Integrated Program in Neuroscience

Want to try online science-based brain teasers with compensation? Check out this study being run by Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes 👇🏾

Erratum: Congratulations to our M.Sc. students for receiving the prestigious Canadian Graduate Scholarships this year! 🙌

View the list of recipients and learn more:https://www.mcgill.ca/ipn/files/ipn/2021_canada_graduate_scholarships_0.pdf

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April 2 is declared the by the United Nations. Today, we are showcasing just a few of the exceptional RI-MUHC researchers working to understand autism spectrum disorder.

Aparna Suvrathan, PhD, in the Program, is a recipient of an Azrieli Centre for Autism Research (ACAR) grant. Her lab investigates how learning is encoded by the brain, focusing on how synaptic connections between neurons undergo changes during learning. Her team studies the cerebellum, which in addition to its role in movement learning is strongly implicated in autism spectrum disorders.

Guillaume Sébire, MD, PhD, is a child neurologist and senior scientist in the CHHD program. Dr. Sébire aims to develop new neuroprotective anti-inflammatory treatments to prevent neurological handicaps in children. He studies bacterial infection during pregnancy that may lead to inflammation of the placenta and may be linked to neurodevelopmental conditions in preterm infants, including autism.

Mayada Elsabbagh, PhD, is co-director of the Transforming Autism Care Consortium (TACA), a Quebec research network, and a scientist in the Child Health and Human development ( ) program. Her work has identified very early brain function markers for autism, found prior to behavioural symptoms.

Ioannis Trakadis MD, MSc, also in the BRaIN Program, takes advantage of genomic tools and downstream functional data to advance clinical psychiatric genetics. His team recently published a novel method applying machine learning to analyze genomic data. Their approach successfully differentiated autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from schizophrenia, a genetically overlapping psychiatric disease. Dr. Trakadis' research program aims to improve our understanding of the genomic architecture of ASD and other psychiatric diseases to advance precision medicine.

On this , we thank all our researchers, trainees, volunteers, funding agencies and donors.

(en français : Institut de recherche du Centre universitaire de santé McGill)

Great opportunity for IPN students to present their research to our general community and expand their science communication experience!

Hey McGill grad students! Interested in presenting your neuroscience research to the general public? At NeuroLingo Summer 2021, not only will you have the opportunity to do so, you will also receive public speaking coaching from McGill professors Dr. Ed Ruthazer and Dr. David Ragsdale. Check out our application form for further details: https://forms.gle/nDD8jAZfoVKCwXkB8.

For more information about NeuroLingo or to check out our winter event, visit our website at: www.neurolingo.org. Please send us a message if you have any questions!

"𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐭." What insightful, fruitful discussions we had at our 1st EDI panel event this afternoon!

Our panelists discussed the obstacles they faced during their studies, what key areas in the higher education industry need to be re-evaluated to be more EDI-positive, and how can orgs be further educated to translate their strategic plans to actions.

Thank you to our awesome panelists, Balarama Holness, Cristian Zaelzer, Ph.D., and Diane Dechief, Ph.D. Special thanks to our co-moderator, Kaitlyn Easson from GSAN.

SAVE THE DATE: 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟔 @ 𝟏 𝐏𝐌 𝐄𝐓

Join us as we host our 1st EDI panel event titled "𝐄𝐃𝐈 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬: 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞." We're pleased to welcome our powerhouse panelists Diane Dechief, Ph.D., Balarama Holness, B.C.L./J.D., and Cristian Zaelzer, Ph.D. Together, we will engage in insightful, safe discussions about the climate of EDI in schools and universities, and how we can translate our strategic plans to tangible actions with results.

Co-moderated by Kaitlyn Easson (Ph.D. student, IPN; President, GSAN) & Dhabisha Kohilanathan (Project Administrator, IPN)

𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑: https://www.mcgill.ca/ipn/registration-edi-schools-using-past-present-shape-future
(Open to IPN community only)

Did you attend NeuroLingo's first-ever conference last month? If not, then head over to YouTube for a replay of their virtual event 👉🏾 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_KXlkG8LJ8

8 of our graduate students presented their interdisciplinary research to the general public. Listen to their awesome presentations on a wide range of neuroscience topics such as psychedelics, ALS, language, depression and su***de, and more!

Congratulations on a successful event!

We closed this year's Open House with the much-anticipated "𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐈𝐏𝐍 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧" alumni career panel! 👩🏽‍🔬

It was an honour to welcome our former alumnae:
𝐍𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢, 𝐏𝐡.𝐃. (Associate Director, External Manufacturing, AVROBIO)
𝐋𝐲𝐬𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐌.𝐒𝐜. (Clinical Research Project/Program Manager, Massachusetts General Hospital)
𝐃𝐫. 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐚𝐧𝐨, 𝐌.𝐃., 𝐏𝐡.𝐃. (Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières; Adjunct Professor; Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill University).

We also had Dr. Orlowski from the Dept. of Physiology discuss the 5Ws of his research - the 'who, what, when, where, and why' 🔍

Today was the last day of our virtual Open House! We had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. J-B Poline and his team to introduce us to their research and work.

While Dr. Poline's entire team couldn't be present, we felt their 'virtual' presence 😉

Day 2 of our Open House featured Dr. Alanna Watt and her trainees, Kim G. and Eviatar F., introduce us to their research on the cerebellum aka the "little brain." 🧠 Thank you to everyone who asked such interesting questions about their research, lab, and grad life!

See you tomorrow for our virtual lab sessions with Dr. Jean-Baptiste Poline and Dr. John Orlowski. RSVP: https://www.mcgill.ca/ipn/2021-ipn-open-house