Congrats to my wonderful colleagues!!

Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM)@ircm.bsky.social · last wk.

Congratulations to Drs. Yardley, Ferron, Francis, and Gu, and their teams, for their success in the CIHR Spring 2026 competition. These grants highlight the excellence, innovation, and potential of the research conducted at the IRCM. 👉 Discover the funded projects: bit.ly/4vVhsHO

If you are interested in the genetics of ocular development, consider joining us at this meeting, which promises to be really exciting!

Someone should tell Trump: Canada holds 369 million hectares of forest. 93% of the areas that burned in 2023 was lightning-ignited, in remote boreal areas hard to reach. Raking the floor doesn't stop a lightning strike in the taiga.

Talk about a good spot for poster session!!

Pleased to share that I have accepted the role of editor-in-chief at Neuroscience Insights @neuroinsights.bsky.social, a journal of @sagepub.com. Have a look at the journal website journals.sagepub.com/home/EXN to learn more. We are interested in solid papers in all areas of neuroscience.

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Thanks so much to Michael and Michel (M&M?) for this awesome summary that makes our work look "epic"!!

Michel Cayouette@michelcayouette.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Our Commentary on the very nice recent paper from the @bobbyjeyeguy.bsky.social lab is finally out. A nice way to get a quick summary before diving into the full paper! Hope you like it. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Our Commentary on the very nice recent paper from the @bobbyjeyeguy.bsky.social lab is finally out. A nice way to get a quick summary before diving into the full paper! Hope you like it. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Excited to participate in this meeting. Promises to be a very interesting event, consider joining us!!

eyegenes.bsky.social@eyegenes.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We are looking forward to invited talks from @michelcayouette.bsky.social (McGill University, Montreal, Canada), Elise Heon (Sick Kids Hospital Toronto, Canada) and Brian Brooks (National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA)!

Many great points made in thi article. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The problem with Canada’s plan to buy scientific prestige

The government’s plans to poach 100 US researchers might make good economic sense. But what about the existing community?

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12 hour jet lags suck!

Join us in Toronto, July 13–16 for the International Conference on Neurogenesis and Repair. Featuring keynote Dr. Jeffrey Macklis (Harvard), 13 short‑talk slots, poster sessions, and many trainee travel awards Details + registration: event.fourwaves.com/neurogenesis... Hope to see you there!

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Had a wonderful visit at Taipei Medical University and Academia Sinica in Taïwan! Thank you to Jian-Ying Chuang and Chi-Hon Lee for hosting me and everyone who took time out of their schedule to meet with me and discuss their science!

Watching normal NHL games after this will be bof…😳

Great win Canada! But next game maybe start playing in the first period, this would greatly help my heart rate...

This just made my day...

Registration is OPEN for the 2026 Santa Cruz Meeting on Developmental Biology!!! #scdb26 @flybase.bsky.social @zfinmod.bsky.social @alliancegenome.bsky.social @insdb.bsky.social @isdb.bsky.social @geneticssociety.bsky.social @bsdb.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu

Impossible d’imaginer Science POP sans nos bénévoles! Ce sont eux qui, en offrant temps et énergie, rendent possible l’organisation de ce concours de vulgarisation scientifique hors du commun. Un énorme merci pour leur précieux soutien! 📆 Finale provinciale: les 17 et 18 avril 2026 lnkd.in/eW24Hewr

This is actually one of the biggest all time questions in biology. How do cells control their size? How do they know how big they are? How is that process regulated?

Michel Cayouette@michelcayouette.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Happy to announce that our latest paper is now out! Have you ever wondered how neural tissues control their size? In this paper, we show that cell division orientation is critical in both the cortex and retina. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Happy to announce that our latest paper is now out! Have you ever wondered how neural tissues control their size? In this paper, we show that cell division orientation is critical in both the cortex and retina. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Oriented cell divisions induce basal progenitors and regulate neural expansion across tissues and species

A fundamental role for division orientation in progenitor output driving cortical and retinal growth is revealed.

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If you’re a young PI (or senior postdoc) heading to FENS, this one’s for you! It’ll be a lot of fun—and honestly, I can’t think of a better moment in one’s career to have a strong peer network.

Young PI Neuroscience Symposium'26@young-pi-neuro26.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📣 Our website is live and registration is NOW OPEN for the Young PI Symposium 2026 - the day prior to FENS Barcelona! Navigate challenges, sharpen leadership skills, make a roadmap together for generations of neuroscientists! youngpisymposium2026.com Check out our program and join us!

Attended a great talk by Dr. Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social 🧠 He showed how retinal progenitor cells use "spindle orientation" to decide their fate between expanding the pool vs creating specific neurons. It's how the retina controls its own size 👁️ #visionscience

CIHR notifying me today that I must file a final grant report before 30th September 2033… Is this some kind of joke?

Stunning

Paul Byrne@theplanetaryguy.com · 7mo ago

Open up this picture fully. Then look at the surface of Mars. Then look up to the top right. Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky. Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos. That's Earth.

LOL! Try to avoid catching methyl groups floating around…

Jessica Tollkuhn@tollkuhn.bsky.social · 8mo ago

absolutely losing it at my 14yo's biology homework

I was honored this week to receive the Marcel Piché prize. But a prize is never a one person achievement. Thanks to everyone who made an impact in my career (too many to name all). And check out the nice video! www.instagram.com/reel/DR4YwVp...

Cool stuff, congrats!

John Ball@john-m-ball.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Extremely proud to share our publication on S-cone circuitry in the ground squirrel, newly available this week in PNAS. We've been staring at these reconstructions for a long time, and I'm excited for others to see the results. 1/n www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Just a heads up: I just got a phishing attempt pretending to be from the #VisualSystemDevelopment #GRC. It looked pretty convincing at first glance, so be careful!

Dear #Neuroscience researchers, I am Guest Editing an issue in @devdynamics.bsky.social on NEURAL MIGRATION. Due date: March 31, 2026. Great opportunity to showcase your findings on neural migration. #DevBio Please reskeet 🙏 anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1097...

Developmental Dynamics

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We are so happy to have had our book launch at the vision sciences research day in Montreal! 👀 🧠 😄 📚 Photo 📸 by Katapub Thank you! ✨ @reseauvision.bsky.social @michelcayouette.bsky.social