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Professor at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver 🇨🇦
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Michael Greshko
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🧪 ✏️ 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/...
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Fabien Naneix
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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
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EastBio: Too sweet: how early life sugar consumption shapes brain and behaviour at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - EastBio: Too sweet: how early life sugar consumption shapes brain and behaviour at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/eastbio-too-sweet-how-early-life-sugar-consumption-shapes-brain-and-behaviour/?p184799
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IBRO journals
3 days ago
#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
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Eric Topol
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3 papers
@thelancet.com
today on the health dangers of ultraprocessed foods and a call for action The health risks
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International Brain Research Organization
4 days ago
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
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The Royal Society of Canada // La Société royale du Canada
7 days ago
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
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Marija Kundakovic
10 days ago
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
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Perimenopause: An understudied transition for the brain
We know little about the mechanisms underlying well-known perimenopause symptoms in the brain. More research—in animals and humans—is essential.
https://www.thetransmitter.org/sex-hormones/perimenopause-importantant-understudied-transition-brain/
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Brittany Trang
14 days ago
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. 🧪🧬🧫
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James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/james-watson-remembrance-from-dna-pioneer-to-pariah/
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Women's Health Research Cluster
15 days ago
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
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Eric Topol
15 days ago
The dysregulated immune system in
#LongCovid
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#MECFS
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www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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The Tragedy of Dick Cheney
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
Free gift link 🎁 Suskind’s book The Price of Loyalty is fantastic.
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Opinion | The Tragedy of Dick Cheney
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/opinion/dick-cheney-vice-president-authority-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.y08._mU5.FwkOYeQq0JPs&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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‘It is the scariest of times’: Margaret Atwood on defying Trump, banned books – and her score-settling memoir
At 86, she’s a literary seer and saint – and queen of the Canadian resistance. So what does the writer make of our dystopian world?
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/01/margaret-atwood-interview-handmaids-tale-author-new-memoir?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Michael Smith Health Research BC
23 days ago
📢 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
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Nature
24 days ago
Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake
go.nature.com/47zrzYZ
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From MRI to Ozempic: breakthroughs that show why fundamental research must be protected
In these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different.
https://go.nature.com/47zrzYZ
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Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (DMCBH)
24 days ago
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
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A day in the lab at the MacVicar lab #neuroscience
YouTube video by Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/l6uZPD8T03k
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
One more reason to not travel to the US 🇨🇦
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Trump raises tariffs on Canada by 10% in retaliation for anti-tariff TV ad
Move is response to ad sponsored by Ontario that referenced Ronald Reagan’s support for free trade
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/25/trump-tariffs-canada-ronald-reagan?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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International Brain Research Organization
29 days ago
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
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UBC Psychology
29 days ago
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/
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UBC
https://psych.cms.arts.ubc.ca/news/2025-seed2stem/
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EndoMedia
about 1 month ago
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
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Alcohol, nicotine and more — could drugs like Ozempic curb the desire for vices? | CBC News
Studies combing through past patient data have made a similar link between drugs like Ozempic and a loss of appetite for more than just food.
https://bit.ly/3L20VQH
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Protesters Denouncing Trump Unite Across the Country
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
Free gift link 🎁
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Protesters Denouncing Trump Unite Across the Country
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/us/protests-trump-no-kings.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uU8.Y3xX.JQkbN7IvZd4B&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Pan American Neuroendocrine Society
about 1 month ago
Do you know any trainees who are looking for mentoring opportunities? Share with them the MAPS Program! 🧑🔬🎯 Applications are open until October 20th 📆 🔗 Learn more:
forms.gle/Aa5dF4Wqswy2...
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Scientific American
about 1 month ago
Nobel laureate Shimon Sakaguchi reflects on the role of regulatory T cells in peripheral immune tolerance and how the cells could transform treatment for cancer, autoimmune disease and organ transplant rejection
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Shimon Sakaguchi Hunted for an Immune Cell Others Dismissed. It Earned Him a Nobel Prize
Nobel laureate Shimon Sakaguchi reflects on the role of regulatory T cells in peripheral immune tolerance and how the cells could transform treatment for cancer, autoimmune disease and organ transplan...
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nobel-prize-winner-shimon-sakaguchi-reflects-on-how-he-discovered-regulatory/
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Animal Behavior Society
about 1 month ago
Hey grad students studying animal behavior! Need a little extra research $$? (Don't we all?) Apply for an ABS Student Research Grant! We award grants up to $2,000 to grad students & give feedback on the proposals. Deadline Dec 15. More info here:
www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/web/awards-s...
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Canadian Paintings
about 1 month ago
Untitled (Blue Jays) Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe 2025
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Jon Cooper
about 1 month ago
The Canadian boycott of travel to the U.S. continued through September—cementing an enormous economic loss for American tourism in 2025 as visitors from around the world choose not to travel to the States amid geopolitical tensions.
