January 12, 2026

Canada In Science - December 2025

A direct role for a mitochondrial targeting sequence in signalling stress

Journal Issue: Nature. 2025 Dec 10. doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-09834-x.

Authors: Yuan Z, Balzarini M, Volpe M, Goldstein M, Peng TS, Hui E, Fang NN, Albihlal WS, Hajimohammadi M, Wei K, Yip CK, van Werven FJ, Mayor T, Weidberg H. 

PubMed ID: 41372412

Hilla Weidberg Lab

Subsecond dopamine fluctuations do not specify the vigor of ongoing actions

Journal Issue: Nat Neurosci. 2025 Dec;28(12):2432-2438. 

Authors: Liu H, Melani R, Maltese M, Taniguchi J, Sankaramanchi A, Zeng R, Martin JR, Tritsch NX. 

PubMed ID: 41214177

Nicolas Tritsch Lab

Turncoat antibodies unmasked in a model of autoimmune demyelination: From biology to therapy

Journal Issue: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Dec 23;122(51):e2424988122. 

Authors: Taghipour-Mirakmahaleh R, Morin F, Zhang Y, Bourhoven L, Béland LC, Zhou Q, Jaworski J, Park A, Dominguez JM, Corbeil J, Flanagan EP, Marignier R, Larochelle C, Kerfoot SM, Vallières L. 

PubMed ID: 41405856

Luc Vallieres Lab

Medial entorhinal VIP-expressing interneurons receive input from the thalamic anterior dorsal nucleus and are critical for spatial memory

Journal Issue: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Dec 23;122(51):e2425024122. 

Authors: Oulé M, Badrinarayanan S, Sundar-Maccagno R, Brandon MP. 

PubMed ID: 41397139

Mark Brandon Lab

Locus coeruleus microcircuitry processes periaqueductal gray inputs into distinct outputs for regulation of pain and anxiety

Journal Issue: Cell Rep. 2025 Dec 23;44(12):116699. 

Authors: Harding EK, Zhang Z, Yu WL, Ferron L, van den Hoogen NJ, Trang T, Zamponi GW. 

PubMed ID: 41391146

Gerald Zamponi Lab