Ashlyn Swift-Gallant

Research Analyst - Laboratory of Behavioural Neuroendocrinology-camh

Job alert: We're looking for someone to help us produce a female-specific risk calculator for Alzheimer’s disease! 🧠 Key qualifications are experience w/ large databases, project management, and women's health research. See posting for more info: shorturl.at/zkO8V

🚨New lab publication is out!! 🚨

In this work we reveal that astrocytes, the most abundant glial cell type, are responsible for the effects of stress and that targeting these cells completely rescued the effects of stress on neuronal activity and behaviour!

Huge congrats to Lewis!!

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For every 1 animal used in research, there are hundreds to thousands used for food.
Research animals globally: Estimated 50–100 million/year (most are mice, rats, and fish).
Animals killed for food globally: Over 70–80 billion land animals per year, plus trillions of fish.

Assistant or associate professor-researcher in Neuroscience related to neurological disorders and/or neural regeneration and precision health Description  The Neuroscience Research Axis of the CRCHUM and the Department of Neuroscience of the UdeM are inviting applications for a position of assistant or associate professor-researcher in neur...

Call for an Assistant / Associate Prof. just opened at the @crchum.bsky.social in the Neuroscience Axis !

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New Christian school in central N.L. teaching alternate curriculum based on Bible | CBC News Students there learn the Earth is 6,000 years old, and people lived with dinosaurs.

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Upcoming @ossdcomm.bsky.social talk on some research from our @labcesar.bsky.social's SEXCOG study supported by @nserc-resnet.bsky.social

Looking forward to the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences @ossdcomm.bsky.social meeting on Sunday. I'll be giving the keynote lecture at Women's Health Research Premeeting:
"Leveraging mouse and human (epi)genomics to improve women’s mental health"
See you there! w @liisagalea.bsky.social

I’ll be at @ossdcomm.bsky.social giving a keynote 😱. Honoured to give the Arnold talk “Unlocking Precision Medicine: How Sex and Female -specific Factors are 🗝️ to Effective Translation”. This will be my first time giving this talk & it’s not quite finished yet! 😬😱😜 needed something for ✈️

*record-scratch* The deadline has been EXTENDED! 😅

You've got ONE WEEK to submit! Get those abstracts in by June 7

Announcing the SBN Emergency Hardship Fund! Please see below for details and let anyone potentially interested in joining us this summer in Vancouver know that there are funds available for assitance.

4/20/2025

Women's Health Initiative defunded after 30 years and 5,000 publications

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National Letter Open Letter from Canadian Researchers to the Federal party leaders Click here to sign this letter See who has signed - version française se trouve à page 3 - Dear Party Leaders We, the undersigne...

Over 1300 signatures and climbing.

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I hope everyone realizes that scrubbing historical references from web sites is no different than burning books

By Attacking Science, Poilievre Takes a Page from Trump’s Playbook | The Tyee Professors find this chilling and warn of the costs.

If elected, Poilievre’s government will “put an end to the imposition of woke ideology in the federal civil service and federal funds for university research.”

The phrase is almost identical to wording used by the Trump administration.

Catharine Winstanley and @liisagalea.bsky.social write.

Assistant or Associate Professor and CRC, Tier 2, Biology or Health Sciences or Neuroscience - Ottawa (City), Ontario job with Carleton University | 37816029 The Faculty of Science invites applications for a CIHR Tier 2 CRC appointment in Biology.

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Op-ed: Dr. Ashlyn Swift-Gallant The fourth in a series authored by Memorial University faculty members on the value and importance of diversity, equity and inclusion policies to build a more just society. Check back next Thursday fo...

Freshly minted op-ed by my brilliant colleague, Dr. Ashlyn Swift-Gallant. "Three myths about sex and gender research that are costing you money and your health." Read, read, read! @swiftneurolab.bsky.social @munpsych.bsky.social @canacn.bsky.social @memorialuscience.bsky.social

My lab is hiring 2 postdocs on an NIH-funded grant characterizing molecular & cellular changes in the human brain across menopausal transition. Other neuroepigenomics projects are also available. We plan to hire a wet lab scientist and a bioinformatician. Please RT!
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Through the rain, we stood up for science! #standupforscience2025 @memorialu.bsky.social

Took a break from working on my research poster to create #standupforscience2025 posters for Friday’s rally. Advocating for inclusivity in science is just as important as the research itself!

Prepping for the #standupforscience2025 rally this Friday! 🦠🧠 🧬

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.

This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

Tenure track position in comparative physiology – University of Ottawa – Canadian Association for Neuroscience The Department of Biology at the University of Ottawa invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor. The successful candidate will demonstrate the potential to…

New job ad posted: Tenure track position in comparative physiology – Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa https://buff.ly/40RUCn4 #neurojobs

Check out the full statement by Dr. Liisa Galea on our website: womenshealthresearchcluster.com/learn/womens...

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"Now more than ever, we need to band together in a united front to combat disinformation and support each other in our endeavours to promote women’s health research. This is not “woke” science – this is science. We ignore it at our own peril"

Statement from Liisa Galea, Scientific Lead of the Women's Health Research Cluster - Women's Health Research Cluster We are so proud to have over 800 members across 32 countries in the Women’s Health Research Cluster. Our Vision is to achieve sex and gender health equity, and we strive for a future where women...

womenshealthresearchcluster.com/learn/womens... @liisagalea.bsky.social 👏🏻

Canada 🇨🇦 is hiring - we welcome all neuroscientists! @infneuroendo.bsky.social @paneuroendo.bsky.social @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @endocrinesociety.bsky.social

UPDATE!! More time to shine! Deadline extended for #OSSD2025 poster abstracts and travel award applications, including the #SWHR sponsored Emerging Scholar in Women's Health Research Award. New deadline: March 3, 2025 11:59 ET. Visit OSSDweb.org for more information. Hope to #seeyouinalbuquerque!

BREAKING: Moments ago Justin Trudeau announced devastating tariffs against the United States—a 25% tariff on over $150 billion worth of American goods.