TRIDENT Preclinical Trials
Multi-site, transformative preclinical evaluation of novel neurotherapeutics through a Government of Canada $24M New Frontiers In Research grant. Check out our website tridentpreclinicaltrials.org for more info or email info@tridentpreclinicaltrial.org!
- Fresh signals from #TRIDENT’s Synaptozone e-newsletter — where ideas spark, science connects, and discovery moves closer to therapies. 🗞️📣🔬💡Check out the latest edition, linked here: createsend.com/t/y-108FD60C... #NFRF #kmb #neuroscience #drugdiscovery
- 👏👏👏👏 fantastic collaboration!
- Really excited to join the @mjfoxfoundation.bsky.social MRI Advisory Committee as of today. At @tridentpct.bsky.social and @cfmm.bsky.social we believe MRI has great potential for longitudinal monitoring of biomarkers of Parkinson’s both for diagnosis and monitoring of therapeutic approaches.
- #Groundhog Day reminder: rodents aren’t meteorologists.. but in translational research, they do help predict what treatments work in humans, like #TRIDENT's advanced models of brain disease. 👀🐀🔬👏 tridentpreclinicaltrials.org/mouse #NFRF @westernu.ca @schulichmeddent.bsky.social
- We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Liisa Galea as an Associate Editor at PNEC 🎉 Based at CAMH & the University of Toronto, Dr. Galea is a world-renowned leader in women’s mental health, stress-related psychiatric disorders, dementia & sex hormone research. #ISPNE #PNEC @liisagalea.bsky.social
- Congrats @liisagalea.bsky.social !!!!!
- When a brain brings the classic highlighter pack: amyloid 💙, microglia 💖, vessels 💛. Happy #FluorescenceFriday everyone, thanks to the Western LS team for posting! 👏🔬💡
- #fluorescencefriday 🧠 from AppNL-G-F mouse model triple stained for amyloid beta (Cyan) IBA1 (microglia magenta) and CD31 (blood vessels yellow) thanks to @shahrzadbahrampour.bsky.social @nadiahaghbinphd.bsky.social and @arashsalah.bsky.social @mind-western.bsky.social
- Double highlight of one of our #TRIDENT Highly Qualified Personnel, Jiayue Yang, a TRIDENT Marmoset Core PhD student from @mcgilluniversity.bsky.social!😍🎉🧠🔬🐒
- We're coming, Montreal! Thrilled to save the date November 9 & 10, 2026 for the 3rd #TRIDENT Annual General Meeting. Stay tuned for more updates about this event, which will be levelled UP for maximum #neuroscience #impact! 🎉😍🌎🔬🤝#NFRF
- Happy #fluorescencefriday from the @westernu.ca @schulichmeddent.bsky.social LS Microscopy team...looks so sparky! 🐁🧠💡🔬🎇
- #fluorescencefriday microglia distribution in a cleared brain imaged with lightsheet microscopy
- Every amazing part of #TRIDENT is a reflection of its world-class collaborative whole. 🌟 Great opportunity to get connect this week with the @westernu.ca team! Stay tuned for some platform-wide updates coming down the pipeline soon! 🤩 🐁 🐒 🔬 🌍 🤝 🙌 #NFRF @schulichmeddent.bsky.social
- Wee see you, #TRIDENT NPI, @northernthrux.bsky.social! 👇👀👏🎉
- Excited to give the Feindel Lecture at The Neuro on Monday 26th Jan in Montreal. Streamed and recorded too. Come hear about our new SASS MRI technique just out in print in @natmethods.nature.com @westernuwin.bsky.social @theneuro.bsky.social
- Continuing our spotlight this month on the #TRIDENT Marmoset Core at @mcgilluniversity.bsky.social , please see below a spotlight interview on one of our incredible Early Career Researchers, Dr. Justine Cléry! 👇👏 🤩 🧠 🐒 🔬 🎉 #NFRF youtu.be/_o_QfpIs3d0?...
- Yes, at Western’s Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping @cfmm.bsky.social , we have a lot of Tesla (34.6 T to be exact), but the most important equipment where the best ideas come from is a bit cheaper.
- Java room can I have a tour?
- A quick recap of the quarterly #TRIDENT Knowledge Exchange Group meeting held this week at @theneuro.bsky.social, including speakers @richardgold.bsky.social+@jonathankimmelman.bsky.social, along with our valued HQP. Multisite #collaboration + #knowledgemobilization + #neuroscience? Yes pls! 😍🎤🤝🧠
- Awesome interview surrounding #research and #innovation by @richardgold.bsky.social, also #TRIDENT Open Science, Practices and Policy lead researcher, with @briancrombie.bsky.social! 🧠 🌎 👏 🗞️ 🔬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUMK...
- Excellent words @richardgold.bsky.social, also #TRIDENT Open Science, Practices and Partnerships lead researcher! 👇👇👏🌎🗞 www.bnnbloomberg.ca/video/shows/...
