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Wei-Hsiang Huang

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Taiwanese-Canadian Neuroscientist Associate Professor @ McGill University Study neurodevelopmental disorders using mouse and human organoid models https://www.huanglabmcgill.org/

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Warm congratulations to The Brain Prize winners 2026, Professor David Ginty and Professor Patrik Ernfors, for their pioneering work on how the nervous system detects and processes touch and pain.

Karolinska Institutet
HHMI

#Neuroscience #BrainPrize2026

05.03.2026 15:01 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 9

What kind of CIHR math is that...what were they thinking? LOL

04.03.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ§ͺ🧠 New preprint: helping resolve a decades-long debate in synaptic plasticity

NMDA receptors are central to Hebbian learning. Yet for >30 years, the existence and function of presynaptic NMDA receptors have remained controversial.

πŸ“„ doi.org/10.64898/202...

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16.02.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Please share: I am recruiting a PhD student to join my lab in Oslo!

For this project, we will investigate the role of striatal interneurons during action selection, using a combination of behavior, in vivo voltage imaging, and slice ephys.

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

#NeuroJobs #NeuroSkyence

13.02.2026 14:34 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Copy and paste this link to see ad: "https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/312675"

02.02.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
McGill’s Arts Building on campus, featuring its stone faΓ§ade and green dome, with the McGill flag raised and autumn foliage surrounding the building.

McGill’s Arts Building on campus, featuring its stone faΓ§ade and green dome, with the McGill flag raised and autumn foliage surrounding the building.

McGill is recruiting top-tier researchers working abroad through the federally funded Canada Impact+ Research Chairs program, addressing global and national challenges. The first round is due in early 2026.

Learn more and submit your candidacy: https://mcgill.ca/x/5Zh

18.12.2025 13:02 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

Congrats Alex, this is such a truly beautiful work!

05.12.2025 16:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Please repost: another kind of Black-Friday deal!

28.11.2025 18:43 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very cool research!

21.11.2025 12:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am recruiting graduate students for the experimental side of my lab @mcgill.ca for admission in Fall 2026!
Get in touch if you're interested in how brain circuits implement distributed computation, including dopamine-based distributed RL and probabilistic representations.

19.11.2025 18:04 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Chair of Pharmacology and Toxicology - Salt Lake City, Utah job with The University of Utah | 37914733 The University of Utah seeks a Chair of Pharmacology and Toxicology

After 10 years, I am stepping down as chair of our department and we have an active search going on! Utah is a phenomenal place to live and work and it's been the honor of a lifetime chairing the department founded by Lou Goodman. #MedSky #Neuroskyence Repost!

jobs.chronicle.com/job/37914733...

12.11.2025 16:28 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores

30.10.2025 20:33 πŸ‘ 144 πŸ” 170 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 50
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SCIENTIST – Developmental, Stem Cell & Cancer Biology Program - Toronto (City), Ontario (CA) job with The Hospital for Sick Children - Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program | 12848200 Discovery-based and/or translational research using model organism genetics and/or stem cell and organoid platforms to study paediatric cancer.

Fantastic opportunity at The Hospital for Sick Children. Please repost. www.nature.com/naturecareer...

28.10.2025 22:05 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Early career group leaders We appoint researchers from across biology and biomedicine to set up their first groups at the Crick.

The @crick.ac.uk is recruiting Early Career Group Leaders

- Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers
- Support for up to 12 years
- Access to our core facilities
- Competitive salary
- Fantastic colleagues
- All areas of biology

Deadline 27 Nov

www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

10.10.2025 08:20 πŸ‘ 155 πŸ” 154 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

Come join us at @westernu.ca: Chair, Department of Medical Biophysics: www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...

10.10.2025 02:56 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Assistant Professor (Neuroscience, Tenure Track) - Lethbridge (City), Alberta (CA) job with University of Lethbridge | 39049 Assistant Professor (tenure track) of the Department of NeuroscienceΒ at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

For anyone on the neuroscience job market, our ads are up. We are looking for anyone working in systems neuroscience of animals to join us in southern Alberta πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
#academicsky #neuroskyence #neuroethology #academicjobs #Canada
neurojobs.sfn.org/job/39049/as...

