October 19, 2026
How curiosity shaped Dr. Callista Yee’s path to neuroscience
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Four Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (DMCBH) members have been named new and renewed Canada Research Chairs by the Government of Canada, recognizing their global research excellence and contributions to advancing health and medicine. The Canada Research Chairs Program enables Canadian universities to attract and retain world-class researchers who advance new knowledge and discoveries, strengthen Canada’s international competitiveness and…
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The head-direction (HD) circuit, an upstream provider of orientation signals for navigation, maintains coherent internal orientation memory that stays stable within each environment for weeks. During non-REM sleep, when hippocampal trajectories are replayed for memory formation, HD cells remain coordinated and directly influence this hippocampal replay. This suggests the HD system conveys a “virtual” orientation signal to support memory replay,…
Read MoreRudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3
Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3
Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3
The Centre is home to five Integrated Research Programs, with over 100 investigators involved in clinical and foundational research.