S.ChenLab uOttawa retweeted
ECRs in Canada doing brain research, this one's for you! Apply to this year's Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research grant competition. LOIs due Nov 3rd.
Full eligibility and more info here ⤵️
Brain Canada's 2026 Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research program is now open. Early-career researchers can apply for $100K over two years.
Letters of Intent due Nov 3 at 5 p.m. ET. ➡️ braincanada.ca/files/2026-fu…
#Neuroscience #ResearchFunding
S.ChenLab uOttawa retweeted
Trainees, come practice your sci comm skills and present your research to the public at the Amazing Brain Science talks in Ottawa!
Applications for poster presenters are due this Friday, details below
Ottawa-area trainees: applications are open for the Amazing Brain Science Talks poster presentations (Nov 14, 2026).
Eligibility: your lab is currently/previously @BrainCanada -funded, and/or is affiliated with @BHI_ICC , the uOttawa Brain & Mind Research Institute, or @TheRoyalMHC.
Deadline: Oct 9, 11:59pm.
Apply: braincanada.ca/files/amazing…
S.ChenLab uOttawa retweeted
Congratulations to this amazing trio!! They have vastly empowered life sciences and neurosciences with awesome tools and inspired many scientists with their awesome research. Couldn't be better deserved.
BREAKING NEWS
The 2026 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
S.ChenLab uOttawa retweeted
Congratulations to the BBRF Goldman-Rakic Prize Recipient, Dr. Sheena Josselyn, for their Outstanding Achievement in Cognitive Neuroscience!
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Memory and Engrams
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Register & Learn more: ow.ly/z0jz50X0gwk
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@SickKidsNews @UofT
S.ChenLab uOttawa retweeted
Ottawa-area trainees: applications are open for the Amazing Brain Science Talks poster presentations (Nov 14, 2026).
Eligibility: your lab is currently/previously @BrainCanada -funded, and/or is affiliated with @BHI_ICC , the uOttawa Brain & Mind Research Institute, or @TheRoyalMHC.
Deadline: Oct 9, 11:59pm.
Apply: braincanada.ca/files/amazing…
S.ChenLab uOttawa retweeted
Congrats to the multi-disciplinary Neural Dynamics neuromodulation team on Topographic structure and function of locus coeruleus noradrenaline neurons.
nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
S.ChenLab uOttawa retweeted
Our joint study with @CityUHongKong has uncovered how the brain dynamically manages and reorganises its neural resources when learning to multitask. Research team believes the biological findings can be applied to artificial intelligence training in multitasking. bit.ly/4yh1ZU4
📖: bit.ly/4x0MM8R
@NeuroCellPress
huge congrats!!!!!!
Thrilled to share our new paper, published in @ScienceMagazine! We show how different sensory inputs recruit distinct vascular networks to shape blood flow across cortical layers.
science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
S.ChenLab uOttawa retweeted
We're hiring! Postdoc position to study the neural control of reaching using high-density multi-area electrophysiology. 5 years of funding, great collaborative environment. Please share with anyone who may be interested. For details, see: docs.google.com/document/d/1…
S.ChenLab uOttawa retweeted
I am pleased to share our paper showing that the minimal neurexin-1 isoform Nrx1γ forms a nanoscale trans-synaptic bridge aligning presynaptic release machinery with AMPAR nanodomains, tuning synaptic transmission and behaviour.
Full access at authors.elsevier.com/a/1nTlG…
Online now: Neurexin-1γ drives synaptic transmission through structural integration of neurotransmitter release machinery and postsynaptic receptor nanodomains dlvr.it/TTdskn
S.ChenLab uOttawa retweeted
Online now: Dynamic coordination and segregation mechanisms in higher cortex for parallel task processing dlvr.it/TTGrfF
S.ChenLab uOttawa retweeted
Qu'est-ce qui réveille une cellule souche neurale de son sommeil ? 🧠⏳
Une nouvelle étude menée par le Dr Armen Saghatelyan, de la Faculté de médecine de l'Université d'Ottawa, montre que les cils microscopiques qui battent sur les cellules voisines pourraient jouer un rôle clé.
Points clés :
⚙️ Les forces physiques contribuent à maintenir la dormance des cellules souches.
⚡ La perturbation du mouvement des cils active les cellules souches neurales.
🌱 Des mécanismes similaires pourraient exister dans d’autres organes.
Ces résultats ouvrent de nouvelles perspectives prometteuses pour la médecine régénérative, offrant de nouvelles façons de comprendre et d’exploiter potentiellement le comportement des cellules souches pour de futurs traitements. 🔬
Pour en savoir plus sur cette étude, cliquez sur le lien ici : uottawa.ca/faculte-medecine/…
ALT Photo du Dr Armen Saghatelyan, de la Faculté de médecine d’Ottawa, suivie d’une photo de lui et de son équipe dans un laboratoire.
S.ChenLab uOttawa retweeted
CAN and CIHR-INMHA are very proud to announce the winners of the 2025 Brain Star awards. See all their profiles here: can-acn.org/congratulations-…
S.ChenLab uOttawa retweeted
Thrilled to share our paper out today in @CellCellPress! Transcranial magnetic stimulation can effectively treat depression, but how? We uncovered cell type-specific plasticity driving these antidepressant effects 👇
cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092…
S.ChenLab uOttawa retweeted
Excited to share my co-first-authored work on registering in vivo Ca2+ imaging data to ex vivo transcriptomic and projection datasets, enabling the mapping of each cell’s functional coding to its genetic cell type: biorxiv.org/content/10.64898….
S.ChenLab uOttawa retweeted
PhD: defended :)))
Started in the OR as a surgical nurse, then found my way into neuroscience, today I can finally say I HAVE DEFENDED my PhD 🎓😎
Grateful to @SChenlab for his mentorship beyond science. Thanks to my advisory committee @JCBeique, @maximewc, and Dr. Tuan Bui 🙏
S.ChenLab uOttawa retweeted
The University of Ottawa's Medicine research teams earn nationally competitive grants from Brain Canada! 🧠🔬
Congratulations to Drs. Simon Chen and Sara Tremblay who have earned “Momentum Grants”, awarded to scientists whose work demonstrates exceptional promise in accelerating discoveries that improve our understanding of the brain and, ultimately, transform patient care.
Read more about their work and contribution to brain research ➡️ uottawa.ca/faculty-medicine/…
@uOttawaResearch @uOttawa
ALT Side-by-side portrait pictures of Drs. Simon Chen and Sara Tremblay
It's an honor to receive this Momentum Grant from @BrainCanada
And congrats to other recipients @rungtalab @BAmilhon :)
🧠 We're proud to announce the 10 recipients of this year's Momentum Grants, doubling our investment to $2M to fuel bold brain research across Canada. Thank you to our partners: @azrielifdn, @HeartandStroke, Hewitt Foundation. Learn more 👉 braincanada.ca/announcements…
#BrainCanada #MomentumGrants #Neuroscience
