Monday, December 2, 2019

4th Year Undergrad Honours Application

The honours application is now live! The deadline to apply is February 1, 2020 for the 2020/2021 academic year. Make sure to use your MC1 credentials to login. If you are having any trouble accessing the application, please email neuroscience@carleton.ca. You can find the application here:... More

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Ottawa Chapter wins 2019 CAN Neuroscience Outreach & Advocacy Award

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Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Katelyn Ventura wins Departmental TA Award

Katelyn Ventura, PhD candidate in the Holahan Lab, has been selected as the recipient of the Department of Neuroscience Teaching Assistant Award for the 2018/2019 academic year. Over the years, the Department has received consistent feedback, from both students and instructors, about Katelyn's ability to balance the knowledge of scientific methods... More

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Patrice Smith Announced as Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs

Congratulations, Patrice! Full article available here.... More

Monday, March 4, 2019

Chee Lab’s Brain Freeze run a great success!

It was a lovely day for a run! The Brain Freeze, held on Saturday, March 2, 2019, and organized by the Chee Lab, was indeed a great success! Altogether they were able to donate $2,006 to the Distress Center of Ottawa. Dr. Chee and her lab members thank everyone for the generosity and kindness.... More

Friday, March 1, 2019

2019/2020 Contract Instructor positions now available

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Thursday, February 14, 2019

Kim Hellemans officially recognized for outstanding professional achievements

This is not the first time Dr. Hellemans has been recognized for her innovative approach in the classroom. Congratulations, yet again, Kim! The Department is fortunate to have you as Chair. Professional Achievement Award for: An animation on the Epigenetics of Psychiatric Disease For my teaching development project, I would like to produce a... More

Thursday, January 31, 2019

CIHR Project Grant Program Results: Carleton Science Success Rate Doubles National Average

The results of the Fall 2018 Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant program are in, and the success rate for applicants from Carleton's Faculty of Science doubles the national average! As per CIHR's website, "The Project Grant program is designed to capture ideas with the greatest potential to advance health-related... More

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

The Next Generation: Andrea Barker, MSc Candidate

The Next Generation: Andrea Barker, MSc Candidate By Jennifer Parraga, BA'93 Andrea Barker has long benefited from the mentorship of women. "There are two women who have had a profound influence on who I have become," she said. “My grandmother and Dr. Kim Hellmans, my mentor and a professor at Carleton University." So when... More

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Summer 2019 Contract Instructor Positions

The Department of Neuroscience is now accepting applications for Summer 2019 Contract Instructor teaching. Please visit the following link for a list of courses and application instructions and... More

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Neuroscience Chapter Wins International Award for Unique Public Outreach!

A HUGE congratulations to the Department's Alfonso Abizaid and our stellar graduate students!... More

Thursday, July 19, 2018

A new approach to tackling Parkinson’s

Click the link below to read about Dr. Holahan's and the Chemistry Department's Dr. DeRosa's creation of an aptamer to target protein alpha-synuclein, and how it has the potential to help stop Parkinson's disease. https://newsroom.carleton.ca/story/solving-parkinsons-puzzle/?utm_source=HomepageBanner&utm_campaign=July2018... More

Thursday, July 19, 2018

The Department of Neuroscience welcomes a new faculty member!

The Department of Neuroscience would like to warmly welcome new faculty member Dr. Zachary Patterson! Zachary Patterson may not be a new name to some of you as he worked at Carleton as a Contract Instructor teaching NEUR 220 and NEUR 3306. Welcome back Zach! To read more on Dr. Patterson, please see here... More

Monday, July 9, 2018

Department of Neuroscience announces new Chair!

As we say goodbye to Dr. John Stead as Chair of the Department of Neuroscience, we reflect back on everything that he has accomplished on our behalf. Dr. Stead negotiated the founding of the Department in 2010, as well as coordinated the transfer of faculty and building infrastructure from the Faculty of Arts and... More

Friday, June 15, 2018

Congrats to Samantha Ghazal!

Congratulations to one of our students, Samantha Ghazal, who was recently awarded the Major General Guy Chapdelaine's coin at Exercise Called To Serve 2018. Samantha's award was in recognition of her work with the Royal Canadian Chaplaincy Services. Samantha contributed to the  Sentinel Program, which focuses on incorporating mental health... More

Thursday, June 7, 2018

Research technician position in the Hildebrand Pain Lab

The Hildebrand lab is actively recruiting a research technician to join our growing translational pain research team. Our lab is studying molecular determinants of nociceptive versus pathological pain in both rodent and human spinal cord. Click here to continue reading. Interested applicants should send a cover letter and curriculum vitae by June... More

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Congrats to our Award Winning Neuroscience Students!

