Category: News
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Announcing the new co-chair of the CAN Advocacy committee: Dr. Susanne Schmid
The Canadian Association for Neuroscience is proud to announce that Dr. Susanne Schmid, Professor and Vice-Dean Basic Medical Sciences at Western University has accepted the invitation to be co-chair of […]
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Read our latest newsletter: CAN Connection – Fall 2025
We invite you to read our latest newsletter: CAN Connection – Fall 2025
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Brain Star Award Feature: Christina You Chien Chou – McGill University
An optomapping approach to better understand connections in the visual cortex of the brain In the brain, information is passed from neuron to neuron via connections called synapses. Synaptic dysfunction […]
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CAN submits a brief to the Department of Finance pre-budget consultations
We invite you to read our submission to the Department of Finance pre-budget consultations
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Brain Star Award Feature: Kassem Jaber, Montreal Neurological Institute
A new framework to assess placement of electrodes in the brain for epilepsy surgery Epilepsy is a chronic condition that is characterized by spontaneous recurring seizures. In clinical practice, the […]
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Brain Star Award Feature: Ghazaleh Eskandari-Sedighi, University of Alberta
Identification of CD33m as a new protective factor in Alzheimer’s Disease development. Immune cells in the brain, called microglia, are thought to be critical in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) development through […]
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Read CAN’s brief submitted to the 2025 FINA Pre-budget consultations
We are happy to share with you CAN’s pre-budget brief submission for the Consultations launched by the Finance committee of the House of Commons. https://can-acn.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/CAN-FINA-Submission-July-2025_final-1.pdf Our two main recommendations are an […]
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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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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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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 […]
