Toronto Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Consortium

CALLING ALL #CANNABINERDS !! 🍀🧑‍🔬
Two great #seminars from #postdocs in the #cannabinoid field that can't be missed!

Register below to support #scientists this Thursday at 12pm EST.

@tc3consortium.bsky.social @westernu.ca @ruthaross.bsky.social @icrsonbluesky.bsky.social @cannabisjrnl.bsky.social

Meet TC3 Fellow Alumna Alexandra Santos! She is currently a Senior Research Associate on the Analytical and Quality Control team at BlueRock Therapeutics, a company that focuses on developing stem cell therapy products.
#UofTAlum #Biotech

In response to your requests, the abstract deadline has been extended to March 8, 2026.

Don't delay, submit your abstracts and reach out if you have any questions.

The Centre for Research & Innovation Support at @utoronto.ca is hosting a session on PhotoVoice as part of the Drawing across the Disciplines Series. #PhotoVoice is a qualitative methodology that uses photography and words of research participants. A Webinar is followed by a hands-on #workshop.

Don’t miss this chance to submit your abstract and apply for trainee awards at the 2026 Canadian Cannabis Research Summit! @tc3consortium.bsky.social

🔬 Researchers, trainees, and emerging scholars — we want to hear from you!

🗓 Deadline: February 21
👉 Submit now: surveymonkey.com/r/CCRSabstra...

EBPS2023 special issue: Stress, trauma and cannabinoids - Psychopharmacology Psychopharmacology -

What an undertaking this was. So proud of the collection @mayoonthebrain.bsky.social , @brainsbeesbikes.bsky.social , @cbaunez.bsky.social and I collected for the “Stress, Trauma and Cannabinoids” special issue in @psychopharmacology.bsky.social
Editorial: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Meet TC3 Trainee Dr. Robert Colonna! His work examines the determinants of cannabis-impaired driving among youth, evaluates brief digital interventions aimed at reducing cannabis use and impaired driving, and explores how gender influences experiences and outcomes within remedial education programs.

Don't delay, submit your abstract and trainee award application for the #Canadian #CannabisResearch Summit before the deadline: February 21!

co-hosted with @tc3consortium.bsky.social

Submit an abstract: www.surveymonkey.com/r/CCRSabstra...

Don't miss Dr. Karim Ladha's seminar entitled "Opioids, Cannabis and Psychedelics: Important Therapeutics or Just Getting High?" at the Dept of Pharmacology & Toxicology Tuesday Seminar Series. In person Feb 3 at 3:00 – 4:00 PM. DM for details. Space is limited.
#cannabis #opioid #psychedelic

Congratulations to TC3 Fellow, Christina Pereira, on being awarded @braincanada.bsky.social's 2025 Brain Canada Rising Stars Trainee Award!! 👏 🙌 🥳

Abstract submissions are now open!
💰 Funding opportunities for TC3 members and trainees at the University of Toronto and TAHSN:
Trainees 👉 Apply for conference registration awards
Faculty 👉 Access discounted registration rates
Check your latest TC3 Newsletter or our website for application details.

📢 Call for Poster Abstracts: BRN Research Symposium 2026!

Whether it’s your first presentation or part of ongoing research, poster sessions are a great way to showcase your work, share ideas and connect with fellow researchers. Submit by Feb. 27 🔗 buff.ly/HQdhGke #UofT

Don't miss this upcoming ICRS trainee career webinar on Thursday January 22, 2026! Registration is free.
#career
#trainee
#graduatestudent
#cannabis
#cannabinoid

Congratulations to TC3 Trainee Dhvani Mehta on being awarded the NEATOR (Neuropsychopharmacology Editors' Award for a Transformative Original Report) Journal Award by the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology's NPP Journal 🥳🥳🥳

Visit canadianpainsociety.ca/awards for more details

📢‼️ ATTENTION ALL POSTDOCS IN CANADA 🍁 or CANADIAN POSTDOCS ABROAD!🌎

A great opportunity to present your work to the greater Canadian Neuroscience community!

