🔬 With over 300 registrants and 100 posters, the #NEURONTO research symposium was a vibrant display of the neuroscience and mental health community in Toronto.

🤝 Together, we continue to strengthen the networks that drive discovery in neuroscience through this event.

🧠 Today, the #NEURONTO research symposium gathers researchers from across Toronto, joining bright minds and inspiring new ideas. ⬇️

​Lily Pace calls herself a "walking miracle." Despite having had more than 10 surgeries in the past decade, her vision remains 20/25 in both eyes.

Happy #WorldSightDay!

Read more about Lily's story and learn about how care @dkjei-uhn.bsky.social has saved her sight >> bit.ly/4AWwGQw

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#TraineeTuesday is back!

Meet Nadia, an MSc student in Dr. Jeremy Sivak’s lab @dkjei-uhn.bsky.social.

Her research explores how translational regulation contributes to retinal ganglion cell (RGC) degeneration in glaucoma.

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Using stem cell-derived brain organoids, researchers found that SCN2A is active during fetal development, where it helps determine the balance of different neuron types being produced (2/2)

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📢 New publication alert!

A recent study led by Dr. Jarryll Uy, a Postdoctoral Researcher, has uncovered an unexpected role for SCN2A, one of the risk genes associated with autism, revealing that it begins shaping brain development much earlier than previously understood >> bit.ly/4hz6Xor (1/2)

When Dr. Efrem Mandelcorn boarded the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital in Da Nang, Vietnam, he wasn’t there just to perform surgery.

He was there to teach.

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#WorldRetinaDay

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Celebrating our incredible postdoctoral researchers this #PostdocAppreciationWeek 💙🙌

As a thank you for their dedication and hard work, postdocs at the Krembil Discovery Tower enjoyed complimentary professional headshots, no-bake energy bites, and a chair yoga session.

This #IRDAwarenessMonth, learn about how Dr. Brian Ballios, Clinician Scientist @dkjei-uhn.bsky.social, is advancing research and leading clinical trials aimed at developing new treatments.

Read More >> bit.ly/4At7kJZ
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Week of Gratitude starts now. 💙

Celebrate the clinicians, scientists, learners, volunteers and staff who make UHN an extraordinary place to work, learn and receive care. Share a message for someone at TeamUHN that made difference in your life, or the life of a loved one. 👇
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#ICYMI: Dr. Brian Ballios, Clinician Scientist @dkjei-uhn.bsky.social, was recently featured on The Retina Channel podcast, discussing the latest advances in inherited retinal diseases (IRDs).

Listen to the full episode >> bit.ly/4iuq2KF
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#DYK: 1 in 1,700 Canadians are living with an IRD.

There is currently no cure for IRDs. But ongoing research in gene and cell therapies offers hope for potential treatments.

Learn more about current IRD research @dkjei-uhn.bsky.social >> ballioslab.com

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Common mild visual impairments, such as near- or far-sightedness, can cause objects to appear blurry.

This back-to-school season, hear from Dr. Monica Daibert-Nido @dkjei-uhn.bsky.social, on how to handle visual impairments in the classroom.

Read More >> bit.ly/4iFLJY7
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