super stoked that our research identifying and interpreting dentate gyrus granule cell subtypes was published today in
@CellReports
. congrats to
@sarahrae_erwin
,
@sunw37
,
@nspruston
, monique copeland, and sarah lindo for their great work
finished putting together a brand-new talk, composed almost entirely of new data from our lab members, most from techniques ive never done firsthand. a lot changes in 2 years! making this talk, reflecting on the start of our lab & success of our lab members, has made today a joy
stoked to announce our first preprint & the first original research manuscript that has come out of the lab. here, we look at identifying + interpreting subtypes of mature granule cells in the dentate gyrus of the mouse brain. Here is a quick thread summarizing our findings
very excited that my review with
@nspruston
is now online. the hippocampus community has done an amazing job revealing and interpreting structural + functional differences within "textbook" cell types. it's a very exciting time to be a hippocampal neuroscientist
stoked to announce ive received tenure, and give a huge thanks to our lab members in particular. this is our "lab wall" - all of our lab members since day 1 - who have my time here at UBC better than i ever could have imagined. immensely grateful to them
📢 CPS Faculty Promotion!
🌟Dr. Cembrowski ➡️ Associate Professor with tenure
🌟Dr. Kopp ➡️ Associate Professor with tenure
🌟Dr. Oyedele ➡️ Professor of Teaching with tenure
Congratulations!
thrilled to have our lab receive a
@CIHR_IRSC
project grant for studying a (totally bizarre) cellular novelty signal. seeing this project grow&weave across so many different techniques&lab members (below!) has been one of my most favourite times as a PI, delighted to continue it!
Very excited to announce that the Cembrowski laboratory will be opening at UBC in January 2019! We combine experimental and computational approaches to understand the mechanisms of memory in the brain. Will be looking for students to join
big week for the lab: project grant funded to work on memory mechanisms in mice ( huge thanks to
@CIHR_IRSC
!! ) & major steps forward to do experiments directly in living human brain tissue. grateful to have all of this exciting science on the horizon
Excited to announce that
@MarkCembrowski
is a new member of the storied
@Cajalclub
!
Cembrowski, whose work focuses on understanding the physical underpinnings of fear memory, was named this year's Krieg Cortical Explorer.
@ubcnews
@ubcnews
@BME_UBC
delighted to have this work out -
@jennifertsai_
kickstarted this project as an undergrad student in the lab, and along with great contributions from
@margo_neuro
, angela zhang, and many other lab members its now published! congrats to the team
Very excited to finally show off my first neuro paper that I worked on at
@MarkCembrowski
's lab over the last two years!! Had a blast mapping a brain region called the ATN at a single-cell and spatial scale - check it out :)
celebrating
@NeuroSully
's new paper on cell-type organization across the cortex. one of the very first projects we started when our lab opened, it captures a lot of new tools kaitlin has developed and applied in the lab - delighted to have it published!
undergrads&techs in the usa - interested in the neuroscience of memory and being a fulbright scholar in our lab? im looking to co-apply for this scholarship for 2022-2023 year. great program. details below, URMs strong encouraged to apply, pls RT
starting a lab has been one of the most challenging things ive ever done, but it is made infinitely easier by all of our smart + generally amazing lab members. very lucky to have this great crew to work with, and looking forward to one day mastering the art of the serious picture
holy smokes
@BriannaBristow
is producing some amazing multiplexed images (ft. dynamite analysis tools by
@NeuroSully
). whole brain regions at single cell, single molecule resolution
last night at
@HHMIJanelia
! my postdoc experience has been better than i ever could have imagined, thanks to my amazing PI
@nspruston
and the spruston lab crew, as well as the great ppl and environment here at janelia. looking forward to the next adventure at
@ubclifesciences
!
