The Agrawal lab is moving! This January we will be setting up shop at #UBC in Vancouver, in the department of #Zoology! We are actively recruiting at all levels, especially masters and PhD students. These position are #funded! Please send anyone interested my way!

JOB ALERT: DMCBH Director, Finance and Administration The Director of Finance and Administration plays a lead role in strategic and operations planning, budget management, coordination of new initiatives, facilities and space management, information management, and policies and procedures.

Hoping the pivotal finding of increased inflammation with #LongCovid will be responsive to tirzepatide (Zepbound) in our ongoing 1,000+ participant randomized, placebo-controlled trial (full enrollment completed in <1 month!) www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natimmunol.nature.com

Testosterone Is Misunderstood www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/o... Free gift article 🎁

Substantial preclinical, real world and anecdotal data link GLP-1R signaling to reward pathways and attenuation of substance use disorders. Yet ++ challenges remain. More clinical trial data is coming in 2026, hopefully moving the field forward www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I went to Texas to write about the sudden end of one of America's most successful experiments: the six decades of welcoming India's most educated and ambitious citizens. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...

About 0.1 percent of the global population, some 8.8 million people, identifies as scientists, which means only a small fraction of people personally know a scientist. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/scientists-shape-of-wonder-researchers

Newly-announced scheme, supporting international PhD students and postdocs who want to come to Canada www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/canad...

I really liked this paper - data supporting super interesting idea that Alzheimer's disease pathology may have evolved as part of an innate immune defense response to microbial infection. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Opioid Crisis Never Ended. It Was Inherited by the Children. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... Free 🎁 article.

Nothing to see here Just the NIH Director speaking at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025 👀

UBC Psychology Majors are invited to a Strategic Planning Meeting for undergraduate students. We’d love to hear what’s important to you, what’s working well, and what could be improved! Learn more and RSVP: psych.ubc.ca/events/event...

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... Nice work by Cecilia Jalabert and Megan Liu, former graduate students in my lab! 🎉👍🏾

Zuranolone (allopregnanolone) is one to watch 👀

Textbooks said neurons don’t burn fatty acids for energy🤔. Our study delivers the first in vivo demonstration that fatty acid oxidation in defined memory neurons fuels memory formation. Closing chapter of my PhD 🥳, out today in Nature Metabolism💥 @natmetabolism.nature.com

U.S. Plans to Scrutinize Foreign Tourists’ Social Media History www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t... free 🎁 link.

The destruction of the enterprise of US academic science has been one of the most confounding aspects of a hugely confounding year. My @statnews.com colleagues are writing about the consequences for individuals & the country. You want to read this series. www.statnews.com/american-sci...

It was another great year for the DM Centre for Brain Health! 👀

My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.

Congrats! @danipalombo.bsky.social

We are already looking ahead to our #S4SN2026 Annual Meeting, which will take place in Montreal, Canada, next fall. Please keep an eye out for the exact dates in the coming weeks. See you in Montreal! 👋

In partnership with UBC's Department of Psychiatry, we are excited to be recruiting for a CIHR Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Cognitive Resilience for Dementia Prevention and Mental Wellness in Aging. Learn more: med-fom-psychiatry-sandbox2019.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2025/1...

"I think this president thinks we have the world's largest economy ever because of real estate investors. It's not—it's because of science." Sen. Mark Kelly criticizes Trump's cuts to critical scientific research.

Animal studies support the idea that boosting brain fluid clearance could blunt neurological disorders. https://scim.ag/4pqYTZy

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Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine. If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again. #sciencematters

I Went to an Anti-Vaccine Conference. Medicine Is in Trouble. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o... 🎁

Great story by @carlzimmer.com in @nytimes.com that nicely conveys the excitement for the emerging field of interoception. @dulaclab.bsky.social and others are featured, including my tattoo 😳! Gift article link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/s...

🧪 ✏️ Apply for the 2026 Diverse Voices in Science Journalism Internship with @science.org! 🧪 ✏️ This could be for you if you're a student from a community historically underrepresented in #journalism who's interested in in covering science for general audiences: recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1123ASEM/...

Possibility for a Eastbio funded PhD in my group at the @rowettinstitute.bsky.social @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social. This is a highly competitive process: applicants should hold a 1st BSc Honours or 2:1 MSc degree in neuroscience. A single applicant per project will be interviewed. shorturl.at/rd669

#CallForPapers: #Neuroscience is inviting submissions on how infections & immune responses influence the brain & nervous system 📅 Submit by 1 Feb 2026 🔗 https://ibro.org/call-for-papers-infection-immunity-inflammation/ #IBROjournals International Brain Research Organization

3 papers @thelancet.com today on the health dangers of ultraprocessed foods and a call for action The health risks www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Up to $25k in funding is available for established #neuroscience internship programs for underrepresented undergraduates in the US & Canada - covering stipends, supplies & more Apply by 10 Jan 2026: https://ibro.org/grant/fund-for-undergraduate-research-internship-programs/#neuroscience #IBROinUSCanada

Congratulations to the new RSC Fellows who have been inducted into the academy! This is the highest honour in Arts, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Sciences. 🌹 Learn more by following our #rscBRAVOsrc campaign on YouTube: bit.ly/4mwoFtG #COEE2025

Excited to have my piece on perimenopause published @thetransmitter.bsky.social "Perimenopause: An important—and understudied—transition for the brain" We need more studies & better education -we need this to be mainstream- knowledge is power! #WomensHealth www.thetransmitter.org/sex-hormones...

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

How do our brains develop differently depending on sex — and what role do estrogens play? 🧠 Join Dr. Deepak Srivastava (King's College London) Nov 18 for our next Women’s Health Seminar! 7am PDT / 10am EDT 🔗 Register: ow.ly/aXWX50Xl4nO #womenshealthresearch #neuroscience

The dysregulated immune system in #LongCovid with #MECFS. with sex-specific changes, increased inflammation (as seen by cells, chemokines and cytokines), and disrupted hormone levels www.cell.com/cell-reports...

The Tragedy of Dick Cheney www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o... Free gift link 🎁 Suskind’s book The Price of Loyalty is fantastic.

Not good. Not good at all. So disheartening.

📢 Applications are open for the 2026 Research Trainee competition! This award supports postdocs and health researchers in training to build their careers and focus on impactful research in BC. Apply by Nov 27 👉 bit.ly/3L8g6Ij #healthresearch #researchfunding #bc #phd #grant

Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake go.nature.com/47zrzYZ

Join Julia for a day in the life of a research assistant in the MacVicar Lab! She’s now pursuing her MSc in Experimental Medicine in the Cembrowski Lab. Stay tuned for more videos about her research and the behind-the-scenes of what it’s like to work in a #neuroscience lab!

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... One more reason to not travel to the US 🇨🇦

This summer, IBRO supported ICORD's Seed2STEM, which offered paid research internships to foster early engagement in #neuroscience & STEM Discover their impact: https://ibro.org/seed2stem-2025-empowering-young-scientists/#neuroscience Applications for this #grant open again on 1 Nov 2025! #IBROinUSCanada

This past summer, four of our research labs teamed up with ICORD's seed2STEM program to welcome BC Indigenous high school students into our labs for hands-on research experience. 🧠 Hear from the students: psych.ubc.ca/news/2025-seed2stem/

psych.cms.arts.ubc.ca/news/2025-se... Such a wonderful program! 🎉

Researchers are exploring why anti-obesity medications may lessen cravings for alcohol. CBC News examines a recent review published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society. bit.ly/3L20VQH @endocrinesociety.bsky.social @endosocjournals.bsky.social #EndoSky