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New publication in Nature Neuroscience by Prof. Rosemary Bagot and her team

webfull — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 06:38:46 +0000

Congratulations to Prof. Bagot, her lab, and their co-authors for their recent publication in Nature Neuroscience! The paper is titled, Sex-biased neural encoding of threat discrimination in nucleus accumbens afferents drives suppression of reward behavior, and can be found here. Additional brief information about this paper can be found in this thread. Prof.

Published: 11 September 2024

Professor Karim Nader elected fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

webfull — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 06:01:23 +0000

Congratulations to Prof. Karim Nader on becoming a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada! Prof. Nader is being honoured as a renowned leader in memory research focusing on fear. More information on this honour can be found here.

Published: 11 September 2024

Professor Eric Hehman has been given a William Dawson Scholar award

webfull — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 14:26:34 +0000

Congratulations to Prof. Eric Hehman on becoming a William Dawson Scholar! This honour is for researchers who have demonstrated potential to become global leaders in their field. More information on this award can be found here and here.

Published: 7 July 2024

Professor Caroline Palmer has received a Distinguished James McGill Professor award

webfull — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 14:21:17 +0000

Congratulations to Prof. Caroline Palmer on becoming a Distinguished James McGill Professor! McGill’s highest honour is reserved for late-career researchers who have established themselves as international leaders in their field of study. More information on this award can be found here and here.

Published: 7 July 2024

Postdoc Dr. Rand Eid wins a REDI Early Career Transition Award

webfull — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 22:18:36 +0000

Congratulations to Dr. Rand Eid, a postdoc in Dr. Rosemary Bagot's lab, on winning the CIHR Research Excellence, Diversity, and Independence (REDI) Early Career Transition Award! The REDI award is a new career transition award that funds researchers through the end of their postdoc and on into starting their own labs. More information on this award can be found here. Great job, Dr. Eid!

Published: 29 February 2024

Psychology: Bindra Lecture Series - Dr. Vijay Namboodiri

webfull — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 18:47:22 +0000

On Friday April 5th, 2024, McGill Psychology Department will host Dr. Vijay Namboodiri, who will deliver a Bindra Lecture of interest to many members of the University

Main Lecture will take place at 3:30pm. Location: 522 McIntyre Medical Building. Free admission.

Reception will follow the lecture. Everyone is welcome!

For more information about the speaker please visit our website

Published: 16 January 2024

Psychology: Hebb Lecture Series - Dr. Paul Bloom

webfull — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 18:45:27 +0000

On Friday February 23, 2024, McGill Psychology Department will host Dr. Paul Bloom, who will deliver a Hebb Lecture of interest to many members of the University

Main Lecture will take place at 3:30pm. Location: 522 McIntyre Medical Building. Free admission.

Reception will follow the lecture. Everyone is welcome!

For more information about the speaker please visit our website

Published: 16 January 2024

Psychology: Hebb Lecture Series - Dr. Deborah Bandalos

webfull — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 14:50:22 +0000

On Friday January 26, 2024, McGill Psychology Department will host Dr. Deborah Bandalos, who will deliver a Hebb Lecture of interest to many members of the University

Main Lecture will take place at 3:30pm. Location: 522 McIntyre Medical Building. Free admission.

Reception will follow the lecture. Everyone is welcome!

For more information about the speaker please visit our website

Published: 16 January 2024

Sixteen McGill researchers among the world’s most cited

webfull — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 18:42:59 +0000

Sixteen McGill researchers have been included on the Highly Cited Researchers™ (HCRs) list, as published by Clarivate. To be included in the prestigious list, researchers must rank in the top 1 per cent worldwide for their fields and publications in the Web of Science index. In being named to this list, these investigators join a cohort of 6,849 individuals around the world who have been recognized for their academic contributions.

Published: 15 November 2023

Congrats to former postdoc Dr. Alexander Demos and supervisor Dr. Caroline Palmer on their publication in Trends in Cognitive Sciences

webfull — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 17:11:57 +0000

Work by former postdoc Dr. Alexander Demos (now Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago) and supervisor Dr. Caroline Palmer was recently published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences. The publication is titled, "Social and nonlinear dynamics unite: Musical group synchrony" and can be found here for further reading.

Published: 9 November 2023