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🧠 The Krembil Brain Institute, part of the University Health Network (UHN), Canada's #1 Hospital, is dedicated to advancing research and clinical care for those living with diseases and disorders of the brain and spine.
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🥼It's #TraineeTuesday!

This week, we want you to meet Liu, a PhD candidate in Dr. Donald Weaver's Lab.

For the next few hours we'll be following Liu to learn more about how information is transferred in the brain 🧠

Follow along via our IG Story! 📲
www.instagram.com/krembilresearch
November 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🎉✨ Please join us in celebrating Drs. Anthony Lang and Michael Fehlings, Senior Scientists at UHN’s Krembil Brain Institute, who have been recognized among the world’s most highly cited researchers! This distinction comes from Clarivate!

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#NoResearchNoCure
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
📺✨Part 3 of Dr. Dr. Mojgan Hodaie’s CTV interview is now out!

During this interview, CTV News cameraman Kirk Neff discusses how a brain procedure, performed by Dr. Hodaie, Senior Scientist at UHN’s Krembil Brain Institute, helped to stabilize his tremors.

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November 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
📖✨Congratulations to Dr. Michael Fehlings, Senior Scientist, and Mohammad Zavvarian, PhD candidate, both from UHN’s Krembil Brain Institute, on their recent publication in @nature.com!

▶️ Watch the video below, or click the link, to learn more! ⬇️

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#NoResearchNoCure
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
📺✨ Part 2 of Dr. Mojgan Hodaie’s CTV interview is out!

🔗: linktr.ee/krembil

*Stay tuned for part 3!

#NoResearchNoCure
November 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🎗️🧠Nov. 5 marks #NationalStressAwarenessDay, a time to spotlight the impact of stress on brain health.

At UHN’s Krembil Brain Institute, researchers are working every day to better understand how stress affects your brain, your body, and your overall well-being.

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November 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
📺✨ Congrats to Dr. Mojgan Hodaie, Senior Scientist at UHN’s Krembil Brain Institute, featured in a 3-part CTV News interview!

She met CTV cameraman Kirk Neff, noticed his tremor, and said: “I can fix that.”

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*Parts 2 & 3 coming soon!

#NoResearchNoCure
November 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🎃 And the winner is... 🎃

Our 8th Annual Pumpkin Decorating Contest brought out the spookiest and ghoulish designs! 🧙‍♀️👻

✨Congratulations to the @sivaklab.bsky.social, in UHN’s @dkjei-uhn.bsky.social, for winning this year’s contest!

Have a happy and safe Halloween! 🧡
October 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🎉That’s a wrap on the 2025 Krembil Science Jam!🎉

🥼📚 On Oct 28, more than 130 guests gathered to celebrate groundbreaking research through 10 TED Talk-style presentations from UHN’s @rkrembil.bsky.social, @dkjei-uhn.bsky.social & @schroeder-uhn.bsky.social!

#KrembilScienceJam2025 #NoResearchNoCure
October 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
🎙️✨ Congratulations to Dr. @karenddavis.bsky.social, Senior Scientist at UHN’s Krembil Brain Institute, on her recent interview on Pain Exchange, a podcast by the International Association for the Study of Pain!

▶️ Click the link below to listen to the episode! ⬇️

🔗: linktr.ee/krembil
October 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
💚🎗️💙October 16 marked #WorldSpineDay

At UHN’s Krembil Brain Institute, we have researchers working every day trying to better understand, and find cures, to spinal cord injuries.

Learn more about the spine via our Instagram page: instagram.com/krembilresearch/
October 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
📺✨Congratulations to Dr. Donald Weaver, Senior Scientist at UHN’s Krembil Brain Institute, on his recent interview on CTV’s Your Morning show!

During the interview, Dr. Weaver discusses when memory loss is due to age vs. dementia🧠

▶️ Watch the interview on our IG page: instagram.com/krembilresearch
October 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
💚🎗️October 10 marks #WorldMentalHealthDay.

