Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives

Congratulations to the following HBHL-funded researchers for ranking amongst the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list, which celebrates researchers with significant and broad influence:
🧠 @tedfon.bsky.social
🔬 @misicbata.bsky.social
💡 Dr. Gustavo Turecki
Kudos to you! 👏

www.mcgill.ca/research/art...

Finally, Demo Day wouldn't have been possible without our sponsors & partners (@cabhiinnovates.bsky.social @cytiva.bsky.social @elilillyandcompany.bsky.social, Dobson Centre, CLIP, MIF, McGill Engine), and without YOU, our vibrant community. Thank you all for making Demo Day a resounding success! 🥳

Congratulations to Foursight Medical for winning the Jury's Award & to @lassoinfo.bsky.social @scienceythings.bsky.social for sweeping both the Audience Award and a Jury Award! 🏆

A heartfelt thanks to our jury— Ron Shlien, Denis V. Keseris, Radhika Gupta & Aaron Weinroth—for your valuable insights.

A celebration of Quebec's entrepreneurship ecosystem & the latest in neuro-innovation, Demo Day featured:

👓 Remote Optical
💊 WillTher
🧠 Brainscores
🤖 AVAtalk Technologies Inc.
🔬 Foursight Medical
🎨 Pain+
🧪 Clinivance EDC
🧫 DendroTEK Biosciences Inc.
🤸‍♂️ Acuiti Health
🥽 Nospharma
⚗️ Lasso Informatics

𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐒𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐩 🌟

NeuroSphere recently hosted its third annual Demo Day, gathering 100+ attendees for a vibrant afternoon of pitches from 11 @mcgill.ca-based startups & some lively networking. Thank you for joining us! 💡

@mcgill-research.bsky.social @cabhiinnovates.bsky.social

Soyez des nôtres ce mercredi pour la série de conférences Neurogenesis et rencontrez les professeures @mcgill.ca Delphine Raucher-Chéné et @tasmiahai.bsky.social! 🧠

📅 26 novembre 2025
🕑 16h30 - 18h30
📍 @theneuro.bsky.social
🤝 Suivi d'une réception

Inscrivez-vous dès maintenant : mcgill.ca/x/iHe

Don't miss next week's Neurogenesis faculty lecture! Join @tasmiahai.bsky.social & Delphine Raucher-Chéné to learn about their groundbreaking research and the latest advances in neuroscience at @mcgill.ca. 🧠

📅 Nov. 26, 2025
📍 @theneuro.bsky.social
🤝 Reception afterwards!

Register: mcgill.ca/x/iHe

Don't miss next week's Neurogenesis faculty lecture! Join @tasmiahai.bsky.social & Delphine Raucher-Chéné to learn about their groundbreaking research and the latest advances in neuroscience at @mcgill.ca. 🧠

📅 Nov. 26, 2025
📍 @theneuro.bsky.social
🤝 Reception afterwards!

Register: mcgill.ca/x/iHe

Another #AmazingBrainScienceTalks for the books!

With 100+ attendees, 7 speakers and a vibrant poster session, last Saturday sure delivered. 🧠💗

Thanks to all who joined us to learn more about brain & heart health... and their surprising connection!

📸 Gallery: amazingbrain.ca#gallery2025

More support from @hbhlmcgill.bsky.social , @douglasresearch.bsky.social and @mcgill.ca

Subsecond dopamine fluctuations do not specify the vigor of ongoing actions Nature Neuroscience - Liu and colleagues show that the vigor (that is, speed and amplitude) of dexterous movements is not controlled by ongoing fluctuations in extracellular dopamine within the...

Delighted to see this finally out: rdcu.be/eO9oW
We tested whether brief striatal dopamine release events influence the vigor of skilled movements. Despite popular belief, we did not find any evidence linking rapid dopamine dynamics to motor vigor on a moment-by-moment basis.

Visual with photos of two professors Title: Neurogenesis Speaker Series Wednesday, November 26, 2025, 4:30-6:30 p.m., The Neuro with Delphine Raucher-Chene, MD, PhD, and Tasmia Hai, PhD

How can digital tools transform mental health research? Can brain anatomy show us how parents and children share attention? 🧠

Find out at the next Neurogenesis Faculty Lecture on Nov. 26 at @theneuro.bsky.social w/ Delphine Raucher-Chéné & @tasmiahai.bsky.social!

👉 Register here: mcgill.ca/x/iHe

You won't want to miss this:

Exciting talks by Roger Zemek, Benjamin Goldstein (@camhnews.bsky.social), Kris Noakes, @piawintermark.bsky.social (@rimuhc.bsky.social), Lesley Fellows (@healthsciences.mcgill.ca), Philip Jai Johnson & Georg Northoff (@uottawa.ca) 🧠🙌

Pssst... The Amazing Brain Science Talks are back tomorrow & it's going to be a full house!

