CIHR has launched a trial ballon that suggests shifting to one competition a year. This is the worst idea I have heard in a long time. The only benefit is making top-line success rates look better than they are. Keep it as is, do in-person reviews, and keep the pain in the open.

Tomorrow is the day! Learn how reviewing can help expand your knowledge as a scientist while also advancing rigorous science in tomorrow’s webinar. Register now: vist.ly/4v3mn #neurosky #academicchatter #neuroskyence

I’m very excited to announce that a part of my PhD thesis project is now a preprint! In this paper, we show how spontaneous activity prior to visual experience shapes neural circuits in the retina. (1/11)

bioRxiv Neuroscience@biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Retinal waves shape starburst amacrine cell dendrite development through a direction-selective dendritic computation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.02.701812v1

There's still time to apply to be a 2026 @dev-journal.bsky.social Pathway to Independence fellow For those about to apply for their first independent academic position, the programme offers - mentoring - leadership training - profile rising - networking journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi...

A huge thank you to everyone who visited our booth, joined our events, and shared this journey with us. We’re already looking forward to seeing you again at more meetings around the world! @thebalelab.bsky.social @julielefebvrelab.bsky.social

What a great synapse social! Thanks to everyone who came including our special guests Troy Littleton, Heather Broihier, Sheena Josselyn, Megan Williams, Martin Hruska, and more! And extra thanks for my co-organiser Julie Lefebvre for being amazing to work with. A great time for faculty AND trainees!

SfN- join us Monday evening for the Bridging the Synapse Social 7pm!

Tim Mosca (he/him)@drosophilosophy.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Welcome to SFN !!! @julielefebvrelab.bsky.social and I will be hosting the "Bridging the Synapse" networking event on Monday 11/17 at the Marriott at 7 PM! Come hang out with synaptic biologists from all over to talk about the coolest topics in neuroscience with the coolest folk! Spread the word!

Welcome to SFN !!! @julielefebvrelab.bsky.social and I will be hosting the "Bridging the Synapse" networking event on Monday 11/17 at the Marriott at 7 PM! Come hang out with synaptic biologists from all over to talk about the coolest topics in neuroscience with the coolest folk! Spread the word!

Had an energizing meeting with IBRO BoD colleagues to review the amazing last few years and impact IBRO has had on global neuroscience. Check out IBRo @ibroorg.bsky.social to learn more about trainee and grant funding in neuroscience, and how you can get involved .

International Brain Research Organization@ibroorg.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Our #IBRO Board of Directors meets twice a year to review milestones and shape IBRO's next steps - and this time, we’re doing it in person! A chance to plan, reflect and reconnect. Stayed tuned for updates on the coming year! Tracy Bale Julie Lefebvre Shubha Tole

If you're attending #SfN2025, don’t miss Dr. Sheena A. Josselyn, Program Co-Chair of #IBRO2027, in her Special Lecture on how memories are formed, stored & transformed over time 📅 15 Nov | 1–2 PM 📍 Ballroom 20 Discover all IBRO's activities at #SfN2025: https://ibro.org/meet-ibro-at-sfn-2025/

This afternoon, #UofT will celebrate a new chapter with the installation of Professor Melanie A. Woodin as the University’s 17th president. Join us for this historic milestone by tuning into the livestream at 3 p.m. ET.

Installation of Professor Melanie A. Woodin as the 17th President of the University of Toronto

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MAGDELEINE VALLIERES!!!! 🌈🌈🌈🌈 WORLDDD CHAMPPP! WHAT HAVE YOU JUST GONE AND DONE 📸: @gettyimages.com

Canadienne Magdeleine Vallières is the women’s world cycling champion! What an exciting and strong finish!

Escape Collective@escapecollective.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Vallieres makes history as first Canadian to win World Championships. escapecollective.com/vallieres-ma...

🚨Another PI job opening in the Neuroscience dept. at @umontreal.ca ! 🚨 www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Professor at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, in the field of neurocircuitry - Montréal, Quebec (CA) job with Université de Montréal | 12843808

Professor at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, in the field of neurocircuitry involved in the production of complex behaviors

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Attention neuroscience faculty in Canada & US: Time to make impact - Work with IBRO-US Canada Regional Committee to expand research opportunities for our trainees, increase the participation of researchers from diverse groups, and enhance global neuroscience! Nominations due Friday, Aug 15th.

