Canada can’t innovate in a vacuum. Strengthening connected ecosystems, across research, industry, data, + global partnerships, is key to building resilience and driving real impact. New article from #TRIDENT lead researcher @richardgold.bsky.social below! 👇 🗞️ 🌎
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Reflecting on the chance to represent #TRIDENT & @westernu.ca globally at the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social Workshop on OS + Innovation Partnerships and at @ukdri.ac.uk. Proud to be part of a #NFRF project enabling bold, global research and opportunities for women in science to lead. Video recap below! 🎶🌎🤝
Happy #FluorescenceFriday 🧠✨A striking look at key markers in a cleared Alzheimer’s mouse brain.
📸 @mind-western.bsky.social
Three women stand side by side indoors against a neutral wall, smiling at the camera. The woman on the left wears a navy dress with a lanyard, the woman in the center wears a red blouse and black pants, and the woman on the right wears a black long-sleeve top with brown pants. A glass wall or doorway is visible to the right.
Great meeting today with leaders Roisin NicAmhlaoibh & Iraida Soria Espinosa of the @ukdri.ac.uk @ their HQ in London, ENG! 🤝 Loved learning about their work + sharing about our #TRIDENT research. Global networking in action...excited for conversations ahead! 💡🌍🧠 #Neuroscience #Innovation #NFRF
A woman in a black dress standing outside the OECD Headquarters building in Paris, France.
A woman in a black dress stands with hands on her hips in front of a dark blue OECD backdrop, featuring repeated OECD logos and the full name “Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development” in English and French. The setting appears to be a formal event or conference, with a blue carpet underfoot.
Two women smile for a close-up selfie at a professional event, standing in front of a wood-paneled wall. One wears glasses and a grey blazer over a white top, while the other wears a black dress; both have conference name badges clipped to their clothing.
A TRIDENT- and Conscience- branded brochure display stand set up in a conference or institutional hallway. The stand features multiple shelves with informational flyers and pamphlets about preclinical neuroscience research, including a prominent poster reading “Revolutionary Preclinical Evaluation” with a stylized synapse graphic and animal models. At the base, a black cover displays the TRIDENT logo. To the right, a small Conscience sign reads “Together, there’s something science can do.” The background includes wood-paneled walls and a nearby recycling station.
Great morning representing #TRIDENT & @westernu.ca at the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social Open Science & Innovation Partnerships Workshop: bringing global leaders together to turn research into real-world impact. Big thanks to #NFRF + @conscience-network.bsky.social for making this possible!🤝🌍
Thank you @parkinsoncanada.bsky.social for such a poignant post!💙At #TRIDENT, we aim to build a better future for Parkinson's care by advancing translational research that brings us closer to better treatments and improved outcomes for all. 🌎🔬 #WorldParkinsonsDay
Incredible imaging from the @mind-western.bsky.social team for #fluorescencefriday! 🤩
Collaboration in action at the #TRIDENT KEG this week! 🧠✨Teams came together to share ideas, data + discoveries across pathology, imaging & data science: accelerating impact thru open knowledge exchange. 🚀👏 Shoutout to speakers Ariel Batallan Burrowes, Amr Eed & Luke Smolders! #OpenScience #NFRF 👇🤩
Great to see @westernu.ca spotlighting the world-class research happening across the institution 👏 This video also highlights critical collaborative work in #Alzheimer’s, #Parkinson’s, and other brain diseases, driving discovery where it matters most. 👇🌎🎉
Incredible imaging from the @mind-western.bsky.social team for #fluorescencefriday 👇🧡💚!
Pneumatic vid!!!
Panel discussion in a lecture hall at Western University featuring four speakers seated at the front, with two Western BrainsCAN and Research Community Impact banners behind them. One panelist speaks into a microphone while others listen, and a large screen above shows virtual participants joining via video call, highlighting a hybrid in-person and online event.
Great talks at the @westernubrainscan.bsky.social event highlighting the @mcgilluniversity.bsky.social - @westernu.ca Initiative for Translational Neuroscience (ITN) program & researchers such as @maximoprado.bsky.social, Tom Durcan, and @mallarchak.bsky.social, also key contributors with #TRIDENT!
Excited 4 this upcoming event spotlighting researchers including @maximoprado.bsky.social, Dr. Tom Durcan, and @mallarchak.bsky.social of the #TRIDENT ecosystem!✨
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ICYMI and want to know what we are up to in this amazing #NFRF research program! Check out the latest edition of the #TRIDENT e-newsletter, Synaptozone, linked here: createsend.com/t/y-108FD60C...! 🗞️ 🌎 🤩
A group of attendees sitting in the Brainhack Western event, with the presentation board showing a multi-coloured pixelated brain graphic.
A group of attendees sitting in the Brainhack Western event, with the presentation board showing event acknowledgements.
