Joyeux Noël et bonnes fêtes de la part de toute l'équipe du Neuro ! 🎅 ❄️ 🎄 --------------- Merry Christmas and happy holidays from everyone at The Neuro! 🎅 ❄️ 🎄

Félicitations au chercheur au Neuro Jean-François Cloutier, qui a été nommé vice-doyen, Recherche à la Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé (FMSS) de l’Université McGill. Il entrera en fonctions le 1er janvier 2026. 👏 lebulletel.mcgill.ca/jean-francoi... #neuroscience #McGill #medicine

Behind every PET scan at The Neuro is a team of highly skilled research technologists advancing neuroscience. Meet Catherine Saleh and Chris Hung-Hsin Hsiao from our Brain Imaging Centre. 🔗 Read the full story: www.mcgill.ca/neuro/articl... @mcgill.ca @cusm-muhc.bsky.social

Congratulations to Jack Antel, Douglas Arnold, Edward Fon, Bratislav Misic and Ronald Postuma who are among the world’s top 1% most cited scientists, according to Clarivate’s 2025 ranking, which brings together the most cited researchers in the world based on the scope and integrity of their work.

70-80% of the world has no access to MRI. At The Neuro, neuroscientist Udunna Anazodo is leading Imaging Without Borders (IMAGINE). An Open Science initiative developing low-cost, portable MRI systems using 3D-printing. 🔗 Learn more: www.mcgill.ca/neuro/articl... @mcgill.ca @cusm-muhc.bsky.social

Félicitations au Dr Guy Rouleau, qui a reçu le Prix Halphen de la Fondation Philippe et Maria Halphen. La fondation a pour vocation de soutenir le développement de projets de recherche concernant les maladies psychiatriques. En savoir plus : www.academie-sciences.fr/grand-prix-d...

🧠 Wrapping up a great celebration of The Neuro – Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prize Ceremony 2025. 👏 Congratulations to all our winners — Ju-Chi Yu, Raymond Confidence and the BrainGlobe Initiative, based at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre at UCL and represented by Igor Tatarnikov.

Les essais cliniques changent des vies. Sans eux, aucun traitement novateur ne pourrait passer du laboratoire jusqu’au bureau du médecin. Mais, savez-vous vraiment ce qu’est un essai clinique? @mcgill.ca @cusm-muhc.bsky.social

Patients, caregivers, clinicians and researchers are coming together to shape the future of patient-oriented neuroscience at Bridging Gaps: A Patient-Oriented Neuroscience Research Symposium. 📅 November 22, 2025 📍 RI-MUHC 🕚 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. 🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/bridging-g...

Can a phone help detect early signs of Parkinson’s? 🧠📱Louis is taking part in a clinical trial at The Neuro testing an app that detects movement changes too subtle for the human eye. The study is recruiting healthy adults 55+ (until Nov 21). 📩 [email protected] 🔗cru.mcgill.ca/mvtdis

Le Neuro a pu amasser plus de 200 M$ grâce à la générosité de milliers de donateurs. Cette solidarité témoigne d’une vérité simple : personne n’est à l’abri d’un trouble neurologique, mais chacun peut contribuer à faire avancer la recherche. Lire l'article dans @ledevoir.com : tr.ee/Uzt8HqUc3t

A potentially transformative approach to treating glioblastoma is emerging from research at The Neuro. Neurosurgeon Dr. Kevin Petrecca and his team have discovered that stem cells within brain tumours have been driving the recurrence of glioblastoma. 🧠 Learn more : cru.mcgill.ca/gbm-stem-cel...

How can digital tools transform mental health research? Can brain anatomy show us how parents and children share attention? 🧠 Find out at the next Neurogenesis Faculty Lecture on Nov. 26 at @theneuro.bsky.social w/ Delphine Raucher-Chéné & @tasmiahai.bsky.social! 👉 Register here: mcgill.ca/x/iHe

Les attaques terroristes coordonnées du 13 novembre 2015 à Paris ont coûté la vie à 133 personnes. Le Dr Etienne de Villers-Sidani explique comment le cerveau humain pourrait surmonter le traumatisme lié au fait d'avoir été témoin d'une telle tragédie. En savoir plus : tr.ee/cMVQ_h4I3v

🧬 Professor Carl Ernst and his team are leading a groundbreaking RNA therapy project aimed at treating Schinzel-Giedion Syndrome supported by D2R’s Translational Impact Research program. 🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/0X51szG #RareDisease #RNAtherapy @mcgillscience.bsky.social @theneuro.bsky.social

