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Melissa Perreault, PhD

@mlperreault.bsky.social
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Professor and neuroscientist. Cellular mechanisms of neuropsychiatric disorders. Indigenous Neuroethics. #Indigenous. #Métis. #Firstgen.

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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 10h
Fear of making a misstep is a Western way of thinking. Mistakes lead to growth. Just listen, reflect, and learn and allies will always be welcome - - mistakes and all.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 10h
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
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Opinion: Opinion: Building Canada Strong Act just another way of sidestepping Indigenous rights
In 1846, Britain faced an emergency influenced by the Irish famine, so leaders repealed the country’s “Corn Laws” and restrictions on imported food and grain, transitioning to a system of free trade.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
One professor's fraudulent output that would get his students in big trouble for academic misconduct. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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Using AI, a professor wrote 200 papers this year. Researchers are alarmed.
An online platform removed 257 papers written or co-written by the University of Chicago’s Nicholas Polson after other academics raised questions.
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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Haven't read the paper, but on X author said they included an ethics statement, using the minimum thresholds to "cause pain" to the AI. It was ridiculous.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Absolute garbage. 🤖🫧💥
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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
For the 1st time ever I put 2 CIHR applications in and so will be adding to the application pressure ☹️. I have great data, but with funding calls for independent projects now non-existent for mid career researchers, I simply had no other options.
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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Happy to be included as a 2026 Hot Topic! And to work with @tryangregory.bsky.social again. Cultural humility in the teaching and practice of clinical care.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I hate that there is never any shortage of material for the grad course on health (in)equity that I co-teach with @mlperreault.bsky.social
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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Canada continuing genocide against Indigenous people, international tribunal finds. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Canada continuing genocide against Indigenous Peoples, international tribunal finds | CBC News
An international tribunal has ruled that the Government of Canada’s current policies constitute an ongoing genocide against Indigenous Peoples, following a grueling week of hearings on intergeneration...
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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
And again 👇👇👇👇
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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
This is absolutely Harper stuff. Fund the researchers who are already here. nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/news/mini...
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Minister Joly announces major milestone with Phase 1 results of Canada’s Talent Attraction Strategy
Impact+ Research Training Awards attract more than 650 candidates from around the world to Canada
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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Haven't been to a conference with my lab since who knows when. Will be fun! See you at CAN in Montreal soon.
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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
New pub alert from my colleagues here at @uofg @UofGCBS!! "Cell-Free Synthesis of Cannabistilbene I: A Dual Acting Anti-Inflammatory from Cannabis sativa" pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Cell-Free Synthesis of Cannabistilbene I: A Dual Acting Anti-Inflammatory from Cannabis sativa
Despite the potential of Cannabis bibenzyls to remedy acute and chronic inflammation, their relative scarcity, in planta, has hindered applications for them in mainstream therapeutic efforts. Here, we...
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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Research on plants and mushrooms focuses on isolated compounds. @tryangregory.bksy.social, Max Jones, and I discuss why the neurobiological impacts of the whole organism needs more attention. After all, the majority of individuals who partake, use the entire thing link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Back to our roots: Integrating wholistic research approaches in the study of medicinal plants and mushrooms - Psychopharmacology
Psychopharmacology -
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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Really disappointed in my institution right now for not highlighting my address at the UN on gaps in Indigenous governance in AI and neurotech. They did the same last year with my Nature paper on Two Eyed Seeing in neuro. Starting to think they're not interested in certain topics....
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
There are two types of people in academic leadership roles: Those who will say yes to good ideas unless they absolutely can't, and those who say no unless they run out of objections. I guarantee that anything innovative at your institution happened because of the former and in spite of the latter.
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megan peters 🧠 @meganakpeters.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I wish I could tell all the young eager people who write to me about wanting to do research, or the new novel exciting theory they have developed, that if your email (or worse, theory) was very obviously generated by chatGPT it will be very hard for anybody to take you seriously.
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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Patiently (or rather impatiently) waiting for NSERC Discovery results.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
If you're interested in a different perspective from the one you've probably been taught about "the" Scientific Method™, here's an open-access book chapter I wrote recently. www.sciencedirect.com/science/chap...
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Knowing our ways of knowing: A reflection on Western science in relation to Indigenous epistemologies
Writing from the standpoint of a Western researcher with a strong interest in the philosophy of science and Indigenous ways of knowing, I argue that t…
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Here's another "Indigenous people already knew this, but *now* it's real because Western scientists studied it."
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Professors are, by and large, utterly complacent if not outright compliant and complicit. Despite enormous privilege, they are disproportionately silent -- until their grant funding is at risk, anyway. I have been embarrassed by my profession on issue after issue. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/u...
nytimes.com
Professors Are Changing What They Teach, Even Far from Trump’s Gaze
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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I think my transdisciplinary projects are my fave. New Review promoting a new path in NDD research. Bacterial immunomodulatory structures as determinants of the maternal immune response and autism risk. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Bacterial immunomodulatory structures as determinants of the maternal immune response and autism risk
Autism is a group of neurodevelopmental conditions that have shown increasing prevalence over the last several decades. Despite being largely idiopath…
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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
I have LLM and AI fatigue.
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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
I'm lucky, no one has done this directly to my face. Or should I say, they're lucky.
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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Yikes! My @CIHR_IRSC panel funded 6 out of 49 applications. The panel normally funds that many. We also normally have 30 applications. Brutal.
