TRIDENT Preclinical Trials
@tridentpct.bsky.social
Multi-site, transformative preclinical evaluation of novel neurotherapeutics through a Government of Canada $24M New Frontiers In Research grant. Check out our website tridentpreclinicaltrials.org for more info or email [email protected]!
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Fight against neurodegenerative diseases - NFRF
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The TRIDENT proof-of-concept platform began in 2023 through the incredible support of a $24M grant from the Government of Canada's New Frontiers In Research Fund- Transformation stream.
Check out our website tridentpreclinicaltrials.org or the video below 👇 #NFRF
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Check out our website tridentpreclinicaltrials.org or the video below 👇 #NFRF
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCr3...
Wee see you, #TRIDENT NPI, @northernthrux.bsky.social! 👇👀👏🎉
Excited to give the Feindel Lecture at The Neuro on Monday 26th Jan in Montreal. Streamed and recorded too. Come hear about our new SASS MRI technique just out in print in @natmethods.nature.com
@westernuwin.bsky.social @theneuro.bsky.social
@westernuwin.bsky.social @theneuro.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Wee see you, #TRIDENT NPI, @northernthrux.bsky.social! 👇👀👏🎉
Continuing our spotlight this month on the #TRIDENT Marmoset Core at @mcgilluniversity.bsky.social , please see below a spotlight interview on one of our incredible Early Career Researchers, Dr. Justine Cléry! 👇👏 🤩 🧠 🐒 🔬 🎉 #NFRF
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Dr. Justine Clery Faculty Spotlight
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January 21, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Continuing our spotlight this month on the #TRIDENT Marmoset Core at @mcgilluniversity.bsky.social , please see below a spotlight interview on one of our incredible Early Career Researchers, Dr. Justine Cléry! 👇👏 🤩 🧠 🐒 🔬 🎉 #NFRF
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A quick recap of the quarterly #TRIDENT Knowledge Exchange Group meeting held this week at @theneuro.bsky.social, including speakers @richardgold.bsky.social[email protected], along with our valued HQP. Multisite #collaboration + #knowledgemobilization + #neuroscience? Yes pls! 😍🎤🤝🧠
January 15, 2026 at 5:27 PM
A quick recap of the quarterly #TRIDENT Knowledge Exchange Group meeting held this week at @theneuro.bsky.social, including speakers @richardgold.bsky.social[email protected], along with our valued HQP. Multisite #collaboration + #knowledgemobilization + #neuroscience? Yes pls! 😍🎤🤝🧠
Awesome interview surrounding #research and #innovation by @richardgold.bsky.social, also #TRIDENT Open Science, Practices and Policy lead researcher, with @briancrombie.bsky.social! 🧠 🌎 👏 🗞️ 🔬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUMK...
Richard Gold | Innovation
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January 14, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Awesome interview surrounding #research and #innovation by @richardgold.bsky.social, also #TRIDENT Open Science, Practices and Policy lead researcher, with @briancrombie.bsky.social! 🧠 🌎 👏 🗞️ 🔬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUMK...
Excellent words @richardgold.bsky.social, also #TRIDENT Open Science, Practices and Partnerships lead researcher! 👇👇👏🌎🗞
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- BNN Bloomberg
Richard Gold, director at the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy at McGill University, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss Canadian IP and innovation.
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January 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Excellent words @richardgold.bsky.social, also #TRIDENT Open Science, Practices and Partnerships lead researcher! 👇👇👏🌎🗞
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/video/shows/...
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Highlighting one of our incredible partnering research lab this month, the Laboratory for Sensory & Social Brain Mechanisms, led by the amazing Dr. Justine Clery and headquartered at @theneuro.bsky.social. For more information, check out their website www.clerylab.com! 🧠 🔬 🌎 👏
SSBM LAB
Website of Sensory and Social Brain Mechanisms laboratory
www.clerylab.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Highlighting one of our incredible partnering research lab this month, the Laboratory for Sensory & Social Brain Mechanisms, led by the amazing Dr. Justine Clery and headquartered at @theneuro.bsky.social. For more information, check out their website www.clerylab.com! 🧠 🔬 🌎 👏
This!👇👇👇 Why we at #TRIDENT Preclinical Trials embed Sex-Based Analysis+ at every testing stage of our platform @liisagalea.bsky.social. #NFRF 👏 ♀️ 🔬
Mice and rats can’t tell the whole story.
