The consequences of colonialism for Canadian Indigenous peoples are far-reaching, and cumulative, with vast disparities in health, healthcare, and high mortality rates. Decolonizing Indigenous health and wellbeing is long overdue, requiring an equal partnership between governmen…
NIBP is a prototype member of a novel protein family. It forms a novel subcomplex of NIK-NIBP-IKKβ and enhances cytokine-induced IKKβ-mediated NFκB activation. It is also named TRAPPC9 as a key member of trafficking particle protein (TRAPP) complex II, which is essential in tran…
In mammals, the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) acts as the master circadian pacemaker of the body. The SCN coordinate the thousands of individual oscillators throughout the body to maintain optimal health and homeostatic functioning. The importance of maintaining circadian rhythm…
Ciliated mechanoreceptors, such as our inner ear hair cells, receive vibrational and touch input from an animal’s surroundings and direct that information into the their brain via neuronal transmission. In ascidians, the vertebrates’ closest extant relatives, ciliated mechanorec…