- Highlighting one of our incredible partnering research lab this month, the Laboratory for Sensory & Social Brain Mechanisms, led by the amazing Dr. Justine Clery and headquartered at @theneuro.bsky.social. For more information, check out their website www.clerylab.com! 🧠 🔬 🌎 👏
- This!👇👇👇 Why we at #TRIDENT Preclinical Trials embed Sex-Based Analysis+ at every testing stage of our platform @liisagalea.bsky.social. #NFRF 👏 ♀️ 🔬
- Mice and rats can’t tell the whole story. Our latest blog explores how novel rodent models like naked mole-rats and degus are advancing women’s health research, from puberty to aging to Alzheimer’s disease. Read more ⬇️ ow.ly/6tWa50XTZ9u
- New year, great reflections! 2025 was an incredible year of #collaboration + knowledge sharing + #neuroscience discovery. Check out our site info@tridentpreclininicaltrials.org or our recap video linked here to learn more 🔬🌎🤝#NFRF: www.youtube.com/shorts/kpp3p...
- Keep it inside, with 🍁 pride!!!! Insightful article below by #TRIDENT lead @richardgold.bsky.social ! 👇🌏🗞Article link here: globe2go.pressreader.com/article/2819...
- Thank you @douglasresearch.bsky.social for highlighting this time of year! ➡️ Check out their incredible work below! ➡️ See the website tridentpreclincialtrials.org to see how our research platform is throwing everything we got at accelerating a cure for brain disease 👇🧠🔬! #NFRF
- Thank you @westernuresearch.bsky.social for an amazing summary of all the incredible research going on, including at #TRIDENT. Check it out below! 👇🤩🔬🌎🍁
- This has been another really productive year for research at #WesternU. We are excited to share our 2025 Research Year-In-Review, which highlights some of Western's research successes in the past year: www.uwo.ca/research/202...
- It's here! Check out the #TRIDENT 2025 Annual General Meeting Report available on our website www.tridentpreclinicaltrials.org/2025agm. Great summary of the knowledge sharing and #collaboration at this incredible event! 🧠🤝🔬🎉#NFRF #neuroscience #drugdiscovery #braindisease
- ICYMI Monday....wondering what we do with Lightsheet over here at Western, and #TRIDENT? Take a peek, below! 👇👀🔬😍
- It's a Happy #FluorescenceFriday when we get a personal tour of the Western Lightsheet Microscopy Core, part of @touchscreencog.bsky.social + an integral part of #TRIDENT! 🧠 🔬 Sound intriguing? See more below🤓! @mind-western.bsky.social @lifecanvastech.bsky.social #NFRF youtube.com/shorts/AA91I...
- Happy Holidays to our amazing #TRIDENT team and supporters. It was an incredible year of collaboration + knowledge sharing + scientific discovery #NFRF. Check out our site info@tridentpreclininicaltrials.org or our 2025 recap video linked here to learn more 🔬🌎🤝: youtube.com/shorts/kpp3p...
- Spinal tap into this! Rad imaging from the Western Mouse squad 👇🐁🧠🎸🤩
- It's a Happy #FluorescenceFriday when we get a personal tour of the Western Lightsheet Microscopy Core, part of @touchscreencog.bsky.social + an integral part of #TRIDENT! 🧠 🔬 Sound intriguing? See more below🤓! @mind-western.bsky.social @lifecanvastech.bsky.social #NFRF youtube.com/shorts/AA91I...
- Incredible imaging for #fluorescencefriday @maximoprado.bsky.social and team!
- #fluorescencefriday microglia (yellow) and Abeta plaques (magenta) in our AD mouse model in 3D from a cleared 🧠 using @lifecanvastech.bsky.social SHIELD Courtesy of @shahrzadbahrampour.bsky.social and @nadiahaghbinphd.bsky.social with @mind-western.bsky.social and @neuroak.bsky.social Low-res.
- Congratulations to this group of brilliants, including @tedfon.bsky.social, also #TRIDENT iPSC & Organoid lead researcher! 👏🌎🔬
- We are so proud of you Jesleen, one of our valuable #TRIDENT HQP! Thank you for highlighting this incredible achievement assisted by our ongoing collaboration with @lifecanvastech.bsky.social. #neuroscience #collaboration #braindisease #NFRF 🤩🤝🔬🧠
- Congratulations to Jesleen Saini on her recent thesis defense! A Master's student at @westernu.ca, Jesleen used SmartBatch+ #tissueclearing of intact marmoset brains to investigate how synucleinopathies develop in this model species: bit.ly/4aC30NS @mind-western.bsky.social @tridentpct.bsky.social
- ICYMI Monday...check out an incredible interview below and learn all about the TRIDENT Living Lab.... #neuroscience + #collaboration + #innovation. 👇🤝🤝🌎🔬#NFRF
- #TRIDENT's Open Science, Practices, and Partnerships Core is tri-pronged, with a team focused on transdisciplinary and multi-institutional teamwork & collaboration, advancing a novel "living lab" philosophy. Learn about their work from Dr. Richard Vagnino, below! #NFRF 🌎🤝🔬 youtu.be/_ZvE8UCSFYA?...