Our latest blog explores how novel rodent models like naked mole-rats and degus are advancing women’s health research, from puberty to aging to Alzheimer’s disease.
Read more ⬇️
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Our latest blog explores how novel rodent models like naked mole-rats and degus are advancing women’s health research, from puberty to aging to Alzheimer’s disease.
Read more ⬇️
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January 12, 2026 at 4:28 PM
This!👇👇👇 Why we at #TRIDENT Preclinical Trials embed Sex-Based Analysis+ at every testing stage of our platform @liisagalea.bsky.social. #NFRF 👏 ♀️ 🔬
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Join us Jan. 29 to hear from former BrainsCAN #researchers who have followed different #career paths after #neuroscience. Register here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/theres-lif...
January 9, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Join us Jan. 29 to hear from former BrainsCAN #researchers who have followed different #career paths after #neuroscience. Register here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/theres-lif...
New year, great reflections! 2025 was an incredible year of #collaboration + knowledge sharing + #neuroscience discovery. Check out our site [email protected] or our recap video linked here to learn more 🔬🌎🤝#NFRF:
www.youtube.com/shorts/kpp3p...
www.youtube.com/shorts/kpp3p...
TRIDENT 2025 In Review Recap Video
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January 7, 2026 at 7:08 PM
New year, great reflections! 2025 was an incredible year of #collaboration + knowledge sharing + #neuroscience discovery. Check out our site [email protected] or our recap video linked here to learn more 🔬🌎🤝#NFRF:
www.youtube.com/shorts/kpp3p...
www.youtube.com/shorts/kpp3p...
Keep it inside, with 🍁 pride!!!! Insightful article below by #TRIDENT lead @richardgold.bsky.social
! 👇🌏🗞Article link here: globe2go.pressreader.com/article/2819...
! 👇🌏🗞Article link here: globe2go.pressreader.com/article/2819...
“the federal government…should fund mission-oriented research that focuses on the intersections of Canada’s research strengths not only in AI and quantum, but also in health, gaming, aerospace, agri-food and energy.”
@richardgold.bsky.social
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@richardgold.bsky.social
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Opinion: Canada’s innovation policy: designed in Ottawa, owned in America
This country must stop copying U.S. policies developed under circumstances of abundance
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January 5, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Keep it inside, with 🍁 pride!!!! Insightful article below by #TRIDENT lead @richardgold.bsky.social
! 👇🌏🗞Article link here: globe2go.pressreader.com/article/2819...
! 👇🌏🗞Article link here: globe2go.pressreader.com/article/2819...
Thank you @douglasresearch.bsky.social for highlighting this time of year!
➡️ Check out their incredible work below!
➡️ See the website tridentpreclincialtrials.org to see how our research platform is throwing everything we got at accelerating a cure for brain disease 👇🧠🔬! #NFRF
➡️ Check out their incredible work below!
➡️ See the website tridentpreclincialtrials.org to see how our research platform is throwing everything we got at accelerating a cure for brain disease 👇🧠🔬! #NFRF
January 2, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Thank you @douglasresearch.bsky.social for highlighting this time of year!
➡️ Check out their incredible work below!
➡️ See the website tridentpreclincialtrials.org to see how our research platform is throwing everything we got at accelerating a cure for brain disease 👇🧠🔬! #NFRF
➡️ Check out their incredible work below!