▶️ On the job market?
Get your name out there!

▶️ Looking for collaborators?
They might be in the audience!

▶️‼️ APPLY BY NOV. 21 11:59pm PT.

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📣 Don’t miss our upcoming report from the Expert Panel on the State of Science, Technology, and Innovation in Canada (Nov 18th). go.cca-reports.ca/4jPxfm0

Sign up for our mailing list and be notified of release. bit.ly/cca-advance

#Research #CdnSci #innovation 🧪

Congratulations to @tc3consortium.bsky.social Member, Professor Sheena Josselyn on being awarded the Peter Seeburg Integrative Neuroscience Prize!!

Anxiety and depression in emerging adults: The STAND program as a model of scalable screening and intervention Neuropsychopharmacology - Anxiety and depression in emerging adults: The STAND program as a model of scalable screening and intervention

This recent 🔄 Review 🔄 discusses barriers to depression & anxiety treatment access in young adults

It also describes the STAND tool: a digitally-supported stepped care system designed to overcome barriers & personalize care for anxiety & depression

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#UofT ranked first in Canada, 21st globally in 2026 Times Higher Education World University Rankings 🌎 uoft.me/THE26

The Journal of Neuroscience has updated its policy on supplemental material. https://www.jneurosci.org/content/information-authors#suppl

Jade Nixon (left) and kara lynch (right).

BRN talk centres Black, Indigenous histories in the classroom 📚 buff.ly/et9Uil9 #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork

‼️📢 JOIN A GREAT TEAM OF POSTDOCS AND HELP SPREAD THE WORD THAT GREAT SCIENCE IS DONE BY CANADIANS AND IN CANADA! 🇨🇦 #seminars #postdocs #canada

Caption reads: Congratulations, Dr. Tamara Taillieu, 2025 Research Manitoba New Investigator Operating Grant Recipient! The text is white on a blue background across the bottom of the image. Above the caption is a photo of Dr. Taillieu standing outside the Brodie Centre on a summer day, smiling.

Congrats to #MCHPResearch's Dr. Tamara Taillieu, awarded a @researchmb.bsky.social New Investigator Operating Grant to support "a Population-Based Examination of the Impacts of the Legalization of Recreational Use of Cannabis on Vulnerable Children and Youth from Manitoba".
researchmanitoba.ca/...

The genetics of cannabis lifetime use - Neuropsychopharmacology Neuropsychopharmacology - The genetics of cannabis lifetime use

#ThisWeekInNPP

This GWAS of cannabis lifetime use (CanLU) identified 11 variants, w/ ⬆️ signal near CADM2

CanLU showed broad genetic correlations & bidirectional causal links with traits related to risk-taking, openness & substance use, distinct from CUD

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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📣 SAVE THE DATE: May 27-29, 2026 for the Canadian Cannabis Research Summit and TC3 EDI Workshop at the University of Toronto! We are excited to partner once again with the Canadian Consortium for the Investigation of Cannabinoids. Details To Come! #cannabis #cannabinoids #research @utoronto.ca

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Annual Scientific Meeting
📍 Québec City Convention Centre
April 29th — May 2nd, 2026
canadianpainsociety.ca/asm

Largest ever study into cannabis use investigates risk of paranoia and poor mental health in the general population New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London, in partnership with the University of Bath, has found that the reasons why a person chooses t...

Cannabis users who take the drug for pain, anxiety or depression are more likely to develop paranoia than recreational users.

The study by @kingsioppn.bsky.social is the largest survey of its kind.

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www.kcl.ac.uk/news/largest...

The North Star Initiative is charting the path to make #Canada the global destination for brain & mental health #research. By uniting world-class scientists and visionary donors, CAMH is accelerating breakthroughs to transform care.

Learn more!
www.camh.ca/northstar