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Autism BrainNet, a program funded by the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) announced a new collaboration with the Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank

Autism BrainNet, a program funded by the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) announced a new collaboration with the Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank (DBCBB). This collaboration will allow Canadian individuals and families the opportunity to consider postmortem brain donation to help advance research on the causes and treatments of ASD. Pictured are Louis Reichardt, SFARI Director, Marta Benedetti, SFARI Senior Scientist, Naguib Mechawar, DBCBB Director, and David Amaral, Autism BrainNet Director.

Important discovery on Alzheimer's disease

https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(18)30675-2#

Listen to a report by Jean-François Bouthillette on research done at the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital by Gilbert Bernier, who has discoverd that when a gene called BMI1 stops being expressed normally, the typical problems of Alzheimer's disease start showing up in the brain.  This modification in BMI1 expression could explain the most common form, sporadic Alzheimer's disease.  These researchers used samples from the Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank.   

Étienne Boulay visits the Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank.

Etienne Boulay et Naguib Mechawar

Étienne Boulay visited the Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank.  He is photographed here with the Director of the Brain Bank, Naguib Mechawar, who toured the Brain Bank installations with and talked about research done on brains.

Brain Bank feature on Télé Québec

Watch a feature about the Douglas Bell Canada Brain Bank , February 5 2015  at 7 PM on Télé-Québec.   The segment will air on the “Une pilule une petite granule” television show, and is titled : “Banque de cerveaux : pour étudier le suicide”.  Visit the television show website for more information: http://pilule.telequebec.tv/occurrence.aspx?id=1285

IASR/AFSP International Summit on Suicide Research

IASR/AFSP International Summit on Suicide Research

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IASR/AFSP International Summit on Suicide Research

October 11-14, 2015

Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City

Preventing Suicide: Progress through Research

Brain Canada Platform Support Grant: Over $2 Million dollars for the Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank

A major Douglas-led project has been awarded a Brain Canada grant. The Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank, an essential platform for brain research in Canada will receive $2,028,000 in new funds under the Canada Brain Research Fund, half being provided by the Government of Canada and half provided by private donors, research institutions, provincial funding agencies, and charitable organizations partnering with the Brain Canada Foundation. This Brain Canada Platform Support Grant was obtained in part thanks to the support of several partners : Bell Canada, Santé , Économie, Innovation et Exportation Québec, the Réseau Québécois sur le suicide, les troubles de l’humeur et les troubles associés (FRQ-S), the Douglas Institute and Foundation.

The Journal de Montréal visits the Brain Bank

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The Journal de Montréal journalist  Sarah-Maude Lefebvre visited the Douglas Bell Canada Brain Bank and interviewed the Director of the Brain Bank, Naguib Mechawar.  A feature article about the Brain Bank was published May 3 and a video produced.  

View the article and the video on the Journal de Montréal website:

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