Neuroscience at Queen's University

🎉 Congratulations to Matt Jacobs & Kaitlyn Hoesterey (& the Brain Reach team)!

@IBROorg & @TheDanaFoundation have awarded Brain Reach their maximum Brain Awareness Day Grant ($1,250 USD) — their 3rd grant this year!

With 25 volunteers, Brain Reach has reached 15 classrooms across 10 schools.

✨ CNS Seminar Series ✨

Join us Feb 4 | 12–1pm for a talk by Dr. Kelly Shen (online):
“A Nonlinear Path Through Neuroscience: Decisions, Detours, and Choosing What Fit.”

📍 In person or online
🧠 Career paths, pivots, and real talk in neuroscience

All are welcome—don’t miss it!

🎳 Bowling Night with the SLC!
📍 Splitsville (10 Bath Rd) | 🗓 Thu, March 5 | ⏰ 7 PM
$10 for 2 games (student card), FREE pizza 🍕 Open to all—come with a team or join one!
🎁 RSVP by Mar 4 (11:59 PM) to win CNS merch: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We’re excited to welcome Dr. Christopher Rozell for our next seminar talk:
🧠 Decoding depression recovery with deep brain stimulation using explainable AI
📅 January 28 12–1 PM
📍 In person: Abramsky Hall, Room 002
💻 Online: Zoom (link in bio)

Reminder for CNS students: The OGS deadline is upcoming on February 1st, 2026! References can still be received after this deadline.

Privileged to have been a part of @sciencepolicy.ca CSPC Science Meets Parliament 2025 to bridge the gap between researchers across Canada and the Canadian federal government! #CSPC2025 #SMP2025

Don’t miss this week’s CNS Seminar Series Talk with Dr. Keisuke Kawata, joining us online to discuss an innovative approach to brain injury research.

📅 November 12th | 12–1 PM
📍 In person: Botterell Hall Room B143
💻 Or join us online via Zoom — link in bio!

Join us for our next CNS Seminar Series Talk featuring Dr. Jorge Burneo, who will be joining us online!

📅 November 5th | 12–1 PM
📍 In person: Botterell Hall Room B143
💻 Or join us online via Zoom — link in bio!

Come explore new perspectives in neuroscience research!

Big news in mental health research: Dr. Claudio Soares, CNS Member and attending physician at the Kingston Health Sciences Centre Research Institute is leading Canada’s first Health Canada-approved at-home micro-dose psilocybin clinical trial for generalized anxiety disorder.

Big news! Congratulations to Dr. Emily Oby, newly appointed Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Non-Human Primate Models of Health and Disease. We’re proud to celebrate this incredible achievement within the CNS community!

Learn more: healthsci.queensu.ca/stories/news...

🧠✨ Think you’ve got what it takes to be a trivia champ?
Join us for Trivia Night at The Brass Pub — great prizes, great people, and even better vibes!
📅 Thursday, November 13
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 403 Princess St., Kingston
Bring your brainiest friends or join a team when you arrive! All are welcome.💡

✨ Our next seminar features Dr. Anne Churchland, joining us online to discuss how “Life can only be understood backwards: a cognitive signal of trial history in anterior cingulate neurons.”

📅 October 29th
🕛 12–1 PM
📍 Botterell Hall Room B143 or on Zoom (link in bio)

Our brains do so much more than just “normalize” sensory info—they flexibly integrate input across different senses and reference frames, thanks to advanced feedforward networks in the brain. Dive into the full study by the Blohm Lab in the CNS here: www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4...

🎓 Funding Opportunity Alert!

Applications are now open for the 2026–2027 Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master’s (CGS-M) competition!

🗓 Deadline: December 1, 2025

🔗 Apply via the Research Portal (hosted by NSERC): www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etu...

'Tis the season to celebrate 🎉
Join us for the CNS Holiday Party on Dec 6 @ 7 PM (upstairs at The Grizzly Grill)!
Good food, great company, and holiday cheer await — don’t forget to RSVP so we can plan accordingly!
RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

✨ Join us for our first October seminar! Dr. Jordan Poppenk will be speaking in person about:
“Beyond gist and detail: the hippocampus as a multiscale integrator.”

📅 October 1st
🕛 12–1 PM
📍 Botterell Hall Room B143 or on Zoom (link in bio)

Update: This seminar will be in Room 147 Botterell Hall in lieu of Abramsky Hall.

Update: This seminar will be in Room 147 Botterell Hall in lieu of Abramsky Hall.

ROOM UPDATE: Seminars are being held in Botterell Hall Room 147 for this term!

We're kicking off the 2025–2026 CNS Seminar Series! Join us for our first talk of the year with Dr. Randy McIntosh as he explores “Rethinking the Brain: Possibility Spaces and the Science of Complexity.”

📅 Sept 10, 2025 | 12-1pm
📍 Abramsky Hall 002 or Zoom (link in bio)

🔬Join us for the next CNS Seminar Series Talk Sept 17 12-1pm!

We’re excited to welcome Dr. Ilenna Jones (presenting online) for her talk: Using Deep Learning to Investigate How Neuronal Details Impact Computation

📍 Abramsky Hall, Room 002
💻 Zoom link in bio

30 Minute Meeting - Roy El-Helou

The total time commitment is ~30 minutes.
Booking Link: calendly.com/19reh2-queen...
For any questions, please contact 19reh2@queensu.ca

Come participate in a social robotic handover study! The study will include 2 different interactions, where participants will be asked to retrieve an ice cream cone prototype from a robot and answer a questionnaire regarding their interactions.

Huge congratulations to our CNS members Drs. Gunnar Blohm, Randy Flanagan, Effie Pereira, and Farhana Zulkernine on being part of the $7M NSERC investment in STEM research @queensu! Your groundbreaking work continues to inspire innovation and shape the future of science and technology.

We love seeing our trainees disseminating their work at conferences around the globe! Congratulations to Coljae from Dr. DJ Cook's lab who presented his research at the Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 2025 Congress this week!

🧠🥎 CNS Softball Tournament! 🥎🧠
Join us at the Kingston Memorial Centre Ball Diamonds (303 York St) on Thursday, July 10 from 12:00–4:30 PM for an afternoon of fun and friendly competition—no softball experience needed!

🔗 Sign up (1 form per person):
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🧠 Could severe COVID-19 lead to Alzheimer’s-like brain changes?

New research from the De Felice lab at CNS reveals that patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 exhibited levels of tau protein comparable to those seen in Alzheimer’s disease. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🎾 Ready to serve up some fun? The CNS Tennis Singles Tournament is here! Whether you're a baseline beginner or seasoned pro, all students, faculty, staff, and friends are welcome to join.

🗓 Sign-Up Deadline: Sunday, May 25 at 11:59 PM
📩 Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🧠 How does exercise reshape the brain—and does it differ between sexes?
New research from the De Felice Lab reviews how sex and gender can influence the brain’s response to exercise, highlighting key players like irisin and BDNF.

🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🧠 Join us April 2nd from 12–1pm for our next CNS Seminar Series Talk featuring Dr. Elizabeth Finger!

She'll be speaking about Frontotemporal Dementia, Empathy, and Oxytocin.

Speaker present online, but you're welcome to join online (link in bio) or in person (Abramsky 002)!