International Brain Research Organization@ibroorg.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 Calling for nominations! With the 2025 Elections NOW OPEN, IBRO invites #IBROmembers to nominate passionate scientists for its Regional Committees Your voice matters in building IBRO's inclusive & regionally driven leadership in #neuroscience Learn more: buff.ly/MZvrQWW @thebalelab.bsky.social

Attention neuroscience faculty in Canada & US: Time to make impact - Work with IBRO-US Canada Regional Committee to expand research opportunities for our trainees, increase the participation of researchers from diverse groups, and enhance global neuroscience! Nominations due Friday, Aug 15th.

International Brain Research Organization@ibroorg.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 Calling for nominations! With the 2025 Elections NOW OPEN, IBRO invites #IBROmembers to nominate passionate scientists for its Regional Committees Your voice matters in building IBRO's inclusive & regionally driven leadership in #neuroscience Learn more: buff.ly/MZvrQWW @thebalelab.bsky.social

IBRO Parenthood #Grants support early-career researchers to enjoy quality time with their family during this period without compromising the research progress 💫 Apply by 15 Aug: buff.ly/0ZPaJk5 #IBROinAsiaPacific #IBROinUSCanada #IBROinAfrica #IBROinLatAm #IBROinEurope @julielefebvrelab.bsky.social

Hi all. Frank passed peacefully with the love of his family on July 18, 2025 in London, ON. He was a wonderful human being who shared much of his life with you. We could not have asked for a better father, grandfather, friend, colleague, or mentor. 1/

Happy 107th Birthday, Brenda Milner! Her contributions to neuropsychology shaped the way we understand the human brain. From surviving two world wars and two pandemics, to paving the way for future generations of researchers, Milner’s legacy continues. @mcgill.ca @cusm-muhc.bsky.social

which brought more circuit-level understanding of the human brain and brought more connections between neurosurgery and fundamental neuroscience research. This is the kind of gold standard science that will bring future treatments; it is a public good that only govt will invest in. #neuroscience

The month-long IBRO 2026 Schools Support call is OPEN! Do you have an idea for an impactful, hands-on #neuroscience school? Share your curriculum & empower the next generation of neuroscientists. Apply now: buff.ly/Fdit4k3 @thebalelab.bsky.social @danek8317.bsky.social @julielefebvrelab.bsky.social

🇨🇦🚨Job Alert🚨🇨🇦 Canada Excellence Research Chair (C$5 or C$10M, 8 yr budget) U Toronto, Dept of Biochem/LabMedPath *Was just told they're looking for a structural biologist using cryoEM* (related to infectious disease?) Are you an established PI ready to move to 🇨🇦? research.utoronto.ca/funding-oppo...

Happy Leading Edge Fellow day!!!!!!

Leading Edge Fellows Program@leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social · last yr.

We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows! 40 outstanding postdoctoral fellows doing pioneering research in a wide range of biological and biomedical disciplines. Learn more about these exceptional scientists: www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows

#CAN2025 highlight was the session organized by @canacn.bsky.social EDI committee on financial barriers to scientific training. Inspiring presentation by @supportourscience.bsky.social on success for gov’t$ for trainee funds, and stimulating panel discussion. Thank u @ibroorg.bsky.social for support

Thank you Matt and Rose for a great meeting. See you in MTL

Matt Hill@cannabrain.bsky.social · last yr.

And that’s a wrap folks for #CAN2025. Thanks to everyone who came and participated in the science and conversations and we conclude with the past (me), now present ( @rcbagot.bsky.social ) and future ( @markcembrowski.bsky.social ) chairs of the @canacn.bsky.social meeting. See you in Montreal 2026!

Meet our #CAN2025 travel grantees! 🎉 IBRO is proud to support these early-career researchers in attending the meeting, presenting their posters & gaining valuable connections & insights for their careers. We wish them continued success! #conference @canacn.bsky.social @julielefebvrelab.bsky.social

Wonderful talk by @markcembrowski.bsky.social on his exciting research on memory circuits. Congrats 2025 CAN Young Investigator Awardee @canacn.bsky.social

Toronto all lit up for neuroscience #CAN2025.

If you are in Toronto on Tuesday next week, please consider coming to see a FREE public lecture on memory, delivered by the amazing @sjo09.bsky.social and @barense.bsky.social . Tix at this link can-acn.org/meeting-2025... Please repost and hope to see you there!

You are invited to my Ben Barres Spotlight Award Event where I will be talking about the lab's research partly funded by this eLife @eLifeCommunity award. My talk will be followed by a Q&A about eLife’s publishing model. Please register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...