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mark cembrowski @markcembrowski.bsky.social · 9d

yes!!! so excited to have you join zach - amazing to have you here soon!

Zach Pennington @zachtpennington.bsky.social · 9d

Excited to share that I landed my dream job!🎉🎉🎉 The Pennington Lab will be opening at the University of British Columbia in January 2026!
@ubcpsych.bsky.social @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social

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UBC Cellular & Physiological Sciences @ubccps.bsky.social · 15d

🎉 Huge congrats to Nazreen Khan on receiving the President’s Service Award for Excellence!

Naz’s dedication, care, and behind-the-scenes brilliance make a lasting impact in the department.🌟

Learn more about Naz: focusonpeople.ubc.ca/awards/2025-...

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mark cembrowski @markcembrowski.bsky.social · 16d

incredible visit from @cannabrain.bsky.social here at @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social - super intriguing findings on the BLA and stress. also apparently he has great taste in both shirts and drinks

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Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (DMCBH) @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social · 29d

Join Riya from @markcembrowski.bsky.social's lab for a look at a day in the life of a @sbmeubc.bsky.social Synergy Research Program student!

This summer, she studied the hippocampal-amygdaloid transition area (HATA), a brain region that may play a role in major depressive disorder.

A day in the life at the Cembrowski Lab

YouTube video by Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health

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mark cembrowski @markcembrowski.bsky.social · Sep 9

garbage can placement checks out

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Keri Martinowich @martinowk.bsky.social · Jul 30

Excited to share this huge team effort collaboration supervised by Stephanie Page in Translational Neuroscience @lieberinstitute.bsky.social and @stephaniehicks.bsky.social @jhubiostat.bsky.social to generate a spatio-molecular resource of the hippocampus in human 🧠

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

An integrated single-nucleus and spatial transcriptomics atlas reveals the molecular landscape of the human hippocampus - Nature Neuroscience

The topographical organization of cells in the hippocampus reflects its ability to regulate mood and cognition. Here the authors generate a spatially resolved gene expression map in the human hippocam...

www.nature.com

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Jonathan Peelle @jpeelle.bsky.social · Jul 30

HOW DO I LOG IN TO EDITORIAL MANAGER TO SUBMIT MY REVIEW

Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · Jul 30

Psychologists & related fields: what is a big methods question that you believe remains somewhat unanswered & that you'd love to see adressed? There may be an opportunity for a large-scale meta-science project with many teams trying to figure out a question.

Any thoughts welcome! #psychscisky

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Elizabeth Rideout @ejrideout.bsky.social · Jul 30

Our department at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada) is running two faculty searches. One is a joint hire with the Institute for Healthy Aging, one a cohire with the Math Dept cps.med.ubc.ca/careers-2/ Click on “Faculty Positions” on the page. Please help spread the word!

Careers | Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences

cps.med.ubc.ca

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mark cembrowski @markcembrowski.bsky.social · Jul 28

holy smokes you and @hiallen72.bsky.social synced up?? worlds are colliding here

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mark cembrowski @markcembrowski.bsky.social · Jul 26

congrats anna!! big mileston

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Pablo Magaña @pmagana94.bsky.social · Jul 18

Journals:

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Le Neuro (Institut-Hôpital neurologique de Montréal) @theneuro.bsky.social · Jul 15

Happy 107th Birthday, Brenda Milner! Her contributions to neuropsychology shaped the way we understand the human brain. From surviving two world wars and two pandemics, to paving the way for future generations of researchers, Milner’s legacy continues. @mcgill.ca @cusm-muhc.bsky.social

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mark cembrowski @markcembrowski.bsky.social · Jul 15

congratulations to all the graduate program in neuroscience awardees, including our lab's own regan campbell and margarita kapustina!!

Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (DMCBH) @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social · Jul 15

Congratulations to our current Graduate Program in Neuroscience students who have received awards through the Canada Graduate Scholarships – Doctoral program from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council! 🎉

Read more:

Doctoral students awarded Canada Graduate Scholarships for 2025 - Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | DMCBH

Congratulations to our current Graduate Program in Neuroscience (GPN) students who have received awards through the Canada Graduate Scholarships –

www.centreforbrainhealth.ca

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Denise J. Cai, Ph.D. @denisejcai.bsky.social · Jul 14

What’s better than a one-channel #Miniscope? 🥁 A TWO-CHANNEL Miniscope!

Our new Miniscope2C is a dual-channel, open-source Miniscope that lets you record 2 fluorescent signals simultaneously in freely moving animals.

Read the paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Screenshot of the top of the article, including the title, authors, and abstract.

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mark cembrowski @markcembrowski.bsky.social · Jul 11

cc @adriennekinman.bsky.social -- amazing!

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UBC News @news.ubc.ca · Jul 11

@ubcmedicine.bsky.social PhD student Adrienne Kinman was profiled by the @theglobeandmail.com as one of Canada's next generation of researchers making breakthroughs in health and medicine:

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Meet Canada’s next generation of researchers

They’re still early in their careers, but making breakthroughs in health and medicine

www.theglobeandmail.com

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mark cembrowski @markcembrowski.bsky.social · Jul 9

congratulations!!! uutah neuro is amazing!

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · Jul 8

I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.

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mark cembrowski @markcembrowski.bsky.social · Jul 2

such wonderful news!!! congratulations ish!!

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mark cembrowski @markcembrowski.bsky.social · Jun 30

huge congratulations to @adriennekinman.bsky.social for being featured by the Globe & Mail as an emerging leader in canadian research!! we have been so fortunate to have her in the lab during her phd - excited to see what she'll do next as a postdoc with @tinakim-neuro.bsky.social at princeton!

UBC Cellular & Physiological Sciences @ubccps.bsky.social · Jun 30

"Adrienne Kinman is credited with discovering a new type of brain cell – ovoid cells – which has opened doors to advancing the study of Alzheimer's, epilepsy and other cognitive conditions." 👏

Article featuring Adrienne, a PhD student in the Cembrowski Lab: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1ec5d1f...

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Brain Canada @braincanada.bsky.social · Jun 30

We’re thrilled to see #BrainCanada funded researchers Mark Cembrowski & Grant Bruno featured in The Globe and Mail's spotlight on rising science leaders!

Nous sommes fiers de soutenir ces brillants chercheurs!

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...