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...
Trainees
GPN emphasizes wellbeing, works to improve graduate student experience
The 2017/18 academic year saw major changes to the Graduate Program in Neuroscience (GPN),...
Neuroscience through the ages makes neurohistory fun for everyone
Pictured: an illustration from the comic on Santiago Ramón y Cajal by artist and...
Heather Yong: Plotting a Path from Bench to Bedside
Heather Yong is a Directed Studies student in the Faculty of Medicine at the...
Trainees
November 16, 2017
Brain Bytes offers bite-sized neuroscience to a broad audience
A group of neuroscience students are taking science communication into their own hands, and...
Trainees
September 15, 2017
Troy McDiarmid worms into the intricacies of genetic risk in ASD
To understand how gene mutations affect neurodevelopment and learning in people with Autism Spectrum...
Trainees
August 30, 2017
Graduate Program in Neuroscience finds new leader in Dr. Liisa Galea
Dr. Liisa Galea began her tenure as Director of the Graduate Program in Neuroscience...
A swell of salt and water pushes Banting Scholar Dr. Nick Weilinger’s research
“In theory, cerebral edema is a very simple issue; it’s the movement of water...
For Banting Scholar Dr. Brianne Kent, research is all about rhythm
“The great thing about working with both patients and pre-clinical models is that the...
Trainees
April 21, 2016
Trainee Profile: Dr. Simon Chen
“In Dr. Haas’ lab, we identified the involvement of the transcription factor MEF2 in...
Trainees
October 9, 2015
Trainee profile: Jenna Smith-Forrester
Jenna Smith-Forrester came to UBC to forge her own path, and by combining her...
Trainees
June 30, 2015
Trainee profile: Dr. Lasse Dissing-Olesen
“It’s not just about the lab or the science,” says Dr. Lasse Dissing-Olesen, who...