Health Research BC is modernizing how we support health research talent across the province. As we look to the next era of health research in BC, we’re taking steps to ensure that our programs are better aligned with the province’s current and future needs. bit.ly/4mLmRyh

As with declining trust in universities, you cannot explain the timing or this trend, or fix it, without first acknowledging the reality that the the primary driver of these is the Republican Party’s near-total collapse into far right authoritarianism in the last decade: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a video address released Sunday that Canada's strong economic ties to the United States were once a strength but are now a weakness that must be corrected. https://to.pbs.org/4tf50lM

Excited to share a new review by @kocherlab.bsky.social and me: Nature-inspired neuroscience We discuss diverse sensory systems and behaviors across the animal kingdom and argue for their integration into neuroscience. New tools in diverse systems are making this possible ✨ tinyurl.com/y5y9du27

Fully funded Ph.D. Opportunity - Behavioral Neuroscience @ TCU (Fall 2026) We study how social environments and experiences shape brain function and behavior. How to apply: through TCU’s Experimental Psychology Ph.D. program (graduate.catalog.tcu.edu/colleges/eng...). Deadline: Jan 1, 2026

At @pbs.org last night, a segment on Super Agers @pbsnews.org www.pbs.org/newshour/vid...

thrilled that i got this madonna song title into @science.org. the song is so true and the music video has the best cinematography.

A new #ScienceSignaling analysis of mice and more than 2000 patients reveals how high levels of glucose seen in #diabetes disrupt cognitive function by triggering the death of neurons in the hippocampus, a region in the brain involved in learning and memory. https://scim.ag/4vCgUYE

Officially out today! Long-running project, many thanks to give - in particular to my mentors & collaborators, the postbacs who worked so hard on each experiment, and the reviewers. If you love the amygdala, give it a read. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

If current cuts to the Federal Science Budget proposed by the White House are approved by Congress, that will far-and-away be the largest cut to science since the United States began funding it. Republicans & Democrats alike know there’s no surer path to Making America Not-Great.

What drives us to act and when do we stop? Dr. Milan Valyear (@milanium.bsky.social) is a new @psych.ubc.ca faculty member studying the brain circuits behind reinforcement and disengagement. From childhood tinkering to cutting-edge neuroscience, his work is all about curiosity and discovery.

April 12, 1980. "Today is the day it all begins". 46 years ago today at 2:30 pm in St. John's NL, Terry Fox started to run across the country. "I touched the ocean before I left, up this old dirt road that was impossible to run on." via @terryfoxfoundation.bsky.social

Hungarians showing how to win big in an unfair election: organize AND protest AND vote AND demand profound change.

The rising use of pesticides may explain the global increase of type 2 diabetes in nonobese people. Learn more: https://scim.ag/41nwBFg

American cheese was invented by a Canadian. James L. Kraft was born in Fort Erie, Ontario, in 1874 & raised on a dairy farm there. He patented pasteurized "American cheese" in 1916, just in time to supply rations to American soldiers in WWI.

We're excited to share that SBN is now on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn 🎉 Follow us for research highlights, community spotlights, & society updates. 🏷️ Tag our accounts when sharing your science—we’d love to help amplify and highlight your work!

Pesticides may wreak havoc on the gut microbiome Disruption of intestinal ecosystem could contribute to diabetes & other health issues, scientists say I enjoyed discussing our research on the impact of pesticides on the microbiome with Sanket Jain for @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

1 in 3 people worldwide is affected by a neurological condition. Research is critical to finding new therapies, improving treatment & bringing hope to patients & families. Support brain health research at @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social this #UBCGivingDay: buff.ly/IVIjsuL

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GRANT REVIEWER REMINDER: in Canada you are not allowed to use AI of any kind for peer review of grants. ** reviewers are meant to keep grant content confidential ** please do not share someone’s unpublished, planned research with an AI program. kthxbai

Given Trump’s Easter threats to carry out new war crimes in Iran, we should think one or two steps ahead about a coup attempt connected to the war. And then deter it. (1/17)

Not pulling his punches in the opening monologue.

