News and Updates
September 2024
Welcome to our new Masters student, Manjusha! She graduated from the U of C Neuroscience program. We are excited to help her achieve her Masters in Neuroscience!
May 2024
We welcome our new doctoral student, Todd, to our lab! He completed his MSc in Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of Saskatchewan. Looking forward to working with him as he pursues his PhD in Neuroscience!
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!
News Archive
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!
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!
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!