Neural Circuits and Behaviour CAN 2026 Satellite Meeting
Schedule
Mon May 18 2026 at 09:00 am to 04:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Hotel Bonaventure Montréal | Montréal, QC
The third-annual CAN satellite event, bringing together Canadian neuroscientists studying circuits and behaviour.About this Event
This Canadian Association for Neuroscience annual meeting satellite event will feature a full day of talks from leading Canadian scientists working on neural circuits and behaviour, including four trainee talks.
Event will take place in the Grand East room. Coffee in the morning and afternoon will be provided, as well as a buffet lunch, free for registrants.
We are grateful for our sponsors for enabling this event to happen, and acknowledge the kind support from the Krembil Brain Institute of the University Health Network, Neurosciences & Mental Health of the Hospital for Sick Children, the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, the UBC Genes, Cells, and Circuits Platform, and the Garry Hurvitz Centre for Brain and Mental Health at the Hospital for Sick Children.
Agenda
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:05 AM
Opening Remarks
Host: Paul Frankland
🕑: 09:05 AM - 09:35 AM
Dorsal Peduncular Cortex Modulation of Affective Behaviour and Emotional Learn
Host: Maithe Arruda-Carvalho
🕑: 09:35 AM - 09:50 AM
Balance control by VIP-expressing neurons
Host: Nima Raman
🕑: 09:50 AM - 10:20 AM
How the brain orientates itself with and without vision
Host: Stuart Trenholm
🕑: 10:20 AM - 10:30 AM
Coffee break (provided by satellite)
🕑: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Astrocyte-driven neurovascular alterations underlie stress responses and mood
Host: Caroline Menard
🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
The Entorhinal Cortex’s Need for Speed
Host: Jennifer Robinson
🕑: 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Social isolation impairs learning by reducing the nervous system’s capacity
Host: Anna Phan
🕑: 11:45 AM - 01:00 PM
Lunch (provided by satellite)
🕑: 01:00 PM - 01:30 PM
An amygdala-hypothalamic circuit gates negative valence & stress vulnerability
Host: Zach Pennington
🕑: 01:30 PM - 01:45 PM
Agouti integrates environmental cues to regulate paternal behaviour
Host: Forrest Rogers
🕑: 01:45 PM - 02:15 PM
Hyperexcitability of serotonergic circuits underlies anxiety behaviour
Host: Benedicte Amilhon
🕑: 02:15 PM - 02:30 PM
Coffee break (provided by satellite)
🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Prefrontal dopamine signalling during context fear learning and expression
Host: Rob Rozeske
🕑: 03:00 PM - 03:15 PM
Behavioral timescale synaptic plasticity builds and stabilizes representations
Host: Jacob Duda
🕑: 03:15 PM - 03:45 PM
Pain and drugs: short-circuiting the central nervous system
Host: Tuan Trang
🕑: 03:45 PM - 04:00 PM
Top speaker award announcement and closing remarks
Host: Mark Cembrowski
Where is it happening?
Hotel Bonaventure Montréal, 900 Rue De la Gauchetière Ouest, Montréal, CanadaCAD 87.98
