News

October 5, 2024

Not every research study goes as planned, but it can be important to share what you learn. Our latest preprint "Impact of Optogenetic Activation of the Thalamic Reticular Nucleus on Sleep Architecture in Mice" has been posted on BioRxiv https://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2024.10.04.616683v1

September 18, 2024

You can read the news article about our new collaborative study, BC Generations Project (BCGP) here.

August 16, 2024

The TNL's first manuscript has been submitted for peer review and posted as a preprint on BioRxiv. Check out Aina and Devan's manuscript "The relationship between sleep and cognitive performance on tests of pattern separation" here: https://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2024.08.13.607801v1

April 25, 2024

TNL has a new logo! You can check it on our main page.

April 24, 2024

Congratulations to Robert Gibson and Mayuko Arai on successfully defending their honours theses!

November 27, 2023

Congratulations to Aina Roenningen on successfully defending her MA thesis!

November 11, 2023

We are heading to Washington, DC for he Society for Neuroscience Conference. Aina, Victoria, Sean, and Mayuko will presenting on our lab's latest work. 

Carriquiriborde, V.,* Yue, J.,* Tok, S.,* Yildirim, T.,* Kelly, M. L.,* Cheng, W. H., Fan, J., Vocadlo, D. J., Wellington, C. L., Kent, B. A. (2023). Characterization of EEG epileptiform activity and pathophysiology after repetitive mild Traumatic Brain Injuries (rmTBIs) in APPNL-F and APP/PS1 mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease. Society for Neuroscience 2023, Washington, D.C., USA.

Tok, S.,* Arai, M.,* Yildirim,T.* Kent, B. A. (2023). Modulating sleep using optogenetic activation of the thalamic reticular nucleus in mice. Society for Neuroscience 2023, Washington, D.C., USA.

Roenningen, A.,* Gill, D.,* Kent, B. A. (2023). Sleep and performance on tests of pattern separation and the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB). Society for Neuroscience 2023, Washington, D.C., USA.

April 11, 2023

Congratulations to Kashish Mehta on successfully defending her honours thesis!

November 12, 2022

We are heading to San Diego for the Society for Neuroscience Conference. We will be sharing updates from some of our ongoing projects. Check out our posters!

Gill, D., Roenningen, A., Kent, B. (2022) Sleep, mood, and performance on the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) in healthy in young adults. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, USA.
#481.03,  11/15/22, 8:00 - 12:00 PM

Saw, S., Yildirim, T., Lefer, L., Arai, M., Gibson, R., Yue, J., Ayres, A., Michalik, M., Mistlberger, R., Kent, B. (2022). The effects of sleep fragmentation on Trial-Unique Non-matching to Location (TUNL) performance in mice. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, USA.

#554.13,  11/15/22, 1:00 - 5:00 PM

Yue, J., Kelly, M. L., Yildirim, T., Saw, S., Cheng, W. H., Fan, J., Kaur, J., Ng. B. K., Vocadlo, D. J., Wellington, C. L., Kent, B. A. (2022). Investigating sleep disturbance induced by repetitive concussion using a closed-head TBI method in APP knock-in mouse models. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, USA.

#701.23, 11/16/22, 1:00 - 5:00 PM

Gill, D., Roenningen, A., Mugliston, J.,Wang, J., Lang-Hodge, A., Cooke, D. F., McIntosh, A. R., Marigold, D. S., Kent, B. A. (2022) The effects of sleep deprivation on motor learning in young adults. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, USA.

#640.14,  11/16/22, 8:00 - 12:00 PM

Cooke, D., U, S., Virk, A., Hafezi, M., McIntosh, A. R., Marigold, D., Kent, B. (2022). The effects of sleep deprivation on motor learning in mice. 

#718.06, 11/16/22, 1:00 - 5:00 PM

September 6, 2022

We welcome Dr. Sean Tok and Victoria Carriquiriborde to the lab! Dr. Tok will be using his postdoctoral fellowship to study sleep in mouse models of Alzhiemer's disease and Victoria will be studying the effects of traumatic brain injury and seizures in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. 

