A new open source nonsurgical head restraint for awake mouse fMRI from our lab led by Sam Laxer. TL;DR Scanning about 25% longer than with a surgically implanted head post, combined with some training gives good results. Happy mice = happy rsfmri networks. direct.mit.edu/imag/article...

This is the way.

Just to be clear, it’s not 100k. It’s 100k PER YEAR. That’s $300k per usual H-1B term of 3 years.

This ☝🏽 💯 If 🇨🇦 created a thriving research environment by investing in tri-council & ditching the PJT focused approach that kills investment in long term programs - we would ATTRACT international talent vs bribing them to move here; to only leave later when they see there’s no sustainable funding!

One of the many benefits of having a visiting exchange student from the Technical University of Eindhoven at @cfmm.bsky.social

Awesome work!

Prevention continues to be better than a cure. And cheaper.

Hi #canadian researchers - please sign this petition to help ensure funding isn’t cut to tri council agencies (NSERC, SSHRC, and CIHR). We’re looking at potential 15% cuts to ALL federal spending including grants win.newmode.net/canadianasso...

Canada should be chasing these investments given its strong academic sector. But hey, Carney wants the best 1950’s economy the taxpayer can buy.

I am hiring a post doc at UAlberta, affiliated with Amii! We study language processing in the brain using LLMs and neuroimaging. Looking for someone with experience with ideally both neuroimaging and LLMs, or a willingness to learn. Email me with Qs apps.ualberta.ca/careers/post...

It may be 28 degrees C outside but the trees know winter is coming…

This looks potentially useful.

Yup. Sums up our low-value product based economy perfectly. Ivison: Canada’s multi-billion dollar bet on EV battery plants is 'disastrous' policy, Balsillie says - National Post

The Department of Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge has a tenure-track position for a neuroscientist studying brain function across the life span in nonhuman animals. Join a terrific community of researchers in a beautiful part of the country.🧠🧪 Re-post uleth.peopleadmin.ca/postings/8586

🤣

Saturday morning grant writing jam.

💔 It is with great sadness that I report the passing of my Ph.D. supervisor, Dr. Peter Allen from Alzheimer’s. His trainees (and their trainees and their trainees and their trainees) are still making a mark in the world of in-vivo magnetic resonance. 🇨🇦 www.remembering.ca/obituary/pet...

Help @thetransmitter.bsky.social and @neuromatch.bsky.social understand what early-career neuroscientists need. Take just a few minutes to fill out the survey: www.thetransmitter.org/early-career... #neuroskyence

This will not play well with American critics of the Canadian public healthcare system. "SickKids named world's best pediatric hospital" www.cp24.com/local/toront...

Amid the chaos in the world today, take a moment to celebrate Xander’s 9th birthday.🎉

Congratulations to Tim Behrens, one of only seven academics to win the Royal Society's prestigious new Faraday Discovery Fellowship! 🎉 Read more: www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/news/excepti...

Exited to share tomorrow new updates on trying to figure out how the neocortex and cerebellum talk to each other. Work by @carobellum.bsky.social, Ali Shabazi, and others in the lab!

This is an amazing success story. We are happy to have published several papers there - it really has become the top neuroimaging journal within just two years. Kudos to all who had the courage to make it happen!

This is an important rebuttal of government political pandering for animal research. Would have been great to see such a powerful statement from Ontario or U15 university leaders.

25th Menon lab alumnus to score a faculty position. Congratulations Kat!

Apparently Labour Day is for labouring over grants.

Happy 150th birthday Blackfriars Bridge

For the laminauts. @layerfmri.bsky.social

Ummm. Where did summer go?

Neuroscientist Emma Duerden is helping youth who experience anxiety. Sharing her deep understanding of brain development, she collaborates with educators across disciplines to promote long-term resilience. #TheImpactProject #WesternU buff.ly/xblDusF

Tenure-track job in audiology at Western's School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, in beautiful Ontario, Canada -- work with a great team, benefit from all the resources that a large research-intensive uni can supply -- and enjoy amazing quality of life!

Please help us spread the word! Please amplify! We are searching for an associate or full professor (Canada Excellence Research Chair) in Biodiversity Genomics at the University of Guelph! 🐟🌿🦠🐜🐸🐝 Applications are due October 6 2025. careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-C... #AcademicJobs #EvoBio

Animal welfare is important when conducting scientific research that benefits human health. A well thought out essay by Dr. Arthur Brown, Chair of the Animal Care Committee at Western University. torontostarreplica.pressreader.com/article/2816...

Nah, that could never happen. For one thing, the NRA would rise up against the tyranny of the government, just as it says in the 2nd Amendment. Right? Right?

Looking for a ticket on the last plane out? jobs.psychologicalscience.org/job/13002/te...

Want some fun CanCon? North of North on CBC is a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Boo effing hoo. Talk to your president.

This isn’t because of team science. It’s because we don’t give appropriate credit for grants and promotions for those participating in team science.

Americans be jealous methinks. At least those that believe in science.

Morning grant writing jam.

🇨🇦 was the third country in the world to launch a satellite into orbit-although on a US rocket. Nice to see launch capability being added to our strong space sector.

🚨Another PI job opening in the Neuroscience dept. at @umontreal.ca ! 🚨 www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Lovely tour-de-force Ph.D. public lecture from @kateonuska.bsky.social of the Schmitz and Prado labs.

Ontario’s message to the international world of biotech, medical devices and pharma…we don’t want your money or research partnerships.

It's a wonderful Wednesday to spotlight one of our valued Highly Qualified Personnel, Jiayue Yang, a TRIDENT Marmoset Core PhD student from McGill University! Check out the full article linked here: www.tridentpreclinicaltrials.org/hqpzone 🎉🔬🐵#NFRF #braindisease #TRIDENT

For anyone interested in an academic job in 🇨🇦, we will soon be advertising an Assistant Prof position in Systems Neuroscience (rodents and other animal models) at ULethbridge. There are many pros and cons of working here, so feel free to DM me to find out more #neuroskyence #academicsky

Please repost. The Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping is looking for a Preclinical MRI physicist (9.4T and 15.2T Bruker Advance Neo). You will join a team of 14 dedicated staff in Canada's National Ultra-high field MRI platform who also operate 3T and 7T human scanners in the same facility.

This is not the advertisement for tourism that tRump thinks it is. It looks more like Northern Ireland, the West Bank or Argentina during their various troubles over the years. Or my last visit to North Korea. No wonder visitors are down in DC.

Anybody remember when the US bought Russia’s North American colony for $7.2M in 1867? It was called Russian America at the time. We know it as Alaska now. Maybe Putin wants it back?