One week left to submit your abstract! #SfN26 is where meaningful scientific exchange happens. Don’t miss your opportunity to be part of it. The deadline to submit is Wednesday, June 10. 🔗 vist.ly/56fwe

Dr. Wilder Penfield was a Canadian Neurosurgeon. He specialized in brain surgery for patients with severe epilepsy. Dr. Penfield mapped the function of different regions of the brain and found a map of the body, called the sensory "homunculus"- little man. @canacn.bsky.social

New posting: Waverley House Accelerator for Mental Illness & Addiction Research is seeking five early-career mental health research leaders — apply or learn more here: can-acn.org/waverley-hou... #neurojobs

Viviane Poupon presenting Brain Canada's update: current investments and new funding opportunities

Now happening: Plenary Symposium1: Single-cell approaches for novel biological insight

Clifford Woolf delivers the 2026 presidential lecture on Spontaneous neuropathic pain

CAN President Douglas Zochodne welcomes all to the 19th Annual Canadian Neuroscience Meeting in Montreal!

Blake Richards now : Why Artificial Intelligence needs literal synapses. - how modern AI and neuroscience research converge today

Mihaela Iordanova, current memory researcher at Concordia University in Montreal, presents her work on aversive memories and the role of the hippocampus brain region

Eric Andrew-Gee, best selling author of The Mind Mappers, presents the story of Penfield and Cone, brain research pioneers in Montreal

Stuart Trenholm introduces public lectures on memory research in Montreal #can2026

Link to the PhD ad can-acn.org/phd-student-...

The Descalzi lab @descalzi.bsky.social @uofguelph.bsky.social is looking to bring in a PhD student and postdoc!! Are you interested in understanding the molecular, cellular and circuits linking chronic pain and anxiety/depression? Then this is the place for you!! #CAN2026

I’m very honoured to have been selected for a 2025 CAN-CIHR INMHA Brain Star Award among such an impressive group of researchers! There is truly remarkable neuroscience research happening across Canada 🇨🇦 and I’m grateful to my mentors, collaborators, and colleagues for being part of this journey!

Such a great list of up and coming stars in Canadian neuroscience including former student from our lab @lewisholt.bsky.social !

🥁 Beyond excited that I will be joining The University of Lethbridge as an Assistant Professor in Neuroscience!!! 🎉 Grateful to my amazing mentors! @markcembrowski.bsky.social The Anwer Lab will be studying #braininjury and #dementia. Excited for work with students and collaborators!!

CAN and CIHR-INMHA are very proud to announce the winners of the 2025 Brain Star awards. See all their profiles here: can-acn.org/congratulati...

L'ACN et l'INSMT-IRSC sont fiers d'annoncer les lauréats des prix Cerveau en tête 2026! Voyez tous les lauréats ici: can-acn.org/fr/felicitat...

Lineup, including trainee talks, is all set for this year's Neural Circuits and Behaviour Satellite at @canacn.bsky.social, co-hosted with @franklandlab.bsky.social . One week away, with a few tickets remaining for anyone interested! www.eventbrite.com/e/neural-cir...

New ad posted: Postdoctoral Fellow / Senior Data Scientist / Biostatistician Neuroimmunology & Multiple Sclerosis Research Memorial University of Newfoundland can-acn.org/postdoctoral... @craigurs.bsky.social

Get your tickets for the CAN 2026 Public lectures - happening May 7 - 5-8PM Learn about past, current and future memory research in Montreal with engaging lecturers. Featuring Eric Andrew-Gee, Mihaela Iordanova and Blake Richards - www.eventbrite.ca/e/je-me-souv...

‼️HAPPENING THIS THURSDAY‼️ Come out & support excellent postdocs & their exciting research REGISTER @ LINK BELOW 🕛 12:00pm ET @matiram.bsky.social @ucalgary.bsky.social @ucalgarymed.bsky.social @wchriuofa.bsky.social @ualberta.bsky.social #CAPS #ACPP @braincanada.bsky.social @canacn.bsky.social

Ready for our MAY webinar? Join us next week on Thursday for an insightful session on #SLEEP. To participate, kindly sign up here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... To stay updated on our webinars, events, and more, subscribe to our mailing list here: t.co/Oa9dLowy1h

Nominations for The Brain Prize, the world’s largest prize for neuroscience now open! Candidates working in any country and any field of neuroscience are eligible. Nominations close September 1st 2026. For more information visit: brainprize.org/nomination-s... #BrainPrize #Neuroscience

A stem cell scientist by day and a stand-up comedian and musician by night, @mlithopoulos.bsky.social is on a mission to make us all love science. Two weeks before her wedding, she organized the first "Science, Stand-Up & Song," bringing scientists, comedians and music into one unforgettable show.

Trainees attending @canacn.bsky.social 2026 Meeting - @franklandlab.bsky.social and I are co-hosting the Circuits & Behaviour satellite and seeking 4 trainee speakers (one of whom will receive a $500 "Best Talk" prize). Register by next Friday for consideration: www.eventbrite.ca/e/neural-cir...

Researchers + trainees: level up your neuroimaging work! HBHL is hosting a Knowledge Exchange event on integrating SDoH into imaging pipelines with real examples and new tools you can use immediately. @mcgill.ca 📅 May 18, @canacn.bsky.social Meeting | 🍽️ Lunch included Register: mcgill.ca/x/5xG

Proud to share an overview of the CAN Hill Day which took place last week - engaging with Parliamentarians and civil servants to highlight the important work neuroscientists do for Canada and the importance of government support for Canadian Research. can-acn.org/can-parliame...