grad student
@NeuroSully
discussing her amazing multiplexed FISH in an interview with
@SelectScience
. some of the most beautiful histology i have ever seen
holy smokes
@CAN_ACN
neural circuits&behaviour satellite meeting rocked the house. huge thanks to
@Franklandlab
for coorganizing and all the speakers and attendees - amazing crew to (pre)kick off CAN 2024
attending CAN 2024 in vancouver? save may 19 for the inaugural "neural circuits and behaviour" satellite meeting that
@Franklandlab
and i are co-hosting! superb line up of speakers & we'll be looking for trainees to present! registration to open in march
grateful to
@CIHR_IRSC
for funding dr^2 veronica hirsch-reinshagens project grant, with co-pis
@NinetLab
, william honer, and myself. big data approaches to understanding brain changes in chronic schizophrenia, so excited to work with this superb group of clinician-scientists
our paper deconstructing the subiculum is out! we show, across a range of spatial scales and modalities, that the subiculum can be coherently partitioned into distinct subregions. super fun project with
@Phillips_M_G
@SalDiLisio
@realMouseLight
@nspruston
super excited to announce this! looking forward to collaborating with the amazing (and twitterless) andre berndt to develop and apply a new fluorescent biosensor
our lab is so fortunate to have these amazing women pushing the boundaries of our science. grateful - today on international day of women and girls in science, and everyday - to work together&learn from this incredible group
#IDWGS2023
great annual dinner out with the lab!! looking forward to CAN. our lab will be looking for new grad students and postdocs soon - if you're interested in a supportive, collaborative, and exciting lab in learning&memory&disorders, happy to chat at the conference!
so excited for lab members
@rennifer_k
and madeline elder, who were both awarded
@NSERC_CRSNG
alexander graham bell canada graduate scholarships today! they are truly outstanding across math, neuro, and physics - thank you
@NSERC_CRSNG
for supporting their research
this has been an amazing month in the lab. each week in lab meeting, one of our "senior" lab members presented their work over the last ~year. amazing to see how much theyve learned&accomplished (&each have some mind-boggling data as a result). so proud and excited for our lab
jennifer -- who joined our lab in jan as a 2nd year undergrad co-op student -- has picked up scrna-seq, spatial transcriptomics, histology, and microscopy. in 3 months. just amazing
obligatory tweet because I've had a lot of my 'firsts' as a scientist recently and neuroscience is so so beautiful!! s/o to
@laKrausl
for training me on the confocal microscope and imaging :)
congrats to
@yuzucao
- winner of the Physiology Prize for best honours thesis in the
@UBCcps
undergrad program! one of our first lab members (since 2019) - so lucky to have willis in the lab
lab photos are a highlight each year - always a great reminder of what a wonderful team weve got. excited to have many of us visiting montreal in a few days for
@CAN_ACN
2023 meeting!
excited for our first work with the human brain, spearheaded by the amazing
@laKrausl
. thank you to
@BrainCanada
and
@azrielifdn
for the opportunity, and congratulations to all the winners - always impressed by the great neuroscientists we have here in canada
it is a big month in the lab. so excited to announce four new lab members -
@laKrausl
@rennifer_k
@AahanaKanyal
and brianna bristow - who will take our research into totally exciting new directions (thread below). an immense thank you to
@msfhr
for supporting our lab and research
ANNOUNCEMENT: New funding for our 2020 Scholars & Research Trainees is advancing
#science
and improving the
#health
of British Columbians. Congratulations to the 63 newest
#MSFHRCommunity
members!
great photo capturing the
@BrainCanada
future leaders in canadian brain research satellite event from the
@CAN_ACN
annual meeting! wonderful to have shared time and learned from these amazing scientists
one of the coolest things about being a PI is witnessing mind-boggling results from lab members. this week, seeing great fluorescent tagging and GCaMPs in
@laKrausl
's human organotypic brain slice cultures was 100% that feeling
dr. bonnie henry is an absolute hero. she has been such a source of strength and stability for our province through COVID-19, and has saved countless lives through medicine and science. makes me proud to live in BC
huge congratulations to
@_ShaliniIyer
, a recipient of a British Columbia Research Scholarship this year! we are so fortunate to have recruited shalini to our lab for her phd, and she is bringing a super exciting neurodevelopmental perspective to our research
id like to give a huge shout-out to our present and past
#WomenInScience
(and
#WomenInSTEM
) lab members today. working with this brilliant group has been one of the biggest honours of my scientific career
probably my most important tweet, our lab not only has created lab mascots but now they are also slack emojis
one of which is "mark subiculum"
is this what it feels like to be drunk with power
undergrad lab member madeline elder - getting first place!! - presenting her modeling work at the canadian conference for undergraduate women in physics. a well-deserved recognition, maddie is a truly outstanding biophycist and we've been lucky to have her in the lab
#proudpi
online application to the Allen Institute's Next Generation Leaders program is now available. this is an amazing program, providing an opportunity for postdocs/young PIs to learn and interact with
@AllenInstitute
science and scientists.
huge congratulations to
@jennifertsai_
, who just won both
@UWaterloo
AND provincial co-op student of the year awards for her research in the lab. she's a rising star in both biomed eng and neuro
We’re proud to announce the 2024 grant recipients of the Alzheimer Society Research Program (ASRP)! These researchers are at the forefront of dementia research, working to transform innovative ideas into impactful solutions.
