Very happy to share that my big paper from my postdoc with Paul Kenny, PhD is out today in Science! A few highlights below... science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Incredibly important discovery in Nature Communications led by Neil Vasdev of CAMH, reporting on synthesis of a new radioligand that binds non-AD tau in the brain. Huge promise for early diagnosis of CTE, and prevention of downstream consequences. nature.com/articles/s4146…

The Discovery Fund, made possible by an anonymous $100-million donation, is supporting five major cohort studies that are currently underway to bring together #patients, #researchers, #clinicians & families to develop new personalized #treatments. ⬇️MORE: camh.ca/en/camh-news-a…

Out today in Nature Communications, our work led by Peter Zhukovsky with Aristotle Voineskos on the genetic influences on brain structure and cognition, in collaboration with Diego A. Pizzagalli, PhD and Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center. The Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics CAMH Research. #AlzheimersDisease nature.com/articles/s4146…

CAMH and University of Toronto have received a $3M grant from Mitacs to advance & commercialize radiopharmaceutical technologies for health care, and train a new generation of scientists & clinicians. This will position #Canada as a leader in the sector. MORE: camh.ca/en/camh-news-a…

If you have any questions, feel free to DM me! Have served 1 term on the Institute Advisory Board and am the new vice-chair. Can provide the IAB perspective! Great opportunity for shaping the future of neuroscience, mental health and addiction in Canada!

This Pilot Project Grant was extremely helpful in establishing multiple lines of research for my postdoc and independent research program. An all-access pass to the core facility?! Unreal. And it was an excellent opportunity for funding as a Canadian in the US. Be sure to apply!

🚨 New preprint alert! 🚨 We explore the role of E2F3a in regulating cocaine reward at sex- and cell-specific levels in the nucleus accumbens. Read more on our findings below. Thanks to all co-authors and supporters for their contributions! 💎💎😊🙌

Yes! Our new preprint is now available. Pls share/enjoy it! 🙌🏽🎉💫

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Check and RT this beautiful Nature Communications paper from Erika Harding, PhD Nicole Burma, MD PhD and Charlie Kwok in @painandpoppies lab! Tamara Markovic, Ph.D. Kristine Yoon and I participated a little to this story when we were all in Jose Moron-Concepcion. Lab. Congrats friends 😊 nature.com/articles/s4146…

My first first-author paper is finally on bioRxiv! Thank you to an incredible team Sara Jones' Lab Drew Kiraly Sean P Farris Brian McCool, Rob Gould, Katie Holleran @KimberlyHolter4 Jonathon Sens Olivia Ortelli Paige Estave, MD, PhD Aly Curry Brianna George, PhD biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

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Congratulations to WHRC lead, Dr. Dr. Liisa Galea, on being elected as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences! The CAHS/ACSS brings together top-ranked health scientists to make a positive impact on the urgent health concerns of Canadians.

Strong recommend for any potential grad students!

Please see this exciting publication by Philipp Mews and others which describes a novel "chromatin scar" induced by cocaine, lasting depletion of H2A.Z from nucleosomes, in nucleus accumbens medium spiny neurons that drives gene priming and drug relapse. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

SUPER EXCITED to start #SfN24 w/ 2 outstanding neuroscientists from the #NestlerLab! Interested in #Opioid research? STOP BY & CHAT w/ Rita Futamura (PhD Student) & Brian Kipp (Postdoc)! Futamura👉abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/20433/p… Kipp👉abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/20433/p… #FBIatSfN Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD

I'm super excited to share this paper just preprinted by my group! We used a ton of post-mortem datasets (bulk RNAseq, snRNAseq, FISH, LCMseq) from PsychEncode cohorts to try to understand what's happening to GABAergic interneuron subtypes in human schizophrenia.

The main public health message here is that if someone experiences ongoing symptoms of psychosis after using substances (mushrooms, cannabis, anything), there should be a clear recommendation not to use again. Because the risk of developing schizophrenia is high for that person.

I am proud to share this new review on The Biology of Addiction that appeared today in Science Signaling. It was fun to write the review all by myself and reflect on the tremendous progress achieved over the past three decades...