Writing forces your brain to coordinate memory, reasoning, and meaning-making simultaneously. Every time you write, you rewire toward clearer thinking. Every time you let an LLM do it, you rewire toward consumption.

#eNeuro: Quansah Amissah et al. developed an open-source restraint system that allows high-quality fMRI in fully awake rats, eliminating the need for anesthesia. https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0390-25.2026

The Orange Cat Brain Atlas is here. 🧠🐈 Today, we published the first comprehensive cellular map of the orange cat brain. The new atlas reveals a single, specialized neuron responsible for behaviors like staring at walls, knocking objects off tables, and the 3am "zoomies."

It’s been a long while since I’ve posted on here. Been working on a lot, some of it’s finally bearing fruit! Excited for my latest review! Sex Hormone Control of Neurophysiology & Behavior #neuroskyence 🧠🧪 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Do we grow wiser as we age? I spent 15+ years chasing glam journals, wasting time and energy (and frustrating my team and co-authors). I don’t want to wake up at 70 and realize my life went into convincing a few editors my work was trendy enough. Enough. I’ll try to be smarter.

Trainees need to learn how to identify a paper’s major takeaways and integrate them into their understanding. In her essay, @norabradford.bsky.social argues that this skill doesn’t come from outsourcing the work to large language models. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/neuro-educat...

Explore “Brainstorming,” @thetransmitter.bsky.social’s new LinkedIn newsletter that looks at how neuroscientists are solving research challenges. The first edition features nontraditional model organisms that are well suited for studying certain behaviors or neurological conditions. bit.ly/4v6x506

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...

And it’s well-known now too that research on-campus at NIH is being slowly choked to death. Scientists are leaving and not being replaced, lecture visits blocked, people are spending more and more time not on science but on fruitless paperwork seemingly created to stop progress.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

Did you know 🍓March is Nutrition Month?🍜 This year’s theme, Nourish to Flourish, is precisely aligned with work on the impact of early life nutrition in setting lifelong (and inter-generational) health trajectories! Learn more about nutrition month & how our lab contributes to lifecycle health👇🏻

I'm one of many professors quoted in this report from Alice Speri. I really appreciate The Guardian taking an angle which has basically eluded every other major outlet.

Wut?!

Allostasis first! What if the brain’s core function was neither to think, nor to feel, nor even to sense, but rather to perform allostasis? www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

5 million deaths a year globally are attributed to lack of physical activity. Many countries have set policies to promote physical activity but never implemented them. No improvement in >20 years! 3 new papers nature.com/articles/s41... nature.com/articles/s44... nature.com/articles/s44...

www.pewresearch.org/religion/202... Canada and US at opposite ends of this list

Best evidence yet that GLP-1 drugs reduce the risk of substance abuse, from >600,000 US Veterans with T2 diabetes across alcohol, nicotine, opioid, cocaine, cannabis @zalaly.bsky.social @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/392/...

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...

It’s a feature, not a bug.

Join us in beautiful Montreal for the 2026 S4SN Conference (Aug 23–26)! Share your latest research, spark new collaborations, and engage with a vibrant social neuroscience community! Symposium proposals and individual abstract submissions are underway: event.fourwaves.com/s4sn2026/pages

I’m excited to share my new paper! 🤩 We showed that maternal sucrose intake during pregnancy alone disrupts testosterone and allopregnanolone levels in critical regions of the fetal brain 🧠 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @kiransoma.bsky.social

We're thrilled to welcome Dr. @zachtpennington.bsky.social and Dr. @milanium.bsky.social as Assistant Professors in our Behavioural Neuroscience area and members of the @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social. Read their Q&As: psych.ubc.ca/news

Spot on, but so sad.

Why are some males caring toward infants while others are neglectful or abusive? I'm so pleased to share work that my colleagues and I @princeton.edu have just published @nature.com (an explanatory thread to follow!) (1/8)

“they should be careful not to deprioritize the kind of curiosity-driven, investigator-led research that has a strong track record in advancing humanity’s knowledge, producing the types of innovation that prosperity and well-being depend on.” 🧪 #Research www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Terrific piece by @rexhuppke.bsky.social on Elon Musk, White Nationalist