The Ornelas lab investigates the neurobiology of traumatic stress & alcohol use disorders Current research in the lab explores the role of corticolimbic circuitry & the endocannabinoid system in regulating maladaptive stress coping behaviors and alcohol drinking #ACNP2026 / @lcornelas.bsky.social

Dr. Hayley Thorpe explores the intersection of complex traits with mental health using translational population genetics approaches #ACNP2026 Her recent work uses new GWAS of cannabis use traits to understand cannabis use genetic & biological underpinnings: tinyurl.com/57vdj3df

Had a lot of fun writing this review on prenatal cannabis exposure and the immune system with some of my fave 🇨🇦 cannabinoid colleagues @mallarchak.bsky.social @cannabrain.bsky.social @johnhowland.bsky.social @drjkhokhar.bsky.social LaboTremblay @uvic.ca www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc

Remember how we always talk about there being many, many ways to resist? This may seem like a small one, but it’s actually HUGE. This administration is absolutely hell bent on the eugenics of the disabled and chronically ill. Wearing a health mask is an ENORMOUS act of resistance.

I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other. It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.

The centrist democratic position between 2006-2016ish was all “lean orgs!” And I kept saying, “oh yes sure make it easier for stable institutions to break.” We need to own how much our bleating about bureaucratic efficiencies created an easier-to-capture university.

Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.

Oldtober day 19, and something entirely not RPG related at all! It’s a rat, for @haleyv.bsky.social. #oldtober #notinktober #illustration

Excited to share our new publication on the impact of #THC exposure during gestation on brain development. This stunning work, led by Lani Cupo, describes several years of datas collection and examines brain development and maturation using MRI and behaviour www.nature.com/articles/s41... 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

Does anyone know of a funding agency that asks applicants not to use genAI in their grants? Trying to develop a framework about this, so seeing examples would be great. Unfortunately the 🇨🇦 Tri-council statement is disappointing on this.

I'm looking forward to speaking at @canacn.bsky.social's annual meeting tomorrow! I’ll be talking about all things #Cannabis, including our current preclinical and human research that is relevant to policy and expanding consumer knowledge. Come say hello! #Neuroskyence

Happening soon at #CAN2025: Join this IBRO-supported DEI session to see how Support Our Science boosted trainee #funding & join discussions led by a panel of researchers 💡 Discover this & other IBRO activities at the #conference: buff.ly/TLMXWms @canacn.bsky.social @julielefebvrelab.bsky.social

Visit us at booth 4 at #CAN2025 from 22 May to learn how IBRO can support your #neuroscience journey 💫 Check out our booth schedule if you want to chat with our representatives - and discover all other IBRO activities: buff.ly/TLMXWms #conference @canacn.bsky.social @julielefebvrelab.bsky.social

Calling all #neuroscientists at #CAN2025 - stop by the #FutureLeaders photobooth on the Mezzanine level in the Linden Room! Passez au photobooth #FutureLeaders dans la salle Linden au mezzanine [email protected]

Thank you @canglia.bsky.social for a wonderful #CAN2025 satellite!! Excited to make use of my prize mug ☕.

🇨🇦 🧠 Are you a #Postdoc in #Canada or #Canadian abroad? We are selecting #speakers for the (second round of the) 2025 Canadian #Neuroscience #Seminars: Postdoctoral Series. Apply by July 6th, 2025 @ 23:59PT. Find more details here: tinyurl.com/56m946jh Apply through this form: tinyurl.com/42cwhae3

🛫 YYJ - YVR - YYZ 🛬 Toronto-bound for @canacn.bsky.social !! Excited to also attend @canglia.bsky.social and @braincanada.bsky.social satellite meetings!! I'll be (the one?) in a pink respirator if you want to say hi 👋 #CAN2025

New @LaboTremblay paper from PhD student Colin comparing 2D and 3D #microglia morphology analysis out now in Glial Health Research www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

the technodystopia is here nymag.com/intelligence...

Thrilled to share a new article! We found a decline in the male-to-female ratio of lifetime cannabis use prevalence among adults in Ontario, (maybe in adults aged 30 or older only?) Huge thanks to my co-authors @camhnews.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Threads for: FAQ in English and Arabic for accounts from Gaza General information about Gazan Fundraising and GoFundMes List of Gazans you can support More general information for people from Gaza

Major congratulations to Tremblay lab @uvic.ca doctoral student Colin on earning a #CIHR CGS-D this week!! 🎉🎉

Very proud to announce the winners of the 2024 Brain Star Awards! can-acn.org/congratulati... Très fiers d'annoncer les gagnants des prix Cerveau en tête 2024! can-acn.org/fr/bravo-aux...