Tickets are now available for the CAN 2026 public lectures - Je me souviens: Montréal the memory city - May 17 starting at 5PM. Featuring author Eric Andrew-Gee, and researchers Mihaela Iordanova and Blake Richards - www.eventbrite.ca/e/je-me-souv...

And it’s a wrap. Was an interesting day in Ottawa meeting MPs and leadership @cihr.bsky.social and Innovation, Science & Economic Development to advocate for neuroscience and investigator led research. And met some great neuroscientists from across 🇨🇦. @canacn.bsky.social @brchfx.bsky.social

The Canadian Association for Neuroscience is very proud to announce Dr. Maria Ioannou, from the University of Alberta, has been awarded the CAN 2026 New Investigator Award View her profile: can-acn.org/awards/new-i...

L’Association canadienne des neurosciences est très fière d’annoncer que Maria Ioannou, de l’Université de l’Alberta, remporte le prix de la nouvelle chercheure de l’ACN 2026 can-acn.org/fr/prix-de-l...

It’s been a packed day of meeting MPs and stakeholders to chat about the importance of a strong fundamental research ecosystem in Canada. @dalhousie.bsky.social

Great to discuss the importance of sustained funding for research including neuroscience with MP Shannon Miedema Part of @can-acn.bsky.social Hill day with @labfranklin.bsky.social, Derek Bowie & Jarrad Perron

Up bright and early for #CANHillDay26 with group 4, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa! @aineurolab.bsky.social

Excited to be in Ottawa to talk about brain research with members of Parliament, Senators and Senior staff - great dinner tonight with #neuroadvocates in advance of #CANHillDay26 tomorrow

Une nouvelle étude dirigée par Adrien Peyrache révèle que la boussole interne du cerveau reste remarquablement stable au fil du temps. Les résultats semblent indiquer que ce sens de l’orientation pourrait servir de point d’ancrage à la mémoire. Pour en savoir plus, écoutez : tr.ee/p0UxeA9Hzn

Notre étudiante, Eleanor, était l'une des étudiantes des cycles supérieurs de la FMSS qui se sont distinguées au concours MT180 👏 ** Our student, Eleanor, was one of the FMSS grad students who distinguished themselves in the Three Minute Thesis event 👏

Excited for this neat satellite event where I'll talk about spatial transcriptomics approaches to map human 🧠, and in the main mtg can-acn.org/meeting-2026/ share new work identifying how genetic risk for Alzheimer's impacts neuron-glial signaling in a brainstem-cortex circuit @canacn.bsky.social 🇨🇦

New gene linked to inherited neuropathy ~ Mutations in the gene ARHGAP19 found to be a cause of Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease, a common inherited disorder that damages peripheral nerves, in international study co-led by McGill investigators. 🔗https://ow.ly/g17O50YzULB

Découverte d’une cause génétique d’une neuropathie héréditaire — Une étude codirigée par une équipe mcgilloise révèle que des mutations du gène ARHGAP19 sont l'une des causes de la maladie de Charcot-Marie-Tooth, maladie héréditaire qui endommage les nerfs périphériques. 🔗https://ow.ly/yj3m50YzUOs

🚨HAPPENING THIS THURSDAY! Come out and support amazing science and our fellow postdocs! 📅Thursday, April 2 @ 12pm ET @camhnews.bsky.social @kbi-uhn.bsky.social @uhnresearch.ca @canacn.bsky.social @braincanada.bsky.social @utoronto.ca Link below ⬇️

🚨HAPPENING THIS THURSDAY! Come out and support amazing science and our fellow postdocs! @wiesner-t.bsky.social 📅 Thursday, April 2 @ 12pm ET @univ-amu.fr @canacn.bsky.social @braincanada.bsky.social Link below ⬇️

#WesternU researchers have recently been awarded more than $21.5 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation, incl. Shawn Whitehead, @schulichmeddent.bsky.social prof + director of #WIN. Read the full article below! 🔗 news.westernu.ca/2026/03/west...

Meet @zachtpennington.bsky.social, a new researcher at the DMCBH and @psych.ubc.ca who is exploring how the brain regulates stress and emotion. He is also an advocate of building open-source tools to make science more accessible for all. Read more: www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/news/from-sk...

This satellite is a highlight of the @canacn.bsky.social meeting. Looking like another excellent lineup!

✨🧠🔬 Introducing the amazing research team behind the Centre for Precision Psychiatry - Quebec in charge of data collection, biobank management and much more. CPPQ also has a great team of volunteers!

Longtemps considérés comme de simples cellules de soutien, les astrocytes se révèlent aujourd’hui comme de véritables chefs d’orchestre de l’activité cérébrale. Ciaran Murphy-Royal et son équipe mettent en lumière leur rôle central dans la modulation des circuits neuronaux impliqués dans la peur.

Incredibly proud of this paper led by @ossamaghenissa.bsky.social and @mathiasgua.bsky.social titled Basolateral 'Amygdala Astrocytes Encode Anxiety States'. www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... 🧵 below

Very grateful to MP Dr. Helena Jaczek for meeting with CAN representatives yesterday - Dr. Jaczek is a long time champion for science and health research in Canada and understands that scientific research in one of Canada's most strategic investments. Thank you for the insightful discussion!