Dear Colleagues,
The Manitoba Neuroscience Network is proud to unify and promote networking
and outreach opportunities to the neuroscience community in Manitoba. The
pandemic has limited our activities more than we'd like but we have still
been busy! Led by Tabrez Siddiqui and Sari Hannila, our committed volunteers
have been providing exceptional neuroscience speaker experiences and
outreach initiatives, respectively. With a big thank you to Crystal Acosta
for her leadership, we also recently expanded our website
(www.manitobaneuroscience.ca <http://www.manitobaneuroscience.ca/> ). Built
on a virtual institute model, there is an enhanced news and announcements
section, an updated events calendar, information about training programs and
opportunities, information about our award-winning outreach programs and
MORE.
To support these and other initiatives, it's time for a membership drive.
You are invited to become a 2022 MNN member. Re-building of the membership
section of the website has prevented a large-scale membership drive for
quite some time, so the current membership base for 2022 is zero. We need
you, please! Any member of the academic, medical, corporate or public
sectors can be a member. We have 3 membership categories and a special
all-inclusive lab group rate to offer, as follows:
Regular Member
$60
Academic faculty, physicians and non-trainee professionals in other
industries
Associate Member
$30
Postdoctoral fellows, medical residents, research associates, emeritus
academic faculty
Student Member
$15
Undergraduate and graduate students
Regular Member (All-inclusive)*
$120
Regular members who wish to pay a single price for all members of a research
lab
*The all-inclusive regular membership allows laboratory leaders (PIs) to
enroll entire labs for one price ($120). Regular PI members will add
subaccounts for each lab member, who will then receive an email prompting
them to complete their membership setup (HELP CENTRE
<https://manitobaneuroscience.ca/mnn-membership/help-centre/> ). Membership
for lab members is only active once this step is complete.
You will have an opportunity to pay for your membership by credit card or
using a University of Manitoba account (FOP). If you pay by FOP, please
allow 1-2 business days for processing before receiving a confirmation
email.
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS:
* Access to local seminars, world-renowned visiting speakers,
scientific conferences
* Support of innovative and award-winning neuroscience outreach and
engagement
* Access to funding opportunities including SFN Chapter grants and
Trainee Professional Development Awards, and MNN travel awards and
lectureships
* Discounts on MNN meeting registrations
* Subscription to the MNN email list for important information and
events
*New*
* Regular members can make a scientist profile featured on the MNN
website (see below for more details)
* Regular members can showcase training opportunities using their
scientific profile
* Comprehensive listing of trainee awards
* Submit content to be featured and help us celebrate your
accomplishments
* Online calendar that you can subscribe to so you'll never miss
another event
Click HERE <https://manitobaneuroscience.ca/join/> to become an MNN member.
If you have any questions during the process, please see our HELP CENTRE
<https://manitobaneuroscience.ca/mnn-membership/help-centre/> or email
info(a)manitobaneuroscience.ca <mailto:info@manitobaneuroscience.ca> .
ABOUT THE NEW SCIENTIST PROFILE FOR MEMBERS:
The expanded virtual institute website allows MNN member principal
investigators to create a scientist profile that will appear in a searchable
listing of all of our researchers. One of the main problems as
neuroscientists in Manitoba has long been lack of an ability to showcase our
research activities, accomplishments and training opportunities in a unified
manner. Despite a vibrant neuroscience community more than 70 PIs strong,
people from outside Manitoba haven't been able to see this online. For the
first time, this is now possible. Within the membership area of the website,
after becoming a member, PIs can complete their scientist profile by
entering biographical information, research description and publications,
and social media links. PI members will also be able to advertise open
trainee positions and provide a description of the opportunity. This will be
featured in their personal profile and in a special section of the website
that lists training opportunities.
Please note that to convey a professional, institute-quality aesthetic, try
to avoid acronyms, abbreviations and simplifications that an international
audience would not understand (e.g. PI for principal investigator, CHRIM for
Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, or KIAM for Kleysen
Institute for Advanced Medicine). Also, the photo you add should be
professional quality and will need to be square in dimensions. Changes to
your scientist profile will not go live to the website immediately. They
will be viewed by MNN volunteers to ensure a uniform fit for all profiles.
You may be asked for additional information or to make some minor changes.
Thank you for your support. Stay tuned for more exciting announcements.
The MNN Team
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Dr. Sari Hannila
Brain Awareness Week is right around the corner, and this year, we would
like to celebrate the many wonderful mentors that we have in the MNN.
Students, postdocs, and residents, is your supervisor an outstanding mentor?
If so, send us an email at <mailto:info@manitobaneuroscience.ca>
info(a)manitobaneuroscience.ca and tell us why! We will follow up with you
and prepare a feature on you and your supervisor that we will share on
social media during Brain Awareness Week. Deadline is March 5th!
PIs, please share this email with your trainees!
And don't forget to follow us on our socials (Instagram:
@manitobaneuroscience, Twitter: @manitobaneuro)
Sari S. Hannila, PhD
MNN Outreach Director
Email: <mailto:Sari.Hannila@med.umanitoba.ca> Sari.Hannila(a)umanitoba.ca
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Dr. Tabrez Siddiqui
2021 - 2022 MNN Visiting Speaker Series
Mondays, 12:00 PM (NOON)
Please mark your calendars! See below. Schedule is attached.
DATE
SPEAKER
AFFILIATION
April 4, 2022
Dr. Graeme Davis
UCSF
April 11, 2022
Dr. Mei Zhen
Samuel Lunenfeld, Toronto
April 25, 2022
Dr. Kirill Martemyanov
The Scripps Research Institute
May 2, 2022
Dr. Seth Grant
The University of Edinburgh
May 9, 2022
Dr. Bernardo Sabatini
Harvard Medical School
May 16, 2022
Dr. Stephen Ferguson
University of Ottawa
May 30, 2022
Dr. Simon Chen
University of Ottawa
June 6, 2022
Dr. Nicola Allen
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
June 13, 2022
Dr. Stefano Pluchino
University of Cambridge
June 20, 2022
Dr. Joris de Wit
KU Leuven
For more information contact Dr. Tabrez Siddiqui,
Tabrez.siddiqui(a)umanitoba.ca <mailto:Tabrez.siddiqui@umanitoba.ca>
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Dear MNN Community,
The Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics is now recruiting a
tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor, with a research and teaching
focus in the neurosciences. While the job ad will be posted very widely,
experience shows that often, successful recruitment depends on how well our
own local community actively engages contacts to spread word about the
opportunity. Therefore, I ask you to distribute the ad and encourage as many
qualified candidates to apply as possible
(https://viprecprod.ad.umanitoba.ca/default.aspx). The ad is also attached
for you to send around, as appropriate. Thanks for your help!
Chris Anderson
MNN Director
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