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PHOTO: Roberta Berard from the London Health Science Centre (left), Mark Ferro of the University of Waterloo (right), and their research teams to receive $240,000 each. Brain Canada and Cassie + Friends unveil the recipients of the Addressing Mental Health in Paediatric Rheumatic Diseases Team...

Dr. Maria Stepanova, a physicist at the University of Alberta, is one of nine 2022 ALS Canada-Brain Canada Discovery Grant recipients. She works closely with Dr. Holger Wille, a structural biologist also at U of A. Though both have decades of experience researching other neurodegenerative diseases,...

Grant Bruno (left) and Hong Lu Brain Canada is pleased to announce the recipients of the Shireen and Edna Marcus Excellence Award. Grant Bruno, from the University of Alberta, and Hong Lu, from the University of British Columbia, will each receive $4,500 to support their academic development and...

University of Alberta researchers have discovered a new method to identify the severity of Lou Gehrig’s disease in patients and track its progression. The U of A team, led by Sanjay Kalra, a professor in the Division of Neurology, has made progress toward an imaging biomarker for white-matter...

It’s a word that has a science-fiction sound to it, but, in fact, organoids are at the core of what scientist Jeff Wrana calls “revolutionizing biology.” Read the story here.

Vancouver, B.C. – November 24, 2005 – A team of researchers at the University of British Columbia has found a way to block the communication between brain cells that triggers drug cravings, a finding that could lead to new therapies to treat addiction and relapse as well as compulsive behaviours...

Tumors continuously change towards more aggressive and resistant forms. Project Overview Tumors continuously change towards more aggressive and resistant forms. Brain tumors illustrate the quandary of cancer evolution: despite standard-of-care treatment, the disease invariably progress and returns....

Even in the healthy brain, ageing is commonly associated with cognitive decline. Project Overview Even in the healthy brain, ageing is commonly associated with cognitive decline. The factors that could explain large inter-individual differences in the progression of the decline are still poorly...

The aims of the proposal were to examine the mechanism of how dopamine neurons degenerate in Parkinson (PD) animal models. Project Overview The aims of the proposal were to examine the mechanism of how dopamine neurons degenerate in Parkinson (PD) animal models. The work was centered on three...

The human brain is vulnerable to too much of mTOR signaling, An important neuronal pathway regulating neuronal development and activity. Project Overview The human brain is vulnerable to too much of mTOR signaling, An important neuronal pathway regulating neuronal development and activity. We study...