Category: News
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Commitment of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
May – 2025 This is an important time to reiterate the commitment of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience (CAN) to the values and principles of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. These are core values for CAN and they must inform research design and dissemination, and support for all researchers. As a scientific society, we affirm that…
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Research from University of Ottawa: deciphering what serotonin is saying inside our brains
The international research team’s ambitious work has implications across multiple fields and sheds compelling new light on the extraordinarily complex serotonin system. In our day-to-day lives, we’re constantly making a slew of decisions from immediate matters to prospects on the far horizon. But the evolutionary nuts-and-bolts of how our brains weigh these numerous daily decisions…
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University of Ottawa-led research team forges compelling new insights into dynamics of the brain’s serotonin system
Source of text: David McFadden, Communications Advisor & Research Writer, University of Ottawa The study’s findings could potentially help develop targeted therapeutics for mood disorders like major depressive disorder. Our lives are filled with binary decisions – choices between one of two alternatives. But what’s really happening inside our brains when we engage in this…
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 CAN- CIHR-INMHA Brain Star Awards!
The Canadian Association for Neuroscience (CAN) and the Canadian Institutes of Health’s Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (CIHR-INMHA) are proud to announce the winners of the 2024 Brain Star Awards. The CIHR-INMHA Brain Star awards, administered by the Canadian Association for Neuroscience, are awarded to students and trainees who have published high impact…
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Mark Cembrowski wins the 2025 CAN New Investigator Award for multidisciplinary research that has transformed our understanding of how memory is represented in the brain
The Canadian Association for Neuroscience is proud to announce Dr. Mark Cembrowski will be awarded the 2025 Canadian Association of Neuroscience (CAN) New Investigator Award. Dr. Cembrowski has established himself as an outstanding scientist, collaborator, and mentor, conducting leading-edge research on the cellular and molecular underpinnings of cognition and brain disorders, particularly in memory. Read…
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Read CAN Connection – March 2025
Read our most recent newsletter here: https://can-acn.org/can-connection-march-2025/ Content:
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Congratulations to 2025 Brain Prize winners Michelle Monje and Frank Winkler
Pioneering research into brain cancer is awarded the world’s largest brain research prize, The Brain Prize Gliomas are types of cancers that arise in the brain and are extraordinarily difficult to treat. They are the leading cause of brain tumour-related deaths in both children and adults. Two pioneering scientists are awarded The Brain Prize 2025…
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Read CAN Connection – December 2024 edition
Read the latest edition of our newsletter! CAN Connection – December 2024
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CAN at the 2024 Canadian Science Policy Conference
The Canadian Association for Neuroscience was happy to participate in the Canadian Science Policy Conference last month in Ottawa, and in the symposium organized by the Canadian Brain Research Strategy: “Scaling Research for Impact: From Local Insights to Global Solutions“ on November 20, 2025. Read more about the symposium here: https://canadianbrain.ca/canadian-science-policy-conference-brain-health-and-research-summit-2024/
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CAN submits a brief to the House of Commons Science and Research committee study on the Capstone Research Funding Organization Announced in Budget 2024
Read our submission to the House of Commons Science and Research Committee study on “The Mission, Mandate, Role, Structure and Financing of the New Capstone Research Funding Organization Announced in Budget 2024”
