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Post-doc available – Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto
Come work with our diverse and collaborative team trying to understand how memories are formed and used in the brains of mice. We use a variety of tools to examine engrams supporting different types of memories. Please send cv and 1 page summary of proposed research project to Sheena.Josselyn@SickKids.ca
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Assistant, Associate, or Professor in Computational Cognition – University of Manitoba
Department of Computer Science Faculty of Science University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Assistant, Associate, or Professor in Computational Cognition Position #30384 The Department of Computer Science invites applications for one or more full-time tenured or tenure-track position at the Assistant, Associate, or Professor level, commencing July 1, 2022, or on a date mutually agreed…
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Recording available: CSPC panel 128 – Roles & Responsibilities of Academic Science Societies in informing Policy: Lessons & Observations from Around the World
The recording of the CSPC panel from November 17 2020 is now available from the CSPC. Learn more on their website: https://sciencepolicy.ca/conference/cspc-2020/improving-linkages-between-science-policy/ CAN President Charles Bourque’s intervention begins at 1:08.
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CAN Connection Spring 2021
Read our latest newsletter: https://can-acn.org/can-connection-spring-2021
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Clinician Scientist Fellowships – University of Alberta
The Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute (NMHI) at the University of Alberta is offering two fellowships to attract outstanding clinician scientists in training to the University of Alberta to conduct postdoctoral research in neurology and neuroscience: The Mildred I. Olsen Neurology Fellowship and The University Hospital Foundation Neurology Fellowship. To apply: Your supervisor must be…
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Shedding light on adult brain stem cells
A CERVO research centre team demonstrates the role of light and calcium ions in neural stem cell activation in adulthood It has long been believed that neurons in the human brain develop only during the period from embryogenesis to adolescence. It is now known that in some areas of the brain, neural stem cells remain…
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Researchers close in on root of slow motor learning in autism
Social deficits attract so much attention in the study of autism spectrum disorder, it’s easy to forget there are motor learning deficits during early childhood as well. For autistic kids hoping to throw a ball around the schoolyard and connect with classmates, these physical skill differences can isolate a child further. In a new study…
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CAN Trainee research feature: Ewen Lavoie – University of Alberta
Ewen Lavoie presents work he has done in the laboratory of Dr. Craig Chapman at the University of Alberta, and published here: Lavoie, E., & Chapman, C. S. (2021). What’s limbs got to do with it? Real-world movement correlates with feelings of ownership over virtual arms during object interactions in virtual reality. Neuroscience of Consciousness.…
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Experimental Quantum Neuroscience – University of Waterloo
The Quantum Neuroscience research group at the University of Waterloo, Canada is seeking an outstanding applicant for a Post-Doctoral Fellowship with experience in electrophysiology and molecular neuroscience. Motivated by growing interest in the possibility that quantum effects may be at play in neuroscience, the University of Waterloo Quantum Neuroscience research group is aiming to find…
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Postdoc position in neural stem cell biology – University of Toronto
The Yuzwa lab in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto is seeking to hire a Post-doctoral Fellow. Work in our lab aims to understand how cell genesis occurs in the developing and mature brain under conditions of healthy physiology and disease. To do so, we are currently studying the…