Integrated Program in Neuroscience
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Super cool image from IPN alum, Scott Bell! Congratulations!

Have you heard about NeuroHub? NeuroHub offers researchers a single web-based platform to store their data, collaborate with colleagues and work with established computational infrastructure. The platform’s suite of tools supports research in neuroinformatics, genomics, social sciences, biology and more, and can be used by any user with an internet connection through their web browser. Learn more & request an account here: https://neurohub.ca/index.html

IPN students: Would you like your research to be more open and reproducible? Open Life Science, BrainHack School, and Open Science UMontreal created a survey for you to complete, which will help them help you make your research more open! Access the survey here: https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSeqEb5V0WT8KHlvf7/viewform

#IamIPN: Gilberto Rojas Vite We're capping the series this year with our Ph.D. student, Gilberto! Gilberto is currently in Dr. A. Peyrache's lab. Read our interview to learn more about Gilberto's fascinating work on neural circuits, how he adapted his research and his lifestyle to the current pandemic, and about his interesting hobbies and activities. He also shares with us a cool resource he recently discovered! READ: https://www.mcgill.ca/ipn/iamipn/iamipn-gilberto-rojas-vite

Earlier this year, many of our M.Sc. and Ph.D. students received graduate fellowships from Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives (HBHL). Here is a list of the recipients - congrats to everyone! https://www.mcgill.ca//fellowshi/fellowships-competition-6

Cool opportunity for our students to showcase their research via short video clips! Learn more about Tasnia Rahman's research project. Tasnia is a former IPN M.Sc. student in Dr. Ed Ruthazer's lab. She is now a med student at McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Congratulations to our incredibly talented PIs for receiving grants as part of Brain Canada’s Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Program! Our 6 PIs were selected among ~150 applicants. #ipnproud

While this year's Grafstein lecture was virtual, its compelling and interactive nature remained unchanged. Here are a few snapshots from the virtual lecture. Did you know that a few hours before the lecture, several of our students had the opportunity to attend a virtual luncheon with Dr. Huda Zoghbi and Dr. Bernice Grafstein? The roundtable luncheon featured insightful discussions on Covid, their respective research projects, diversity and equal representation, and more.

#IamIPN: Neelima Vaddadi As we approach the end of the year, we had the pleasure of interviewing our Ph.D. student and former GSAN president, Neelima Vaddadi! This was a fun, all-round interview in which we discussed a plethora of topics. We welcome you to read our interview in which Neelima shares why she moved from India to England to Montreal, what motivated her to study neuroscience, her current research, how her experience was like as GSAN officer and president, and more! Read Neelima's interview: https://www.mcgill.ca/ipn/iamipn/iamipn-neelima-vaddadi

Congratulations to Drs. Peter McPherson and David Ragsdale for joining McGill's "Quarter Century Club," which celebrates all McGill employees for their 25 years of service! The IPN is proud to have you both as part of its community!

Don't miss Dr. Huda Zoghbi, M.D. deliver this year's Bernice Grafstein Lecture in Neuroscience on October 21! Dr. Zoghbi will talk about genetic and therapeutic approaches to tackle neurodevelopmental disorders. Register here: https://www.mcgill.ca/ipn/2020bgrafsteinlecture

#ipnretreat2020 wrapped up last week with a final symposium on early adversity and neurodevelopment! Chaired by Dr. D. Walker, the session featured great talks from our students, Aashita, Mary, Moushumi, and Jose. Thank you to all those who participated and joined us from across the globe. See you next year!