91�� News - brain research

Amazing Brain Science Talks 2025: Exploring Brain-Heart Connections

webfull — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 20:41:49 +0000

On Saturday, November 8, 2025, Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives (HBHL) presented the third edition of the Amazing Brain Science Talks, in partnership with Brain Canada Foundation and the Brain-Heart Interconnectome. Held at the Grande Bibliothèque in Montreal, the event attracted over 100 attendees for an engaging afternoon discussing popular topics in brain health.

Published: 10 December 2025

The brain’s balancing system

webfull — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 13:09:31 +0000

A finding by a 91��-led team of neuroscientists could open doors to new treatments for a range of psychiatric and neurological disorders attributed to dysfunctions in specific dopamine pathways.

Published: 27 August 2024

AMH Initiative: Decoding the effects of early life adversity on mental health

webfull — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 22:24:35 +0000

While it is commonly understood that a difficult childhood can lead to mental health issues, research has now exposed deeper, more troubling impacts of early life adversity: that these experiences can reshape the brain and body at a cellular level. Physiological effects like these are at the core of the 91��-Douglas-Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry International Collaborative Initiative in Adversity and Mental Health (AMH Initiative).

Published: 11 January 2024

CONNECT Expertise Matchmaking

webfull — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 17:50:32 +0000

Unlock the potential for new interdisciplinary collaborations in Cognitive Neuroscience research! CONNECT is back with funding to support your innovative ideas and research partnerships, regardless of project stage.

Request for Applications (RFA):

Published: 10 October 2023

Five new faculty join 91�� through the HBHL Start-Up Supplements Program

webfull — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 18:50:57 +0000

In line with our commitment to advancing brain research excellence at 91��, HBHL is happy to introduce five exceptional recruits who have recently joined 91�� across three different faculties. These talented individuals have received funding through HBHL's New Recruit Start-Up Supplements program, which provides critical supplementary funding to 91��'s hiring faculties, empowering them to attract standout faculty members whose research aligns with HBHL's scientific priorities.

Published: 20 September 2023

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2023 HBHL Fellowships!

webfull — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 17:35:16 +0000

This year's edition of the HBHL Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellowships Program has recognized the dedication and promise of 37 exceptional students. Master's students are awarded $10,000, while those pursuing their PhDs receive $15,000, providing crucial support for their research endeavors throughout the upcoming year.

Published: 7 August 2023

A successful inaugural HBHL Research Day and Symposium

webfull — Tue, 15 May 2018 19:15:01 +0000

The inaugural Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives (HBHL) Research Day and Symposium took place on May 9 and 10, 2018. We welcomed over 280 participants to Research Day and 380 to the Symposium.

Published: 15 May 2018

HBHL Training Program Highlights for 2017

webfull — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:37:42 +0000

Training of highly qualified researchers, clinicians, and informaticians, is an important component of 91��’s Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives (HBHL) initiative. Over the past year, HBHL’s training program has passed several important milestones.

Here are some of the highlights:

Published: 20 December 2017

HBHL researchers and trainees participate in SfN 2017

webfull — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 18:42:07 +0000

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) course was spear-headed by Dr. Jane Roskams, and included world-renowned experts in neuroinformatics showcasing their tools and datasets. Dr. JB Poline, a new MNI faculty member and HBHL hire, discussed the need for data publishing and the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform, as well as data and compute management software that will eventually comprise the backbone of NeuroHub - namely, CBRAIN and LORIS.

Published: 27 November 2017

The BigBrain Workshop: From open data to novel applications

webfull — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 18:14:40 +0000

Initiated more than 10 years ago by a collaboration between the 91�� Centre for Integrative Neuroscience in Montreal, Canada and the Jülich Research Centre in Germany, the BigBrain atlas is the highest-resolution 3D digital map of the human brain produced to date. The atlas was painstakingly reconstructed from 7404 separate sections of a human brain.