�鶹AV News - Integrated Program in Neuroscience

Mentorship Lunch: Industry Perspectives

webfull — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 19:10:16 +0000

On Tuesday, November 26, 2024, HBHL hosted a Mentorship Lunch that brought together experienced industry professionals and over 40 �鶹AV graduate students, postdocs and postgrads over coffee and lunch at the �鶹AV Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship. Mentors shared about their experience navigating the workforce and engaged in lively roundtable discussions with the mentees. Topics ranged from academia-industry collaborations and social innovation to technology transfer, medical affairs, scientific entrepreneurship and operational management.

Published: 4 December 2024

Amazing Brain Science Talks 2024: Celebrating the Mind

webfull — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 14:52:25 +0000

We're happy to announce that the 2024 Amazing Brain Science Talks video recordings are officially live on our YouTube channel. Whether you're tuning in for the first time or revisiting your favourite moments, don't miss out on these compelling talks!

Published: 11 November 2024

2023 Bernice Grafstein Lecture in Neuroscience presents Dr. Marina Picciotto

webfull — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 15:16:03 +0000

The Integrated Program in Neuroscience (IPN) invites Dr. Marina Picciotto is give the 2023 Bernice Grafstein Lecture in Neuroscience. Dr. Picciotto is the Charles B. G. Murphy Professor of Psychiatry and Professor in the Child Study Center, of Neuroscience and of Pharmacology at Yale School of Medicine. Her talk is entitled “A novel VTA GABA pathway that encodes unconditioned reward value”. Dr. Picciotto specializes in addiction, memory, and reward behaviours.

Published: 16 October 2023

Family Science Day: What is neuroscience? History of neuroscience at �鶹AV

webfull — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 17:14:50 +0000

As part of �鶹AV’s Bicentennial and 24h de science, join BrainReach on a virtual tour of the brain and its fascinating neurons followed by a brief history of neuroscience. Young minds will discover how scientists at �鶹AV set on a journey to understand the human brain.

Topic: What is neuroscience? History of neuroscience at �鶹AV

Time: May 8, 2021 09:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Published: 6 April 2021

�鶹AV's Chemistry Outreach Group wins Principal's Prize

webfull — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 14:55:56 +0000

The Chemistry Outreach Group has taken home the Principal’s Prize for Public Engagement through Media, winning the inaugural 'Collaboration' category for groups of undergraduate or graduate students that engage with the external community and/or the media.

The Prize recognizes the vital role outreach groups play in supporting the University’s commitment to being of service to society and engaging with the broader community.

Published: 13 March 2020

HBHL Trainees Attend the Inspiring Young Women in STEM Conference

webfull — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 15:56:59 +0000

On March 4th, 2018, over 200 undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and researchers flocked to the University of Western Ontario to attend the 2nd Biennial Inspiring Young Women in STEM Conference. The conference focused on inspiring and supporting young women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) by providing the opportunity to network with and learn from established women in STEM fields.

Published: 8 March 2018

Learning to Increase Your Impact with HBHL-SKILLSETS

webfull — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 21:07:32 +0000

Earlier this week, the first HBHL-SKILLSETS workshop was held. The workshop, entitled Increase Your Impact: Sharing neuroscience research with diverse audiences, was facilitated by Falisha Karpati (Program Officer, Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives) and John Van Heest (Communications Administrator, Teaching and Learning Services). Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from all around �鶹AV joined us to learn about research dissemination methods, and making neuroscience content accessible and engaging for different audiences.

Published: 15 February 2018

Launch of HBHL-SKILLSETS: Professional development for neuroscience trainees

webfull — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 15:42:54 +0000

Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives (HBHL) emphasizes the training of highly qualified researchers, clinicians, and informaticians. This includes not only an excellence in research training, but also complementary training opportunities focused on professional skills. HBHL is proud to collaborate with SKILLSETS on a new suite of professional development offerings specially-designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows with an interest in neuroscience.

Published: 30 January 2018

Creation of IPN Channel

mark.styles@�鶹AV.Ca — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:49:44 +0000

Published: 16 November 2009