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Today, we celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! We asked faculty, staff, and trainees to share their journeys, motivations, and advice.

Faculty and Staff: www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/news/women-i...
Trainees: www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/news/women-i...
Women in Science at the DMBCH: Faculty and Staff - Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | DMCBH
The DMCBH celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science by highlighting the diverse career paths of women in STEM.   What sparked
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February 11, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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Mourners gather for candlelight vigil in memory of the victims of a mass shooting in the remote Canadian mining town of Tumbler Ridge, in British Columbia.

Police said an 18-year-old carried out the mass shooting, killing six people at a local school, after slaying her mother and stepbrother
February 12, 2026 at 3:26 AM
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To mark International Day of Women and Girls in STEM, we’re highlighting women across TFRI and its programs who are advancing cancer genomics, immunotherapy, machine learning and AI-driven health data solutions.

Discover their stories and the impactful work they do: tinyurl.com/yd69ykbe
February 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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On #IDWGS, we honour Dr. Kirsty Duncan, a scientist, leader, and lifelong advocate for fairness and representation in research.
Her work helped create lasting change in Canadian science, opening doors for women and underrepresented scholars. Her impact continues.
February 11, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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How can Canada strengthen its place internationally to advance women’s participation and leadership in science worldwide?

Dr. Melanie Ratnam SCWIST shared insights at #CSPC2025: https://sciencepolicy.ca/conference/cspc-2025/cspc-2025-interviews/
February 11, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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For International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we asked our Section Editors about their experiences, and spoke in detail with @clairebrockett.bsky.social from @sheffielduni.bsky.social about why inclusion matters in her research.

everyone.plos.org/2026/02/11/e...

#IDWGS2026 #WomenInScience
Experiences of Women in Science in 2026? - EveryONE
This blog was prepared and written by PLOS One Associate Editor Jen Edwards. Last year, our blog celebrated the 10th anniversary of…
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February 11, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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About 10 years ago, I set out to better understand the drivers of radicalization and deradicalization into white supremacy. Work from our endeavors is starting to come out, and I am no longer concerned about sharing it.

I want to share the findings from one of these studies, published last March. 🧵
February 10, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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February 10, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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To my American colleagues: sorry, I won't be visiting the USA this year. Logic says we should support you and your great science, but with the continued attacks against Canada, it's become emotional. I'll send trainees if they want to go, but also offer them alternatives in Canada, Europe and Asia.
February 10, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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I wrote an perspectives piece relevant to the structural atlasing endeavors. Structural atlases are not the end of the story. This perspective calls for models that take into account the flexible functional organization within this fixed architecture.

www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...
Frontiers | Structure–function relationships across scales: implications for atlases
Neuroscience aims to understand how the structural and functional organization of the brain relates to behavior. Structural studies at the cellular level est...
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February 9, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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Fight fire with F I R E! 🔥

#Justice4EpsteinSurvivors
🚨🚨🚨 HOLY SHIT: This powerful PSA from the Epstein Survivors will air during the #SuperBowl
February 8, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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DID YOU KNOW?

If you have Delta Sky Miles, you can donate them to help a kidnapped-and-released person fly home!

They are set free on the streets of El Paso or another Texas town with no phone, no money, nothing at all. Your miles can get them back to their loved ones!
Donate Your Miles — Stand With Minnesota
Donate your Delta Skymiles to get people home from Texas
www.standwithminnesota.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:39 AM
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This is so, so good
Want a change of pace? Two years ago, I published this piece on Tracy Chapman and the generational longing of “Fast Car”:
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/driving-in...
Driving in Circles
The generational longing of "Fast Car"
sarahkendzior.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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This message, which hangs in the Olympic workout space for Team Canada 🇨🇦
(Written out fully in Alt Text)
February 7, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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🇨🇦university leaders take note.
Great insights @richardgold.bsky.social! Innovation doesn’t happen in isolation...it grows from talent, partnerships, + the right infrastructure, exactly the ecosystem 🇨🇦 research platforms like #TRIDENT are building. Proud 2 be part of the shift toward impact! universityaffairs.ca/opinion/reca...
Recalibrating Canadian universities to meet the Mark (Carney) - University Affairs
How university leadership can better support Canadian innovation and economic growth.
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February 7, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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Human newborns form musical predictions based on rhythmic but not melodic structure journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... TRF analyses had high inter-individual variability for overall neural tracking of musical stimuli - note-by-note predictability tracked (not shuffled) a rhythmic not melodic effect
Human newborns form musical predictions based on rhythmic but not melodic structure
The ability to anticipate musical structure is a fundamental human trait, but whether it exists at birth is unclear. This study shows that newborns encode rhythmic expectations based on statistical re...
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February 6, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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First of a few postings for jobs in my lab-we are hiring an entry level technician! www.gwu.jobs/postings/124...
Research Assistant
This Research Assistant position contributes to research/development by assisting with experiments in a controlled laboratory setting. The core responsibilities of this position include assisting with...
www.gwu.jobs
February 6, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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The first article in the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience special issue 10 years of @theabcdstudy.bsky.social is now online! 🧠 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
What we have learned about adolescent mental health and where we are going after a decade with the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study
This review synthesizes ten years of research utilizing data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, emphasizing how the study’s…
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February 5, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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One day online conference on the ways behavioral and neural sciences can inform peace efforts. Organized by Duke's amazing @felipedebrigard.bsky.social Free! Tomorrow! (Fri Feb 6). To register see link below.

behavioralscientist.org/program-neur...
February 6, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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An amazing effort, led by a dream team of scientists, including the late Ricardo Insausti. Congrats to Ana Daugherty and everyone involved. (Was honoured to play a very small role.)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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February 5, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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Internet disappeared again.

What do you do when there is no connection, No news, no world outside your walls?

As for me
Sometimes I make funny hats for Atis.
I can’t say she enjoys it much.
But time passes faster this way.

In war you learn strange ways to survive silence.
February 5, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM