Zach Pennington

The KM Lab is hiring!
We're looking for both a new technician (makes a great post-bac like experience) and a post-doc.

Come do fun science. Come join an amazing community.

Learn more:
sites.google.com/site/krookma...

Photo of Dr. Zachary Pennington and Dr. Milan Valyear

We're thrilled to welcome Dr. @zachtpennington.bsky.social and Dr. @milanium.bsky.social as Assistant Professors in our Behavioural Neuroscience area and members of the @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social.

Read their Q&As: psych.ubc.ca/news

Can hardly wait for my first Canadian Association for Neuroscience meeting 🇨🇦🧠!!! Also, check out the insane lineup of speakers I get to present with at the Neural Circuits and Behaviour satellite meeting. I AM STOKED!

Thanks Matt. I am SO excited!!! Loving everything about it so far!

A bittersweet farewell to the Cai Lab and Mount Sinai ❤️. 7 incredible years with some of the kindest, fun, inspiring people I've ever met. So many lab antics, life lessons, amazing meals, and scientific discoveries. I will miss them dearly. @denisejcai.bsky.social @sinaibrain.bsky.social

Circle of life with @acnporg.bsky.social mentorship. My first mentee from way back in 2016 @caromenard666.bsky.social now with her mentee (my grand-mentee lol) @zachtpennington.bsky.social who just moved to UBC and is now a fellow 🇨🇦 #ACNP2026

In partnership with UBC's Department of Psychiatry, we are excited to be recruiting for a CIHR Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Cognitive Resilience for Dementia Prevention and Mental Wellness in Aging.

Learn more: med-fom-psychiatry-sandbox2019.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2025/1...

Applying to faculty jobs 101 — Stories of WiN This episode features Dr. Monique Smith (Assistant Professor, UCSD) discussing faculty job applications with host Dr. Nancy Padilla-Coreano.

Applying for faculty jobs this cycle? Check out our latest special episode! @moeneuro.bsky.social and @drnancypadilla.bsky.social discuss when to apply, important considerations when preparing applications, and more! Listen below!

www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...

#AcademicBluesky #NeuroJobs

Thanks Maria!

21 years sober today. So grateful for the chance to embrace life today and for the people that have loved and guided me along the way. Photo from last week’s trip to Iceland (go!).

Congrats Kurt!!

Thanks Kavya!

Always fun talking with @denisejcai.bsky.social & @joezaki.bsky.social. Listen in for our conversation about mentor-mentee relationships, where we discuss choosing a mentor, following your joy, what it's really like to work with Denise, and more!!

I'm recruiting a PhD student to study how enkephalins affect cognitive processing in the rodent frontal cortex. The project uses pharmacology, multi-electrode recordings, and fiber photometry, and is funded by NIDA. Please share with trainees applying this cycle. Thanks!

Thanks Michael!

Thanks Kirstie!!!

Thanks Dylan!

Thanks Randy! Looking forward to meeting you!

Thanks Mark!! Can’t wait to be there with you all!

Thanks Caroline!!

Thanks Christian!

Thanks Mark! Hope you come visit at some point!

Thanks Jennifer!

Thanks Nicole!

I’ll be there! Hope I get to see you.

Thanks Vinny! Unfortunately, no sea plane :(

Thanks Tom!

Thanks Keri!

Thanks Brianna!! Hope I see you sometime in the near future. Maybe ACNP in Jan?