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Welcome to the Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Centre for Research in Neuroscience!

We areÌýa vibrant and multidisciplinary research centre located at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº in Montreal, Canada.

The research conducted by our highly interactive research groups has led to major advances in basic and medical neurosciences.

The CRN provides training to students toward an MSc or PhD, and to postdoctoral researchers and MDs for careers in research.

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Dr. Garth M. Bray (July 25, 1936 – September 26, 2022)

The CRN is saddened to hear of the passing of Dr. Garth Bray. In 1969, Garth was among a cadre of exceptional young physician-scientists recruited by Dr. Donald Baxter to build a new vision for the Division of Neurology focused on clinical efforts, research, and teaching. Garth, along with fellow neurologists and Ph.D. scientists at the CRN, made remarkable scientific discoveries in the areas of neuron-glial cell interactions and CNS regeneration in the 1970s and 80s. Garth was known as a warm, soft-spoken individual that many looked to for advice. On the clinical side, he was appreciated for his calmness, and the care and empathy he provided for his patients and their families.

Garth will be greatly missed.

Dr. Donald Gilbert McCrae Lawrence (January 18, 1932 - August 28, 2022)

The CRN is very saddened to hear of the passing of Dr. Donald Lawrence. Don was a much respected and valued member of the Neurology Division at the Montreal General Hospital and the Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº. CRN faculty have fond memories of Don, who was a soft-spoken and caring person with a delightful sense of humor. He was deeply appreciated by researchers, nurses, and other clinical staff alike. He was an exceptional teacher, attending all of the lectures for the medical students, and giving high priority to the needs of his students. Don was also involved in neuroscience research in Dr. Albert Aguayo’s Lab over the years. His two papers in 1968 published in Brain on cortical and subcortical pathways that project to spinal motor neurons are classics in the field. He also served as Dean of Æ»¹ûÒùÔº for the medical school.

Don will be deeply missed by many of us who had known him.

CRN Statement Condemning Racism, Discrimination, and Violence

The killing of George Floyd and many others is a sickening reflection of systemic racism, violence, and discriminatory practices against Black men, women, and children, which is unacceptable. The Centre for Research in Neuroscience (CRN) condemns all forms of racism, discrimination, and violence, and is committed to providing a safe, inclusive research environment where respect for all individuals is paramount. We at the CRN are committed to confronting these issues and we are working harder to improve education for all Centre faculty, staff, and trainees on racism, discrimination, and violence, and develop stronger training and outreach programs to achieve an equitable, diverse, and inclusive environment.ÌýFor example, we are collaborating with the Brain Repair and Integrative Neuroscience (BRaIN) Program to create a committee focused on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity (EDI). The mission of this committee will be to gather input from faculty, staff, and trainees on how the CRN and BRaIN Program can develop anti-racism and anti-discrimination policies that promote equity within our research environment and promote education and EDI training for all of our researchers. (18 June 2020)

Recent CRN News

• Congrats Amanda McFarlan (Sjöström Lab) for publishing in Frontiers! (Aug 2024)

• CongratsÌýShawniya Alageswaran (Sjöström Lab) for winning an HBHL PhD Fellowship! (July 2024)

• Congratulations to Huang Lab Ph.D. students Sehrish Javed and Hao-Cheng Chang for the Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Faculty of Medicine MedStar Awards! (May 2024)

• Dr Hovy Wong (Sjöström Lab) is a winner of a ! Congratulations! (May 2024)

• Congrats Amanda McFarlan (Sjöström Lab), who is the 2023 recipient of The Carbonetto Award! Amanda also published Ìýin Frontiers, congratulations!Ìý(Apr 2024)

• Congratulations to Haley Renault (Sjöström Lab) for renewing the Savoy Foundation studentship! (Apr 2024)

• Congrats, Connie Guo (Sjöström Lab) for winning both theÌýNSERC CGS-M and theÌýFRQSÌýBourses de formation à la maîtrise! (Apr 2024)

• Congrats to Ya-Ting Chang et al (Huang Lab) for their publication "Comparative analyses of the Smith−Magenis syndrome protein RAI1 in mice and common marmoset monkeys" inÌý! (Jan 2024)

• CongratsÌýSandra Salgado-Mozo et al (Bourque Lab) for their , titled "Na_XÌýChannel Is a Physiological [Na⁺] Detector in Oxytocin- and Vasopressin-Releasing Magnocellular Neurosecretory Cells of the Rat Supraoptic Nucleus", see . (Nov 2023)

• How does the synapse sustains high-frequency neurotransmission that is crucial for memory formation? Drs. Hovy Wong and Jesper Sjöström published a paper in to resolve this. (NovÌý2023) Congratulations to the team!!

• The Wei-Hsiang Huang lab recently published 3 papers that decipher the neurobiology of RAI1 in Ìý(Proc Natl Acad Sci U SA)Ìýand Ìý(eLife), as well as developing Ìý(J Biol Chem). Congratulations to the first authors Dr. Debbie Chang and Ph.D. students Sehrish Javed and Paul Chang! (September 2023)

• Congratulations to Dr. Wei-Hsiang Huang for being selected as one of the Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research from the Brain Canada Foundation. Dr. Huang was also awarded grants from the Savoy Foundation and the RDMM Network. News link (September 2023)

• Congrats, Christina Chou (Sjöström Lab) for winning theÌýAnn and Richard Sievers Neuroscience Award,ÌýIPN’s most prestigious internal award! (3 Sep 2023)

• Congratulations, to Dr. Samuel DavidÌý who has officiallyÌý been selected as a CAN-ACN Honorary Member, joining a small group of distinguished neuroscientists that are formally recognized by CAN-ACN.Ìý
• Congrats to Airi Watanabe and Connie Guo (Sjöström Lab) who published a paper in iScience, titled ""! (16 June 2023)
• Congratulations to the Murai Lab on their recent publication of the article in Current BiologyÌýtitled "ÌýOrganizing principles of astrocytic nanoarchitecture in the mouse cerebral cortex"Ìý This study was co-ledÌýbyÌý, senior scientist and leader of theÌýÌýat the RI-MUHC, andÌýKaleem Siddiqi, PhD, professor in the School of Computer Science and the Centre for Intelligent Machines, Æ»¹ûÒùÔº. Ìý(16 Feb 2023) .

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