Author: Julie
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Invitation to write to the Minister of Finances
We invite you to write to the Minister of Finances, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, to remind her and her team of the importance of investing in scientific research as they work on the 2024 Canadian budget. CAN has drafted a sample letter, you can dowload here: CAN letter to Freeland
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2024 Elections – Call for nominations
CAN will be holding elections for the following Board of Direction positions: Vice-President (President elect) 2 board members We are now sending a call for nominations for these positions. Please note that only members in good standing can submit nominations.
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Assistant Professor – Synthetic Biologist, University of Manitoba
University of Manitoba Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science Assistant Professor – Synthetic Biologist Position number 34650 The Department of Biological Sciences invites applications for a Probationary (Tenure-track) position at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning as early as January 1, 2025, or on a date mutually agreed upon. Salary will be commensurate with…
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Doctoral student position available in the Sephton laboratory at Université Laval: Investigating lipid metabolism in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Join our innovative research team at the CERVO Brain Research Centre of Université Laval in Québec City, Canada. The Sephton lab is dedicated to uncovering the mechanisms that cause the fatal motor neuron disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and developing targeted therapies based on these discoveries. The Sephton lab is pleased to announce a funded…
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Postdoctoral Fellowship available in the Sephton laboratory at Université Laval: Investigating lipid metabolism in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Join our innovative research team at the CERVO Brain Research Centre of Université Laval in Québec City, Canada. The Sephton lab is dedicated to uncovering the mechanisms that cause the fatal motor neuron disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and developing targeted therapies based on these discoveries. The Sephton lab is pleased to announce a funded…
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Scientist / Senior Scientist – Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto
SCIENTIST/SENIOR SCIENTIST Research Institute The Hospital for Sick Children University of Toronto The Research Institute at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is accepting applications for a Scientist/Senior Scientist focused on the neuroscience of child and youth mental health. The position is permanent full-time and will include an accompanying appointment in a relevant department at…
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Postdoc position: Regeneration of locomotor circuits in salamanders
PROJECT: Salamanders can swim underwater and walk on ground. Their spinal cord regenerates after a full transection and the animal recovers voluntary locomotion after a few weeks. How this occurs is largely unknown. Genetic dissection of salamander neural circuits is now feasible with methods for manipulation, elimination, and visualization of genetically-defined cells. Such approaches can…
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PhD position: Regeneration of locomotor circuits in salamanders
PROJECT: Salamanders can swim underwater and walk on ground. Their spinal cord regenerates after a full transection and the animal recovers voluntary locomotion after a few weeks. How this occurs is largely unknown. Genetic dissection of salamander neural circuits is now feasible with methods for manipulation, elimination, and visualization of genetically-defined cells. Such approaches can…
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PhD position: Brainstem control of locomotion in mice
PROJECT: The locomotor role of dopaminergic cells is classically attributed to their ascending projections to the basal ganglia that project to brainstem locomotor circuits that controls locomotion. However, descending dopaminergic projections to brainstem locomotor circuits were uncovered (Ryczko et al. PNAS 2013, PNAS 2016, J Neurosci 2017, J Neurosci 2020). In lamprey, these descending projections…
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Urgent appeal to recapitalize the Canada Brain Research Fund
We invite you to read a letter calling for urgent recapitalization of the Canada Brain Research Fund we recently sent to The Honourable Ya’ara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions of Canada The Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health of Canada The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Finances of Canada The Right Honourable Justin…