Category: Annual meeting

  • New approaches to study the genetics of autism spectrum disorder may lead to new therapies

    Published on Eurekalert, May 24, 2019 Link: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/cafn-nat052019.php Canadian neuroscientists are using novel experimental approaches to understand autism spectrum disorder, from studying multiple variation in a single gene to the investigation of networks of interacting genes to find new treatments for the disorder. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects more than 1% of children, yet most cases…

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  • 13th annual Canadian neuroscience meeting

    Published on Eurekalert, April 15, 2019 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/cafn-1ac041519.php The Scientific Program Committee, chaired by Paul Frankland and co-chair Ruth Slack, along with local chair Julie Lefebvre, have put together an exciting roster of scientific presentations, community building events and opportunities for networking and career development. Scientific highlights of the 2019 meeting include plenary lectures by Michelle…

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  • Blake Richards is the 2019 CAN Young Investigator awardee

    The Canadian Association for Neuroscience is proud to announce that Dr. Blake Richards, from University of Toronto at Scarborough, is the winner of the 2019 CAN Young Investigator Award Published on Eurekalert April 15, 2019 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/cafn-bri041519.php The Canadian Association for Neuroscience is proud to announce that Dr. Blake Richards, from University of Toronto at Scarborough,…

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