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...

‘A life defined by kindness and service’ — Former Liberal cabinet minister Kirsty Duncan dies at 59 after battle with cancer www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Nouvelle date limite pour soumettre un résumé pour présentation par affiche et pour appliquer pour une bourse de voyage ou de développement professionnel: le 6 février 2026. Ne manquez pas votre chance! can-acn.org/fr/congres-2...

We've extended the deadlines to submit a poster abstract and apply for travel and professional development awards for the CAN meeting! New deadline is February 6, don't miss this opportunity! can-acn.org/meeting-2026/

Super excited to share this new paper led by @sejpaton.bsky.social that I briefly mentioned at #ACNP2026 yesterday! 🧪🧠🤓 We tested preventive strategies to protect the brain vasculature #BBB during stress exposure, mix of mouse 🐭 and human data So proud of my team 🤘 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Researchers from @kbi-uhn.bsky.social are studying the potential of #psilocybin for #depression. Their early work represents an important step towards identifying whether this new drug has potential as a treatment for both mood and cognition. 🔗 Read more: www.uhnresearch.ca/news/fresh-w... @uhn.ca

Thank you to Ontario Deputy Premier and Minister of Health Sylvia Jones for visiting UHN’s Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) clinic to learn more about this lifesaving treatment.

A BIG thank you to @canacn.bsky.social for their amazing support for Science, Stand-Up, & Song! 👏👏 I have been a CAN trainee for many years. It's been wonderful to grow as a scientist in this welcoming community. 🧠 Looking forward to more fun outreach in 2026! 😊 #scicomm #neuroscience

Last 24h to submit your application to the 2025 CIHR-INMHA Brain Star Award competition - don't miss this opportunity! can-acn.org/awards/brain... Dernières 24h pour soumettre votre application aux Prix Cerveau en tête INSMT-IRSC- ne manquez pas votre chance! can-acn.org/fr/prix-cerv...

The Alba network is launching the Alba database of scientists with disabilities to enhance the representation, opportunities, and influence of neuroscientists with disabilities. Details and sign up here: www.alba.network/database-dis...

Our lab, located at the University of Alberta (Canada), is hiring a postdoctoral scholar and/or PhD student to work on the contribution of genetic mutations to neurological disorder mechanisms and response to treatments. Please share widely! can-acn.org/postdoctoral...

SAVE THE DATE 🧠🖼 The SfN Ottawa Brain & Mental Health Art Show is making its return! 📍Glebe Community Centre 🗓 May 2, 2026 | ⏰ 6:00 PM CALLING ALL ARTISTS ⭐️🎨 Submit your art here: form.jotform.com/253454414763.... More details coming soon. We are so incredibly excited for this year's show!

"Science diplomacy is not only for governments - it is community endeavour. Every one of you is a science diplomat." A big thank you to Dr. Mona Nemer (@chiefscican.bsky.social) for your talk last night from everyone at #Pacifichem! A wonderful reminder of the power of collaboration.

Honored to be appointed Chief Scientific Officer @lieberinstitute.bsky.social. LIBD is a uniquely collaborative place with extraordinary biological resources and a commitment to translation 🧠🔬🧪. Grateful to my colleagues and excited to help guide our next chapter! www.libd.org/keri-martino...

Published a great paper in 2025? Don't miss the opportunity to apply for a CIHR-INMHA Brain Star award - Deadline is Jan 15. can-acn.org/awards/brain... Avez-vous publié un article important en 2025? Appliquez aux prix Cerveau en tête IRSC-INSMT - Date limite 15 jan can-acn.org/fr/prix-cerv...

Be part of the #NAPainSchool community! Apply by January 31st 2026. 💫 northamericanpainschool.com/registration/ #pain #painschool #phdlife #postdoc #paintraining #painmedicine #careerdevelopment

Which #IBROmember #neuroscience meetings is IBRO supporting in 2026? Find out as we announce the awardees of an IBRO Society Meeting Support #grant! https://ibro.org/2026-society-meeting-support-awardees/

#NEUROSCIENCES | 🧘🧠 Et si méditer rendait le cerveau plus efficace? Une étude internationale menée avec des chercheurs de #umontreal montre que la méditation modifie activement la dynamique cérébrale et améliore la flexibilité mentale. En savoir plus 👇 liens.umontreal.ca/4ju1Bvm

Please repost: we're hiring! Apply now! 👉 can-acn.org/professor-re...

