Undergraduate Students /ipn/taxonomy/term/1694/all en Work Your B.A. 2025 Career Events /ipn/channels/event/work-your-ba-2025-career-events-362257 <p><strong>Looking for career ideas, information, inspiration, motivation and advice?! Come to Work Your BA events to explore options, learn about different fields, and connect with Â鶹AV Alumni.</strong></p> Fri, 20 Dec 2024 18:58:35 +0000 admin 9358 at /ipn An open solution to improving research reproducibility /ipn/channels/news/open-solution-improving-research-reproducibility-362210 <h2><b>Academic and industry scientists collaborate on a new method to characterize research antibodies</b></h2> Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:12:19 +0000 admin 9355 at /ipn 6th National Course on Sleep Medicine /ipn/channels/event/6th-national-course-sleep-medicine-362067 <p><span>This two-day training course is designed to provide and enhance a basic working knowledge of sleep medicine.</span></p> Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:46:27 +0000 admin 9347 at /ipn Olszewski Lecture: Spatially Resolved Single-Cell Genomics & Cell Atlas of the Brain /ipn/channels/event/olszewski-lecture-spatially-resolved-single-cell-genomics-cell-atlas-brain-361354 <p>The Neuro's Olszewski Lecture, established in 1986, honours Dr. Jerzy Olszewski (1913–1964), a pioneering neuroanatomist and neuropathologist. Invited to The Neuro by Dr.</p> Fri, 22 Nov 2024 16:36:37 +0000 admin 9332 at /ipn Macdonald Campus Career Fair 2025 /ipn/channels/event/macdonald-campus-career-fair-2025-361340 <p><strong>DATE:</strong> Wednesday, January 29, 2025</p> <p><strong>TIME:</strong> 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM</p> <p><strong>LOCATION:</strong> Centennial Centre Ballroom, Macdonald Campus</p> Thu, 21 Nov 2024 20:16:27 +0000 admin 9331 at /ipn Open Science project funded for $1.5M /ipn/channels/news/open-science-project-funded-15m-361131 <h2><b>YCharOS antibody characterization platform addresses the “reproducibility crisis” in research</b></h2> <p>An innovative research project led by researchers at The Neuro has been awarded $1.5M by the Government of Quebec through CQDM.</p> <p>YCharOS is an innovative platform led by neuroscientists Peter McPherson and Carl Laflamme that validates antibody reagents for human proteins.</p> Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:51:24 +0000 admin 9328 at /ipn At-home neurological disorder diagnosis project receives major funding /ipn/channels/news/home-neurological-disorder-diagnosis-project-receives-major-funding-361075 <h2><b>$1M grant from The Weston Family Foundation will pave the way for earlier intervention in REM sleep behaviour disorder and Parkinson’s disease</b></h2> <p>REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) is an often debilitating condition that causes people to act out in their sleep, sometimes violently. What’s worse, people with the disorder often go on to develop Parkinson’s disease.</p> Fri, 08 Nov 2024 18:24:33 +0000 admin 9325 at /ipn Career Fairs /ipn/channels/event/career-fairs-341937 <p>Career fairs are organized by the Career Planning Service, often in collaboration with faculty associations and student groups.</p> Thu, 15 Sep 2022 15:22:49 +0000 admin 9321 at /ipn Gene therapy project receives major funding /ipn/channels/news/gene-therapy-project-receives-major-funding-360635 <h2><b>$1.14 million from CIHR will resolve treatment roadblocks for rare brain disorders</b></h2> <p> </p> <p>Gene therapy for rare neurological disorders will move one step forward thanks to a $1.14 million grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).</p> Wed, 23 Oct 2024 14:20:38 +0000 admin 9302 at /ipn Research on new stem cell models receives $2.6 million /ipn/channels/news/research-new-stem-cell-models-receives-26-million-360436 <h2><b>Thomas Durcan’s project will </b><b>dissect the role of microglia in degenerative conditions, to identify new therapeutic strategies for Alzheimer's treatment</b></h2> <p>An innovative new program based at The Neuro has received $2.6 million from the CQDM and the Brain Canada Foundation.</p> Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:44:26 +0000 admin 9296 at /ipn Bilingualism makes the brain more efficient, especially when learned at a young age /ipn/channels/news/bilingualism-makes-brain-more-efficient-especially-when-learned-young-age-360355 <h2><b>MRI data from large sample shows increased whole-brain connectivity in people with a second language</b></h2> <p>Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to build connections within itself, adapting to the surrounding environment. The brain is most plastic in childhood, forming new pathways in reaction to stimuli such as language.</p> Fri, 11 Oct 2024 13:44:33 +0000 admin 9295 at /ipn Recreating a hallmark of Parkinson's disease in human neurons /ipn/channels/news/recreating-hallmark-parkinsons-disease-human-neurons-360245 <h2><b>Scientists use stem cells to follow development of protein bodies characteristic of neurological disease</b></h2> Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:47:43 +0000 admin 9290 at /ipn Dorothy J Killam Lecture 2025 /ipn/channels/event/dorothy-j-killam-lecture-2025-357963 <p>The Neuro's Dorothy J. Killam Lecture was established in 2004 to recognize women of influence in business, science, politics or the humanities.</p> Wed, 17 Jul 2024 14:06:57 +0000 admin 9227 at /ipn Public Lecture: "When science meets society: the competition between knowledge and values” /ipn/channels/event/public-lecture-when-science-meets-society-competition-between-knowledge-and-values-334745 <p> </p> <p><strong>Â鶹AV and the Friends of CIHR are delighted to welcome renowned scientist, Sir Mark Walport, to deliver a keynote talk on "When science meets society: the competition between knowledge and values”</strong></p> Thu, 11 Nov 2021 17:46:09 +0000 admin 8051 at /ipn Public Lecture: "When science meets society: the competition between knowledge and values” /ipn/channels/event/public-lecture-when-science-meets-society-competition-between-knowledge-and-values-334745 <p> </p> <p><strong>Â鶹AV and the Friends of CIHR are delighted to welcome renowned scientist, Sir Mark Walport, to deliver a keynote talk on "When science meets society: the competition between knowledge and values”</strong></p> Thu, 11 Nov 2021 17:46:09 +0000 admin 8050 at /ipn