- #Fluorescencefriday post from the Western Mouse team...clearly captivating imaging happening in the lab! 🧠🔬🤓👇
- #fluorescencefriday shows some testing of ChAT staining in the mouse brain in cleared samples courtesy of @nadiahaghbinphd.bsky.social @mind-western.bsky.social
- #TRIDENT's Open Science, Practices, and Partnerships Core is tri-pronged, with a team focused on transdisciplinary and multi-institutional teamwork & collaboration, advancing a novel "living lab" philosophy. Learn about their work from Dr. Richard Vagnino, below! #NFRF 🌎🤝🔬 youtu.be/_ZvE8UCSFYA?...
- ICYMI Monday: New pub from the #TRIDENT Imaging team: "A non-invasive approach to awake mouse fMRI compatible with multi-modal techniques" by Laxer et al. 🧠🐁🗞️🎉#NFRF direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
- It's a Wicked Wednesday to check out a new pub from the #TRIDENT Imaging team...link below! #NFRF #neuroscience #fmri #brain👇🧠🗞️🎉 direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
- #TRIDENT is 🇨🇦 through and through! 🤩❄️🔬🧠
- hey @northernthrux.bsky.social @tridentpct.bsky.social perfect for today
- Congrats to the winners of the @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca 2025 Impact Awards...looking back to the #TRIDENT Impact Reel we made, linked below! Watch how our team saw research impact when we launched this revolutionary initiative! 👇👀🌎🔬🧠 #neuroscience #collaboration #NFRF youtu.be/uLQAACBni8k?...
- Important discussions for research, check it out below! 👇🎤🔬🌎🤝
- Every country needs a national strategy for women's health. In our new episode, Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social talks with Jennifer Gillivan about bias in research, and why it’s time to mobilize to equalize. 🎧 Listen here: ow.ly/tsrw50Xy8q9
- It's a Wicked Wednesday to check out a new pub from the #TRIDENT Imaging team...link below! #NFRF #neuroscience #fmri #brain👇🧠🗞️🎉 direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
- ICYMI Monday...check out the video recap (with a great back track 🎶) of the #TRIDENT 2025 AGM, below! 👇📹🌎🔬🤝 tridentpreclinicaltrials.org
- 1 week out to an amazing lecture involving @liisagalea.bsky.social and @lisasaksida.bsky.social, also TRIDENT research leads! 👇🤩🌎🎤
- Less than a week until our first Impact Seminar! @camhnews.bsky.social 's @liisagalea.bsky.social and @westernu.ca's Kendra Loedige will be discussing SGBA+ in brain research, hosted by our scientific director, @lisasaksida.bsky.social! Get your free ticket here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/brainscan-...
- Gutted by how cool this upcoming talk is including @liisagalea.bsky.social, also TRIDENT Sex-Based Analysis+ lead! 🤩🧠🍎👇
- This week on the podcast, Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social talks to Prof Siobhain O'Mahony about gut health, and why it should matter to women. 🎧 Listen now to Episode 7 ow.ly/QeYw50Xu32Z #WomensHealth #Microbiome #GutHealth
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- So excited to represent #TRIDENT and connect with practitioners, researchers and most importantly patients and families with lived experience in our community and beyond at the Parkinson's Research Day SW Ontario! 🤩🌎🤝🧠
- 100+ interdisciplinary team members. 6 leading Canadian research institutions. 2 weeks gone by too soon since the #TRIDENT 2025 Annual General Meeting. An incredible opportunity to connect, mobilize knowledge, and dive deep into science! #NFRF🔬🧠🤝🌎 Part 2 recap below 👇! tridentpreclinicaltrials.org
- Our team is excited to be a part of this incredible event! 🤩 🎤 👇 🥳 🌍 🧠 🔬
- Woop woop we see you @northernthrux.bsky.social, TRIDENT NPI! 👀🎉🗞️😍
- #WesternU researchers have unlocked the hidden potential in discarded MRI data, developing a new technique transforming how scientists study the brain. @schulichmeddent.bsky.social
- 14 months after submission, our article “Stimulus-modulated approach to steady state (SASS): a flexible paradigm for event-related fMRI" is now out in @natmethods.nature.com . You can read it here rdcu.be/ePJo6 It is the first first author paper from my student @renilmathew.bsky.social 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 …1/N
- Congrats!
- Absolutely amazing work @mind-western.bsky.social... a true imaging treat to look at this #fluorescencefriday!
- Slick-H/M83 mice injected with alpha synuclein preformed fibrils. Magenta pS129 and yellow for eGFP driven by the Thy-1 promoter. blue nuclei #fluorescencefriday courtesy of Vlad Novikov. Shaz and Nadia from the @mind-western.bsky.social
- Yay Amr! Please check out the below talk from one of our #TRIDENT Highly Qualified Personnel!!! 😍👇🎙
- Meet our second and final speaker 🗣️ Amr will be presenting at TOMORROW’S webinar! You can register here: tinyurl.com/4a45v6mu 🦠 And remember, you can stay up to date on webinars, events, and more by subscribing to our mailing list: t.co/Oa9dLowy1h @canacn.bsky.social
- Ending the #TRIDENT 2025 Annual General Meeting by looking to the future of #openscience with @richardgold.bsky.social! #NFRF 🤩🌎🔬🤝