Back to our regularly scheduled program... 🧠 Happening this week (Dec 4th)! 🧠 Register here: tinyurl.com/2zrn3b6w 🧠 Stay up to date by subscribing to our mailing list: t.co/Oa9dLowy1h 🧠 @canacn.bsky.social @westernu.ca @uoftpress.bsky.social 🧠 #Neuroscience #science

Thanks Google Research for the non-technical summary of our latest study! #neuroscience #AI #neuroAI @utoronto.ca @uhn.ca www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1PM...

Meet our first speaker 🗣️ Yalin will be presenting at our webinar THIS Thursday! Registration: tinyurl.com/2zrn3b6w 🐁 Stay up to date by subscribing to our mailing list: t.co/Oa9dLowy1h 🐁 @canacn.bsky.social @uoftpress.bsky.social @uoftmedicine.bsky.social 🐁 #Neuroscience #Science #Canada #speaker

ASK NO MORE ⏳ You now have an extra week to submit your abstract for the 2026 seminar series 😅 ⚫️ Apply by Nov. 28, 2025 ⚫️ More details: tinyurl.com/72dmv4f8 ⚫️ Application: tinyurl.com/4h5atuvb ⚫️ Mailing list: forms.gle/CJEGWiQ8SvkZ... @canacn.bsky.social

SfN welcomes Nick Spitzer, PhD, as president for 2026! Interested in being part of SfN leadership? The 2026 Call for Nominations is now open. Nominate yourself or a colleague for a committee or Council position by Friday, February 6. 🔗 vist.ly/4f7p7 #neurosky #SfN25 #SfN26

I am recruiting graduate students for the experimental side of my lab @mcgill.ca for admission in Fall 2026! Get in touch if you're interested in how brain circuits implement distributed computation, including dopamine-based distributed RL and probabilistic representations.

💰DID WE MENTION THERE IS AN HONOURARIUM FOR SPEAKERS💰 #Seminar #Neuroscience #Canada #postdoc #research 🔵 Deadline: Nov. 21, 2025 🔵 More details: tinyurl.com/72dmv4f8 🔵 Application: tinyurl.com/4h5atuvb 🔵 Mailing list: forms.gle/CJEGWiQ8SvkZ... @canacn.bsky.social

‼️ DEADLINE THIS WEEK! ➡️ Apply at the link below! (Did I mention the honorarium if you get chosen? 👀) @canacn.bsky.social @canglia.bsky.social @cbrs-scrc.bsky.social @arabsinneuro.bsky.social @blackinneuro.bsky.social @sfn.org

Don’t miss your chance to speak in our 2026 #Seminar Series. Apply by Nov. 21, 2025 @ 23:59PT. 🟠 More details: tinyurl.com/72dmv4f8 🟠 Apply here: tinyurl.com/4h5atuvb 🟠 Questions: [email protected] 🟠 Mailing list: forms.gle/CJEGWiQ8SvkZ... @canacn.bsky.social #Neuroscience #Postdoc #Canada

Come meet the CAN team at Booth #3732 in the Institute & not-for-profit area to learn about opportunities in Canada ! #sfn25

Excited to launch the Brain Star Award competition for best papers published in 2025 - Details here: can-acn.org/awards/brain... Nous sommes heureux de lancer du concours Cerveau en tête récompensant les meilleurs articles publiés en 2025 can-acn.org/fr/prix-cerv...

Share your research at the next Canadian Neuroscience Meeting May 18-21, 2026 in Montreal! Calls for Parallel Symposia, Satellite Meetings, Poster Abstract and Travel & Professional Awards are now open - Don't miss these opportunities! can-acn.org/meeting-2026/