➡️ See the website tridentpreclincialtrials.org to see how our research platform is throwing everything we got at accelerating a cure for brain disease 👇🧠🔬! #NFRF
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It is a clickbait: Mice don’t have Alzheimer’s so they can’t cure something that does not exist. The question is what symptoms were modelled and how well they were measured? There is an abundance of over claims and poor experimental design on drug effects. Check out @tridentpct.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It is a clickbait: Mice don’t have Alzheimer’s so they can’t cure something that does not exist. The question is what symptoms were modelled and how well they were measured? There is an abundance of over claims and poor experimental design on drug effects. Check out @tridentpct.bsky.social
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Happy Holidays to our amazing #TRIDENT team and supporters. It was an incredible year of collaboration + knowledge sharing + scientific discovery #NFRF. Check out our site [email protected] or our 2025 recap video linked here to learn more 🔬🌎🤝: youtube.com/shorts/kpp3p...
December 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Happy Holidays to our amazing #TRIDENT team and supporters. It was an incredible year of collaboration + knowledge sharing + scientific discovery #NFRF. Check out our site [email protected] or our 2025 recap video linked here to learn more 🔬🌎🤝: youtube.com/shorts/kpp3p...
Thank you @westernuresearch.bsky.social for an amazing summary of all the incredible research going on, including at #TRIDENT. Check it out below! 👇🤩🔬🌎🍁
This has been another really productive year for research at #WesternU.
We are excited to share our 2025 Research Year-In-Review, which highlights some of Western's research successes in the past year:
www.uwo.ca/research/202...
We are excited to share our 2025 Research Year-In-Review, which highlights some of Western's research successes in the past year:
www.uwo.ca/research/202...
December 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Thank you @westernuresearch.bsky.social for an amazing summary of all the incredible research going on, including at #TRIDENT. Check it out below! 👇🤩🔬🌎🍁
It's here! Check out the #TRIDENT 2025 Annual General Meeting Report available on our website www.tridentpreclinicaltrials.org/2025agm. Great summary of the knowledge sharing and #collaboration at this incredible event! 🧠🤝🔬🎉#NFRF #neuroscience #drugdiscovery #braindisease
December 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
It's here! Check out the #TRIDENT 2025 Annual General Meeting Report available on our website www.tridentpreclinicaltrials.org/2025agm. Great summary of the knowledge sharing and #collaboration at this incredible event! 🧠🤝🔬🎉#NFRF #neuroscience #drugdiscovery #braindisease
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Come work with us. Huge strengths in MRI, neuroscience and musculoskeletal health and their intersections such as pain, child development or ageing. Preclinical and clinical research and translation are also big opportunities. Shoot me a note if you have questions.
🚀 Launched! Here’s our call for applicants to the Canada Impact+ Research Chairs Program at @westernu.ca. This is a remarkable opportunity for us to recruit outstanding scholars who are currently working internationally:
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Canada-Impact-Plus - Research - Western University
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December 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Come work with us. Huge strengths in MRI, neuroscience and musculoskeletal health and their intersections such as pain, child development or ageing. Preclinical and clinical research and translation are also big opportunities. Shoot me a note if you have questions.
ICYMI Monday....wondering what we do with Lightsheet over here at Western, and #TRIDENT? Take a peek, below! 👇👀🔬😍
It's a Happy #FluorescenceFriday when we get a personal tour of the Western Lightsheet Microscopy Core, part of @touchscreencog.bsky.social + an integral part of #TRIDENT! 🧠 🔬 Sound intriguing? See more below🤓! @mind-western.bsky.social @lifecanvastech.bsky.social #NFRF
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Western Lightsheet Microscopy Core Lab Tour
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December 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
ICYMI Monday....wondering what we do with Lightsheet over here at Western, and #TRIDENT? Take a peek, below! 👇👀🔬😍
Happy Holidays to our amazing #TRIDENT team and supporters. It was an incredible year of collaboration + knowledge sharing + scientific discovery #NFRF. Check out our site [email protected] or our 2025 recap video linked here to learn more 🔬🌎🤝: youtube.com/shorts/kpp3p...
December 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Happy Holidays to our amazing #TRIDENT team and supporters. It was an incredible year of collaboration + knowledge sharing + scientific discovery #NFRF. Check out our site [email protected] or our 2025 recap video linked here to learn more 🔬🌎🤝: youtube.com/shorts/kpp3p...
