Canadian Neuroscience News

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  Research from University of Ottawa: deciphering what serotonin is saying inside our brains2025/05/05
  The international research team’s ambitious work has implications across multiple fields and sheds compelling new light on the extraordinarily complex serotonin system. In our day-to-day lives, we’re constantly making a slew of decisions from immediate matters to prospects on the far horizon. But the evolutionary nuts-and-bolts of how our brains weigh these numerous daily decisions… Read more: Research from University of Ottawa: deciphering what serotonin is saying inside our brains
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  University of Ottawa-led research team forges compelling new insights into dynamics of the brain’s serotonin system2025/05/02
  Source of text: David McFadden, Communications Advisor & Research Writer, University of Ottawa The study’s findings could potentially help develop targeted therapeutics for mood disorders like major depressive disorder. Our lives are filled with binary decisions – choices between one of two alternatives. But what’s really happening inside our brains when we engage in this… Read more: University of Ottawa-led research team forges compelling new insights into dynamics of the brain’s serotonin system
• Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 CAN- CIHR-INMHA Brain Star Awards!2025/05/01
  The Canadian Association for Neuroscience (CAN) and the Canadian Institutes of Health’s Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (CIHR-INMHA) are proud to announce the winners of the 2024 Brain Star Awards. The CIHR-INMHA Brain Star awards, administered by the Canadian Association for Neuroscience, are awarded to students and trainees who have published high impact… Read more: Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 CAN- CIHR-INMHA Brain Star Awards!
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  Mark Cembrowski wins the 2025 CAN New Investigator Award for multidisciplinary research that has transformed our understanding of how memory is represented in the brain2025/04/15
  The Canadian Association for Neuroscience is proud to announce Dr. Mark Cembrowski will be awarded the 2025 Canadian Association of Neuroscience (CAN) New Investigator Award. Dr. Cembrowski has established himself as an outstanding scientist, collaborator, and mentor, conducting leading-edge research on the cellular and molecular underpinnings of cognition and brain disorders, particularly in memory. Read… Read more: Mark Cembrowski wins the 2025 CAN New Investigator Award for multidisciplinary research that has transformed our understanding of how memory is represented in the brain
• CAN election one-pager2025/04/14
  Get ready to meet candidates by reading the CAN election one-pager! We encourage you to print it out and give it to candidates you meet, to emphasize the importance of science and research for all Canadians.

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