Join HBHL, @braincanada.bsky.social & @bhi-icc.bsky.social at @banq-officiel.bsky.social to hear from experts + learn about the brain, the heart & everything in between. See you soon 🧪🧠

www.amazingbrain.ca

Don't miss this month's Neurogenesis faculty lecture! Join @tasmiahai.bsky.social & Delphine Raucher-Chéné to learn about their groundbreaking research and the latest advances in neuroscience. 🧠✨

📝 Register now: mcgill.ca/x/iHe

📅 Wed. November 26, 2025
🕒 4:30-6:30 p.m.
📍 @theneuro.bsky.social

Keen to explore the innovation ecosystem at @mcgill.ca and beyond? Join us at NeuroSphere's Demo Day for exciting pitches, dynamic discussions and networking with startups & investors. 🤝

📅 November 13, 2025
📍 @phiofficiel.bsky.social (Montreal)

Register now: mcgill.ca/x/ia2 🎟

Submit an abstract for the Patient-Oriented Neuroscience Research Symposium! 🩺

Present your work to patients, caregivers, @mcgill.ca faculty & organizations like CHILD-Bright, Quebec Coalition of Orphan Diseases (RQMO) and the Société québécoise de la schizophrénie.

Apply now: mcgill.ca/x/iub

Calling all @mcgill.ca students studying rare neurological disorders!

Submit an abstract for the HBHL Trainee Committee's 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁-𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 and help foster dialogue between patients, advocates, clinicians & researchers.

⏳ Apply by September 28, 2025: mcgill.ca/x/iub

A study by Dr. Gustavo Turecki and Prof. Corina Nagy, both HBHL-funded, found that brain cells change in those who suffer from depression, demonstrating that depression isn’t just emotional—it is real & physical.🧠

👉 Learn more: www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/cha...

@mcgill.ca @douglasresearch.bsky.social

Calling all @mcgill.ca students studying rare neurological disorders!

Submit an abstract for the HBHL Trainee Committee's 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁-𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 and help foster dialogue between patients, advocates, clinicians & researchers.

⏳ Apply by September 28, 2025: mcgill.ca/x/iub

Curious about the intersection of RNA therapeutics and neuroscience? Don't miss these upcoming public lectures at @douglasresearch.bsky.social & @mcgill.ca featuring Jason Shepherd & @twbredy.bsky.social.

Join us in Montreal next week on Sept. 22, 25 & 26. No registration required. 🙌 #neuroskyence

Kempner Research Fellowship - Kempner Institute The Kempner brings leading, early-stage postdoctoral scientists to Harvard to work on projects that advance the fundamental understanding of intelligence.

If you work on artificial or natural intelligence and are finishing your PhD, consider applying for a Kempner research fellowship at Harvard:
kempnerinstitute.harvard.edu/kempner-inst...

The ReSPCT Guidelines Visit the post for more.

A new @nature.com Delphi consensus from HBHL-funded team (Dr. Kyle Greenway & Chloé Pronovost-Morgan) sets guidelines for reporting contextual factors like music, approach and setting in #psychedelic clinical trials. 🧪

Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
ReSPCT guidelines: respctguidelines.com

Quantifying funding sources across neuroscience labs We want to hear from you about the sources of funding for your research.

Calling all PIs! @thetransmitter.bsky.social wants to understand the diverse funding sources that support your neuroscience research. Complete this survey and let us know: www.thetransmitter.org/funding/quan...

#neuroskyence

Supported by HBHL, IMPRESS connects Indigenous undergrads with @mcgill.ca mentors & profs for paid, hands-on research and cultural engagement.

Recently, IMPRESS students tried their hand at soapstone carving, an art form rooted in Inuit culture and tradition. Check it out! 🪨📸

A sweet summer so far with IMPRESS! 📸

This HBHL-supported program connects Indigenous undergrads with @mcgill.ca mentors & profs for paid, hands-on research & cultural engagement.

The 2025 cohort recently explored the art of beading in a workshop led by a student. 🌞

🔗 Learn more: mcgill.ca/x/wRy

@sylviavilleneuve.bsky.social @sylvainbaillet.bsky.social @yasharneuro.bsky.social @dadarmahsa.bsky.social @borismontreal.bsky.social @naguibmechawar.bsky.social 🙌

Results for the #CIHR Spring 2025: Project Grants are in! 🏃‍♀️‍➡️

Thirteen HBHL-funded PIs will be supported by CIHR for seven projects, totalling an investment of over $6.7M at @mcgill.ca & @douglasresearch.bsky.social. Congratulations! 👏

🔬 Learn more: mcgill.ca/x/ieS

@mcgill-research.bsky.social

done with tremendous support from @hbhlmcgill.bsky.social @westernubrainscan.bsky.social @tridentpct.bsky.social and @douglasresearch.bsky.social

In vivo and in silico alpha-synuclein propagation dynamics: The role of genotype, epicentre, and connectivity Synucleinopathies, like Parkinson's disease (PD) are characterized by progressive accumulation and spread of misfolded alpha-synuclein (aSyn) throughout the brain. To improve understanding of disease ...

Really excited to share this new preprint on the dynamics of alpha-synuclein spreading by Dr. Stephanie Tullo in our group. This was a long term labour of love spanning the pandemic, experimental work, and in silico modelling

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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