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Ashlyn Swift-Gallant

@swiftneurolab.bsky.social

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Associate Professor | Behavioural Neuroscientist @ Memorial University of Newfoundland & Labrador studying #Sexdifferences #Neuroendocrinology #Socialbehavior #Neurodevelopment | she/her

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Ashlyn Swift-Gallant @swiftneurolab.bsky.social · Nov 12

It feels like a breath of fresh air here! Excited to reconnect & make new connections. Our lab studies sex differences in neurodevelopment & social behavior. Here's our latest paper on sex-specific responses to gut transfer from maternal immune activation model:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Gut microbiota transfer from the preclinical maternal immune activation model of autism is sufficient to induce sex-specific alterations in immune response and behavioural outcomes

The gut microbiome plays a vital role in health and disease, including neurodevelopmental disorders like autism spectrum disorder (ASD). ASD affects 4…

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Women's Health Research Cluster @whrcluster.bsky.social · 1d

🎙️ Meet the new host of Women’s Health Interrupted: Dr. Liisa Galea
A neuroscientist + women’s mental health expert, she’s leading Season 3 with bold convos on women’s health research.
Launches Oct 15 on Spotify + Apple Podcasts!
#WomensHealth #SexAndGenderResearch #WHInterrupted

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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 1d

12 episodes coming out! how lucky am I? I got to interview 🤩 experts in psychiatry, gynecology, global health, nephrology, neuroscience, microbiome, FemTech, charitiable giving, & policy...join us for sometimes intense, but always informative conversations, sprinkled with some laughs along the way!

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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · Jul 18

Job alert: We're looking for someone to help us produce a female-specific risk calculator for Alzheimer’s disease! 🧠 Key qualifications are experience w/ large databases, project management, and women's health research. See posting for more info: shorturl.at/zkO8V

Research Analyst - Laboratory of Behavioural Neuroendocrinology-camh

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Ciarán Murphy-Royal @murphyroyallab.org · Jul 11

🚨New lab publication is out!! 🚨

In this work we reveal that astrocytes, the most abundant glial cell type, are responsible for the effects of stress and that targeting these cells completely rescued the effects of stress on neuronal activity and behaviour!

Huge congrats to Lewis!!

See his 🧵below

Lewis Holt @lewisholt.bsky.social · Jul 11

Absolutely thrilled to share the first half of my PhD work! Super proud to see it finally out!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thread below for a quick (10 point) recap of what we found!
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A divergent astrocytic response to stress alters activity patterns via distinct mechanisms in male and female mice - Nature Communications

Early-life stress has lifelong impacts on neuronal function and behavior. Here, the authors show that astrocytic glucocorticoid receptor signaling drives stress-induced neuronal and behavioral change ...

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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · Jul 8

For every 1 animal used in research, there are hundreds to thousands used for food.
Research animals globally: Estimated 50–100 million/year (most are mice, rats, and fish).
Animals killed for food globally: Over 70–80 billion land animals per year, plus trillions of fish.

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Ciarán Murphy-Royal @murphyroyallab.org · Jun 13

Call for an Assistant / Associate Prof. just opened at the @crchum.bsky.social in the Neuroscience Axis !

www.chumontreal.qc.ca/en/emplois/a...

Assistant or associate professor-researcher in Neuroscience related to neurological disorders and/or neural regeneration and precision health

Description The Neuroscience Research Axis of the CRCHUM and the Department of Neuroscience of the UdeM are inviting applications for a position of assistant or associate professor-researcher in neur...

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Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · Jun 9

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New Christian school in central N.L. teaching alternate curriculum based on Bible | CBC News

Students there learn the Earth is 6,000 years old, and people lived with dinosaurs.

