Denise Belsham
@denisebelsham.bsky.social
Professor of Physiology and Medicine, University of Toronto; 🇨🇦 Entrepreneur; 😎 Cool Neuroendocrinologist; All hypothalamus all the time! President of International Neuroendocrine Federation.
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Some morning calm from Toronto
February 3, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Some morning calm from Toronto
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Terrific program, speakers, colleagues, and location!
February 1, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Terrific program, speakers, colleagues, and location!
Don’t just take my word for it! Look at that plenary line up. Wow!🤯 @infneuroendo.bsky.social
Terrific program, speakers, colleagues, and location!
February 1, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Don’t just take my word for it! Look at that plenary line up. Wow!🤯 @infneuroendo.bsky.social
Time to submit your abstract and register for the ICN2026 in Nagoya Japan! 🤩 All the cool neuroendocrinologists will be there.Check out the amazing line up of speakers. 👏🏻🧠🌟 @infneuroendo.bsky.social @paneuroendo.bsky.social @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @sneuroendo.bsky.social
www.congre.co.jp/icn2026/
www.congre.co.jp/icn2026/
ICN2026 NAGOYA JAPAN -The International Congress of Neuroendocrinology- [26-29 July 2026, WINC AICHI (Aichi Industry and Labor Center)]
This is the website for ICN2026 which will be held at WINC AICHI（Aichi Industry & Labor Center）,Nagoya, Japan on 26-29 July 2026.
www.congre.co.jp
February 1, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Time to submit your abstract and register for the ICN2026 in Nagoya Japan! 🤩 All the cool neuroendocrinologists will be there.Check out the amazing line up of speakers. 👏🏻🧠🌟 @infneuroendo.bsky.social @paneuroendo.bsky.social @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @sneuroendo.bsky.social
www.congre.co.jp/icn2026/
www.congre.co.jp/icn2026/
This is such a huge loss for 🇨🇦
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#cdnsci | Cate Murray
It is with sadness that I learned today of the passing of Kirsty Duncan. She was a true champion of science, of women in leadership and so much more. I know that Canada's science community will mour...
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January 26, 2026 at 11:04 PM
This is such a huge loss for 🇨🇦
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It’s snowy out there!
January 15, 2026 at 11:33 AM
It’s snowy out there!
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Nominate a colleague for the Peter Seeburg Integrative Neuroscience Prize! Your nominee should exemplify an innovative spirit and contribute significantly to understanding the brain.
The award will be presented at the FENS Forum and the recipient will receive a $100,000 prize.
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The award will be presented at the FENS Forum and the recipient will receive a $100,000 prize.
vist.ly/4mh9i
January 12, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Nominate a colleague for the Peter Seeburg Integrative Neuroscience Prize! Your nominee should exemplify an innovative spirit and contribute significantly to understanding the brain.
The award will be presented at the FENS Forum and the recipient will receive a $100,000 prize.
vist.ly/4mh9i
The award will be presented at the FENS Forum and the recipient will receive a $100,000 prize.
vist.ly/4mh9i
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Excited to continue my exploration of Toronto’s best baguettes. Next up the Johnson family bakery’s baguette (from the brother of @jimjohnsonsci.bsky.social)
January 13, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Excited to continue my exploration of Toronto’s best baguettes. Next up the Johnson family bakery’s baguette (from the brother of @jimjohnsonsci.bsky.social)
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Cast Your Vote for the Next Endocrine Society President | The election for our future President-Elect is now open and Society members are strongly encouraged to cast your vote. The polls are open until Wednesday, March 4 at 11:59 PM ET: https://bit.ly/4qdrySB #endocrinology
January 8, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Cast Your Vote for the Next Endocrine Society President | The election for our future President-Elect is now open and Society members are strongly encouraged to cast your vote. The polls are open until Wednesday, March 4 at 11:59 PM ET: https://bit.ly/4qdrySB #endocrinology
And Happy New Year right back at you! Looks like you are having fun. 🤩🎉
January 1, 2026 at 7:39 PM
And Happy New Year right back at you! Looks like you are having fun. 🤩🎉
Amazing! Happy New Year indeed. 🎉
New Year, new paper from our lab. Emily Kramer used 3D light-sheet imaging and tissue clearing to examine the spatial architecture of mouse amygdala engram ensembles.
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Examining the Three‐Dimensional Spatial Architecture of Mouse Amygdala Engram Ensembles
Memories are stored in a sparse population of neurons active at the time of an event, an engram ensemble, and reactivation of the engram ensemble drives memory recall. Although the amygdala is essent...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Amazing! Happy New Year indeed. 🎉
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Happy New Year! | We are excited to make 2026 the year of achieving your goals. We are proud to support our members in improving patient care and ensuring the future of hormone science and clinical endocrinology: https://bit.ly/34h108X #endocrinology
January 1, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Happy New Year! | We are excited to make 2026 the year of achieving your goals. We are proud to support our members in improving patient care and ensuring the future of hormone science and clinical endocrinology: https://bit.ly/34h108X #endocrinology
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Joel Habener pioneer in molecular biology, mentor, led foundational research that discovered a hormone dubbed GLP-1, which would later become the key ingredient in Ozempic and Mounjaro www.wsj.com/health/pharm...
Joel Habener, Whose Research Helped Develop Weight-Loss Drugs, Dies at 88
Habener led research that discovered the GLP-1 hormone, a key ingredient in Ozempic and Mounjaro.
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December 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Joel Habener pioneer in molecular biology, mentor, led foundational research that discovered a hormone dubbed GLP-1, which would later become the key ingredient in Ozempic and Mounjaro www.wsj.com/health/pharm...
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Happy Holidays from the Belsham Lab! 🎄🥂🎁 See you at #ICN2026 in Nagoya Japan in July! @infneuroendo.bsky.social @paneuroendo.bsky.social @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @sneuroendo.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Happy Holidays from the Belsham Lab! 🎄🥂🎁 See you at #ICN2026 in Nagoya Japan in July! @infneuroendo.bsky.social @paneuroendo.bsky.social @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @sneuroendo.bsky.social
May your heart 💕 also grow three sizes this holiday season. Just as long as it’s not due to troubling cardiovascular 🫀 disease due to all of the goodies that you ate… 🧀🍗🥮🥂 @infneuroendo.bsky.social @paneuroendo.bsky.social @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @sneuroendo.bsky.social
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December 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
May your heart 💕 also grow three sizes this holiday season. Just as long as it’s not due to troubling cardiovascular 🫀 disease due to all of the goodies that you ate… 🧀🍗🥮🥂 @infneuroendo.bsky.social @paneuroendo.bsky.social @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @sneuroendo.bsky.social
Merry Christmas right back at you!🌟
December 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Merry Christmas right back at you!🌟
So sad 💔 She looked like a very good 🐕 dog.
December 20, 2025 at 4:08 AM
So sad 💔 She looked like a very good 🐕 dog.
Wonderful opportunity to attend #ICN2026 - see you there! 🤩 @infneuroendo.bsky.social
Attend #ICN2026 in Japan with our new grant covering:
💷 Registration fee
💷 Abstract submission fee
💷 Up to £1k for travel
Apply by 30 Jan 26: www.neuroendo.org.uk...
💷 Registration fee
💷 Abstract submission fee
💷 Up to £1k for travel
Apply by 30 Jan 26: www.neuroendo.org.uk...
December 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Wonderful opportunity to attend #ICN2026 - see you there! 🤩 @infneuroendo.bsky.social
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The Canadian scientific community owes a great deal to Dr Kristy Duncan & I was thrilled to get a chance to talk to her about her new book, how to advocate government for more science funding, the imp of diversity to propel scientific discovery, leading a trek to Norway & imp of sharing our stories.
In the season finale, Dr. Liisa Galea speaks with the Honourable Dr. Kirsty Duncan, former Minister of Science and author of The Exclusion Effect.
📸 Swipe to see a photo from the first time they met.
🎧 Listen here: ow.ly/I50H50XKRwL
#WomensHealth #EDI #ResearchFunding
📸 Swipe to see a photo from the first time they met.
🎧 Listen here: ow.ly/I50H50XKRwL
#WomensHealth #EDI #ResearchFunding
December 18, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The Canadian scientific community owes a great deal to Dr Kristy Duncan & I was thrilled to get a chance to talk to her about her new book, how to advocate government for more science funding, the imp of diversity to propel scientific discovery, leading a trek to Norway & imp of sharing our stories.
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🎉 It's that time of year to share our 2025 highlights 🎉 - including giving over £180k in grants & the new JNE Early Career Editorial Board.
We're incredibly proud of the welcoming, supportive society that is the BSN.
THANK YOU!
Full infographic: www.neuroendo.org.uk...
We're incredibly proud of the welcoming, supportive society that is the BSN.
THANK YOU!
Full infographic: www.neuroendo.org.uk...
December 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
🎉 It's that time of year to share our 2025 highlights 🎉 - including giving over £180k in grants & the new JNE Early Career Editorial Board.
We're incredibly proud of the welcoming, supportive society that is the BSN.
THANK YOU!
Full infographic: www.neuroendo.org.uk...
We're incredibly proud of the welcoming, supportive society that is the BSN.
THANK YOU!
Full infographic: www.neuroendo.org.uk...
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From all of us at Journal of Neuroendocrinology,
THANK YOU to our generous reviewers for their contributions towards an excellent year at the journal.
We look forward to working with you again in 2026.
THANK YOU to our generous reviewers for their contributions towards an excellent year at the journal.
We look forward to working with you again in 2026.
December 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
From all of us at Journal of Neuroendocrinology,
THANK YOU to our generous reviewers for their contributions towards an excellent year at the journal.
We look forward to working with you again in 2026.
THANK YOU to our generous reviewers for their contributions towards an excellent year at the journal.
We look forward to working with you again in 2026.
Love this! Canada 🇨🇦 is represented well. Can't wait to see the program - and hopefully attend this fantastic meeting. @infneuroendo.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Love this! Canada 🇨🇦 is represented well. Can't wait to see the program - and hopefully attend this fantastic meeting. @infneuroendo.bsky.social
Happy Holidays from the Belsham Lab! 🎄🥂🎁 See you at #ICN2026 in Nagoya Japan in July! @infneuroendo.bsky.social @paneuroendo.bsky.social @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @sneuroendo.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Happy Holidays from the Belsham Lab! 🎄🥂🎁 See you at #ICN2026 in Nagoya Japan in July! @infneuroendo.bsky.social @paneuroendo.bsky.social @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @sneuroendo.bsky.social
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New paper alert!!...🤩 Led by @blogeman.bsky.social, we identify how cell type-specific hormonal responses in the hypothalamus tunes parenting behavior in males and females 🐭🧠🍼. Highlights in thread 👇 1/6
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Cell Type-Specific Hormonal Signaling Configures Hypothalamic Circuits for Parenting
Parenting behavior emerges from hormonally sensitive circuits, but how distinct circuit components are affected by, and contribute to, sex and state dependent changes in infant caregiving remains uncl...
www.biorxiv.org
December 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
New paper alert!!...🤩 Led by @blogeman.bsky.social, we identify how cell type-specific hormonal responses in the hypothalamus tunes parenting behavior in males and females 🐭🧠🍼. Highlights in thread 👇 1/6
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...