Author: Julie
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Specific brain cells are critical for linking stress controllability and future behaviour
UCalgary researchers discover that a group of ancient cells may play a key role in controlling stress Stress is ubiquitous, and at no time in recent memory has this been more evident than right now — on a global scale. Our survival depends on our ability to continually adjust and respond to ever-evolving challenges in our…
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Congratulations to Mihaela Iordanova, winner of the CAN Young Investigator Award
We are very proud to announce that Mihaela Iordanova, from Concordia University, has been named CAN’s 2020 Young Investigator Award winner! Learn more about this exceptional neuroscientist on Mihaela Iordanova’s Young Investigator Award winner profile page.
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COVID-19 assistance on federal laboratory reagents – Round #2
The Public Health Agency of Canada has sent a second call for items and reagents for the public health laboratories For loan: Thermofisher Kingfisher Flex Purification Systems (automated nucleic acid purification) with the 96- Deep Well head Associated plastic consumables (96-well plate blocks) would also be of interest For use: Laboratory grade Guanidine thiocyanate As…
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Public Health Agency of Canada – call for reagents for COVID19 testing
We have been made aware by some of our members that the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has sent out an urgent request for reagents, specifically RNA extraction reagents for COVID19 testing. If you have such reagents in your laboratory that you could donate (view list below) please consider doing so. If the laboratories have…
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A study by Martin Lévesque and his team explains the role of dopaminergic neurons in hyperactivity and suggests a mechanism of action for Ritalin
Read a new article by Université Laval news on a discovery by Martin Lévesque’s team Cellular cogs of hyperactivity uncovered – Study clarifies the role of dopaminergic neurons in hyperactivity and suggests a mechanism of action for Ritalin The cellular mechanism uncovered by the researchers could explain the mode of action of Ritalin in humans. The…
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McGill researchers end decade-long search for mechanical pain sensor
Discovery brings hope for novel pain treatment Researchers at McGill University have discovered that a protein found in the membrane of our sensory neurons are involved in our capacity to feel mechanical pain, laying the foundation for the development of powerful new analgesic drugs. The study, published in Cell, is the first to show that…
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Pain hypersensitivity: problem at the pump
Pain hypersensitivity and many other diseases could be associated with a protein that acts as an ion pump in neurons. The research team led by Yves De Koninck, at Université Laval’s Faculté de médecine and the CERVO Brain Research Centre had already targeted a protein called KCC2 as a key player in the mechanism leading to…
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Previous advocacy award winners
Learn about our 2020 winners: Cristian Zaelzer and the Convergence Initiative win a 2020 CAN Neuroscience Outreach & Advocacy Award September 15, 2020: CAN-ACN has revoked the 2020 Advocacy award that had been awarded to Roger Hudson and First Person Science, following an incident during which CAN-ACN’s values were not adhered to. A statement regarding…
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CAN publishes in a Toronto Star insert on Brain Health
CAN President Katalin Toth was featured in a campaign on Brain Health which was published in The Star on March 13, 2020. Read the article on thestar.com: Brain health is a priority for all Canadians
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CAN participation in SfN’s Hill Day
CAN participation in SfN’s Hill Day CAN was invited by SfN to participate once again in SfN’s Hill Day, on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on March 5, 2020. CAN Vice-President Charles Bourque and CAN Past-President and current member of SfN’s GPA committee Jaideep Bains were present for this important event. Each was paired with…