Spinal tap into this! Rad imaging from the Western Mouse squad 👇🐁🧠🎸🤩
December 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Spinal tap into this! Rad imaging from the Western Mouse squad 👇🐁🧠🎸🤩
It's a Happy #FluorescenceFriday when we get a personal tour of the Western Lightsheet Microscopy Core, part of @touchscreencog.bsky.social + an integral part of #TRIDENT! 🧠 🔬 Sound intriguing? See more below🤓! @mind-western.bsky.social @lifecanvastech.bsky.social #NFRF
youtube.com/shorts/AA91I...
youtube.com/shorts/AA91I...
Western Lightsheet Microscopy Core Lab Tour
YouTube video by TRIDENT Preclinical Trials
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December 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
It's a Happy #FluorescenceFriday when we get a personal tour of the Western Lightsheet Microscopy Core, part of @touchscreencog.bsky.social + an integral part of #TRIDENT! 🧠 🔬 Sound intriguing? See more below🤓! @mind-western.bsky.social @lifecanvastech.bsky.social #NFRF
youtube.com/shorts/AA91I...
youtube.com/shorts/AA91I...
Incredible imaging for #fluorescencefriday @maximoprado.bsky.social and team!
#fluorescencefriday microglia (yellow) and Abeta plaques (magenta) in our AD mouse model in 3D from a cleared 🧠 using @lifecanvastech.bsky.social SHIELD Courtesy of @shahrzadbahrampour.bsky.social and @nadiahaghbinphd.bsky.social with @mind-western.bsky.social and @neuroak.bsky.social Low-res.
December 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Incredible imaging for #fluorescencefriday @maximoprado.bsky.social and team!
Congratulations to this group of brilliants, including @tedfon.bsky.social, also #TRIDENT iPSC & Organoid lead researcher! 👏🌎🔬
Congratulations to Jack Antel, Douglas Arnold, Edward Fon, Bratislav Misic and Ronald Postuma who are among the world’s top 1% most cited scientists, according to Clarivate’s 2025 ranking, which brings together the most cited researchers in the world based on the scope and integrity of their work.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Congratulations to this group of brilliants, including @tedfon.bsky.social, also #TRIDENT iPSC & Organoid lead researcher! 👏🌎🔬
We are so proud of you Jesleen, one of our valuable #TRIDENT HQP! Thank you for highlighting this incredible achievement assisted by our ongoing collaboration with @lifecanvastech.bsky.social. #neuroscience #collaboration #braindisease #NFRF 🤩🤝🔬🧠
Congratulations to Jesleen Saini on her recent thesis defense! A Master's student at @westernu.ca, Jesleen used SmartBatch+ #tissueclearing of intact marmoset brains to investigate how synucleinopathies develop in this model species: bit.ly/4aC30NS
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@mind-western.bsky.social @tridentpct.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
We are so proud of you Jesleen, one of our valuable #TRIDENT HQP! Thank you for highlighting this incredible achievement assisted by our ongoing collaboration with @lifecanvastech.bsky.social. #neuroscience #collaboration #braindisease #NFRF 🤩🤝🔬🧠
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December 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
If you are an MRI researcher interested in moving to 🇨🇦 for $500k a year or $1M a year for 8 years with a possibility of renewal at a reduced rate, take a look at our equipment cfmm.uwo.ca and this program www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl... . MSK, neuroscience, cardiac, cancer applications all encouraged!
ICYMI Monday...check out an incredible interview below and learn all about the TRIDENT Living Lab.... #neuroscience + #collaboration + #innovation. 👇🤝🤝🌎🔬#NFRF
#TRIDENT's Open Science, Practices, and Partnerships Core is tri-pronged, with a team focused on transdisciplinary and multi-institutional teamwork & collaboration, advancing a novel "living lab" philosophy. Learn about their work from Dr. Richard Vagnino, below! #NFRF 🌎🤝🔬
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Dr Richard Vagnino HQP Interview
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December 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
ICYMI Monday...check out an incredible interview below and learn all about the TRIDENT Living Lab.... #neuroscience + #collaboration + #innovation. 👇🤝🤝🌎🔬#NFRF