Tired of the usual tepid election punditry? We're back with another night of live election coverage, hosted by @desmondcole.bsky.social and Donya Ziaee. Featuring: @pampalmater.com, @ricardotranjan.bsky.social, @nolore.bsky.social @parismarx.com &more! RSVP: breachmedia.ca/election-202...

Please, if you love anything about this life, stop using ChatGPT and other GenAI. Just stop. Don't use it to dunk on it, don't use it for a laugh, just stop and let that shit wither.

Pleased to present our DAY 1 programme for our #EDI #Workshop with @tc3consortium.bsky.social at @uoft.bsky.social! "EDI in Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research." 📅April 22 - 23, 2025. 📍Chestnut Conference Centre 🕝 8:30am - 5:30pm ET REGISTER: tinyurl.com/TC3EDI2025 MORE INFO: tinyurl.com/TC3EDIinfo

We're looking for postdocs and PIs to join our review team!! You get review experience and to support NeuroCAM research. Happy to answer questions or discuss time commitments. Please RT!!

We're looking for postdocs and PIs to join our review team!! You get review experience and to support NeuroCAM research. Happy to answer questions or discuss time commitments. Please RT!!

Attention Canadian neuroscientists: Branch Out Neurological Foundation branchoutfoundation.com is URGENTLY looking for a few more grant reviewers for our graduate grants. Check out our scientific review panel at the link below if you want to support the next generation of NeuroCAN researchers.

Excited to share some of the latest work out of @uvic.ca's Division of Medical Sciences, led by Leigh Anne Swayne's group, that we in the Tremblay lab got to contribute to, on sex differences in astrocytes following COVID infection.

Transient, early, female-specific increase in cortical glial fibrillary acidic protein distribution in the Syrian hamster model of mild peripheral COVID-19 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.08.647811v1

Pleased to announce our #EDI #Workshop with @tc3consortium.bsky.social at @uoft.bsky.social! "EDI in Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research." 📅April 22 - 23, 2025. 📍Chestnut Conference Centre 🕝 8:30am - 5:30pm ET REGISTER: tinyurl.com/TC3EDI2025 MORE INFO: tinyurl.com/TC3EDIinfo @justinrmatheson.com

Officially a Canadian Permanent Resident!!

The NDP’s supply-and-confidence agreement has been crucial in securing the Canadian Dental Care Plan, Pharmacare Act, and Early Learning and Child Care Plan. Will Jagmeet Singh ever come close to turning these political victories into political power? thewalrus.ca/with-the-ndp-sli...

A statement by SBN (again co-written by the DEI Comm with edits from the Exe Comm) on why using rodent models of trans health are important studies for the community and everyone else!

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Video captured the moment Israeli forces blew up Gaza’s Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital and an adjacent medical school over what the military claims was a Hamas presence.

ACNP Travel Award Submissions open on Thursday, March 31, 2025. For more information, visit https://t.co/zSCC9OJZ51 #ACNP2026 #travelawards

While you await the announcement of our next speakers, we wanted to take a moment to introduce ourselves! We are proud to represent a diverse group of Canadian Neuroscience Postdocs! PS. You can stay up to date on webinars, events, and more by subscribing to our mailing list: t.co/Oa9dLowy1h

born too late to get a two Western blot Nature paper, born too early to be a science TikTokker, born just in time to start a postdoc during a global pandemic and look for faculty positions during a historic hiring freeze

This is why we must fight for everyone. Whether they’ve been incarcerated or have had contact with the criminal legal system or are merely undocumented. When you accept that some people are deserving of detention and deportation the scope of who is eligible is always under threat of expanding.

Meet our second and final speaker 🗣️ Georgina will be presenting at TOMORROW’S webinar! You can register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi... And remember, you can stay up to date on webinars, events, and more by subscribing to our mailing list: t.co/Oa9dLowy1h

Meet our first speaker 🗣️ Wendy will be presenting at our webinar THIS Thursday! You can register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi... And remember, you can stay up to date on webinars, events, and more by subscribing to our mailing list: t.co/Oa9dLowy1h