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!

🎉✨ Please join us in welcoming Dr. Nader Ghasemlou to @kbi-uhn.bsky.social! Dr. Ghasemlou is an internationally recognized neuroscientist with expertise in neuroimmunology, chronobiology, and pain. Learn more about his research: www.ghasemloulab.ca #NoResearchNoCure @uhn.ca @uhnresearch.ca

The deadline for CSBBCS abstracts has been extended to March 25: www.csbbcs.org/meetings/202... We already received a record # symposium submissions! @yorku-cian.bsky.social @erezfreud.bsky.social @jonathanamichaels.bsky.social @action-brain.bsky.social @canacn.bsky.social

C'est la semaine du cerveau! Venez à notre activité grand public qui aura lieu ce vendredi 20 mars, de 17h30 à 19h00 au bar La Maisonnée, tout près de l'Université de Montréal. @umontreal.ca @umontreal-en.bsky.social @facmed-umontreal.bsky.social @canacn.bsky.social

Registration for the @canacn.bsky.social 2026 Neural Circuits and Behaviour satellite meeting is now live! Looking forward to hosting this event with @franklandlab.bsky.social again, and we're looking to have 4 trainee talks as part of the satellite. Register at www.eventbrite.com/e/1984146883...

🧠 Resting-state fMRI is often treated as the gold standard for studying the brain’s intrinsic organization. But is it actually the best way to estimate functional architecture? We tested this directly. 🧵1/8

📺✨ Congratulations to Dr. Carmela Tartaglia, Clinician Investigator with the Krembil Brain Institute at UHN, on her recent interview with CTV’s ‘Your Morning’! Dr. Tartaglia spoke about the long-term effect of head injuries and concussions. 🔗: linktr.ee/krembil #NoResearchNoCure #CanadasHospital

For those attending Canadian Association for Neuroscience in May @canacn.bsky.social, you can now register for Women in Learning Luncheon: can-acn.org/upcoming-eve...

First-of-its-kind clinical trial gives hope for patients with ALS. The Ottawa Hospital is one of two sites participating. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

Congratulations to Professors David Ginty and Patrick Ernfors, winners of the 2026 Brain Prize for their pioneering discoveries on how the nervous system detects and processes touch and pain. Learn more on the Brain Prize website: brainprize.org/winners/touc...

Congratulations to researchers Stefano Stifani and Massimo Pandolfo, who have been awarded US$250,000 by the Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance for their project studying how #microglia contribute to neuroinflammation in Friedreich’s #ataxia. www.curefa.org/funded-grant...

Read CAN President Douglas Zochodne's letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney highlighting the importance of Neuroscience research and the CIHR Project Grant shortfalls. can-acn.org/read-our-let...

Early bird registration deadline for the CAN 2026 meeting is today! Don't miss this chance to register at the best rates! Date limite d'inscription aux tarifs lève-tôt aujourd'hui! Ne manquez pas cette chance de vous inscrire au meilleur prix! can-acn.org/meeting-2026/

Great cover story on last Saturday's @mtlgazette.bsky.social about William Cone and Wilder Penfield - montrealgazette.com/news/local-n... Looking forward to hearing more at the 2026 public lectures hosted with @theneuro.bsky.social next May

🌱 From application evaluation to skills development, integrating #LivedExperience is embedded throughout the Neuroscience Capacity Accelerator for Mental Health Discover how the #NCAMH program does this & apply by 31 Mar! 🔗 https://ow.ly/LEUM50Yk7hV Wellcome Trust

Glioblastoma is one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancers - Research supported by CIHR led by Arezu Jahani-Asl @uottawa.ca and V. Wee Young & Gloria Roldan Urgoiti @ucalgary.bsky.social offers new hope to afflicted patients. Read both stories: buff.ly/1deUxjr buff.ly/IrnKxSp

U15 Canada welcomes the clear role for leading research universities outlined in the newly published Defence Industrial Strategy. u15.ca/publications...

🧪🧠 New preprint: helping resolve a decades-long debate in synaptic plasticity NMDA receptors are central to Hebbian learning. Yet for >30 years, the existence and function of presynaptic NMDA receptors have remained controversial. 📄 doi.org/10.64898/202... 1/6

New event posted: CANGlia 2026 meeting in Montreal www.canglia.ca/2026meeting registration and abstract submission are now open!

Please join us next week as we tune into an insightful talk on the impact of exercise on mental health! 🏋️🏃 🗓 Tuesday Feb 17 @ 12PM ET Register here for free: forms.gle/4iDaBFAkw9K5...

Mark your calendars for the Announcement of The Brain Prize 2026- March 5th 4pm CET brainprize.org

The opioid crisis is hitting skilled Canadian tradespeople. Now’s our chance to support them. Carpenters, roofers and plumbers are at higher risk of developing substance use disorders, by Vincent Lam www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

Colleagues. I’m super excited about presenting at the Canadian 🇨🇦 Neuroscience meeting in May! How’s going and who wants to get together for a catch up? @canacn.bsky.social can-acn.org/meeting-2026/

Upcoming deadlines tomorrow, Feb 6: abstracts submission and application for travel awards for the CAN meeting can-acn.org/meeting-2026/ Date limite demain le 6 fev pour soumission de résumés et demandes de bourses de voyage can-acn.org/fr/congres-2...

I'll be talking at @canacn.bsky.social Satellite "Stem Cells and Brain Development" in Montréal, May 18th 🍁 Shout-out to @fens.org members - CAN-ACN offers reduced registration on their meetings, so hope to see you in Québec! 👇🏻Link to the meeting in the comments!

I would be remiss in not thanking CIHR and the reviewers for their time in evaluating the grant, and their support of our proposal.

Huge week for the lab. Firstly, we received a CIHR project grant to study the role of spinal dI3 neurons in recovery of locomotor activity after spinal cord injury. We're very excited to tackle these projects to bring new insights to inform how to treat loss of motor function after SCI.

Daniel Drucker, the Canadian researcher whose discovery almost 30 years ago led to blockbuster GLP-1 drug Ozempic, is still making breakthroughs, by @kellygrant1.bsky.social, Kasia Mychajlowycz www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article... via @theglobeandmail.com

* LA RECHERCHE DE POINTE * Comment le cerveau apprend à prédire les récompenses : un rôle clé de l’hippocampe En savoir plus : douglas.research.mcgill.ca/fr/news/comm...