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Robert-Paul Juster @rpjuster.bsky.social · May 27

Upcoming @ossdcomm.bsky.social talk on some research from our @labcesar.bsky.social's SEXCOG study supported by @nserc-resnet.bsky.social

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · May 30

Looking forward to the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences @ossdcomm.bsky.social meeting on Sunday. I'll be giving the keynote lecture at Women's Health Research Premeeting:
"Leveraging mouse and human (epi)genomics to improve women’s mental health"
See you there! w @liisagalea.bsky.social

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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · May 30

I’ll be at @ossdcomm.bsky.social giving a keynote 😱. Honoured to give the Arnold talk “Unlocking Precision Medicine: How Sex and Female -specific Factors are 🗝️ to Effective Translation”. This will be my first time giving this talk & it’s not quite finished yet! 😬😱😜 needed something for ✈️

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SBN on Bluesky @sbn-bsky.bsky.social · May 30

*record-scratch* The deadline has been EXTENDED! 😅

You've got ONE WEEK to submit! Get those abstracts in by June 7

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SBN on Bluesky @sbn-bsky.bsky.social · May 28

Announcing the SBN Emergency Hardship Fund! Please see below for details and let anyone potentially interested in joining us this summer in Vancouver know that there are funds available for assitance.

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Michael L. Barnett @mlbarnett.bsky.social · Apr 22

Women's Health Initiative defunded after 30 years and 5,000 publications

www.whi.org/md/news/whi-...

4/20/2025

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Paul Marcogliese, PhD (he/him) @marcogliese.bsky.social · Apr 17

Over 1300 signatures and climbing.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

National Letter

Open Letter from Canadian Researchers to the Federal party leaders Click here to sign this letter See who has signed - version française se trouve à page 3 - Dear Party Leaders We, the undersigne...

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John Vibes @johnvibes.bsky.social · Apr 12

I hope everyone realizes that scrubbing historical references from web sites is no different than burning books

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · Apr 10

If elected, Poilievre’s government will “put an end to the imposition of woke ideology in the federal civil service and federal funds for university research.”

The phrase is almost identical to wording used by the Trump administration.

Catharine Winstanley and @liisagalea.bsky.social write.

By Attacking Science, Poilievre Takes a Page from Trump’s Playbook | The Tyee

Professors find this chilling and warn of the costs.

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Alfie Abizaid @abizaidalfie.bsky.social · Apr 11

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Assistant or Associate Professor and CRC, Tier 2, Biology or Health Sciences or Neuroscience - Ottawa (City), Ontario job with Carleton University | 37816029

The Faculty of Science invites applications for a CIHR Tier 2 CRC appointment in Biology.

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Susan G Walling 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦 @wallingneurosci.bsky.social · Apr 3

Freshly minted op-ed by my brilliant colleague, Dr. Ashlyn Swift-Gallant. "Three myths about sex and gender research that are costing you money and your health." Read, read, read! @swiftneurolab.bsky.social @munpsych.bsky.social @canacn.bsky.social @memorialuscience.bsky.social

Op-ed: Dr. Ashlyn Swift-Gallant

The fourth in a series authored by Memorial University faculty members on the value and importance of diversity, equity and inclusion policies to build a more just society. Check back next Thursday fo...

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · Mar 11

My lab is hiring 2 postdocs on an NIH-funded grant characterizing molecular & cellular changes in the human brain across menopausal transition. Other neuroepigenomics projects are also available. We plan to hire a wet lab scientist and a bioinformatician. Please RT!
kundakoviclab.com
More info 👇

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Travis D Fridgen @travisfridgen.bsky.social · Mar 11

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meaganhinks.bsky.social @meaganhinks.bsky.social · Mar 7

Through the rain, we stood up for science! #standupforscience2025 @memorialu.bsky.social

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Lucas Fowler (he/they) @lucasffowler.bsky.social · Mar 5

Took a break from working on my research poster to create #standupforscience2025 posters for Friday’s rally. Advocating for inclusivity in science is just as important as the research itself!

meaganhinks.bsky.social @meaganhinks.bsky.social · Mar 5

Prepping for the #standupforscience2025 rally this Friday! 🦠🧠 🧬

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meaganhinks.bsky.social @meaganhinks.bsky.social · Mar 5

Prepping for the #standupforscience2025 rally this Friday! 🦠🧠 🧬

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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · Mar 2

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.

This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

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Canadian Association for Neuroscience @canacn.bsky.social · Feb 13

New job ad posted: Tenure track position in comparative physiology – Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa https://buff.ly/40RUCn4 #neurojobs

Tenure track position in comparative physiology – University of Ottawa – Canadian Association for Neuroscience

The Department of Biology at the University of Ottawa invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor. The successful candidate will demonstrate the potential to…

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