Brain Canada awards the Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank a nearly $2.14 M Platform Support Grant
The Brain Canada Foundation has awarded the Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank (DBCBB) a Platform Support Grant totaling nearly $2.14 M. These funds are provided jointly from the Brain Canada Foundation and partners of the DBCBB, including the Réseau québécois suicide, les troubles de l'humeur et troubles associés (RQSHA) and the Douglas Research Centre. The DBCBB, which is directed by Drs. Naguib Mechawar and Gustavo Turecki, is based at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute and has become one of the most important brain banks in the world. This 40-year old brain bank currently houses and manages over 3,600 brains, as well as a large relational database containing demographic, clinical and developmental histories from the donors.