Allison Sekuler 🧠👁️🥁

Congrats Gibbs Jr Olliviere: to our latest @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social lab grad.

He did a great job defending his thesis on the effects mindfulness meditation on depression, loneliness, and stress in older adults. Thanks @eyebraineegenie.bsky.social @pjb1959.bsky.social David Shore for support

Finally back to my Chicago improv roots after all this time: finished Second City Training in Toronto. Celebrated with a great show in the John Candy Theatre. Thanks @phattal.bsky.social Next up: improv + neuroscience…. 🎭 🧠 @johncusack.bsky.social @williamcusack.bsky.social @thomasgreene.bsky.social

Happy anniversary @pjb1959.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Very thought provoking perspective!

If Grok’s image shows the future of US-made dolls, I don’t think kids will want even 3….

AI generated images have come a long way, but not all approaches are equal. Which do you think is better here, ChatGPT or Grok? Same prompt and original photo for both. Very different outcomes 🤣 Happy birthday to my Dad Robert Sekuler - glad he’s looking better at 86 than any AI generated image!

Congratulations to the 2025 FoVea Travel and Networking Awardees.

Insights into why my son wouldn’t remember being in the picture I just shared of him from when he was a baby! #Neuroscience

27 years ago my mom and dad met their first Canadian grandchild! Hard to believe he was ever that small. Happy birthday Ryan! 🎂❤️🎂❤️🎂❤️

Juliet Daniel and Jeffrey Weitz named Distinguished University Professors Two exceptional faculty members have been named Distinguished University Professors in recognition of their outstanding scholarship, teaching, and service.

So excited for my dear friend Juliet Daniel!!!! Well done and well deserved. She does so much to support others, it’s great to see her recognized here.

Congrats also to the amazing Jeffrey Weitz. Mac’s 2 new Distinguished Uni Profs! #BrighterWorld #McMaster dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/jul...

Are you a Toronto neuroscience trainee or coming for the @canacn.bsky.social conference? @yorku-cian.bsky.social has space for 10 speakers & 50 posters at our 'New Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience' Satellite, May 21. Registration free, lunch and coffee provided: www.yorku.ca/research/cia...

Changes to MSc, PhD and postdoc funding programs from 🇨🇦 tri councils. Harmonization across councils, more awards, and new eligibility for international PhD and postdoc applicants!

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New job posting - Please share widely!

@rotmanresearch @Baycrest and @YorkUniversity have a new tenure-track position in Quantitative Modeling (Predictive #Neuroscience) on Brain Health in #Aging.

This is a @ConnectedMinds3 research enhanced role.

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Brain conditions affect 1 in 5 Canadians. Next week, we’re launching a new federal campaign to help change that.
Stay tuned… 👀
#cdnpoli #cdnhealth #Vote4BrainHealth

#TAMeG2025 is coming (our 10th anniversary!) May 27 feat keynote @charan-neuro.bsky.social and panel on SciCom & Disinformation, with Carrie Boyce of RCIScience, @schalllab.bsky.social & @barense.bsky.social (chair)

Call for presentations is open for GTA and southern ON trainees 👉 tameg.ca!

Well, the weather outside is frightful. But the volunteers at the voting station were delightful. Get out there and vote Ontario! #Ontario #vote #Ontariovotes

Anyone voting in Westdale bring your voter location card and ID and go up the ramp to the right of the very long line. It was 20 minutes before I found that out, but at least it’s not too cold! And great to see such good turn out. Democracy is alive and well in Canada! #OntarioVotes

Was a bad year for several folks in my family healthwise last year, so especially grateful to have been able to celebrate my youngest’s 23rd birthday yesterday. Thank you Chotto Matte for an amazing dinner. Too many pics to share, so here’s just a few. Happy birthday Kiddo! Here’s to many many more!

Can our culture alter how we see the world around us?
In a new paper, @dorsaamir.bsky.social and I dig through >100 years of scholarship on this foundational question in psychology, anthropology, and even philosophy. Take a look here (osf.io/preprints/ps...) and follow the story below 👇

I heart @mapquest.com — I covered them when they were founded btw.

1st not 51st ❤️

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Afternoon keynote by @liisagalea.bsky.social was amazing as well. Women are significantly more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than men - and not just because they live longer. Liisa highlighted all the ways women’s brain health is overlooked and overgeneralized. And she’s my #Fluevog sister ❤️

Terrific kick off to #IDWGS with our @tahsnetwork.bsky.social session featuring Sheena Josselyn as the opening keynote. Endel Tulving and Taylor Swift highlighted in one amazing talk (the Memory Eras Tour). Was a thrill for me to co-moderate the later panel discussion on women in health science

FoVea Travel and Networking Award FoVea Travel and Networking Award Females of Vision et al. (FoVea) is excited to announce its 9th round of the FoVea Travel and Networking Award. Up to eight awards will be funded by the National S…

Due to funding uncertainties, we are extending our deadline for the Fovea Travel and Networking Award to March 1st, 2025. foveavision.org/awards/accep...

I apologize for the snow. The GTA was basically snow free until I finally got around to putting on my snow tires last week, and now we’ve had more snow over the past 9 days than all of last year…. Many of the most important, brilliant, and strong people are saying my tire change caused the snow.

Great demonstration of additive colour mixing - should be used in all intro perception classes. And then have students create their own versions to really drive it home. #VisionScience #Neuroscience @bjbalas.bsky.social

So cool! Students will never forget that

Definitely. Happy to bring you some next time I’m headed to California though