Derya Sargin
@deryasargin.bsky.social
Associate professor of Neuroscience studying serotonin, developmental stress, Alzheimer’s disease @UCalgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute
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#WorldWomenNeuro is excited to host our next Welcome Meet & Greet — a virtual onboarding session designed especially for our newest members.
Whether you’ve just joined or are curious about how to get more involved, this is the perfect way to start your journey with us!
Feb 11, 1pm EST (Zoom)
Whether you’ve just joined or are curious about how to get more involved, this is the perfect way to start your journey with us!
Feb 11, 1pm EST (Zoom)
February 3, 2026 at 8:00 PM
#WorldWomenNeuro is excited to host our next Welcome Meet & Greet — a virtual onboarding session designed especially for our newest members.
Whether you’ve just joined or are curious about how to get more involved, this is the perfect way to start your journey with us!
Feb 11, 1pm EST (Zoom)
Whether you’ve just joined or are curious about how to get more involved, this is the perfect way to start your journey with us!
Feb 11, 1pm EST (Zoom)
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Let’s be clear, no funder can absorb a 50% increase in application over a period of two years without a significant increase in resources. It is unsustainable and will trigger significant policy changes, which will cause significant challenges. This needs everyone working together.
January 30, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Let’s be clear, no funder can absorb a 50% increase in application over a period of two years without a significant increase in resources. It is unsustainable and will trigger significant policy changes, which will cause significant challenges. This needs everyone working together.
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This amazing woman worked so hard for science and sport in Canada. She set up the Standing Committee on Science and Research, was a powerful voice for science in parliament and after being diagnosed with two cancers continued to advocate for good. Proud to have known the Rt Hon Kirsty Duncan. RIP 💔
January 26, 2026 at 10:45 PM
This amazing woman worked so hard for science and sport in Canada. She set up the Standing Committee on Science and Research, was a powerful voice for science in parliament and after being diagnosed with two cancers continued to advocate for good. Proud to have known the Rt Hon Kirsty Duncan. RIP 💔
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3 days left to apply! ✍️
PhD position(s)🚨deadline 20th Jan
1-development of brain & behaviour in the precocial spiny mouse tinyurl.com/yaxhy5y2
2-social behaviour & neurophysiology in a menstruating rodent using AI tinyurl.com/ykv93cts
apply ✍️
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1-development of brain & behaviour in the precocial spiny mouse tinyurl.com/yaxhy5y2
2-social behaviour & neurophysiology in a menstruating rodent using AI tinyurl.com/ykv93cts
apply ✍️
@ai4bicdt.bsky.social @sidb-edinburgh.bsky.social @edinunineuro.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 11:11 AM
3 days left to apply! ✍️
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The Alba network is launching the Alba database of scientists with disabilities to enhance the representation, opportunities, and influence of neuroscientists with disabilities. Details and sign up here: www.alba.network/database-dis...
ALBA Database of scientists with disabilities
A database of neuroscientists with disabilities to improve representation, facilitate networking, and support collaboration. Sign up now!
www.alba.network
January 13, 2026 at 7:34 PM
The Alba network is launching the Alba database of scientists with disabilities to enhance the representation, opportunities, and influence of neuroscientists with disabilities. Details and sign up here: www.alba.network/database-dis...
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This posting closes Jan 19th. Please reach out if you have any questions.
We are hiring a research assistant in Edmonton to help with two MRI studies of brain development. It's a fabulous team, and involves lots of work with kids and families. Please spread the word! iaejup.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Research Assistant
This competition is open to all applicants however; internal candidates and applicants who were former employees of the University of Alberta will be given priority consideration before external candi...
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January 13, 2026 at 9:34 PM
This posting closes Jan 19th. Please reach out if you have any questions.
January 4, 2026 at 5:22 PM
New Year’s Eve in downtown Calgary was magical, even with an exhausted little one and a hit-and-run in plain sight. Honestly, a pretty accurate summary of 2025. Here is hoping the rest of the year brings peace, health, and great papers for everyone.
January 1, 2026 at 4:29 PM
New Year’s Eve in downtown Calgary was magical, even with an exhausted little one and a hit-and-run in plain sight. Honestly, a pretty accurate summary of 2025. Here is hoping the rest of the year brings peace, health, and great papers for everyone.
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🧠 Why it matters 🧠
-The results challenge a prevailing view that 5‑HT2A activation alone drives psilocybin’s therapeutic actions.
