Day 3: #SNS2026. Sarah Winokur - maternal infection in the postpartum. What happens to maternal beh after LPS infection. As you might expect greater time spent away from nest. OXT neurons are activated with LPS with higher peaks after LPS & nursing. With diff with parity

Comasco: the interplay between estrogens and nicotine. Women get addicted faster and have more difficulty quitting. They also go through menopause earlier and have more primary disease (lung cancer) #SNS2026

Up next: Steroid Hormones and Brain/Behaviour. Ellen de Bruijn talking about dense EEG across the menstrual cycle (almost no studies on this but look out for her work coming out soon on error-related negativity.) #SNS2026 ERN is trans diagnostic phenotype -does it show m cycle effects. Yes

#SNS2026 estradiol’s beneficial effects may be altered by cardiometabolic challenges. Ie estradiol is not always neuroprotective. Work out of Tulane!

Day 2 #SNS2026. Gervais: menopause & sleep is this the reason for memory complaints? older women experience greater adverse effects of disturbed sleep than men. see her review in FIN that outlines the (few) studies showing sleep consequences on cognition in females

First symposium of the meeting was on hormonal transitions in organoids, rodents to humans with large signature in females from chromatin, Xist ( of course), 5-HT transporter to structure. What more can we learn when we study females??!!

I’m in Torino at Steroids and the Nervous System. One of my fav meetings. Up next is Manuel Tena-Sempere showing that obesity rates have accelerated globally. Obesity and health risks interrupt reproductive factors in males and females.

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Found a neuroendo lab whose work you love❤️? Get up to £6000 support for travel and accommodation with our research visit grant Deadline 27 February 2026 Apply: www.neuroendo.org.uk...

have you ever seen 𝘊𝘩𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘺𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘴 doing a perfect breast stroke? here you go... #ProtistsOnSky

This seems … problematic: Call for papers - Human × AI Finance Write a finance paper with AI. Every submission reviewed by AI agents (no humans). Top 4 presented at UCLA. - papers can be on any finance topic - AI can be used for coding, writing, lit review, modeling, etc. humanxaifinance.org

New fully funded PhD at University of Southampton, funded by Alzheimer’s Society DTC, investigating thalamo cortical connectivity and cognitive fluctuations in dementia with Lewy bodies using MRI and sensor technologies. Closing date: 9th April www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/phd-thal...

A blue Tulip (Sustentacular cell) behind some red (OMP) OSN cell bodies, and some green horizontal basal cells in the olfactory epithelium. Stylized for a science art presentation (easier to find than original).

Replacing 60 minutes of TV with something more active cut depression risk by 11% — and nearly 19% in middle-aged adults. And more is even better. For 90- and 120-minute reallocations, this decreased the risk of depression by 26%. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

For women, they often, uniquely, experience chest pain that seems like more of a discomfort or a tightness in the chest. They can sometimes experience left arm pain or jaw pain, severe fatigue, pain between the shoulder blades, or nausea and vomiting. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

This will make you smile.

CIHR funding rate: 13.6%. Early 2000s: 30%+. Canada’s new $1.7B Impact+ program recruits talent — but without increased Tri-Council base funding, we risk further strain on an already stretched system. We’re calling for $1B over 5 years. Support here: tinyurl.com/33c5av46

In over 1300 different conditions, women are diagnosed 2 to 4 years later than men. Medical knowledge is based largely on research on men. Even in disorders like depression where women are twice as likely of developing, women’s symptoms are considered to be atypical. On next (MIS)Treated.

49% of Canadian new moms struggle with mental health postpartum, data shows 21 per cent of mothers and birthing parents reported that “no health care provider asked about their emotional well-being during pregnancy or after childbirth.”

In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

“Though Black women only account for about 14% of the workforce, they represented over half of all women’s job losses during the U.S. employment market’s most volatile months in 2025, like March, April, June, and December.”

If my followers have been inspired by the fierce resistance the Twin Cities has put up to ICE, you should make it a point to take a trip here (April through October 😬), enjoy the wonderful things MN has to offer and support our small businesses. It continues to be a really tough time for them.

4,049 people gone from NIH compared to 2024, an 18% loss in staff. www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...

Today, we celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! We asked faculty, staff, and trainees to share their journeys, motivations, and advice. Faculty and Staff: www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/news/women-i... Trainees: www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/news/women-i...

Save the date for the annual "Neural Circuits and Behaviour" satellite conference at the Canadian Association for Neuroscience annual meeting, cohosted by @franklandlab.bsky.social and myself on May 18, 2026. We have a great speaker lineup and will be selecting 4 trainees talks from our registrants!

