Author: Julie
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Life and Neurscience – Event at the CAN 2023 Meeting
Incorporating conversations about Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the CAN meeting program. Hosts The Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience has a mandate to increase awareness of these issues among CAN membership, as well as proposing policy and practice recommendations to the CAN leadership on producing an equitable association,…
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Earl Russell Chair in Pain Management – Western University
Position Profile: The Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, at Western University, is inviting applications for the position of Earl Russell Chair in Pain Management. The successful candidate will take a leadership role as the Earl Russell Chair in Pain Management through their research program. Applicants should have: 1) familiarity with, and deep commitment to the…
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Study first to examine how early memory changes as we age at a cellular level
SickKids researchers discover that a matrix called the perineuronal net may be responsible for why human memories become more specific throughout childhood. How do our brains become capable of creating specific memories? In one of the first preclinical studies to examine memory development in youth, a research team at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)…
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Mimicking brain plasticity in children to control post-traumatic stress
The CHU Sainte-Justine team, led by Graziella Di Cristo, has made an important breakthrough in the treatment of people suffering from symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress. Could we temporarily increase brain plasticity in adults to decrease fear and anxiety responses in people who have experienced trauma? CHU Sainte-Justine Neuroscientist Graziella Di Cristo and her team were determined to find…
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Tenure Track Position in Neuroscience, University of Saskatchewan
Applications are invited from qualified individuals for a tenure-track faculty position in neuroscience in the Western College of Veterinary Medicine’s Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences at the University of Saskatchewan. Overview: Applicants engaged in all research areas of neuroscience are encouraged to apply, but neuroscience at the behavioural or systems level that could be relevant…
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Senior Bioinformatics Analyst – University Health Network, Toronto
Source: University Health Network Job Title: Senior Bioinformatics Analyst Job Number: CAAR919696 Job Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posted: 16 May 2023 Job Description: Job Posting #: 919696 Union: Non-Union Site: Toronto Western Hospital (TWH) – Krembil Discovery Tower Department: Donald K. Johnson Eye Institute, Krembil Research Institute Reports to: Co-Director and Senior Scientist Hours: 37.5…
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 CAN- CIHR-INMHA Brain Star Awards!
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 2022 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 discoveries in all fields…
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Spring 2023 election results
We are happy to announce the results of the Spring 2023 elections! We want to thank all candidates who showed interest in serving the community and all those who took the time to vote. The following members were elected and will take office on June 1, 2023
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Postdoctoral Position in Systems Neuroscience at the University of Toronto Scarborough
The Developmental Systems Neuroscience lab (https://devsneurolab.com/) is looking for a highly motivated postdoc to lead a fully funded project intersecting neuronal activity-tagging (engrams), synaptic transmission and behaviour. Our group uses a combination of slice electrophysiology, chemo/optogenetics, fiber photometry and behavior to investigate the neural basis of emotional learning and affective behaviour. Come to our diverse…
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Postdoc positions in visual neuroscience at Université de Montréal
The Neurophotonics lab of the School of Optometry of the University of Montreal is looking for postdocs. Our projects focus on the plasticity of cortical maps and functional connectivity in different models of blindness and stroke affecting visual functions. We are also interested in the spatial coding of information in the context of Brain/Machine interfaces…