Yes!!! HUGE equity issue for sure!
24.02.2026 03:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Yes!!! HUGE equity issue for sure!
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Photo of Dr. Zachary Pennington and Dr. Milan Valyear
We're thrilled to welcome Dr. @zachtpennington.bsky.social and Dr. @milanium.bsky.social as Assistant Professors in our Behavioural Neuroscience area and members of the @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social.
Read their Q&As: psych.ubc.ca/news
haha now I need to check mine. I need your careful eyes! :)
21.02.2026 03:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0What episodic memory reveals about the default mode network osf.io/preprints/ps...
18.02.2026 18:23 — 👍 28 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0Hot take: The doctor shouldn't be the one asking if it's ok if she uses AI to take patient notes. The power differential + patient anxiety + short appointment times means the patient feels pressure to say yes. It should be a question asked during check-in. (I wish it wasn't used at all, but...)
17.02.2026 13:57 — 👍 1114 🔁 222 💬 31 📌 61
Congratulations!
Nice to see the first paper from the BreDAD Collaboratory’s Special Issue of @neurobiology-aging.bsky.social out!
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I was recently promoted to Associate Professor. I’m so grateful and I also wanted to tell the truth behind what people call “effortless” success.
I wrote about infertility, fostering, work as coping, and choosing differently in this next chapter
Full story: destenienock5.wixsite.com/destenienock...
We were told (by some) not to tell anyone in academia about family planning, pregnancy, or juggling kids w/ work. Or else say bye to your career. Thankfully, this was not my experience with my supervisors (or hiring committees), though I did witness it elsewhere. Let's keep pushing change!
12.02.2026 04:00 — 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0So devastating :(
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On #IDWGS, we honour Dr. Kirsty Duncan, a scientist, leader, and lifelong advocate for fairness and representation in research.
Her work helped create lasting change in Canadian science, opening doors for women and underrepresented scholars. Her impact continues.
RSVP here: quinn.psych.ubc.ca/quinn-memori...
10.02.2026 05:39 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
2–3 cups of coffee or 1–2 cups of tea a day was associated with the greatest reductions in rate of cognitive decline.
Coffee linked to slower brain ageing in study of 130,000 people www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Valentine's Day is coming up😍
Do you have a funny neuroscience-themed pickup line? Share it below!
A selection of responses may be featured as illustrations on our Instagram. Bonus points for creativity!
An amazing effort, led by a dream team of scientists, including the late Ricardo Insausti. Congrats to Ana Daugherty and everyone involved. (Was honoured to play a very small role.)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Knowing that there are people actively working toward a better and more peaceful world gives me hope. This Friday, you can hear from some folks who have been carefully thinking about ways in which behavioral and neural sciences can contribute to peace building. www.neuropaz.com/en
03.02.2026 23:13 — 👍 13 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1Why do some experiences stay with us for years, while others disappear almost instantly? Dr. Davachi will explore this question and more in her talk on 'The wisdom of the unconscious mind: offline reactivation consolidates, integrates and updates knowledge.'
04.02.2026 00:06 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
We’re proud to support a National Framework for Women’s Health through Bill S-243 by partnering with @whcwomenshealth.bsky.social, organizations across Canada and Senator Henkel. The time for change is now 💪
Learn more and take action: thewhc.ca/whframework
womenshealthresearchcluster.com/advocacy
Thanks for the support :)
31.01.2026 02:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0So fun to be a part of this.
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A cartoon showing a middle-aged mouse at an office desk, remembering (in a thought bubble) a childhood birthday, with his parent bringing him a cake with a single candle; cartoon glial cells are controlling a cable that links to his early memories. Infantile amnesia is the global loss of episodic and contextual memories formed in early life. Image credit: Birte Doludda
Infantile #amnesia limits our recall of early-life memories, but what is its cellular basis? @tjryan.bsky.social &co reveal that transient #microglial activity during postnatal development regulates infant #memory persistence & retrieval in mice @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4a0SoGH
27.01.2026 17:59 — 👍 18 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0This amazing woman worked so hard for science and sport in Canada. She set up the Standing Committee on Science and Research, was a powerful voice for science in parliament and after being diagnosed with two cancers continued to advocate for good. Proud to have known the Rt Hon Kirsty Duncan. RIP 💔
26.01.2026 22:45 — 👍 125 🔁 39 💬 1 📌 2Minister Duncan was an inspiration for so many of us, and often a lone voice in Parliament advocating for the need for supporting science in Canada! May her memory be a blessing!
26.01.2026 22:47 — 👍 19 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0I was maybe 2.5 years into my position as an Assistant Professor when my phone rang, and it was Kirsty Duncan, the new federal science minister, calling out of the blue. I had never met her. She asked me what she could do for early career investigators. /1
26.01.2026 22:51 — 👍 95 🔁 22 💬 2 📌 0
Sad news. She was very much a solo voice in cabinet for science. Even agter she was bumped, she continued to be a voice for the scientific community. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
26.01.2026 23:00 — 👍 28 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 2
One of my amazing students, Khushi Sharma, has started this gofundme page for her best friend's family. Saadia, a single mother, has stage 4 cancer and her family needs help to manage expenses. Funds will give this family more precious time together.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Very pleased to see our review published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience today!
Here’s the link: trebuchet.public.springernature.app/get_content/...
Our experiences have countless details, and it can be hard to know which matter.
How can we behave effectively in the future when, right now, we don't know what we'll need?
Out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com , @marcelomattar.bsky.social and I find that people solve this by using episodic memory.
If you're joining @cnsmtg.bsky.social in Vancouver, consider coming one day early and joining the International Sleep Replay Workshop. Even if you're only remotely interested in sleep, you're likely to find this event interesting. Check out the program and share with your friends and colleagues!
23.01.2026 15:48 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
What does it mean to be conscious? And how can we communicate with people who can’t easily communicate with us?
Meet Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes, whose research bridges engineering, neuroscience and rehab to better understand consciousness, personhood and recovery after brain injury.
Promotional banner for the 2026 Quinn Memorial Lecture featuring Dr. Lila Davachi with a headshot and event details. Transcribed Text: 2026 Quinn Memorial Lecture Featuring Dr. Lila Davachi Professor of Psychology, Columbia University The wisdom of the unconscious mind: offline reactivation consolidates, integrates and updates knowledge. March 10, 2026 | 5:15 pm
Why do some experiences stay with us for years, while others disappear almost instantly? Join us and Dr. Lila Davachi at the 2026 Quinn Memorial Lecture on March 10 to find out!
RSVP: quinn.psych.ubc.ca/quinn-memori...