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Women's Health Research Cluster
about 1 month ago
Grad students researching women’s health—this is for you! Apply for the Holly Ewanyshyn Women’s Health Equity Graduate Research Award by Oct 31, 2025. Funding: $2,000 for research on disease pathogenesis in women or female models of disease.
https://ow.ly/S5iZ50X8L6V
#WomensHealth
#ResearchFunding
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Jane Goodall said she would launch Trump and Musk on one-way trip into space
Primatologist said in interview released after her death she would also put Putin, Xi and Netanyahu on that spaceship
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/oct/06/jane-goodall-trump-elon-musk-putin?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
about 2 months ago
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Mathieu Quesnel-Vallières
about 2 months ago
Open rank tenure-track position in comp bio at the University of Montreal. Great environment, great position.
@futurepislack.bsky.social
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Jane Goodall, Who Chronicled the Social Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
Such a great person and scientist. 🎁 link
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Jane Goodall, Who Chronicled the Social Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/obituaries/jane-goodall-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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ReconciliACTION: seed2STEM Summer 2025 recap
YouTube video by ICORD Admin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M-8etA8ieA
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Ryan Marino, MD
about 2 months ago
This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
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CAUT/ACPPU
about 2 months ago
Research is the key to unlocking Canada’s future and it needs proper funding. The federal government must uphold its Budget 2024 commitment to Canadian researchers. Read the Coalition for Canadian Research’s open letter:
www.caut.ca/news/coaliti...
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Coalition for Canadian Research calls on federal government to fulfil the Budget 2024 research commitments
The Right Honourable Mark Carney, P.C., M.P.Prime Minister of CanadaOffice of the Prime Minister80 Wellington StreetOttawa, ON K1A 0A2
https://www.caut.ca/news/coalition-for-canadian-research-calls-on-federal-government-to-fulfil-the-budget-2024-research-commitments/
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Reconciliation in action: seed2STEM keeps growing
seed2STEM, the summer research program that offers paid research internships to Indigenous high school students, grew again this summer. The program, which started at ICORD with one student in 2018…
https://icord.org/news/2025/09/reconciliaction/
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ReconciliACTION: seed2STEM Summer 2025 recap
YouTube video by ICORD Admin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M-8etA8ieA
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American Chemical Society
2 months ago
One week left to apply! Applications close Oct. 1 at 11:59 PM ET. The ACS Graduate Student Success Grant offers 100 grants of $25,000 each to support graduate students completing their degrees. Click the link to apply now:
buff.ly/ZJrzSN0
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John Anderson 🇨🇦
2 months ago
Hi
#canadian
researchers - please sign this petition to help ensure funding isn’t cut to tri council agencies (NSERC, SSHRC, and CIHR). We’re looking at potential 15% cuts to ALL federal spending including grants
win.newmode.net/canadianasso...
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New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
https://win.newmode.net/canadianassociationofuniversityteachers/keepinvestinginscienceandresearch
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Congrats to all the authors! 🎉🥳
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Endocrine News
3 months ago
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Oxford Biology
2 months ago
Oxford Biology is growing 📢 We’re appointing 3 Associate Professors in: 🌱 Plant Sciences 🦉 Animal Behaviour 🔬 Molecular Cell Biology 3 fields. 3 opportunities. One new home for Oxford Biology. Learn more 👉
bit.ly/41S2Tc7
Apply now 👉
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Mel Goodale
2 months ago
The Department of Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge has a tenure-track position for a neuroscientist studying brain function across the life span in nonhuman animals. Join a terrific community of researchers in a beautiful part of the country.🧠🧪 Re-post
uleth.peopleadmin.ca/postings/8586
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You Might Have Already Fallen for MAHA’s Conspiracy Theories
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...
Free gift article 🎁
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Opinion | You Might Have Already Fallen for MAHA’s Conspiracy Theories
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/opinion/maha-health-wellness-influencers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kk8.yL0i.K7LMDyD84eQN&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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SBN on Bluesky
2 months ago
Reminder that registration and abstract submission is open for the SBN online research symposium. Free to attend and present your research! Abstract submission will close 10/1 and registration closes 10/15
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Allen Institute
2 months ago
We know hormones impact the brain, but what if we could see it happening on a cellular level? 🧠👀
@neurrriot.bsky.social
, Stephanie Correa, and Ed Van Veen are making a platform that directly observes relationship b/w hormones and brain state.
#FrontierScience
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alleninstitute.org/division/fro...
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Optical tools for visualizing sex hormones as drivers of dynamic internal states
The Allen Distinguished Investigator program provides three-year grants between $1M and $1.5M to individuals and teams
https://alleninstitute.org/division/frontiers-group/distinguished-investigators/optical-tools-for-visualizing-sex-hormones-as-drivers-of-dynamic-internal-states/
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Endocrine Society
2 months ago
Future Leaders Advancing Research in Endocrinology (FLARE) 2026 prepares early career investigators for leadership roles as independent biomedical researchers. The two-day workshop focuses on building professional skills. Apply by Monday, November 3: https://bit.ly/2N5iKxV
#FLARE2025
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FLARE
If you are a basic science or clinical research trainee in endocrinology, the Future Leaders Advancing Research in Endocrinology (FLARE) is for you.
https://bit.ly/2N5iKxV
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