News and Updates
March 2024
Congratulations to our incoming new doctoral student, Todd, who in addition to winning the Harley N. Hotchkiss Graduate Scholarship in Neuroscience, has been awarded the Faculty of Graduate Studies Distinguished Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship!
February 2024
Farewell and congratulations to Stephanie for successfully defending her MSc thesis! Wishing her all the best in her future endeavors! We are thrilled to share our new paper in Nature Communications which reveals how a specific brain circuit controls movement in mice! Congratulations to Sandeep and the team on this great achievement!
August 2023
Congratulations to our trainees who have received or renewed their awards! Cole received the Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES), while Jonathan and Stephanie were both successful in renewing their BrainCreate Awards. There's no better way to end your summer research experience than getting first place in the best poster presentation at the UCVM SURE Research Day! Congratulations and farewell to Abel! Wishing him the best as he begins his fourth year!
News Archive
Farewell to Joseph - wishing him all the best in med school. He'll be missed!
Welcome to our new summer student, Abel Mebrahtu, who will be working with Jonathan on the Fragile X project!
We are excited to be awarded a Parkinson Canada pilot grant! We will study the restoration of locomotor function following stimulation of the A13 region in Parkinson’s rat models.
Finally, we are proud of Jonathan and Stephanie for presenting their work at HBI Research Day!
Congratulations to Stephanie on being awarded with the Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES)!
Farewell to Gurleen, who is returning to Vancouver to continue her Co-op work term at a Biotech company. We wish you well! Congratulations to Cole on receiving a Spinal Cord/Nerve Injury and Pain (SCNIP) scholarship from the HBI!
Congratulations to our recent grads: Adam, Joseph and Linda, who celebrated their convocation this month!
September brings more changes in personnel. Bidding farewell and good luck to Linda Kim, as she begins her Post-doctoral career in Houston. We also welcome Cole Belway, who is pursuing his Masters in our lab. Finally, we welcome Joseph Grams as a full-time Lab Technician!