Useful Links
Websites of interest
UofT Physiology -Neuroscience Platform
UofT Collaborative Program in Neuroscience
UofT Centre for the Study of Pain
SickKids Research Training Centre
Toronto Life Mag
Computational tools
NEURON simulation environment
XPP
ModelDB
Associations
Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
Organization for Computational Neurosciences (OCNS)
Canadian Association for Neuroscience (CAN)
International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
Rita Allen Foundation
Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP)
Some pictures
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Lab outing Oct 2021- At last, some time in person!!! Enjoying each other's company and fall colours at Rouge Urban National Park.
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Dhekra's thesis defense is a resounding success. Congratulations Dhekra! -February 2021
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Lab outing - Send-off for Milad and Rose August 2018
"Give me a good canoe, a pair of Jibwaysnowshoes, my beaver, my family and 10,000 square miles of wilderness and I am happy" Grey Owl
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Lab life
Rose and Dhekra always wear their protective equipment!
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It is love at first sight. Rose succumbs to
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Out-of-the-lab life
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CELEBRATIONS 2018 !
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Celebrating Amin's Vanier Scholarship April 2018
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Wonderful reason for cake: Milad gets an offer from the Krembil Institute at Toronto Western. He will be his own PI soon!
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Lab Holiday Party 2017
Very exciting Secret Santa exchange...
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Getting crafty with cookie decorating!
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Send-off for Kwan aboard the Tall Ship Kajama June 2016
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Dinner Outing April 2016 |
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Enjoyed delicious middle eastern food at Al-Mandi Restaurant. What a feast!
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Holiday Party 2015 Snowflake making by the fire! |
Russell displaying his snowflake creation. |
Raz-e-Del Performance
Milad offers a great performance of classical persian music with his band Raz-e-Del, November 2014. In addition to his talents playing with computer models and electrophysiology, Milad also plays the tombak (far left in the picture).
Lab outing, August 2014
News Archives
~ Winter 2023~
~ Autumn 2022 ~
We went Social!
~ Spring 2022 ~
Leisure reading See this short story published by the Rita Allen foundation about Steve's path in science: Alleviating Chronic Pain—From Garden Snails to Allodynia
~ Summer 2021 ~
~ Fall 2020 ~
~ Spring 2019 ~
Welcome to Saikata, a new postdoc in the lab. Check out the People page to see what she will be working on.
Welcome also to Javier, who is visiting us from Universiad de Alcala and will be with us for a couple months.
~ Spring 2018 ~
Congratulations to Milad on getting a faculty position. Check out his lab at the Krembil Research Institute this Fall!
We welcome Rose de Kort, who is visiting from Maastricht University for a 6-month internship. Check the People page to see what she is working on.
Covering work from primary afferents to the cortex. Check our Publications page and revisit often!
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~ Winter 2018 ~
Congratulations!
Steve was named the new head of the Neuroscience Platform in Physiology at U of T.
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~ Fall 2017 ~
Welcome
Welcome to Boriss, a new postdoc in our lab, and Jane, who is starting a MSc. Check out the People page to see what they will be working on.
Funded!
So thrilled to have received CIHR funding this cycle.
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~ Summer 2017 ~
Welcome to our Summer Students!
Happy to have Dongyan Lin and Arjun Balachandar (returning!) in our lab this Summer.
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~ Spring 2017 ~
CAN meeting
Many posters are presented by our lab at the CAN meeting in Montreal, May 28-31st. Visit to see what we are up to!
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~ Winter 2017 ~
Postdoc position available!
We currently have a postdoctoral position available to work on one or more projects encompassing electrophysiology and/or two-photon imaging. Experience in electrophysiology or imaging is essential. Interested candidates should send a research statement and curriculum vitae to
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Welcome Steve!
Steve Lesperance just joined our lab as a postdoctoral fellow. Check the People Page to see what he is going to work on.
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Summer / Fall 2016 ~
Welcome Amin!
Amin just moved to Toronto to start a PhD in our lab this month. Check the People Page to see what he is going to work on.
Congratulations Husain!
Husain successfully defended his MSc thesis. We all wish him the best in medical school.
See recent Press Release on our spinal cord work
Steve's talk at the CAN meeting triggered a Press release. Read it here.
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~Summer 2016 ~
Clean sweep! All 3 of our graduate students win poster prizes at the CPIN Research Day.
A round of applause for Dhekra, Husain, and Petri.
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~Spring 2016~
Congratulations to the lab's studentship and fellowship recipients.
- Dhekra received a CIHR Graduate Research Award
- Husain received a NSERC Graduate Research Award
- Milad received a FRQS Postdoc Fellowship
- Amin Kamaleddin, a student set to start a Ph.D with us in September, was offered the Ontario Trillium Scholarship.
Well-done to everyone!
CAN meeting coming to Toronto
Many abstracts submitted by our lab for the CAN meeting in May = Many of us looking forward to discussing science! Come visit. Also make sure you attend the symposium Nociceptive Circuits: From Molecules to Behaviour, Wednesday afternoon.
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~ WINTER 2016 ~
eLife showcases our paper on degeneracy
We were excited to see our eLife paper in print! It was one of the few publications selected by the editors of eLife for a special issue, printed on paper to showcase the journal. Pick up your copy at your next conference!
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~ SPRING / SUMMER 2015 ~
Four great undergraduate students join our lab for the Summer.
We are excited to have Shima Shakory come back with us again this year! Welcome to Husain Shakil, Bohan Xing, and Jessica Zung, who are new to our lab. We are expecting a great Summer.
Milad and Steve prepare for their workshop at the CNS meeting in July.
There will be an impressive line up of speakers at their CNS 2015 workshop in Prague, on rate vs temporal coding.
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~ Winter 2015 ~
The workshop proposed by Milad and Steve is accepted by the CNS organizers.
There will be an impressive line up of speakers at their CNS 2015 workshop in Prague on rate vs temporal coding.
Dhekra Al-Basha joins our lab.
Dhekra comes to us from the University of Calgary, and will be using optogenetics for a M.Sc. project with us. Welcome!
Russell Smith joins our lab.
Russell will give us valuable support with his expertise in animal colony management and cell cultures.
Our 2-photon system is up and running!
