Author: Julie
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Imaging Specialist Position at University of Manitoba
Position Title: Imaging Specialist Employer: University of Manitoba, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics Salary: $60,000-70,000; salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Expected Start: December 1st, 2022 or earliest availability. Job Description The Live-Cell Imaging Facility (LCIF) is a Rady Faculty of Health Sciences (RFHS) supported core platform located within the Neuroscience Research…
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Read CAN’s submission to the FINA pre-budget consultations
The CAN advocacy team is happy to share our submission to pre-budget consultations in advance of the 2023 budget of the House of Commons permanent committee on Finances (FINA) View our submission: Increased investment in scientific research for the health and prosperity of Canadians today and tomorrow The deadline to submit a brief is Saturday,…
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Saving more stroke patients
Approximately 20,000 Quebecers suffer a cerebrovascular accident every year. Nearly 90% are caused by a blood clot that blocks the brain’s blood vessels and, by the same token, its supply of oxygen and nutrients. Deprived of oxygen, some 1.9 million nerve cells die every minute following a stroke. While no treatment can restore brain function, there is…
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Doctoral students with an Interest in Healthy Brain, Aging and Dementia Prevention
Opportunities: The Brain in Motion research program is looking for doctoral students with an interest in healthy brain aging and dementia prevention who wish to join a large interdisciplinary and diverse research team of over 35 scientists from Calgary, Canada and other parts of the World. There are opportunities currently available for doctoral students in…
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Read CAN Connection – Fall 2022
Catch up with CAN in our latest newsletter, CAN connection – Fall 2022 Table of content Membership renewal – 2022-2023 Advocacy news CAN 2022 Advocacy Survey results House of commons Standing committee on Finances (FINA) Pre-budget consultations in advance of budget 2023 Apply for CAN Trainee advocacy & outreach awards Memorandum of Understanding for advocacy…
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CAN Advocacy survey – 2022
View the results of our advocacy survey here https://can-acn.org/can-2022-advocacy-survey/
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UofT news: Canada must boost support of science and tech: President Meric Gertler and Alan Bernstein in the Globe and Mail
Canada must step up its support of R&D in science and technology if the country’s innovation economy is to remain competitive globally. That was the key message of a Globe and Mail op-ed by University of Toronto President Meric Gertler and Alan Bernstein, president and CEO of CIFAR (Canadian Institute for Advanced Research), who noted substantial…
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Graduate student position – University of Lethbridge
Description: We are looking for graduate students (Master’s and/or Ph.D. levels) to help build UHF-based Internet of Things (IoT) system that will be used as a Brain-Machine Interface device. Projects will be related to our recent work: Challenges of a small world analysis for the continuous monitoring of behaviour in mice. Neuroscience and Behavioral…
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CAN Outreach & Advocacy Award: The Peaceful Brain
The Canadian Association for Neuroscience is pleased to support the “The Peaceful Brain, a celebration against hate, discrimination, and prejudice” series of events organized by the Convergence initiative. These events has also leveraged support from Heritage Canada, Brain Canada, the McGill University Health Centre Research Institute, Native Immigrant, Concordia University Centre for Creative Reuse. The…
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Post Doc Position-Neurotrophic mechanisms in brain diseases – Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto
Reduced brain cell structure and function contributes to cognitive symptoms in depression, Alzheimer’s disease and other brain disorders, and during aging. Current efforts aimed at developing therapeutic agents to reverse these deficits focus on excitatory or neurotrophic mechanisms, but have had limited translation to effective therapeutics potential, identifying a world-leading unmet clinical need with significant…
