"The exchange of ideas cannot be limited by political boundaries. To do so severely compromises the ability of the scientific enterprise to develop new ideas and advance humanity. " Read CAN's response to scientists being denied visas to attend #sfn18 ow.ly/1kB030lxMmi

Interested in silent synapses? Check out our latest paper in Cell Reports with Richard Naud, @kevinfhlee and twitterless Cary Soares, and this #tweeprint by lead author Michael Lynn. Congrats Michael!

I have a synaptic joke, but it’s a failure.

If you want to express your distress regarding the proposed dissolution of the Eccles Institute of Neuroscience at the Australian National University, here's a link.

Interested in behavioral timescale synaptic plasticity (BTSP)? Associative learning? Eligibility traces? Temporal credit assignment problem?! Check out our preprint 👇! (1/13) #synapticplasticity #BTSP Richard Naud Jean-Claude Beique biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

A prospective code for value in the serotonin system nature.com/articles/s4158…

Que disent vraiment les #neurones producteurs de #sérotonine dans notre #cerveau ? Et pourquoi ce #neurotransmetteur clé est-il activé à la fois en réponse aux récompenses et aux punitions ? 🧠⚡ Place aux experts de la sérotonine d'uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine. 💡Une nouvelle étude de

What are #serotonin #neurons really saying inside our #brains? And why is this key #neurotransmitter activated in response to both rewards and punishments? 🧠⚡ Enter uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine’s serotonin whisperers. 💡 A new nature study led by our Faculty’s interdisciplinary researchers

In addition to winning the 1967 Stanley Cup, the Maple Leafs won all subsequent Cups if you deduct the dozens of teams who won illegally

Trade-offs between robustness and small-world effect in complex networks | nature.com/articles/srep3…

A beautiful quote for the #Naylor report #sciencereviewcan Music to my ears!

Our broken economy, in one simple chart nyti.ms/2vBAzNb

Innovative science research in Canada is dying a silent death - Macleans.ca macleans.ca/opinion/innova…

Looking to hire postdocs interested in neurophysiology and decision making. Contact me for details. Please RT!

Please RT if you agree. I do. #SupportTheReport x.com/mossy_fibers/s…

We just finished 2 days of CIHR reviews in Ottawa. Few observations: 1. CIHR staff is amazing. They do absolutely everything they possibly can to make the review process thorough, fair and transparent. They help us, they listen to us. Thank you! 1/n

Could we learn more about how the government is planning to “chart a course the way forward”? The scientific community is eagerly waiting to see the concrete steps the government is going to make to #Supportthereport. Justin Trudeau Bill Morneau Minister of Science Minister of Health x.com/ScienceMin/sta…

It was a pleasure meeting Bill Morneau and Minister of Science yesterday Université d'Ottawa | University of Ottawa Advanced Research Complex to explore fundamental #science and chat with some amazing researchers. x.com/Bill_Morneau/s…

Nobody could have predicted that the Trump Treasury would fail to produce a serious economic analysis of tax cuts