A number of undergraduate and graduate neuroscience students have recently won awards at conferences and we want to celebrate them here! Please join the faculty and staff in congratulating your fellow students on their awards and achievements. Mikayla Payant Best Oral Presentation (MSc category) Canadian Neurometabolic Club satellite meeting at... More

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

2018 Young Researcher’s Conference – May 24th

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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Fall & Winter Contract Instructor opportunities now available!

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Saturday, April 14, 2018

Check out the Neuroscience all-star soccer team!

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Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Minding the Brain podcast now available!

The Department's own Dr. Kim Hellemans joins cognitive scientist Dr. Jim Davies for a podcast series called “Minding the Brain.” It will be aired on Carleton University radio station CKCU (93.1 FM). This monthly show features Jim and Kim discussing various issues about cognitive and brain sciences, such as stress, imagination, emotion, and... More

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

The Department’s HongYu Sun Looks at Infant Seizures

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Thursday, November 23, 2017

Dr. Hildebrand at Quirks & Quarks Show

Watch the's Department's own Dr. Michael Hildebrand speak about the underlying mechanisms of chronic pain at CBC's annual Quirks & Quarks Show which took place on November 22 at the Science & Tech... More

Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Congratulations Lauren Murray for winning the Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s (CGS M), awarded by CIHR

Congratulations to Lauren Murray for winning the Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s (CGS M), awarded by CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research). Selection criteria for this award include demonstrating both academic excellence (as assessed by academic record, scholarships, and awards) as well as... More

Thursday, April 27, 2017

Congratulations to Andrea Barker for winning YMCA Women of Excellence Award

Congratulations to Andrea Barker, one of our Neuroscience and Mental Health undergraduate students, for winning the YMCA Women of Excellence Award. Andrea is the youngest recipient of this award! Click here to read more about Andrea and the... More

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Congratulations to Matt Buchanan for winning 3rd for the 3MT Competition!

Congratulations to Derrick Matthew Buchanan in Neuroscience for winning 3rd place in the 3 Minute Thesis Competition at Carleton. The 3MT is a celebration of graduate student research that challenges grad students to communicate the key concepts of their research in a compelling presentation of three minutes or less. The Carleton 3MT began in... More

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

The SfN Ottawa chapter was featured on the official international newsletter

Congratulations to the SfN Ottawa chapter for being featured on the official newsletter for the organization Society for Neuroscience! If you are a SfN member, you can read the feature in the newsletter by clicking... More

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Congratulations to Zach Dwyer from the Hayley Lab

Congratulations to Zach Dwyer from the Hayley Lab for being the recipient of the 2016 Mayor’s Award For Outstanding Support To The Community, presented by the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa regiment. The award is to recognize volunteer efforts in the local community by members of the Cameron Regimental Family over and above their military... More

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Congratulations Zachary Dwyer!

Congratulations to Ph.D. student Zachary Dwyer, for receiving a two-year Parkinson's Disease research award on behalf of the Parkinson's Research Consortium Advisory Board and Scientific Leadership! Zachary will receive the Shelby Hayter Fellowship reward during the PRC celebratory event as part of Brain Awareness Week.  ... More

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Congratulations to Dr. Kim Matheson on her recent SSHRC partnership grant with the CHAIM centre

Congratulations to Dr. Kim Matheson, a Professor in the Department of Neuroscience, on her recent Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) partnership grant with the CHAIM Centre. Dr. Matheson will be leading the Indigenous Youth Futures Partnership. Click here for more details.... More

Thursday, June 9, 2016

Congratulations Samantha Coates!

Samantha Coates, a second-year masters student in the Department of Neurosience finishes Ravens golf career at CUC Championship in British Columbia.  As well, Samantha will complete her MSc this month and move to Toronto where she has accepted a position at Fisher Scientific. Congratulations... More

Friday, June 3, 2016

Congratulations Dr. Hildebrand on Teaching Award!

Congratulations to Dr. Michael Hildebrand with the Department of Neuroscience for receiving one of the 2016 Carleton University New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award!!   To see all 2016 Carleton University Teaching Award winners, click... More

Monday, April 25, 2016

Annemarie Dedek has been accepted into the Connaught Summer Institute on Pain

Congratulations to Annemarie Dedek for being accepted into the Connaught Summer Institute on Pain at the University of Toronto this... More

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Congratulations Research Poster Day Winners!

Congratulations to the Research Poster Day winners in the Department of Neuroscience! The winners of Research Poster Day this year were: 1st place: Hadir Mahmoud of the Hildebrand Lab Title: QUANTIFICATION OF LAMINA I NEURON ACTIVITY USING C-FOS STAINING IN A BDNF SIMULATION MODEL OF CHRONIC PAIN 2nd place: Thomas Ritchie of the Holahan... More

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Congratulations Dr. Hildebrand!

Congratulations to Dr. Michael Hildebrand for winning the 2016 Canadian Pain Society Early Career Investigator Pain Research Grant in Basic... More