Integrated Program in Neuroscience - Block 3

2023 Bernice Grafstein Lecture in Neuroscience presents Dr. Marina Picciotto

�山ǿ�� — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 18:15:51 +0000

The Integrated Program in Neuroscience (IPN) invites Dr. Marina Picciotto is give the 2023 Bernice Grafstein Lecture in Neuroscience. Dr. Picciotto is the Charles B. G. Murphy Professor of Psychiatry and Professor in the Child Study Center, of Neuroscience and of Pharmacology at Yale School of Medicine. Her talk is entitled “A novel VTA GABA pathway that encodes unconditioned reward value”. Dr. Picciotto specializes in addiction, memory, and reward behaviours.

Open Science project funded for $1.5M

�山ǿ�� — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:51:24 +0000

YCharOS antibody characterization platform addresses the “reproducibility crisis” in research

An innovative research project led by researchers at The Neuro has been awarded $1.5M by the Government of Quebec through CQDM.

YCharOS is an innovative platform led by neuroscientists Peter McPherson and Carl Laflamme that validates antibody reagents for human proteins.

Amazing Brain Science Talks 2024: Celebrating the Mind

�山ǿ�� — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 14:52:25 +0000

On Saturday, October 19, 2024, Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives (HBHL) presented the second edition of the Amazing Brain Science Talks, organized in collaboration with Brain Canada Foundation. Held at the PHI Centre in Montreal, the event was a great success, drawing over 100 members for an engaging afternoon focused on brain health.

At-home neurological disorder diagnosis project receives major funding

�山ǿ�� — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 18:24:33 +0000

$1M grant from The Weston Family Foundation will pave the way for earlier intervention in REM sleep behaviour disorder and Parkinson’s disease

REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) is an often debilitating condition that causes people to act out in their sleep, sometimes violently. What’s worse, people with the disorder often go on to develop Parkinson’s disease.

Gene therapy project receives major funding

�山ǿ�� — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 14:20:38 +0000

$1.14 million from CIHR will resolve treatment roadblocks for rare brain disorders

Gene therapy for rare neurological disorders will move one step forward thanks to a $1.14 million grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

Research on new stem cell models receives $2.6 million

�山ǿ�� — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:44:26 +0000

Thomas Durcan’s project will dissect the role of microglia in degenerative conditions, to identify new therapeutic strategies for Alzheimer's treatment

An innovative new program based at The Neuro has received $2.6 million from the CQDM and the Brain Canada Foundation.

Bilingualism makes the brain more efficient, especially when learned at a young age

�山ǿ�� — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 13:44:33 +0000

MRI data from large sample shows increased whole-brain connectivity in people with a second language

Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to build connections within itself, adapting to the surrounding environment. The brain is most plastic in childhood, forming new pathways in reaction to stimuli such as language.

Recreating a hallmark of Parkinson's disease in human neurons

�山ǿ�� — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:47:43 +0000

Scientists use stem cells to follow development of protein bodies characteristic of neurological disease

Alan Evans elected Fellow of the Royal Society

�山ǿ�� — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 19:34:33 +0000

Honour is recognition for a lifetime of leading research

Alan Evans, a researcher at The Neuro, James �山ǿ�� Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery and co-director of the Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, joining a class of scientists that includes a Nobel laureate and a former Chief Medical Advisor to the US President.

Two Neuro projects funded by international partnership

�山ǿ�� — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 13:20:06 +0000

Researchers will study how hormones affect brain cancer and the role of neural circuits in social skills

The Paris Brain Institute and the Institut Pasteur have partnered with The Neuro to fund two groundbreaking studies, each receiving more than $440,000. These projects are part of an international collaboration to address future challenges in neuroscience.