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ICYMI: New online! Use of animal models to understand CNS neuroimmunology — guidance from the International Society for Neuroimmunology White Paper Task Force

Congratulations to Hayley Thorpe on receiving the 2026 Young Investigator Grant from @bbrfoundation.bsky.social. Her research investigates the genetic link between cannabis use and schizophrenia, which could point to potential new treatment targets.

Brain Canada's 2026 Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research program is now open. Early-career researchers can apply for $100K over two years. Letters of Intent due Nov 3 at 5 p.m. ET. ➡️ braincanada.ca/files/2026-f... #Neuroscience #ResearchFunding

October 4th is the National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit and gender-diverse people, also known as Sisters in Spirit Day. Please read my full statement here:

🚨🚨🚨 TODAY 🚨🚨🚨 ~~~ 🔗 Link: utoronto.zoom.us/j/82271855801 (no need to register) ~~~ 📩 For updates on all things CNS-PDS: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... ~~~ #postdoc #science #research @canacn.bsky.social @princeton.edu @utoronto.ca @ubcmedicine.bsky.social

Cannabis THC:CBD Composition Affects Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cell Characteristics Following Acute Cannabis Vapor Inhalation in Adult Male and Female Mice https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.18.752658v1

Really excited to share some cool data from Labo Tremblay grad student Colin, in collaboration with @drjkhokhar.bsky.social, on acute cannabis exposure and OPCs!!

Brain Canada is thrilled to announce the new cohort of Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research. This year, 26 researchers join this growing community, and each receive $100,000. 🎉 Congratulations to the recipients! Find out more about this year’s Future Leaders ➡️ braincanada.ca/about/news-u...

🧠 This week at #CNSPDS! Join us Sept 10 for Neural Dynamics: From Memory to Networks—exploring spatial memory & spiking neural networks. 🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 📩 For Updates, join here: forms.gle/CJEGWiQ8SvkZ... #Neuroscience

Criselda Vasquez, American, The New American Gothic, 2017, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in, private collection The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026

Here is my letter to the MacDonald Laurier Institute on the subject of their appalling research. Use as you will. I recommend sending something of your own, though. And if you know anyone associated with MLI - and Board directors, say - send it to them, too.

My lab is ALSO recruiting a new postdoc to work on an exciting NIH-funded project. Start date ideally by early 2027. Please share with any recent or soon-to-defend neuro/psych PhDs with experience in rodent labs. northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...

Read CAN's submission to the 2026 pre-budget consultations: can-acn.org/read-cans-su... CAN recommends that the Government of Canada implement a five-year plan to increase the budgets CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC by a minimum of 10% annually.

My behavioral neuroscience lab at Northeastern is looking to recruit two new research techs! Job description and link to apply is here: northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...

I'm sure this take has been took already but it's worth saying: the obscene, cynical performance of "It's about being against plagiarism" re Arday is absurd when the entire academic superstructure is being reorganised around mandating plagiarism using advanced plagiarism automation software

New opening in our lab!

Fetal microglia show region-specific and morphology-dependent sex differences in their responsiveness to prenatal maternal stress https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.14.744921v1

Congratulations to the ACNP Global Scholarship Awardees! 🎉

I wrote about a reason not to use generative AI in your writing that I haven't seen anyone talking about. Once I realized this, banning GenAI in our lab's writing became a no-brainer. Feel free to share, I think this is probably useful especially for trainees: www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...

Hi Folks, with @lisataxier.bsky.social moving on to open her own lab at Stony Brook, I am in the market for a new postdoctoral fellow who wants to do slice electrophysiology. We have a number of really exciting projects, translational to basic science, that are ephys focused.

Please share--the Shansky lab is currently recruiting at all levels to work on an NIH-funded project investigating sex differences in the neural circuits that drive defensive behaviors. The official job ad isn't yet up, but interested folks can contact me as instructed here www.shanskylab.com/join

Please join us in Congratulating the 2026 ACNP Travel Award Class! 👏🤩 Click Here ➡️ tinyurl.com/5bzaz8va for more information on Travel Awards. 📝

This study identified a sex-dependent cannabinoid-microglia interaction in fear memory processing, suggesting that THC disrupts traumatic memory reconsolidation through sex-specific cellular mechanisms

A new investigation by @drugdatadecoded.ca and David Slater reveals how universities in Canada coordinated to spy on and violently remove their students’ anti-genocide encampments. Then, they denied the existence of records, delayed their release, and deleted chats. breachmedia.ca/canadian-uni...

Yessss #cannabinerds on this list!! @veronikakondev.bsky.social @siararouzer.bsky.social and Valeria Lallai!! Congrats to all of the 2026 recipients!!

Congratulations to the 2026 @acnporg.bsky.social travel award recipients! Good to see a lot of familiar names on this list, including @mictott.bsky.social, @jtuscher.bsky.social, @kmcostalab.com, @laurenmac.bsky.social, @chanjenerational.bsky.social, and @outraajeous.bsky.social!

Microglia extract neuronal proteolytic organelles via skoupocytosis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.22.740182v1

i have become much slower at typing in recent years no, it's not because i'm getting older. no it's not due to health issues it's because i cannot. fucking. overcome. all the goddamn "smart" features that are trying to change what i've written, forcing me to go back and write it all 3-4 times

We're proud to introduce Brainbow, a new Slack workspace for LGBTQIA+ people in neuroscience worldwide. Brainbow aims to provide a safe space, even for those in the closet (emails & names are optional). It also includes channels for communities within the LGBTQIA+ umbrella (eg, trans/non-binary) 1/2

🚨 We are recruiting at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, in the Regenerative Medicine Program ! If your are passionate about basic science, and dream to develop your own research program, please apply! #Ottawa #Canada #Recruitment #Scientist #Research Full description at the link below:

It's THAT time of year again: we have begun the search for our next NPP Editorial Intern🤩 The Intern works closely with NPP Principal Editors, Publishers, Special Projects Team & Social Media Editor + gets an invite to ACNP2027 Applications due July 30! More info: pmg.joynadmin.org/documents/10...

Characterizing the Effects of Chronic Cannabis Vapour Exposure and Withdrawal on Cannabinoid Triad, Somatic Signs and Behavioural Network Reorganization Adult Male Rats https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.12.731896v1

Reviewing stuff and authors saying they used GenAI for readability/word choice but then saying they edited the GenAI responses, what are we even doing. If you're editing the GenAI, why do you need to use this energy draining theft machine to edit your work when you're capable of doing it omg

🧠 The brain has its own immune cells—and they may hold the key to understanding addiction. Science at the Source Ep. 6 is out! Dr. Hilary Marusak talks microglia, adolescent brain development, and drug exposure with neuroimmunologist Maricela Martinez. 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=koYL... @uci_cannabis

Too much (and bad) AI art in these science talks

The president of Cornell hit two students with his car, lied about what happened, and got away with it. The story illustrates an under-reported crisis in higher education: administrators and the trustees they answer to are increasingly hostile to the idea of college itself. I wrote about it here:

UC Berkeley Law creates new AI policy that bans AI for "conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing any work submitted for credit" or exams because "thinking remains the sine qua non of good lawyering (and of a quality legal education)." That's what I'm talking about.