-Highlights the importance of polypharmacology 🥳, and points to the 1B receptor as a target for non‑hallucinogenic antidepressant and anxiolytic pharmacotherapies.
-The results challenge a prevailing view that 5‑HT2A activation alone drives psilocybin’s therapeutic actions.
-Highlights the importance of polypharmacology 🥳, and points to the 1B receptor as a target for non‑hallucinogenic antidepressant and anxiolytic pharmacotherapies.
New paper drop! 🧠💊 Our new paper out in Molecular Psychiatry shows that the serotonin 1B receptor is important for the neural and antidepressant/anxiolytic behavioral responses to psilocybin in mice.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The serotonin 1B receptor is required for some of the behavioral effects of psilocybin in mice - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - The serotonin 1B receptor is required for some of the behavioral effects of psilocybin in mice
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December 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
🧠 Why it matters 🧠
-The results challenge a prevailing view that 5‑HT2A activation alone drives psilocybin’s therapeutic actions.
-Highlights the importance of polypharmacology 🥳, and points to the 1B receptor as a target for non‑hallucinogenic antidepressant and anxiolytic pharmacotherapies.
-The results challenge a prevailing view that 5‑HT2A activation alone drives psilocybin’s therapeutic actions.
-Highlights the importance of polypharmacology 🥳, and points to the 1B receptor as a target for non‑hallucinogenic antidepressant and anxiolytic pharmacotherapies.
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New paper drop! 🧠💊 Our new paper out in Molecular Psychiatry shows that the serotonin 1B receptor is important for the neural and antidepressant/anxiolytic behavioral responses to psilocybin in mice.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The serotonin 1B receptor is required for some of the behavioral effects of psilocybin in mice - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - The serotonin 1B receptor is required for some of the behavioral effects of psilocybin in mice
www.nature.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
New paper drop! 🧠💊 Our new paper out in Molecular Psychiatry shows that the serotonin 1B receptor is important for the neural and antidepressant/anxiolytic behavioral responses to psilocybin in mice.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Join ISTAART PIAs for Year in Review webinars sharing key 2025 research and future directions in Alzheimer and dementia science with expert panels.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/istaart-year...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/istaart-year...
ISTAART Year in Review Webinar Series 2026 - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER
Join ISTAART PIAs for Year in Review webinars sharing key 2025 research and future directions in Alzheimer and dementia science with expert panels.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Join ISTAART PIAs for Year in Review webinars sharing key 2025 research and future directions in Alzheimer and dementia science with expert panels.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/istaart-year...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/istaart-year...
Wishing I were at SfN just to make the ISSR mixer! A great chance to meet the amazing serotoninologists.
Other transmitter enthusiasts welcome (no judgement)
Other transmitter enthusiasts welcome (no judgement)
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Wishing I were at SfN just to make the ISSR mixer! A great chance to meet the amazing serotoninologists.
Other transmitter enthusiasts welcome (no judgement)
Other transmitter enthusiasts welcome (no judgement)
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Hope to see all of the serotonin enthusiasts at the ISSR mixer at SfN on Monday (people who find dopamine rewarding are welcome too). register here: pci.jotform.com/form/2528274...
November 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Hope to see all of the serotonin enthusiasts at the ISSR mixer at SfN on Monday (people who find dopamine rewarding are welcome too). register here: pci.jotform.com/form/2528274...
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Can’t to check this new suite out! Though I’m sad it doesn’t have a Deep Squeak-like name :)
Miniscope Processing Suite Goes Live! ariasarch.github.io/MPS_Installe...
MPS is a comprehensive pipeline for processing miniscope calcium imaging data. From raw videos to publication-ready traces, MPS guides you through every step with an intuitive GUI and powerful algorithms. Mac or PC.
MPS is a comprehensive pipeline for processing miniscope calcium imaging data. From raw videos to publication-ready traces, MPS guides you through every step with an intuitive GUI and powerful algorithms. Mac or PC.
November 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Can’t to check this new suite out! Though I’m sad it doesn’t have a Deep Squeak-like name :)
I want to take the credit and say ‘when parents are behavioural neuroscientists’ but he is one smart cookie
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I want to take the credit and say ‘when parents are behavioural neuroscientists’ but he is one smart cookie
If US were Turkiye: Mamdani wins; Trump cancels the election; people vote again; he wins again. Trump strips his degree, jails him for corruption, brands him a terrorist, and locks up his supporters. #HowToLoseACountry
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
If US were Turkiye: Mamdani wins; Trump cancels the election; people vote again; he wins again. Trump strips his degree, jails him for corruption, brands him a terrorist, and locks up his supporters. #HowToLoseACountry
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Here's the biggest PSE story you haven't heard yet: the Canada Student Grant for low-income students is being cut from $4200/year to $3000/year as of next August. It's implicit in the budget tables but the government is too chickenshit to actually say so directly.
