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Brain Star Award winner feature: Diego B. Piza, Western University
Better understanding the role of vision in the brain’s representation of space by studying freely moving primates The hippocampus is a structure of the mammalian brain that has been implicated […]
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Postdoctoral Position – Gut Microbiome-Brain Axis in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
The Nguyen and Sharkey Labs at the University of Calgary and Hotchkiss Brain Institute are seeking motivated applicants for a postdoctoral position studying the gut microbiome-brain axis in amyotrophic lateral […]
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Brain Star Award Feature: Andrew Mocle, University of Toronto
Better understanding how ensembles of neurons are recruited in memory formation. The hippocampus is a critical brain region for encoding and recall of episodic memories. The physical trace left in […]
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Brain Star Award Feature: Niklas Brake, McGill University
Better understanding the non-rhythmic components of Electroencephalography (EEG) can lead to better interpretation of brain activity Article citation Brake, N., Duc, F., Rokos, A., Arseneau, F., Shahiri, S., Khadra, A., […]
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Remembering Leo P. Renaud
It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Dr. Leo P. Renaud (1941-2025), distinguished Canadian neuroscientist and Past President of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience on […]
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Brain Star Award Feature: Caroline Nettekoven, Western University
Development of a functional atlas of the human cerebellum The human cerebellum is a brain region that is activated during many behaviours, including movement, language and cognitive tasks. However, the […]
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CAN Connection – Summer 2025
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Brain Star Award feature: Lizheng Wang, University of Calgary
Uncovering the role of cilia in astrocyte development and function Astrocytes are a type of cells that act as crucial regulators of nearly all aspects of the brain. Different types […]
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Assistant or associate professor-researcher in Neuroscience related to neurological disorders and/or neural regeneration and precision health – Université de Montréal
Neuroscience Axis, Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’UdeM (CRCHUM) Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal (UdeM) The Neuroscience Research Axis of the CRCHUM and the […]
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Director of the Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute Hospital)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DIRECTOR OF THE NEURO (MONTREAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE-HOSPITAL) a joint leadership position within the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre The McGill […]