At UHN’s Krembil Brain Institute, we have researchers working every day trying to better understand, and find cures, to different mental health disorders.

Meet one of those researchers, Dr. Joshua Rosenblat.

Want more clips? 🔗: linktr.ee/krembil
October 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
🥼#TraineeTuesday is back!

This week we want you to meet Rima, a PhD candidate in Dr. Karen Davis’ Lab.

For the next few hours we'll be following Rima to learn more about research surrounding pain. 🤕🧠

Follow along via our IG Story! 📲 instagram.com/krembilresea...

#ScienceMatters #PainResearch
October 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
🔬🧠On Sept. 24, we hosted the 2nd annual Neuronto Research Symposium, featuring:
✅ 270 attendees
✅ 12 talks
✅ 68 poster presentations
from @kbi-uhn.bsky.social, @sickkidsto.bsky.social and @camhnews.bsky.social

A huge THANK YOU 🙏 to everyone who helped bring this event to life✨

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October 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🤕 September is #PainAwarenessMonth.

Tobi Oyedele is a summer student in the lab of Dr. Hance Clarke, a Clinician Investigator at UHN's Krembil Brain Institute.

Back in August, Tobi told us about his project involving chronic pain and mental health. ⬇️

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September 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
It’s #ConcussionAwarenessWeek 🧠🤕

📖 To help spread awareness, we're sharing a publication by Dr. Charles Tator, Scientist Emeritus at UHN’s Krembil Brain Institute.

▶️ Watch the 30-second video or click the link below to read the study! ⬇️

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September 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
#WorldAlzheimersDay 🧠

📖✨ Congratulations to Dr. Donald Weaver, Senior Scientist at UHN’s Krembil Brain Institute, and his summer student, Emma Twiss, on their publication in The Conversation!

Interested in reading the article? Click the 🔗 ⬇️!

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#ScienceMatters #ResearchMatters
September 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
📖✨Congratulations to Dr. Mandeep Singh, Clinician Investigator at UHN’s Krembil Brain Institute, on his recent publication in the journal Anaesthesia!

The study looks at how ultrasound could make breathing safer during surgery. 🫁

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#NoResearchNoCure #ScienceMatters
September 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
🤕 September is #PainAwarenessMonth.

This week, we will be spotlighting some of our pain researchers.

In 2023, Dr. Anuj Bhatia, Clinician Investigator at UHN's Krembil Brain Institute, was featured on an episode of our podcast discussing chronic pain and the brain.

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September 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
📖✨Congratulations to Dr. Michael Fehlings, Senior Scientist UHN’s Krembil Brain Institute, on his recent publication in Nature Neuroscience!

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#NoResearchNoCure #ScienceMatters #ResearchMatters
September 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🤕 Did you know that September is #PainAwarenessMonth?

Dr. Karen Davis (@karenddavis.bsky.social), Senior Scientist at UHN’s Krembil Brain Institute, was recently featured in a
@washingtonpost.com article looking at “who’s more sensitive to pain, men or women?

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September 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
📖✨Congratulations to Drs. Philippe Monnier, Senior Scientist, and Alireza Shabanzadeh, Scientific Associate, both of UHN’s Krembil Brain Institute, on their recent publication in Nature Cardiovascular Research!

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#NoResearchNoCure #ScienceMatters #ResearchMatters
September 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🎙️✨ Congratulations to Dr. Farshad Nassiri, neurosurgeon at UHN's Krembil Brain Institute and scientist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, on his recent podcast appearance hosted by The Lancet Oncology!

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#NoResearchNoCure
September 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Meet Emma Twiss, a summer student in Dr. Donald Weaver's lab, and one of the winners of this year’s Summer Student Research Day!

Click the link below to watch her video to hear what she did and learned this summer💡📚

🔗: linktr.ee/krembil
August 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM