mark cembrowski
@markcembrowski.bsky.social
prof @ university of british columbia. cembrowskilab.com: memory, hippocampus, cell types. also handstands+circus+yoga
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New paper alert! 🚨
We found that the brain's compass is remarkably stable at two scales
1️⃣ the system maintains its internal organization for weeks
2️⃣ It "remembers" its orientation for weeks, even after a single visit
This may be key to how the brain aligns its other maps.
Paper: rdcu.be/e3waP
We found that the brain's compass is remarkably stable at two scales
1️⃣ the system maintains its internal organization for weeks
2️⃣ It "remembers" its orientation for weeks, even after a single visit
This may be key to how the brain aligns its other maps.
Paper: rdcu.be/e3waP
February 11, 2026 at 5:52 PM
New paper alert! 🚨
We found that the brain's compass is remarkably stable at two scales
1️⃣ the system maintains its internal organization for weeks
2️⃣ It "remembers" its orientation for weeks, even after a single visit
This may be key to how the brain aligns its other maps.
Paper: rdcu.be/e3waP
We found that the brain's compass is remarkably stable at two scales
1️⃣ the system maintains its internal organization for weeks
2️⃣ It "remembers" its orientation for weeks, even after a single visit
This may be key to how the brain aligns its other maps.
Paper: rdcu.be/e3waP
Save the date for the annual "Neural Circuits and Behaviour" satellite conference at the Canadian Association for Neuroscience annual meeting, cohosted by @franklandlab.bsky.social and myself on May 18, 2026. We have a great speaker lineup and will be selecting 4 trainees talks from our registrants!
January 26, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Save the date for the annual "Neural Circuits and Behaviour" satellite conference at the Canadian Association for Neuroscience annual meeting, cohosted by @franklandlab.bsky.social and myself on May 18, 2026. We have a great speaker lineup and will be selecting 4 trainees talks from our registrants!
this is an absolutely fantastic review at the interface of emerging biological principles, neuronal/network computation, and statistical physics (among other disciplines). huge congrats to @rgast.bsky.social and co-authors for this great cross-disciplinary synthesis for the field
At the Bernstein Conference 2024, Jeremie Lefebvre and I organized a workshop on the computational consequences of neural heterogeneity. Now, slightly more than a year later, we funneled the emerging discussions into a perspective piece: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
How heterogeneity shapes dynamics and computation in the brain
No two neurons are the same, yet models often treat neural populations as pools of
identical and interchangeable elements. Here, Dahmen et al. highlight recent theoretical
advances that reveal the imp...
www.cell.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:43 PM
this is an absolutely fantastic review at the interface of emerging biological principles, neuronal/network computation, and statistical physics (among other disciplines). huge congrats to @rgast.bsky.social and co-authors for this great cross-disciplinary synthesis for the field
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With many new neurotechnologies, only about five percent of experiments yield significant results.
For every trainee who succeeds at getting some super difficult experiment to yield interesting results, there are another dozen who fruitlessly spun their wheels for years. My advice: explore many technically feasible experiments and follow up on interesting leads
Blog post: Just quit
Quitting projects in science is hard, but we should be doing a lot more of it.
open.substack.com/pub/arjunraj...
Quitting projects in science is hard, but we should be doing a lot more of it.
open.substack.com/pub/arjunraj...
December 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
With many new neurotechnologies, only about five percent of experiments yield significant results.
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Scientific program chairs @rcbagot.bsky.social and @markcembrowski.bsky.social have put together a great program: can-acn.org/meeting-2026... - Now is your chance to contribute also!
Program – 2026 Meeting – Canadian Association for Neuroscience
can-acn.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Scientific program chairs @rcbagot.bsky.social and @markcembrowski.bsky.social have put together a great program: can-acn.org/meeting-2026... - Now is your chance to contribute also!
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Share your research at the next Canadian Neuroscience Meeting May 18-21, 2026 in Montreal!
Calls for Parallel Symposia, Satellite Meetings, Poster Abstract and Travel & Professional Awards are now open - Don't miss these opportunities!
can-acn.org/meeting-2026/
Calls for Parallel Symposia, Satellite Meetings, Poster Abstract and Travel & Professional Awards are now open - Don't miss these opportunities!
can-acn.org/meeting-2026/
November 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Share your research at the next Canadian Neuroscience Meeting May 18-21, 2026 in Montreal!
Calls for Parallel Symposia, Satellite Meetings, Poster Abstract and Travel & Professional Awards are now open - Don't miss these opportunities!
can-acn.org/meeting-2026/
Calls for Parallel Symposia, Satellite Meetings, Poster Abstract and Travel & Professional Awards are now open - Don't miss these opportunities!
can-acn.org/meeting-2026/
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Excited to share the latest from the lab on the molecular mechanisms of silencing and un-silencing a hippocampal engram ensemble. Was fun using a variant of the EPSILON technique developed by Adam Cohen's lab.
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Molecular mechanisms mediating engram ensemble retrievability state in mice
Engrams, ensembles of neurons that store memories, exist along a continuum of retrievability. Normally, sensory cues can reactivate a latent engram to…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Excited to share the latest from the lab on the molecular mechanisms of silencing and un-silencing a hippocampal engram ensemble. Was fun using a variant of the EPSILON technique developed by Adam Cohen's lab.
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
yes!!! so excited to have you join zach - amazing to have you here soon!
Excited to share that I landed my dream job!🎉🎉🎉 The Pennington Lab will be opening at the University of British Columbia in January 2026!
@ubcpsych.bsky.social @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social
@ubcpsych.bsky.social @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
yes!!! so excited to have you join zach - amazing to have you here soon!
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🎉 Huge congrats to Nazreen Khan on receiving the President’s Service Award for Excellence!
Naz’s dedication, care, and behind-the-scenes brilliance make a lasting impact in the department.🌟
Learn more about Naz: focusonpeople.ubc.ca/awards/2025-...
Naz’s dedication, care, and behind-the-scenes brilliance make a lasting impact in the department.🌟
Learn more about Naz: focusonpeople.ubc.ca/awards/2025-...
September 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
🎉 Huge congrats to Nazreen Khan on receiving the President’s Service Award for Excellence!
Naz’s dedication, care, and behind-the-scenes brilliance make a lasting impact in the department.🌟
Learn more about Naz: focusonpeople.ubc.ca/awards/2025-...
Naz’s dedication, care, and behind-the-scenes brilliance make a lasting impact in the department.🌟
Learn more about Naz: focusonpeople.ubc.ca/awards/2025-...
incredible visit from @cannabrain.bsky.social here at @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social - super intriguing findings on the BLA and stress. also apparently he has great taste in both shirts and drinks
September 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
incredible visit from @cannabrain.bsky.social here at @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social - super intriguing findings on the BLA and stress. also apparently he has great taste in both shirts and drinks
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Join Riya from @markcembrowski.bsky.social's lab for a look at a day in the life of a @sbmeubc.bsky.social Synergy Research Program student!
This summer, she studied the hippocampal-amygdaloid transition area (HATA), a brain region that may play a role in major depressive disorder.
This summer, she studied the hippocampal-amygdaloid transition area (HATA), a brain region that may play a role in major depressive disorder.
A day in the life at the Cembrowski Lab
YouTube video by Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health
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September 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Join Riya from @markcembrowski.bsky.social's lab for a look at a day in the life of a @sbmeubc.bsky.social Synergy Research Program student!
This summer, she studied the hippocampal-amygdaloid transition area (HATA), a brain region that may play a role in major depressive disorder.
This summer, she studied the hippocampal-amygdaloid transition area (HATA), a brain region that may play a role in major depressive disorder.
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Excited to share this huge team effort collaboration supervised by Stephanie Page in Translational Neuroscience @lieberinstitute.bsky.social and @stephaniehicks.bsky.social @jhubiostat.bsky.social to generate a spatio-molecular resource of the hippocampus in human 🧠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An integrated single-nucleus and spatial transcriptomics atlas reveals the molecular landscape of the human hippocampus - Nature Neuroscience
The topographical organization of cells in the hippocampus reflects its ability to regulate mood and cognition. Here the authors generate a spatially resolved gene expression map in the human hippocam...
www.nature.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Excited to share this huge team effort collaboration supervised by Stephanie Page in Translational Neuroscience @lieberinstitute.bsky.social and @stephaniehicks.bsky.social @jhubiostat.bsky.social to generate a spatio-molecular resource of the hippocampus in human 🧠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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HOW DO I LOG IN TO EDITORIAL MANAGER TO SUBMIT MY REVIEW
Psychologists & related fields: what is a big methods question that you believe remains somewhat unanswered & that you'd love to see adressed? There may be an opportunity for a large-scale meta-science project with many teams trying to figure out a question.
Any thoughts welcome! #psychscisky
Any thoughts welcome! #psychscisky
July 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
HOW DO I LOG IN TO EDITORIAL MANAGER TO SUBMIT MY REVIEW
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Our department at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada) is running two faculty searches. One is a joint hire with the Institute for Healthy Aging, one a cohire with the Math Dept cps.med.ubc.ca/careers-2/ Click on “Faculty Positions” on the page. Please help spread the word!