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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
CIHR scores landed exactly where I expected for a first round submission, very decent (as a past member, my panel almost never scored above 4.6). Comments reasonable and doable.
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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Off to the beautiful Bahamas for #ACNP2026! See everyone there!
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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Often dream about retiring early. Leaving Canada and living my best life on a beach somewhere in the islands. Blank slate, start over somewhere else. And I really don't need to see snow again.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Governments can't keep getting credit for promises alone. What matters is co-creation (not "consultation") with Indigenous communities and real action. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
cbc.ca
Carney government pitches over $35.5B for First Nations child welfare reform | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is presenting a new plan worth more than $35.5 billion to keep First Nations children connected to their communities, culture and families.
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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
He's absolutely right. And it alienates me to no end. And the money they get for their lab and equipment far exceeds anything we get. I know because the call has went out and we are about to try and recruit.
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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Am I the only one seeing more ECRs/mid career researchers applying for awards, honours, memberships with an exorbitant amount of papers in the past 2-3 years? Like 40-50 pubs/year? CV padded with reviews, systematic reviews, low N clinical papers, or "hypothesis generating" papers.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Here's the only thing I see about Tri-Agency funding.
Modernising Operations at the Federal 
Research Granting Councils
The federal research granting councils, the Canadian Institutes of Health 
Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of 
Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of 
Canada (SSHRC), play an important role in advancing the government’s growth 
agenda by advancing research and attracting top international research talent.
To protect the essential role of the federal research granting councils, these 
organizations will achieve savings of 2 per cent of their respective review bases.
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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
My X feed. "Autism is genetic" says the human geneticist. "Depression is an energetic state" says the mitochondrial physiologist. Can we please stop with this simplification of complex disorders? It's epistemic arrogance, and simply advocating for one's own field of work. And language matters.
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UBC Psychology @psych.ubc.ca · 15/08/2025
Join our department! We're hiring an Assistant Professor of Teaching (Tenure-track), located at UBC's Vancouver campus, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2026. Apply by Oct 1, 2025. Learn more & apply: psych.ubc.ca/jobs. #TenureTrack #HigherEdJobs #Psychology
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
The first full day of the Global Indigenous Languages Summit in Ottawa wrapped up Tuesday afternoon. The theme was land and language, which featured a social media and youth component, as well as breakout sessions on Indigenous language revitalization.
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Indigenous languages summit focuses on revitalization
An Indigenous languages summit taking place in Ottawa features language experts from around the world and is focusing on revitalization.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Archaeologists: "We're amazed!" Indigenous people: "Well, yeah." www.npr.org/2025/06/06/n...
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A surprise find in Michigan shows the extent of ancient Native American agriculture
Hundreds of acres in Michigan are covered in parallel rows of earth that are the remains of an ancient Native American agricultural system. The surprise find has archaeologists amazed.
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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Agreed. And... 1) it's always the same people leading and getting loads of money 2) we need to stop assuming only senior people can lead big teams.
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Why are animal models useful for CNS drug discovery? zendudest.substack.com/p/why-animal...
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Why animal models are useful for CNS drug discovery: Part 1
CNS drug discovery is more successful than oncology!!
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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
New commentary! Indigenous representation in neuroscience scholarship, teaching and care. Such a wonderful collab with @TRyanGregory and other amazing researchers from around the world! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Indigenous representation in neuroscience scholarship, teaching and care - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Despite a global push to recognize Indigenous knowledge systems in research, neuroscience remains embedded in Euro-Western ways of means and methods. Authentic capacity-building will bring Indigenous ...
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K.T. Elliott @ktelliottmicro.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
I know you all know this, but apparently it needs to be said that basic science is a NECESSARY PRECURSOR to translational science
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
A lot of folks are going to express strong support for Indigenous leaders in Alberta who are pushing back hard on talk of separation. This can't just be because it's politically useful. Let's also address the issues with treaties and talk seriously about #LandBack.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
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'We can't be left out:' Indigenous leaders want action, inclusion as election heats up | CBC News
Indigenous leaders are demanding action as Canada's federal election heats up, hoping their peoples' past sacrifices to secure and defend this country aren't forgotten in the trade and affordability f...
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Obviously I support calls to "Stand With Science", but I can't help noting that scientists as a group almost never stand with anyone else. It's always "science can't be political" or "we must remain neutral". It's deafening silence from academics except when funding is at risk.
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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Very happy to team up with Dr. Lawrence Goodridge on this Perspective piece advocating for Indigenous privacy rights and genomic data governance in wastewater-based surveillance. Absolute pleasure to work with Dr. Julio Licinio, EIC of Genome Psychiatry.
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 05/02/2025
Men’s monopoly on global health leadership is at odds with the scientific evidence, writes @jocalynclark.bsky.social. And with the current backlash against rights and equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts, it’s even more important to advocate for gender equality www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Melissa Perreault, PhD @mlperreault.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
I am so privileged to have been able to lead this with the amazing Judy Illes and work with the most remarkable people from around the world including @tryangregory and many others not on Bluesky. "Two-Eyed Seeing and Other Indigenous Perspectives for Neuroscience". www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Two-Eyed Seeing and other Indigenous perspectives for neuroscience
Nature - Combining Indigenous insights with neuroscience methods through Two-Eyed Seeing can broaden the understanding of brain function and mental wellbeing by merging reductionist and holistic...
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