Promising treatments for #multiplesclerosis are on the horizon. The Neuro’s Clinical Research Unit is running innovative clinical trials: one testing an eye-tracking app to detect changes in brain function, and another investigating a novel therapy to ease spasticity. 💡 cru.mcgill.ca/advances-ms/

Ready to see how open-source tools are revolutionizing neuroscience? Join us for Igor Tatarnikov’s talk on The BrainGlobe Initiative, the open-source platform reshaping computational neuroanatomy. Be part of the future of #OpenScience: buff.ly/p6l83E4 @ucl.ac.uk @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social

The Neuro is testing a new app that detects movement changes too subtle for the human eye - helping researchers track Parkinson’s symptoms more precisely and speed up the search for better treatments. Dr. Ron Postuma, director of The Neuro’s Movement Disorders Clinic, is leading the clinical trial.

Chaque traitement commence par un essai clinique. Au Neuro, plus de 100 études par an font progresser les soins du cerveau. En savoir plus 👉 cru.mcgill.ca/fr/patients-2/ @mcgill.ca @cusm-muhc.bsky.social

Join us at The Neuro’s Open Science Prizes Ceremony for a special lecture by Igor Tatarnikov, Senior Research Software Engineer at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, University College London. 🔗 Come be part of the future of open science. buff.ly/p6l83E4 #Neuroscience #Neuroanatomy #OpenScience

Des chercheurs montréalais, dont le Dr Kevin Petrecca du Neuro et CUSM, ont développé un nouvel outil pour affronter le glioblastome, un cancer du cerveau si impitoyable que certains le surnomment le « Terminator ». Pour en savoir plus, consultez cet article de La Presse : tr.ee/D1538YStb_

Depuis près de 40 ans, l’Unité de recherche clinique du Neuro joue un rôle essentiel dans l’avancement des traitements contre les maladies neurologiques. For nearly 40 years, the CRU has played an essential role in advancing treatments for neurological diseases. @mcgill.ca @cusm-muhc.bsky.social

A new study led by Dr. Maiya Geddes and PhD candidate Naga Thovinakere at The Neuro sheds light on the factors influencing whether people change their exercise habits after a cardiovasular diagnosis. Learn more: www.mcgill.ca/neuro/channe...

Oct 21 Killam Seminar Series: Corticospinal circuits and neuropathic pain in chronic CNS injury with Dr. Edmund Hollis, Director, Circuit Repair Lab, Burke Neurological Institute / Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Weill Cornell Medicine bit.ly/47iliAI @theneuro.bsky.social

We are looking forward to welcoming our esteemed project colleagues, led by @tedfon.bsky.social and Dr. Tom Durcan at @theneuro.bsky.social EDDU (Early Drug Discovery Unit) as part of our Annual General Meeting in 2 weeks! Check out the spotlight on this amazing team, below! 👇 🔬 youtu.be/z5u3WWVOQoQ

A made-in-Montreal neurosurgical tool co-developed by Dr. Kevin Petrecca at The Neuro is helping doctors extend the lives of people with #braincancer. Learn more in this report from CTV News. 🧠 tr.ee/icz768Escm

Dr. Adrián Noriega de la Colina recently joined Kelly Alexander on CJAD 800 Montreal’s “Ask the Experts” to discuss modifiable risk factors of dementia, and what we can all do to protect brain health across the lifespan. 🎙️ tr.ee/OJbwX4xvPz

A study led by Dr. Etienne de Villers-Sidani is the first in humans to show online brain training exercises can improve brain networks affecting learning and memory. Learn more in this report from CNN: tr.ee/cyH4b7rz0T

A research team led by neuroscientist Heidi McBride has discovered a new pathway that links five different proteins mutated in familial #Parkinson’s disease along a common immune pathway. Learn more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A study by Dr. Etienne de Villers Sidani is the first in humans to show that online brain training exercises can improve brain networks affecting learning and memory. The study found that a game-like app called BrainHQ enhanced cholinergic function. 🖥️ 🧠https://tr.ee/NvOm7-4587

Nous avons eu le privilège d’accueillir Christian Dubé, ministre de la Santé du Québec, pour assister à une chirurgie cérébrale guidée en temps réel par l’intelligence artificielle et qui permet aux neurochirurgiens de distinguer les tissus cancéreux des tissus sains pendant une opération.

🏆Announcing the laureates of the Neuro - Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prizes 2025! 🎉 Join us in celebrating the laureates at the award ceremony, featuring a special lecture from International Prize laureate representative from the BrainGlobe initiative. #OpenScience #Neuroscience

Kris Noakes—Anishinaabe mother and community leader—diagnosed with ALS, is donating her biological samples and clinical data to The Neuro’s Open Biobank. Helping researchers around the world speed up the search for treatments and cures for neurological diseases. @cusm-muhc.bsky.social @mcgill.ca

“Open Science gives patients back control” Living with Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia for 20+ years, Linda Lafontaine chose to act—by contributing her data and samples to The Neuro’s Open Biobank. Fueling research into HSP, ALS, Parkinson’s, ataxia, and more—helping scientists accelerate discovery.