04.09.2025 19:59 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Making #yogurt with ants from a nearly forgotten Bulgarian recipe. www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

@cp-iscience.bsky.social
Veronica M. Sinotte, Leonie J. Jahn & colleagues

03.10.2025 15:00 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

Congrats and well deserved!

01.10.2025 21:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor

πŸ“’ McGill University is hiring!

The Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, with the Meakins-Christie Labs at the RI-MUHC, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Pluripotent Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine.

Learn more and apply. ➑️ stemcellnetwork.ca/wp-content/u...

29.09.2025 13:35 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Postdoctoral Research Associate - Developmental Neurobiology A postdoctoral research associate position is available in the laboratory of Dr. Lindsay Schwarz in the Department of Developmental Neurobiology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The Schwarz l...

With 2 postdocs moving on to faculty positionsπŸ₯³, we're looking to hire someone new. If you're interested in norepinephrine and neural circuits, please apply! tinyurl.com/42bfe24k

24.09.2025 15:41 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4

Since this is going to be headline news tomorrow…

The highest quality research has shown Tylenol use in pregnancy is NOT at all associated with autism risk.

To suggest otherwise is to be an amateur that cherry-picks data points from decades ago.

What we discussed 2 weeks ago remains true today ⬇️

22.09.2025 03:23 πŸ‘ 841 πŸ” 349 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 15
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Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops A federal judge had ordered agents not to make indiscriminate stops relying on factors like a person’s ethnicity or that they speak Spanish.

Breaking News: The Supreme Court lifted restrictions on ICE agents in Los Angeles, allowing them to make indiscriminate stops based on factors like ethnicity.

08.09.2025 16:20 πŸ‘ 282 πŸ” 185 πŸ’¬ 135 πŸ“Œ 208
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Great idea.

31.08.2025 16:50 πŸ‘ 87 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Very fun collaborating with the Russell lab on this one. Tireless efforts of Dr. Truc (Cloe) Losier to bring this across the finish line.

29.08.2025 01:17 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Search Jobs - University Affairs

Come join our Department!

universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...

14.08.2025 15:12 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Molecular and neural control of social hierarchy by a forebrain-thalamocortical circuit Social hierarchy in unfamiliar male mice is regulated by the mediodorsal thalamus acting as a hub whose altered expression of the voltage-gated ion channel Trpm3 and synaptic plasticity drive inhibiti...

Another excellent study by @dulaclab.bsky.social and collaborators. This new @cp-cell.bsky.social study uncovers a key role for the thalamus in the neural control of social hierarchy πŸ§ͺ🧠🧬

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

12.08.2025 08:15 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The White House is taking new steps to undermine every international student at our universities.

It has approved a new rule restricting student visas to 4 years max. That's not long enough for PhD students, or about half of undergrads, to finish their degree.

Likely to enter force within days.

08.08.2025 11:20 πŸ‘ 1668 πŸ” 831 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 152
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Canada plans a 15% budget cut. Scientists are alarmed Cuts could erase promised boost, researchers fear

Carney is planing 15% budget cuts across most of government. @supportourscience.bsky.social and @u15ca.bsky.social worry what that would do to a research system that is already lagging behind other countries. My story for @science.org πŸ§ͺ

www.science.org/content/arti...

07.08.2025 20:07 πŸ‘ 95 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 9
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Faculty Position in Life Science Engineering The School of Life Sciences at EPFL invites applications for a faculty position in life science engineering. Appointments will be at Tenure Track Assistant Professor or at Associate Professor level. W...

Outstanding Faculty opportunity in the broad area of 'life sciences engineering' @EPFL School of Life Sciences, open to both junior and senior researchers. We may prefer metabolism-centric applications but remain open to outstanding applications across domains:
www.epfl.ch/about/workin...

06.08.2025 14:11 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Patch clampers: we got an error 52 on our Leica vibracheck and the normal "blow on it like a nintendo in the 80s" fix didn't work. Nor did a cleaning of the LED and diode. LED does shine. Has anyone else had such an issue and managed to resurrect this very simple but stupidly expensive thing?

24.06.2025 22:41 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1