimmune conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and ITP. While early results are promising, continued work is needed. In fact, back in 2018, Dr. Branch was asked in a previous R.E.D. blog post to describe what he found to be the most exciting part of science. Reflecting on the same question now, he reiterates that his response still rings true after 50 years in the field: The most exciting part of science is that when you do good science, you get more questions than you get answers, which means it is never boring. There is no end to imagination; new ideas, theories, experiments and discoveries occur often and provide a level of excitement to which many other professions cannot attest. Dr. Donald (Don) Branch, Canadian Blood Services senior scientist Canadian Blood Services – Driving world-class innovation Through discovery, development and applied research, Canadian Blood Services drives world-class innovation in blood transfusion, cellular therapy and transplantation—bringing clarity and insight to an increasingly complex healthcare future. Our dedicated research team and extended network of partners engage in exploratory and applied research to create new knowledge, inform and enhance best practices, contribute to the development of new services and technologies, and build capacity through training and collaboration. Find out more about our research impact. The opinions reflected in this post are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Canadian Blood Services nor do they reflect the views of Health Canada or any other funding agency. Related blog posts Senior scientist wins prestigious award for discovering a ‘gold standard’ reagent used in transfusion medicine Tuesday, March 28, 2023 Aldis Brennan Dr. Donald Branch, Canadian Blood Services senior scientist, has received the Dale A. Smith Memorial Award for his discovery of the ZZAP reagent. This award, from the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB), recognizes the application of technology to the practice of transfusion medicine or biotherapies. Transfusion Blood Read full story, Senior scientist wins prestigious award for discovering a ‘gold standard’ reagent used in transfusion medicine Interactive lab tour helps undergraduate students learn from Canadian Blood Services senior scientist and team Thursday, March 16, 2023 Beth Binnington, Senior Research Assistant Students from the Undergraduate Pathology Alliance at Western University posed insightful questions to researchers during an interactive visit to the research laboratory of Dr. Donald Branch, Canadian Blood Services senior scientist in February 2023. Plasma Transfusion Blood Read full story, Interactive lab tour helps undergraduate students learn from Canadian Blood Services senior scientist and team Meet the researcher: Dr. Donald Branch Wednesday, February 28, 2018 Dr. Kendra Hodgkinson For this instalment of “Meet the researcher”, we met with Dr. Donald Branch, a scientist at Canadian Blood Services who studies infectious diseases and immunology. How long have you been with Canadian Blood Services? I started with the Canadian Red Cross at the Edmonton Blood Centre in December 1985... Plasma Transfusion Blood Read full story, Meet the researcher: Dr. Donald Branch Full Article
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