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Hughlings Jackson Lecture 2025: The Basal Ganglia and the Motivation to Act

admin — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 21:40:52 +0000

Established in 1935, the Hughlings Jackson Lecture is The Neuro’s premier scientific lecture. It honours the legacy of British neurologist John Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911) who pioneered the development of neurology as a medical specialty.

Professor Emeritus Prakash Panangaden elected as Fellow of the Royal Society

admin — Tue, 20 May 2025 16:59:15 +0000

Hilary Sweatman Helps Stop the Spread of Misinformation with a “Google of Neuroscience”

admin — Mon, 26 May 2025 13:55:20 +0000

Authors: James Wang and Zeynep Alsancak

"If you're not targeting someone, you’re missing the target." - Hilary Sweatman

Marco Carone receives prestigious 2025 Myrto Award from Harvard's School of Public Health

admin — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 20:36:44 +0000

Dr. Marco Carone, a former 91ֱ�� undergraduate student in Probability and Statistics, has been awarded the prestigious 2025 Myrto Award from Harvard's School of Public Health.

Professor Courtney Paquette recipient of the CAIMS-SCMAI/PIMS Early Career Award (2025)

admin — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 16:25:48 +0000

Professor Courtney Paquette is the winner of the 2025 CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award.

Geoscientist Meghomita Das believes everyone deserves a seat at the equity table

admin — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 13:30:48 +0000

Written by Ezrah Roy, edited by Adele Lopes

Meghomita Das, a recent PhD graduate of 91ֱ��’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, first discovered a passion for science communication in the wake of a natural disaster. When Das was a high school student in India, an earthquake in nearby Nepal impacted both countries.

Dr. Victoria Glynn creates art to communicate science

admin — Fri, 02 May 2025 18:13:54 +0000

Authors: Ava Craig, Camille Taggart, Raphaelle Reyes

"Art is like a common language that draws people in, regardless of their background." - Dr. Victoria Glynn

Joan Marsden Lecture in Organismal Biology: Prof. Scott Edwards (Harvard University)

arnold.hayer@mcgill.ca — Thu, 04 May 2023 18:22:40 +0000

Wings, Feathers, flight: using comparative genomics to link genotype and phenotype in birds

Connecting genotype and phenotype is of ongoing interest in evolutionary biology.

Hekimi Lab Ph.D. Thesis Defence Presentation: Maxi Kramer-Drauberg

rebecca.deagle@mail.mcgill.ca — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 16:31:50 +0000

Maxi Kramer-Drauberg is a doctoral student at 91ֱ�� in the Department of Biology supervised by Siegfried Hekimi and will be presenting their thesis defense entitled:

Reyes Lab Ph.D. Thesis Defence Presentation: Nitin Kapadia

rebecca.deagle@mail.mcgill.ca — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 16:38:52 +0000

Nitin Kapadia is a doctoral student at 91ֱ�� in the Department of Biology supervised by Rodrigo Reyes and will be presenting their thesis defense entitled:

Building bridges across the nuclear envelope

aseel.shakra@mail.mcgill.ca — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 19:15:59 +0000

Building bridges across the nuclear envelope with torsinA

Identifying pathophysiological cellular changes in ataxia

carole.smith@91ֱ��.Ca — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 19:24:01 +0000

New work from the Alanna Watt lab identifying pathophysiological cellular changes that may contribute to ataxia of the Charlevoix-Saguenay region, or ARSACS. This work arises from a very fruitful collaboration between labs at 91ֱ�� including the Brais lab (Neurology and Neurosurgery) and the McKinney lab (Pharmacology and Therapeutics).

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Parasites: A boon or bane to the host population?

carole.smith@91ֱ��.Ca — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 18:59:42 +0000

New work from the Gregor Fussmann Lab in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: One of the basic tenets of ecological theory is that connectivity among small populations over a larger landscape (metapopulations) promote species persistence. In this experiment we investigate to what degree and under what conditions this theory holds true when parasites are added to the equation, using lab-based populations of guppies and their ectoparasite Gyrodactylus turnbulli.