Study of 8M biomed & life science articles finds those led by women spent 7 to 15 days longer in review than those led by men. Over a career, women's papers could spend 350 to 750 additional days in review. Delays could slow promotion, esp to full professor. www.the-scientist.com/women-s-rese...

Caught on camera…. Sure hope this doesn’t happen with my slide presentation tomorrow? Is my computer possessed??

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What did we find? 🔍 Our review points to a relevant association between stress and premenstrual symptomatology: 🔺Higher stress is linked to more severe symptoms ⤴️ Stress peaks during the luteal phase in individuals with PMS/PMDD ⚡ Trauma history associated with more than double the odds of PMS/PMDD

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Finally. But better late than never. 10. What is the relationship between hormonal fluctuations and mental health across the reproductive lifespan - from #PMS and #PMDD to menopause? They're also looking at how hormonal cycles affect drug metabolism. Hugely important & nearly always overlooked.

From doing science to saving science www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Dr. Kirsty Duncan - she lived every minute of her shortened life - and each was jam-packed. A huge loss. Gift link. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/46242ee...

13% success rates at #CIHR, is a really 87% fail rate for>4000 scientists. At a time when 🇨🇦 is investing millions to recruit more scientist into a broken funding environment. 🇨🇦, U need a strong science foundation 2 attract success. #CIHR, fix your science foundation, it is eroding in real time

From Fork to Feelings: How Foods Shape Mental Health via the Microbiota–Gut–Brain Axis Latest review out in @annualreviews.bsky.social -Well done Aimone Ferri, Laise Paes & @elizschneider.bsky.social www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @anatneuroucc.bsky.social

Both chambers of Congress have now passed the FY26 minibus with NIH provisions. The President will sign. (1) $48.7 billion for NIH (2) Full IDC recovery (3) No more multi-year funding (4) No NIH reorganization, maintaining the current IC structure.

This exciting event has finally been rescheduled! Join us on Feb. 10 at @westernu.ca for an insightful conversation about SGBA+ in brain research with the insightful @liisagalea.bsky.social and Kendra Loedige moderated by @lisasaksida.bsky.social. Register here: brainscan-sgba-seminar.eventbrite.ca

I’m just catching up to the Shane and Ilya story and yes I’m hooked. I’m only 4 episodes in so no spoilers.

Among older adults receiving care in an academic health system, behavioral science–informed electronic health record interventions increased deprescribing or tapering of potentially inappropriate medications compared with usual care. ja.ma/4a4IGCT

In 2025, departures of govt scientists outnumbered new hires by a ratio of 11 to 1. This reduction in STEM PhDs translates to 106k yrs of federal work experience across 10,000 employees. These talents will take their expertise elsewhere. Experience is indispensable. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Liisa Galea as an Associate Editor at PNEC 🎉 Based at CAMH & the University of Toronto, Dr. Galea is a world-renowned leader in women’s mental health, stress-related psychiatric disorders, dementia & sex hormone research. #ISPNE #PNEC @liisagalea.bsky.social

😱😱😱one of the worst things to discover in the morning.

Gutted to learn of the passing of Dr Kirsty Duncan. She was a tireless fighter for the people she served, not only her local community in Toronto but others, especially the science & research & athletics communities too. She championed equity, diversity, inclusion and made change happen. 🤍🙏🏻

Very concerned about our trainees and junior faculty and the future of research in the US. 👇👇👇

A study of 17,711 people in Denmark links late life depression with later Parkinson’s and Lewy body dementia, pointing to early neurodegenerative changes. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/depression-l...

Canada has relied on U.S. science for decades - for health info, drug review, food safety, weather monitoring, and more. As the US dismantles its science ecosystem @ntusikov.bsky.social argues Canada’s civil service cuts will put public heath at greater risk. policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/12/trum...

Cuts to the research & scientific expertise that guard public health - in this case food safety - are very troubling in light of Canada’s weakened ability to rely on US science. Protecting Canadians requires more, not less, in these areas. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Analysis of 4841 papers accepted by NeurIPS 2025 show there are at least 100 with confirmed hallucinations 🙃 gptzero.me/news/neurips/

Our new preprint from Dr Jennifer Richards now back to 🇸🇪: we looked at whether pregnancy history & a high fat/high sugar diet influenced how estradiol affected brain health in middle age- might this address inconsistencies in human findings? (Yes) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...