Careers | Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences
cps.med.ubc.ca
July 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Our department at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada) is running two faculty searches. One is a joint hire with the Institute for Healthy Aging, one a cohire with the Math Dept cps.med.ubc.ca/careers-2/ Click on “Faculty Positions” on the page. Please help spread the word!
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Happy 107th Birthday, Brenda Milner! Her contributions to neuropsychology shaped the way we understand the human brain. From surviving two world wars and two pandemics, to paving the way for future generations of researchers, Milner’s legacy continues. @mcgill.ca @cusm-muhc.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Happy 107th Birthday, Brenda Milner! Her contributions to neuropsychology shaped the way we understand the human brain. From surviving two world wars and two pandemics, to paving the way for future generations of researchers, Milner’s legacy continues. @mcgill.ca @cusm-muhc.bsky.social
congratulations to all the graduate program in neuroscience awardees, including our lab's own regan campbell and margarita kapustina!!
Congratulations to our current Graduate Program in Neuroscience students who have received awards through the Canada Graduate Scholarships – Doctoral program from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council! 🎉
Read more:
Read more:
Doctoral students awarded Canada Graduate Scholarships for 2025 - Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | DMCBH
Congratulations to our current Graduate Program in Neuroscience (GPN) students who have received awards through the Canada Graduate Scholarships –
www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
July 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
congratulations to all the graduate program in neuroscience awardees, including our lab's own regan campbell and margarita kapustina!!
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What’s better than a one-channel #Miniscope? 🥁 A TWO-CHANNEL Miniscope!
Our new Miniscope2C is a dual-channel, open-source Miniscope that lets you record 2 fluorescent signals simultaneously in freely moving animals.
Read the paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Our new Miniscope2C is a dual-channel, open-source Miniscope that lets you record 2 fluorescent signals simultaneously in freely moving animals.
Read the paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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July 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
What’s better than a one-channel #Miniscope? 🥁 A TWO-CHANNEL Miniscope!
Our new Miniscope2C is a dual-channel, open-source Miniscope that lets you record 2 fluorescent signals simultaneously in freely moving animals.
Read the paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Our new Miniscope2C is a dual-channel, open-source Miniscope that lets you record 2 fluorescent signals simultaneously in freely moving animals.
Read the paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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@ubcmedicine.bsky.social PhD student Adrienne Kinman was profiled by the @theglobeandmail.com as one of Canada's next generation of researchers making breakthroughs in health and medicine:
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Meet Canada’s next generation of researchers
They’re still early in their careers, but making breakthroughs in health and medicine
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
@ubcmedicine.bsky.social PhD student Adrienne Kinman was profiled by the @theglobeandmail.com as one of Canada's next generation of researchers making breakthroughs in health and medicine:
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.
July 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.
huge congratulations to @adriennekinman.bsky.social for being featured by the Globe & Mail as an emerging leader in canadian research!! we have been so fortunate to have her in the lab during her phd - excited to see what she'll do next as a postdoc with @tinakim-neuro.bsky.social at princeton!
"Adrienne Kinman is credited with discovering a new type of brain cell – ovoid cells – which has opened doors to advancing the study of Alzheimer's, epilepsy and other cognitive conditions." 👏
Article featuring Adrienne, a PhD student in the Cembrowski Lab: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1ec5d1f...
Article featuring Adrienne, a PhD student in the Cembrowski Lab: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1ec5d1f...
June 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
huge congratulations to @adriennekinman.bsky.social for being featured by the Globe & Mail as an emerging leader in canadian research!! we have been so fortunate to have her in the lab during her phd - excited to see what she'll do next as a postdoc with @tinakim-neuro.bsky.social at princeton!
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We’re thrilled to see #BrainCanada funded researchers Mark Cembrowski & Grant Bruno featured in The Globe and Mail's spotlight on rising science leaders!
Nous sommes fiers de soutenir ces brillants chercheurs!
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Nous sommes fiers de soutenir ces brillants chercheurs!
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Meet Canada’s next generation of researchers
They’re still early in their careers, but making breakthroughs in health and medicine
www.theglobeandmail.com
June 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
We’re thrilled to see #BrainCanada funded researchers Mark Cembrowski & Grant Bruno featured in The Globe and Mail's spotlight on rising science leaders!
Nous sommes fiers de soutenir ces brillants chercheurs!
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Nous sommes fiers de soutenir ces brillants chercheurs!
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
human flag useless party trick unlocked
June 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
human flag useless party trick unlocked
ubc has just opened up a new 4-story ~$60m(!!) gym. floor balanceability scores a perfect four stars imo. big day
June 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
ubc has just opened up a new 4-story ~$60m(!!) gym. floor balanceability scores a perfect four stars imo. big day
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June 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM