Trainees
September 25, 2018
UBC postdoc takes Harvard Medical School appointment to study sleep and Alzheimer’s disease
As anyone who has ever lain awake in the dark hours after going to...
Community
Member news: September 2018
Pictured: Renée Fleming (left), American opera singer and soprano, visited the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for...
Research
September 17, 2018
New multi-faculty research initiative weaves notes and neurons
Image source: UBC School of Music. Imagine standing on stage, stretching your voice across...
Research
September 4, 2018
New research shows athletes may be returning to the game too soon after concussion
Detailed scans of University of British Columbia hockey players who had suffered concussions found...
Research
August 30, 2018
EMBED project using digital tools to assist depression diagnosis and care
Pictured, left to right: Dr. Jun Chen, Dr. Erin Michalak, Dr. Jill Murphy, and...
Community
August 28, 2018
Member news: August 2018
Congratulations Dr. Matilde Balbi (PI: Dr. Tim Murphy), Dr. Katharina Held (PI: Dr. Yu...
Trainees
August 27, 2018
GPN emphasizes wellbeing, works to improve graduate student experience
The 2017/18 academic year saw major changes to the Graduate Program in Neuroscience (GPN),...
Research
August 21, 2018
Genetic model offers elegant tool for testing Parkinson’s disease therapies
Pictured: Dr. Matthew Farrer. Image credit: Paul Joseph/UBC. For the past decade, Parkinson’s disease...
Research
August 9, 2018
Essential ‘sugar’ for brain communication: a new therapeutic path for autism, schizophrenia
Pictured: wild-type and model neurons showing connection points. When the glycan associated with neurexin...
Community
July 26, 2018
Member news: July 2018
Pictured: Sukriti Gupta, an undergraduate researcher in Dr. Jeremy Seamans’ lab, with her poster...
CIHR funding for brain health, neuroplasticity research
For the brain to function, signals need to pass between neurons in order to...
Research
July 16, 2018
Genetic marker for drug risk in multiple sclerosis offers path toward precision medicine
A team of researchers has uncovered a specific gene variant associated with an adverse...