September 5, 2022

New paper published by Dr. Kent and her colleagues at Harvard Medical School, showing the effects of dynamic lighting on circadian phase and self-reported sleep during a 45-day space analog mission  http://doi.org/10.1111/jpi.12826

August 16, 2022

New paper published by Dr. Kent and her colleagues at the University of British Columbia, Clinic for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders showing reduced slow wave sleep in patients with mild to moderate Alzhiemer's disease  http://doi.org/10.1002/trc2.12347

July 7, 2022

New paper published by Dr. Kent and her international colleagues, providing a consensus view in PLoS Biology with recommendations for how early career researchers can improve research culture and practice https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3001680

July 6, 2022

Congratulations to Devan Gill on winning the Canadian Psychology Association Certificate of Academic Excellence for her outstanding honours thesis https://twitter.com/SFUPsychology/status/1544749773386702848?s=20&t=YwNiyS4JmMBVCpYiwHeCZg

June 10, 2022

We welcome Nora Buckland from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden who will be working in the lab this summer

May 3, 2022

Summer semester begins and we welcome Lea Lefer from ESPCI Paris who will be working with USRA winner Samantha Saw.

April 26, 2022

Congratulations to Devan Gill on successfully defending her honours thesis!

February 3, 2022

New paper published by Dr. Kent and her colleagues at Harvard Medical School, showing the first phase response curves for peripheral circadian rhythms in humans. Check out the paper in Nature Communications  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28308-6.pdf

January 18, 2022

An exciting day for neuroscience at SFU. The Institute for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology is launched. Dr. Kent is the Associate Director, Strategic Planning and Innovation. Read more here.

January 15, 2022

'Creating an Open Conversation about Mental Health to Reduce Stigma in the Community' by Samantha Saw and Taha Yildirim published on Project Wellness Magazine. Article can be read here.

January 12, 2022

Dr. Kent's Canada Research Chair and funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation is announced by FASS. Read more here.

January 4, 2022

The Translational Neuroscience Lab welcomes new trainees: Japneet Kaur, Kashish Mehta, Mannat Kang, and Arman Virk.

October 18, 2021

Data collection has officially started in the TNL! An exciting milestone for our new lab.

October 5, 2021

The TNL now has a logo. Thank you to Taha Yildirim and Celal Ahmet Ozsahin (who is a very talented high school student in Turkey) for the surprise. 

October 3, 2021

Thank you to the International ITU Molecular Biology and Genetics Student Congress for inviting Dr. Kent to speak about sleep and Alzheimer's disease. It was an impressive student-run virtual event!

September 21, 2021

After 8 months of virtual meetings, today we had our first in-person lab meeting!

September 9, 2021

Congratulations to Dr. Kent on being awarded the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar Award! The Department of Psychology's annoucement can be found here.

September 7, 2021

We welcome two new graduate students to the lab as we return to campus. Alice Ayres joins us from the UK and Aina Roenningen joins us from Norway. We also welcome a new postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Michael Kelly who has joined us from Australia. Welcome to Canada and the Translational Neuroscience Lab!

July 12, 2021

We are excited to welcome Michelle and Rania to the lab this summer as part of the ATHENA by WiSTEM program. ATHENA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to making STEM more accessible to female and non-binary high school students from low-income and under-resourced backgrounds.

July 7, 2021

Funding for the new Behavioural Neuroscience Laboratory has been awarded so we are one step closer to constructing the brand new wetlab space!

June 30, 2021

Congratulations to Dr. Kent who has officially been appointed as Tier II Canada Research Chair in Translational Neuroscience and Dementia. 

May 17, 2021

The Translational Neuroscience Lab welcomes Devan Gill as a Directed Study student

April 14, 2021

We are excited and grateful to be awarded an NSERC Discovery Grant and ECR supplement. We will use this funding to support our fundamental research of how sleep and circadian rhythms regulate cognition in mice. 

March 18, 2021

Congratulations to Stephanie U for being awarded an Undergraduate Student Research Award! We look forward to having you join the Translational Neuroscience Lab in September. 

February 12, 2021

We are seeking to hire a postdoctoral researcher to start September 2021. The Postdoctoral Research Fellow will be expected to lead a project studying sleep and EEG in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease, as part of a larger collaborative study with researchers at the University of British Columbia. The position has funding for up to 3 years. 

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

-       Completion of a PhD in neuroscience or a related field

-       Experience and training related to EEG and sleep analyses in mouse models

-       Possess a strong research background as demonstrated by past publications, accomplishments, and references

Interested applicants should send a CV and cover letter to Dr. Brianne Kent (bkent@sfu.ca)

February 8, 2021

The Translational Neuroscience Lab welcomes Samantha Saw and Taha Yildirim as Research Assistants

January 1, 2021

Here we go! The Translational Neuroscience Lab is launched.