Excited to share our new paper! This worked compared the neurodevelopmental effects of single and poly-exposure to some of the most consumed drugs of abuse.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🐟 Reminder! Registration is open for the 4th CZRC in Montréal (May 15, 2026).
⏰ Abstract deadline: April 17
Submit for talks, posters, travel awards & Postodoc Rising Stars!
event.fourwaves.com/4czrc/pages
@izfs.bsky.social @zfinmod.bsky.social @zebrafishrock.bsky.social
Had the privilege to visit the Instituto de Neurobiología de la UNAM to present our work and meet with faculty and students to establish new collaborations! @cervo-ulaval.bsky.social
🎉Registration is OPEN! 🎉
Abstract submissions for oral & poster talks are live for the 4th Canadian Zebrafish Research Conference! 🐟
✈️ Travel awards will be selected from submitted abstracts, don’t miss your chance!
👉 event.fourwaves.com/4czrc/pages
@izfs.bsky.social @zebrafishrock.bsky.social
📅 Save the Date!
The 4th Canadian Zebrafish Research Conference will take place on Friday, May 15, 2026, at CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal (just before the Canadian Neuroscience Conference!)
Multiple travel awards available with 2 Postdoctoral Rising Stars Awards! #izfs
Congrats!
Thanks for everything you did for this community and navigating an ever changing landscape.
Figure taken from MacRae & Peterson (2015): How suitable are zebrafish for discovering human drugs? Although zebrafish enable in vivo studies on a large scale, questions remain about how relevant the findings are for drug discovery. Recent studies have begun to elucidate the degree of conservation between humans and zebrafish, which share 82% of disease-associated targets and a large number of drug metabolism pathways (as illustrated by the mass spectrometry of metabolic by-products). Zebrafish physiology is often well conserved (sometimes more so than rodent physiology); for example, cardiac electrophysiology (illustrative electrocardiogram (ECG) tracings from each organism are shown). Several compounds discovered in zebrafish screens have been shown to exhibit similar effects in rodent models and humans, including eight out of ten compounds tested by our groups. m/z, mass to charge ratio.
Due to their aquatic environment, #zebrafish are perfect for small molecule drug screens. Many drugs have been repurposed for novel treatments such as COX inhibitors in leukemia & glucocorticoids in long QT syndrome. For more, read this Nature review ($): doi.org/10.1038/nrd4... #ZebrafishFunFacts 🧪
My laboratory at Université Laval in Québec City, Canada, is looking for a postdoc to study how neuromodulatory systems impact cortical processing during foraging behavior. This fully-funded position offers a collaborative environment in a great city. More info👇
can-acn.org/postdoctoral...
Such a pleasure to discover the Canadian Dev. Bio. community and meet new reasearch groups. It was a privilege to have the opportunity to present our work. #CDBC2025
Over the coming weeks, we will unveil the 14 platforms selected as part of our signature Platorm Support Grant program. First up - Canadian Optogenetics and Vectorology Foundry, led by Marie-Eve Paquet and Yves De Koninck in Quebec City tinyurl.com/35ejeaww
What a great day of zebrafish research! Thanks to everyone who shared their amazing work at the 3rd CZRC and congrats to our award winners!
Great opportunity for young scientists!
Dear Canadian researchers, faculty, RAs, PDFs and grad students, this letter is for the federal party leaders asking them to defend and expand Canadian research sovereignty with a historic investment in science, please sign and share
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
A rectangular image with navy blue background and bilingual text in all caps coloured pale blue, white, yellow, which reads: We support research. In all 343 ridings. A white footer includes the logo for CORE-COEUR Coalition for Research Excellence, Coalition pour l'excellence en recherche, a multicoloured mosaic with a partial orange heart and a partial blue heart. Une image rectangulaire avec un fond bleu marine et un texte en majuscules coloré en bleu pâle, blanc, jaune, qui se lit comme suit : On soutient la recherche. Dans les 343 circonscriptions. Un pied de page blanc comprend le logo de CORE-COEUR Coalition for Research Excellence, Coalition pour l'excellence en recherche, une mosaïque multicolore avec un cœur partiellement orange et un cœur partiellement bleu.
📢 Spread the word, researchers: We can #VoteOnCampus April 13-16. Let's help students #VoteScience🇨🇦 too!
Avis aux chercheur.e.s! 👉Votez sur vos campus du 13-16 avril. Aidons nos étudiant.e.s à #VoterRecherche aussi 🗳️:
www.elections.ca/content2.asp...
#VotonsRecherche #ResearchersVote
#Elxn45
It's the last week to register and submit your abstract for the 3rd Canadian Zebrafish meeting!! We would love to see our friends from south of the border attend, too! Registration and abstract submission close on April 18. event.fourwaves.com/3rdczrc/pages
🚨 The Ghersi Lab is Hiring! 🚨
If you're passionate about hematopoietic stem cells, developmental biology, and cutting-edge research, I’d love to hear from you. Feel free to share. 🩸🐠
📍 Montreal, Canada
📩 joey.ghersi.hsj@ssss.gouv.qc.ca and Ghersilab.com
It was such a pleasure to be part of it! Congrats again to both of you!
Join us in Toronto for the next Canadian Zebrafish Meeting! Registration and abstract submission will open soon.
