1. Happy to share that our paper on the dorsal peduncular cortex and its role in affective behaviours and fear is finally out at Neuropsychopharmacology with co-authors abdessattar Ryan Appings and many others from @ArruCarval_lab lab: nature.com/articles/s4138…

📢 NEWS RELEASE: Today, teachers are giving 48 hours’ notice of locations for the next round of rotating strikes on Wednesday, February 7. Read more: stf.sk.ca/about-stf/news…

I am delighted to share that I'll be joining U of Saskatchewan as an Assistant Professor this fall. I am excited to join the vibrant research community @Dept of Vet Biomed Sci. I am #grateful to my scores of mentors, funders, friends & family who have supported me thus far. #faithfulGod

Congratulations Dan McElroy for pushing your love of the RSC on me and now the world!

Amazing to see Tallan Black develop this project as an idea for her comprehensive exam and then refine and polish it into this full length review with Bryan W Jenkins 🧠! Congratulations!!! 🍾💥👏

Congratulations to the Best Paper winners who were just announced at #USask’s Life & Health Sciences Research Expo award ceremony! The Best Supervisor Award is coming up next! #USaskHealth #USaskResearch

Congratulations Tallan Black !!!

I recognize this paper! Thanks for the tweet @Psychopharm!

#OnTheBeamlines: Researchers from U of Saskatchewan used the Mid-IR beamline as part of a study looking at how exposure to high-#THC cannabis smoke while in utero impacts the developing brain John Howland Tallan Black Diamond Light Source 🔎 bit.ly/44iMPjr

Just published in nature: "Underfunding cannabis research hampers sensible policymaking and boosts the black market." Highlighting the lack of funding using Quebec as an example. Read more: nature.com/articles/d4158… #CannabisResearch #Policy #Science

We're hiring two tenure-track assistant professors in behavioural neuroscience to begin on July 1, 2025. Please share with your networks! Apply by Oct 1, 2024 here: bit.ly/PsychBNSPositi…

✨Congratulations to John Howland on receiving a 2024 CIHR Spring Project Grant! He is studying the effects of cannabis smoke during pregnancy, aiming to understand the impact of long-term exposure on child development, and to inform public health policy and education.

Continuing our celebration of #PeerReivewWeek, we want to highlight the top reviewers of 2023. Want to know more about some of them? Stay tuned!

John Howland reviewed 7 papers in '23. He is a Professor in the Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology and the University of Saskatchewan.

Why does Dr. Howland review for NPP? "I enjoy reviewing for NPP given the consistently high quality of the submissions, and I learn a lot by reading the other reviewers' comments"

Dr. Howland (John Howland) & his team recently received a CIHR grant to continue work on the effects of gestational cannabis exposure. If you're interested in joining his team - reach out!

🧠 What does fetal exposure to cannabis change in brain wiring? #USaskMed's John Howland brings us inside his lab in Ep. 84 of Researchers Under the Scope, to study #BuddingBrains on high-test THC and CBD.🔬🐭 Listen now: ow.ly/8rEg50TIXcb #USaskResearch U of S CoM Office of the Vice-Dean Research

Getting ready to start #CanHillDay in Ottawa this morning with our great #neuroadvocates

🚨New paper from the Epp and Sargin Labs!🚨 We identified early sex- and region-specific impairments to parvalbumin interneurons (PV-INs) during Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) pathogenesis science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Simplified highlights below: 🧵/15

I will be at the CAN meeting in Toronto if you are interested in discussing this Assistant Professor opportunity USask Medicine. Please apply!