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Research Technician – The Hospital for Sick Children – Jia Laboratory
Under the supervision of the Project Investigator, the Technologist II – RI will assist with neurobehavioural research. Specifically, our lab focuses on understanding the molecular and synaptic mechanisms underlying social memory using mouse and zebrafish models. Your responsibilities will include but are not limited to: Performing electrophysiology, molecular biology, imaging and behavioural experiments Maintaining animal…
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Post-doctoral Position Available in the Translational Cognitive Neuroscience Lab (Dr. Tim Bussey & Dr. Lisa Saksida) studying molecular and cellular mechanisms of information storage and neurogenesis in the hippocampus using cutting-edge neurotechnology (e.g., miniscopes, fiber photometry and touchscreen technology).
A postdoctoral position is available immediately under the supervision of Dr. Lisa Saksida and Dr. Tim Bussey at the Robarts Research Institute, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario (www.tcnlab.uwo.ca), in collaboration with the Dr. Mark Brandon and colleagues at McGill University (www.m3platform.org), to work on questions relating to molecular and…
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Two year funded Postdoctoral position, University of Victoria – Kerry Delaney lab
Electrophysiology of mutant versus wildtype neurons in a mouse model of Rett Syndrome. Researcher with experience in whole cell patch clamp recording from neurons in acute brain slices is required to undertake recording from neurons in neocortex and thalamus of mice lacking functional MeCP2. Mecp2 is an X-linked transcription factor controlling various aspects of neuronal…
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Post-Doctoral Fellow – SOAR Project (UBCO)
A Postdoctoral Fellow position is available to work on the SOAR (Supporting Survivors of Abuse and Brain Injury through Research) Project in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences at UBC-Okanagan Research Program Overview A post-doctoral position is available in the Brain Injury Lab led by Dr. Paul van Donkelaar in the School of Health…
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CAN Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finances
We have made the following recommendations Recommendation 1: That the government of Canada provide a one-time 25% increase in investment in the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) for research restart and recovery from the setback of the…
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Read CAN Connection – Summer 2020 Edition
Click here to read our latest newsletter: https://can-acn.org/can-connection-summer-2020-edition/
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COVID impact survey results
Thank you to all our members and colleagues who responsed to our survey on the impact of COVID-19 on researchers and laboratories in Canada. The full results of the survey are available here: CAN-ACN survey on impact of COVID-19 on researchers and laboratories in Canada This data will be used to support our recommendations to…
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Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Neurobiology of Aging and Dementia – Queen’s University
Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Neurobiology of Aging and Dementia Department of Biomedical & Molecular Sciences and Department of Psychiatry Centre for Neuroscience Studies Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario CANADA The Departments of Biomedical & Molecular Sciences and Psychiatry in the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Centre for Neuroscience Studies at Queen’s University are seeking an…
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Postdoctoral Position on Astrocyte-Inhibitory Interneuron Interactions – Robitaille & Lacaille laboratories, Université de Montréal
Postdoctoral position Dept Neurosciences Université de Montréal Montreal, Canada A postdoctoral position is immediately available in the laboratory of Dr Richard Robitaille at Université de Montréal to study the role of astrocytes in the regulation of inhibitory synaptic circuits and hippocampal function. The project is funded by a NSERC Discovery grant and involves a collaboration…
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Postdoctoral Researcher in the laboratory of Dr. Beverley Orser, University of Toronto
A Postdoctoral Researcher position funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research is available in the laboratory of Dr. Beverley Orser (www.orserlab.com). The lab is located in the Department of Physiology at the downtown campus of the University of Toronto. The goal of the research is to understand physiologic and pathological processes underlying learning and…