Le directeur du Neuro, le Dr Guy Rouleau, propose de relocaliser Le Neuro sur le site Glen du CUSM. «Les bâtiments vétustes du Neuro, situés rue University, ne répondent plus aux besoins d’aujourd’hui, et posent des risques réels de bris de service». En savoir plus : tr.ee/sFCx7wqxer

Join us online this Friday Oct.3 for pre-conference talks from the inaugural Canadian Conference on #OpenScience & #OpenScholarship Free registration and program details at oscanada.github.io cc #oscanada2025 @theneuro.bsky.social

Today, a team of scientists led by Jordan DeKraker, Boris Bernhardt and Alan Evans published HippoMaps, an #openaccess toolbox and online data warehouse for the mapping and contextualization of subregional hippocampal data in the human brain. 🧠 rdcu.be/eI1ye

Congrats to Dr. Simon Thebault and Professor Jerome Fortin, two winners of the Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Award from Brain Canada. They are among 22 successful applicants and will each receive $100,000 in research funding. 🏅

Northern and Indigenous communities often face barriers to healthcare. Recently, Dr. Raluca Pana and EEG technician Chantal Lessard, along with senior neurology resident Dr. Aliya Szpindel, traveled to Kuujjuaq to offer consultations and EEG diagnostic services for people with epilepsy symptoms.

🔬Are you doing research at The Neuro @theneuro.bsky.social? 🛠️Have you developed an Open Science tool? ✍️Then sign up today to showcase your tool at our next event! 🔗More details here: forms.gle/SaRJKK8QDCZL...

Demonstrated for the first time this week, the SENTRY™, developed by Dr. Kevin Petrecca, and Frédéric Leblond from Polytechnique Montreal, can tell cancer tissue from healthy tissue in real time, allowing surgeons to remove more cancer while avoiding healthy tissue. 💡 www.mcgill.ca/neuro/channe...

A groundbreaking project led by Dr. Pedro Rosa-Neto at The Neuro has received a major boost thanks to a $10-million grant from the Weston Family Foundation, with the acquisition of the first ultra-high-sensitivity whole body PET/CT scanner in Canada. Learn more: www.mcgill.ca/neuro/channe...

Adrien Peyrache, neuroscientifique au Neuro, parle avec journaliste Jean-Benoit Legault d’une nouvelle étude qui a découvert que les objets visuels activent de manière préférentielle le système de navigation spatiale du cerveau. 💡 tr.ee/hK69AgCcC7

‪ Day 2 of the MOTS Montreal Open Tools Symposium will include a morning talk by @memcauliffe.com Join us at the @theneuro.bsky.social September 25th & 26th forms.gle/j2pRYkyoBwMS...

The third speaker on day 1/2 of the MOTS Montreal Open Tools Symposium will be @mengsenz.bsky.social of Michigan State University. Join us at the @theneuro.bsky.social September 25th & 26th forms.gle/rVSymg5sW3RZ...

A paper published in the journal Science today provides insight into how brains distinguish objects from background when finding direction. It was led by Stuart Trenholm and Adrien Peyrache at The Neuro and scientists from the University Medical Center Göttingen. www.mcgill.ca/neuro/channe...

🤔Ne vous êtes-vous pas déjà demandé d’où nos #émotions tirent leurs origines? C’est le sujet que nous avons abordé dans la récente parution du magazine @curiummag.com 📖. Accèdez à la version PDF ici : www.mcgill.ca/neuro/files/... @mcgill.ca @healthsciences.mcgill.ca @cusm-muhc.bsky.social

Félicitations au neuroscientifique Sylvain Baillet, qui a été intronisé à la Société royale du Canada, l'une des plus hautes distinctions universitaires du pays. En savoir plus : www.mcgill.ca/neuro/fr/cha...

A joint study from researchers at The Neuro and Concordia University examined how artificial neural networks learn sound systems of different languages, providing clues about why learning languages works well for bilingual children but is different in later life. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Le Dr Charles Couturier est clinicien-chercheur au Neuro. Son double rôle de neurochirurgien et de scientifique lui confère une vision unique des deux domaines. Pour en savoir plus, regardez cette vidéo : 🎥https://youtu.be/IsIIt8lUwi8?si=jYwNJJETo39fdtfl