A picture of a white mug with coding text and BrainsCAN/TRIDENT logos
"All experience, all voices welcome." 👀s like a great kick off for Brainhack Western 2026. Proud to be a partner for such an incredible event bringing together researchers and trainees of all backgrounds to collaborate on #openscience projects in neuroimaging and #neuroscience. #TRIDENT #NFRF 💻🔬
Congratulations to the awardees Dr. Mahsa Dadar, and @mallarchak.bsky.social, our very valued #TRIDENT lead researcher! 👏🎉
The #TRIDENT x EDDU Science Outreach & Video Protocol Basics Workshop was a hands-on dive into open science, outreach & storytelling with @theneuro.bsky.social EDDU: learning, sharing & building impact together. 🌍Big thanks to amazing speakers Dr. Tom Durcan, Anna Franco Flores & Doris Hua! #NFRF
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When great minds meet, momentum follows. The #TRIDENT and @theneuro.bsky.social EDDU teams are together in London...bringing diverse expertise, shared vision, and a whole lot of brainpower under one roof. Stay tuned! 👀 🥰 #collaboration #neuroscience #NFRF
The upcoming @westernu.ca Rotman Institute of Philosophy’s Retreat explores how ideas move across disciplines, institutions, & policy to create real-world impact thru dialogue, collaboration, and knowledge translation. A natural synergy with our #TRIDENT mandate!🌎✨👇
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Excited 4 this upcoming event spotlighting researchers including @maximoprado.bsky.social, Dr. Tom Durcan, and @mallarchak.bsky.social of the #TRIDENT ecosystem!✨
www.eventbrite.ca/e/initiative...
Promotional graphic with a purple and blue science-themed background featuring a glowing brain, DNA strands, and capsules. Large text reads “TRIDENT X MIND Discovery Dock” and “Visit Our Booth!” Below, logos for TRIDENT, Science Rendezvous, and MIND appear alongside the event date “May 9th, 2026.”
From brain scans 2 breakthrough!🧠The #TRIDENT × @mind-western.bsky.social Discovery Dock brings together next-gen imaging + translational science to accelerate discoveries in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s+. Visit us May 9 at the @westernu.ca Science Rendezvous! www.sciencerendezvous.ca/event_sites/...
Amazing work @kateonuska.bsky.social! We are so proud of you!!! 😍
Great to 👀 Dr. Taylor Schmitz from @westernu.ca at the Forum on Rewiring Cognition in Alzheimer’s Disease at #ADPD2026 🧠✨ Proud to see a #TRIDENT Early Career Researcher shaping global conversations on how we understand and target cognitive decline in neurodegeneration!
At TRIDENT, partnerships power discovery, and @cfmm.bsky.social is at the core. 🧠As our imaging partner, their world-leading MRI capabilities help bridge the gap between preclinical models and human brain insights, accelerating how we understand and treat neurodegenerative disease. 👇👏
🔗 cfmm.uwo.ca
Seven researchers and industry experts sit in white armchairs on stage at AD/PD 2026, engaged in a fireside debate on whether startups, big pharma, or academia will drive the future of neurodegeneration drug discovery, with a live projection displayed above.
Great to see #TRIDENT leader @maximoprado.bsky.social, alongside leading experts, at a dynamic fireside debate on the future of neurodegeneration drug discovery during #ADPD2026. Critical global conversations shaping the future of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s research!! 🧠✨😍
Proud to see TRIDENT’s NPI, @northernthrux.bsky.social, featured in this #BrainAwarenessWeek msg from the awesome group at @braincanada.bsky.social! Advancing brain health requires breaking down silos + bringing together interdisciplinary teams, an approach that sits at the ❤️ of #TRIDENT’s mission!🧠
Still time to register for Brainhack Western March 27-29! 💻 💡 brainhackwestern.github.io
We’re incredibly fortunate at #TRIDENT to be part of such a collaborative research ecosystem. Projects like @touchscreencog.bsky.social MouseBytes show what’s possible when teams share tools, data, and expertise.
Open science in action! 🐭🖱️💻 mousebytes.ca/home
Illustrated graphic recording explaining the TRIDENT research platform (The TRanslational Initiative to DE-risk NeuroTherapeutics). The artwork combines hand-drawn text and icons showing key concepts: collaboration among researchers and emerging leaders, feedback and idea sharing, and sustainable research practices. A microscope, DNA strand, and molecular diagram represent laboratory science and open data practices. A central diagram shows how potential therapies are tested across three platforms—human iPSC organoids, mouse models, and marmoset models—to identify promising molecules. Additional notes highlight sex-based analysis+, high-quality robust data management, and the global importance of neurodegenerative disease research. Logos of the Government of Canada and the New Frontiers in Research Fund appear at the bottom.
#ThrowbackThursday to when talented local artist Lynne Dalgleish captured the essence of our #TRIDENT preclinical evaluation platform via a live event graphic recording. 🤩 Art + neuroscience: a vibrant way to visualize collaboration, innovation, + discovery. 🧠🎨 #Neuroscience #KnowledgeMobilization
Another day featuring another fantastic woman researcher at #TRIDENT! 🌷 We’re proud to highlight the incredible work of Dr. Bonnie Lee from our Sex-Based Analysis+ Core @camhnews.bsky.social♀️. #IWD2026 #NFRF🔗 Check out the interview, below! 👇👏
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSQI... #NFRF