November 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Here's the biggest PSE story you haven't heard yet: the Canada Student Grant for low-income students is being cut from $4200/year to $3000/year as of next August. It's implicit in the budget tables but the government is too chickenshit to actually say so directly.
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The Canadian government has seemingly never read a single one of its own commissioned reports on what Canadian science needs. (It's not more people.)
Globe & Mail reports “the budget is expected to include up to $1-billion to attract high-quality talent and researchers from the United States and elsewhere”
So far hospitals and universities have been going it alone….
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
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So far hospitals and universities have been going it alone….
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
@ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The Canadian government has seemingly never read a single one of its own commissioned reports on what Canadian science needs. (It's not more people.)
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November 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Children exposed to antidepressants before birth do not face lasting mental health risks
Children exposed to antidepressants before birth do not face lasting mental health risks
A new study suggests that antidepressant use during pregnancy does not directly cause anxiety or depression in children. The findings, published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, highlight the role of genetics and family environment instead.
www.psypost.org
October 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Children exposed to antidepressants before birth do not face lasting mental health risks
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Very happy to share our new paper in Biological Psychiatry, showing that Urolithin A reverses high anxiety by repairing mitochondrial function in the nucleus accumbens.
Big kudos to first co-authors David Mallet & Doğukan Ülgen, our amazing team, and collaborators!
🔗 Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
Big kudos to first co-authors David Mallet & Doğukan Ülgen, our amazing team, and collaborators!
🔗 Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
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October 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Very happy to share our new paper in Biological Psychiatry, showing that Urolithin A reverses high anxiety by repairing mitochondrial function in the nucleus accumbens.
Big kudos to first co-authors David Mallet & Doğukan Ülgen, our amazing team, and collaborators!
🔗 Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
Big kudos to first co-authors David Mallet & Doğukan Ülgen, our amazing team, and collaborators!
🔗 Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
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I am going to repost our job ad because we are not getting many applicants!
Like anywhere, there are pros and cons, so if you have questions just DM or email me.
#academicjobs #neuroskyence #neuroethology #academicsky
Like anywhere, there are pros and cons, so if you have questions just DM or email me.
#academicjobs #neuroskyence #neuroethology #academicsky
For anyone on the neuroscience job market, our ads are up. We are looking for anyone working in systems neuroscience of animals to join us in southern Alberta 🇨🇦
#academicsky #neuroskyence #neuroethology #academicjobs #Canada
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#academicsky #neuroskyence #neuroethology #academicjobs #Canada
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Assistant Professor (Neuroscience, Tenure Track) - Lethbridge (City), Alberta (CA) job with University of Lethbridge | 39049
Assistant Professor (tenure track) of the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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October 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I am going to repost our job ad because we are not getting many applicants!
Like anywhere, there are pros and cons, so if you have questions just DM or email me.
#academicjobs #neuroskyence #neuroethology #academicsky
Like anywhere, there are pros and cons, so if you have questions just DM or email me.
#academicjobs #neuroskyence #neuroethology #academicsky
As our graduate program deadline approaches, we are recruiting motivated students to join our team. See details below:
New ad: Graduate (MSc / PhD) Student Positions – Neurophysiology of Autism Mouse Models – University of Calgary can-acn.org/graduate-msc... @deryasargin.bsky.social #neurojobs
September 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
As our graduate program deadline approaches, we are recruiting motivated students to join our team. See details below:
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I am hiring an halftime administrative assistant for my lab! we are fun dynamic group located in Bonn DZNE. Pls Spread the word.
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Teamassistenz (m/w/d) Klinik für Alterspsychiatrie und Kognitive Störungen - Karriereamukb | Jobs & Karriere an der Uniklinik Bonn
In der Klinik für Alterspsychiatrie und Kognitive Störungen des Universitätsklinikums Bonn ist zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt folgende Stelle in Teilzeit (19,25 Std. / Woche) zu besetzen. Die Stelle is...
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August 18, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I am hiring an halftime administrative assistant for my lab! we are fun dynamic group located in Bonn DZNE. Pls Spread the word.
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Learn more & apply
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