Super opportunity for grad students! @haleyv.bsky.social has been an absolute force in the lab, and a fantastic mentor to all team members. Can’t wait to see what she does @uottawa.ca School of Psychology!

Haley Vecchiarelli@haleyv.bsky.social · 3w ago

I am beyond thrilled to share that I will be joining the @uottawa.ca School of Psychology as an Assistant Professor starting January 2027!! My lab's research will focus on cannabinoid neuroimmunology and behaviour. I am recruiting graduate students to start Fall 2027.

@descalzi.bsky.social lab is also hiring a PDF and PhD student, so come chat if you're interested in pain, astrocytes and behaviour. I'm biased, but it's a great training environment!!

Haley Vecchiarelli@haleyv.bsky.social · 4mo ago

What a super busy but wonderful #CAN2026!! Truly amazing talk and postern sessions. Super honoured to have co-moderated the EDI session on mobility in science yesterday with @camielnik.bsky.social!! Excited to present a snippet of some new data on pain and eCBs from @descalzi.bsky.social @P575

What a super busy but wonderful #CAN2026!! Truly amazing talk and postern sessions. Super honoured to have co-moderated the EDI session on mobility in science yesterday with @camielnik.bsky.social!! Excited to present a snippet of some new data on pain and eCBs from @descalzi.bsky.social @P575

Join our team! I'm looking for postdocs and graduate students interested in dissecting brain circuits promoting chronic pain and comorbid anxiodepressive states. Check out the links below! We'll be at CAN in Montreal! posters: P2B316 & P3B575 can-acn.org/postdoc-posi... can-acn.org/phd-student-...

Glia gang, this is for you! In this video by our #ElectronMicroscopy team, shows a pyramidal neuron (PyC) surrounded by 8 glia brain cells – 5 microglia (MG) and 3 oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPC). 🧠📈 http://microns-explorer.org

“Cognitive psychology has shown that students grow intellectually through doing the work of drafting, revising, failing, trying again, grappling with confusion and revising weak arguments. This is the work of learning how to learn.” #AI #HigherEd #EduSky 1/2 theconversation.com/the-greatest...

The greatest risk of AI in higher education isn’t cheating – it’s the erosion of learning itself

Automating knowledge production and teaching weakens the ecosystem of students and scholars that sustains universities, raising existential questions about their mission.

theconversation.com

So much inappropriate use of AI; it will be the death of novel thought. I feel students using AI to research have somehow been mislead into thinking that summarizing papers is the same as reading and comprehension.

solar. birth control. MRI machines. the telephone.

Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 8mo ago

is there a technology that "the left" is excited about? www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...

#JNeurosci: In a rat model of chronic pain, Ball et al. found that activating the CGIC–SI pathway increases touch sensitivity and dorsal horn excitability, whereas inhibiting the pathway reverses neuropathic pain. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1306-25.2025

Save the date for the annual "Neural Circuits and Behaviour" satellite conference at the Canadian Association for Neuroscience annual meeting, cohosted by @franklandlab.bsky.social and myself on May 18, 2026. We have a great speaker lineup and will be selecting 4 trainees talks from our registrants!

Extremely excited & proud to share our new preprint - we provide for the first time a single cell map of the mouse brain across sex, the estrous cycle, and peripartum! Data are 🔥 👇 "Single-cell map of the female brain across reproductive transitions" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Come work with us. Huge strengths in MRI, neuroscience and musculoskeletal health and their intersections such as pain, child development or ageing. Preclinical and clinical research and translation are also big opportunities. Shoot me a note if you have questions.

Penny Pexman@pennypexman.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🚀 Launched! Here’s our call for applicants to the Canada Impact+ Research Chairs Program at @westernu.ca. This is a remarkable opportunity for us to recruit outstanding scholars who are currently working internationally: www.uwo.ca/research/can...

Join us at CAN for genomic fun!

Marija Kundakovic@kundakoviclab.bsky.social · last yr.

If you are at @canacn.bsky.social , don't miss our symposium on Thurs 1:30 pm: A genomics approach towards understanding sex differences in cognition, mental health, and neurodevelopment. w @descalzi.bsky.social @ivazovkic.bsky.social @derubeislab.bsky.social @walkerde.bsky.social See you there!

GREAT opportunity for Canadian trainees: FOUR talks at the Neural Circuits and Behaviour CAN satellite are reserved for trainees. AND the best trainee talk wins a $500 prize (thanks to the Garry Hurvitz Centre for Brain & Mental Health). REGISTER today and submit your proposed talk title.

Scientist position at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. We are looking for neuroscientists with interests in the molecular and cellular bases of cognition. The position is open-rank, and the successful candidate will also be appointed at U Toronto. Deadline is Feb 15th. Come join us!