The SLC is hosting a Laser Tag Event at The Fun Zone (541 Days Rd) on Sunday, April 6th at 6:00 PM. Everyone’s welcome—students, faculty, staff, and friends. The cost is $7 per game by showing your student card. Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1lFRWP…

🧠 NEW PUBLICATION out of the CNS! A new study published in Nature Communications demonstrates the power of plasma biomarker pTau217 in diagnosing and predicting dementia in a Brazilian cohort 🇧🇷 Full article: nature.com/articles/s4146…

🧠 Big news for Kingston’s young scientists! The Brain Reach program just won the March 2025 Awesome Kingston grant — bringing hands-on neuroscience lessons to local Grade 5 classrooms! 🧪🧬 Full story here: kingstonist.com/news/brain-rea…

🧠 Join us April 2nd from 12–1pm for our next CNS Seminar Series Talk featuring Dr. Elizabeth Finger! She'll be speaking about Frontotemporal Dementia, Empathy, and Oxytocin. Speaker present online, but you're welcome to join online (link in bio) or in person (Abramsky 002)!

🧠 How does exercise reshape the brain—and does it differ between sexes? New research from the De Felice Lab reviews how sex and gender can influence the brain’s response to exercise, highlighting key players like irisin and BDNF. 🔗 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🎾 Ready to serve up some fun? The CNS Tennis Singles Tournament is here! Whether you're a baseline beginner or seasoned pro, all students, faculty, staff, and friends are welcome to join. 🗓 Sign-Up Deadline: Sunday, May 25 at 11:59 PM 📩 Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

🧠 Could severe COVID-19 lead to Alzheimer’s-like brain changes? New research from the De Felice lab at CNS reveals that patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 exhibited levels of tau protein comparable to those seen in Alzheimer’s disease. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Congratulations to Theo Aliyianis on publishing the review he wrote during his MSc Neuroscience at Queen's University on the effect of cognitive impairment on quality-of-life in people with epilepsy Queen's U Department of Medicine doi.org/10.1016/j.eple…

🧠🥎 CNS Softball Tournament! 🥎🧠 Join us at the Kingston Memorial Centre Ball Diamonds (303 York St) on Thursday, July 10 from 12:00–4:30 PM for an afternoon of fun and friendly competition—no softball experience needed! 🔗 Sign up (1 form per person): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

We love seeing our trainees disseminating their work at conferences around the globe! Congratulations to Coljae from Dr. DJ Cook's lab who presented his research at the Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 2025 Congress this week!

Huge congratulations to our CNS members Drs. Gunnar Blohm, Randy Flanagan, Effie Pereira, and Farhana Zulkernine on being part of the $7M NSERC investment in STEM research Queen's University! Your groundbreaking work continues to inspire innovation and shape the future of science.

ROOM UPDATE: Seminars are being held in Botterell Hall Room 147 for this term!

🏈 Join the SLC for our first social of the year! Chiefs vs. Jaguars at Jack Astor’s (330 King St E) on Mon, Oct 6 @ 8PM. Everyone welcome—students, faculty, staff & friends. RSVP by Oct 3: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

✨ Join us for our first October seminar! Dr. Jordan Poppenk will be speaking in person about: “Beyond gist and detail: the hippocampus as a multiscale integrator.” 📅 October 1st 🕛 12–1 PM 📍 Botterell Hall Room B143 or on Zoom (link in bio)