Congratulations to Yves De Koninck, Director of the CERVO Research Centre, winner of the Wilder Penfield Award, one of the Prix du Québec.
Prix du Québec prizes are the highest distinction awarded by the Government of Québec in culture and science. They recognize the exceptional achievements of individuals who contribute to the development of their field of activity, push back the limits of knowledge and make Quebec shine on a national and international scale.
A recent study by Vanessa Li and colleagues, published in PNAS and carried out at the Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital at McGill University, has revisited the early formation of visual system maps in the Xenopus optic tectum, using state-of-the-art optogenetic technologies to follow the emergence of retinotopic maps at subcellular resolution in the brains of living, developing Xenopus tadpoles.
Congratulations to the four winners of the Frontiers in Neurophotonics Highlight video contest! The winners are
We are happy to announce that a recording of the satellite meeting "New avenues pursued by the Canadian Neurophotonics Platform/Optogenetics & Vectorology Foundry" presented at the 14th Annual Canadian Neuroscience Meeting August 26th, 2021 is now available on the Neurophotonics youtube channel.
Check out the recording here: New avenues pursued by the Canadian Neurophotonics Platform/Optogenetics & Vectorology Foundry
