The more than 20 neuroscientists at the University of Saskatchewan conduct research at multiple levels of analysis, from molecular, morphological, and electrophysiological, to cognitive and behavioural. The University of Saskatchewan has facilities for research on invertebrates and non-mammalian species, several species of small mammals, and human beings, and the laboratories of many neuroscientists will be housed in the new research wing of the Health Sciences building, which is scheduled to come online in 2011. Techniques currently available include molecular neurobiology, gene analysis, imaging, electrophysiology in vitro and in vivo (including in behaving animals), behavioural analysis, and cognitive testing. Of special note, for imaging aspects of nervous function neuroscientists at the U of S employ conventional microscopic techniques as well as 2-photon laser microscopy, fMRI, and analysis performed on several beamlines at the Canadian Light Source, Canada’s only synchrotron, which is conveniently located on the University of Saskatchewan campus. Trainees have access to a wide range of basic and clinical courses in neuroscience, and the College of Medicine offers an M.D./Ph.D. program that is open to qualified students in neuroscience.
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