Since 1989, the ASRP has been a cornerstone of
the
@AllenInstitute
showcase symposium is always a highlight of the year, with world-class science and scientists. so fortunate to be in person this year and getting to meet so many of my scientific heroes at once!!
our institute is doing a cluster hire of 6(!!) faculty members.
@ubclifesciences
/
@ubc
is a spectacular place to run a lab, with immensely supportive colleagues and environment. happy to answer any questions on our upcoming search
registration is now open for our "Neural Circuits and Behaviour" CAN 2024 satellite on may 19th. all CAN attendees welcome. we have an exemplary lineup of speakers, and we are especially looking for trainees to attend and give talks! full details here:
critical lab neurotwitter update:
@AdrienneKinman
convinced
@NeuroSully
and
@sarahrae_erwin
to join twitter. our lab's twitter presence now has an astonishing 4 members. assuming each of you now recruit 2 additional members, etc etc, our labs power will soon rival russian bots
so excited to have
@laKrausl
join our lab in less than a month! she will spearhead a brand-new research direction for our lab looking at the human hippocampus. cant wait to get started
perfect weather for a start-of-the-academic-year hangout with the lab. so fortunate to work with this great group of scientists -- going to be a very exciting year
our department
@UBCcps
at
@UBC
is hiring for an asst professor position. without any overstatement, this dept has been an absolutely wonderful environment to start a lab. great support, technology, and colleagues (and vancouver is basically paradise)
every time i see this on campus i cant help but imagine the Historic Octo-Department Meeting to Name That New Building, which certainly stretched long into the night
meeting, hour 9: "ok ok what if we just do like a 'Slash Computer Science' thing at the end and call it a night"
great time to note that our lab will be looking for a new grad student to start fall 2023! our lab offers an exciting, inclusive, and supportive environment to learn a variety of skills and help us understand the neuroscience of memory. ubc&vancouver are wonderful places to be
Considering studying at the graduate level? Discover what makes UBC a great place to study and what programs are available on Thursday, July 28 at 10 a.m. Register for this info session today: .
last years neural inaugural circuits&behaviour satellite meeting was just the beginning - looking forward to firing up round 2 next year in toronto. speaker list is sizzling, save the date (may 21 2025) for a great event
first annual
@AVogelCiernia
/ cembrowski / weidberg holiday party. super fun, despite my inability to obtain the coveted white elephant gameboy mug. feeling very grateful that my first year at
@UBC
was shared with these amazing scientists
huge shoutout to
@NeuroSully
, pro in neuroscience, data science, and computer science. kaitlin is unreal, and will be on the postdoc market in the not-too-distant future, so if anyone is looking for a rising-star-recognized researcher (multiple times over!) give a shout
Kudos to Kaitlin Sullivan in the Cembrowski Lab who recently won the 2022/23 Dept of statistics Data Science Award👏
This award is offered to recognize her initiative and creativity in making outstanding contributions in the field of Data Science.
i assume that when your job includes naming kids' bicycles, you have virtually boundless potential to distill the whimsy&magic of childhood into a single word
with that said apparently there is a bike called Citation
do you ever feel like youre seeing the future of science in real time? that is
@CTropini
, who has received (yet another!) well deserved accolade as an Allen Distinguished Investigator. our
@ubclifesciences
institute and
@UBC
are so fortunate to have such a great scientist here
congrats to lab members
@NeuroSully
and
@AdrienneKinman
, both of whom received CGS-M scholarships this week! their work in the lab over the last year has been totally outstanding and it is great to see such well-deserved recognition
this is a superb pipeline, it is our go-to for miniscope work and feel immensely grateful to
@denisejcai
and her lab for making it available, open, and very well supported
Check out
#Minian
, our new open-source
#miniscope
analysis pipeline to enhance accessibility, transparency and usability for single-photon calcium-imaging analysis! (developed by
#PhilDong
,
@MiniscopeTeam
)
preprint:
github repo:
Congratulations to the five teams who have been awarded the 2022 DMCBH Kickstart Grants! Learn more about each of the diverse research teams and their projects: