Manitoba MS Research Centre

Located @UManitoba, we bring together researchers, clinicians, trainees and knowledge users committed to advancing MS research and care in Manitoba.

[Manitoba MS Research Centre @MB_MSResearch]

🚨Join us Tuesday June 23, 2026 12pm @UM_RadyFHS Campus for our special Hilary Kaufman Lerner Memorial Awardee Session. We will hear from Mira Safa, PhD Candidate discuss findings related to blood biomarkers and depression in MS #MultipleSclerosis @um_research @UofM_Pharmacy

[Manitoba MS Research Centre @MB_MSResearch]

Join us next week (MARCH 17th) online to hear from Dr. Ali Manouchehrinia on his epidemiology and genetics work in #MultipleSclerosis from @KaarinaKowalec's group.

[Manitoba MS Research Centre @MB_MSResearch]

Your story matters! Are you living with #multiplesclerosis, aged 18+, and in Canada? We need YOU - Help us uncover how genes, environment, and life experiences shape health in MS. Compensation provided. Email: [email protected] #MSresearch
@umanitoba
@HealthNS

[Dr. Kaarina Kowalec 🧬👩‍🔬 @KaarinaKowalec]

Your story matters! Are you living with #multiplesclerosis, aged 18+, and in Canada? We need YOU - Help us uncover how genes, environment, and life experiences shape health in MS. Compensation provided. Email: [email protected] #MSresearch @umanitoba @HealthNS

[Manitoba MS Research Centre @MB_MSResearch]

Interested in learning more about MS Research? Join the @ECTRIMS Patient Community Day 2025 for FREE! 📅Sept. 26 09:00-12:00 EST; Register here: https://t.co/JjYMciaSeI @MSCanOfficial @endMS

[Manitoba MS Research Centre @MB_MSResearch]

🔎We are searching for a clinician-scientist to fill the next Waugh Family Chair in Multiple Sclerosis at the University of Manitoba! Apply today! @umanitoba @SharedHealthMB. Details here: https://t.co/HUX4rPQ3u3 @endMS @MSCanOfficial

[Manitoba MS Research Centre @MB_MSResearch]

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[Manitoba MS Research Centre @MB_MSResearch]

📢Please attend our seminar on Sept. 16 at 🕛12pm on Zoom. We will hear from @UofT Researcher and Clinician Dr. Raphael Schneider on disease activity before symptom onset in #MultipleSclerosis! Zoom link and PW in the image below.

[Manitoba MS Research Centre @MB_MSResearch]

📢Please attend our seminar on Sept. 16 at 🕛12pm on Zoom. We will hear from @UofT Researcher and Clinician Dr. Raphael Schneider on disease activity before symptom onset in #MultipleSclerosis! Zoom link and PW in the image below.

[Manitoba MS Research Centre @MB_MSResearch]

We will hear from @ElisabetJakova, postdoc with @KarimiLab next Wed, Jun 11! #MultipleSclerosis

[Dr. Kaarina Kowalec 🧬👩‍🔬 @KaarinaKowalec]

🎯 We’re Hiring an Analyst!
🧪 4-5 years | 🕒 Full-Time | 💼 U of Manitoba
💰 Salary: $51-$92k. We are seeking someone to join our dynamic team working on a recent 🇨🇦 CIHR-funded grant aiming to understand diversity in MS using genetics🧬: Pos # 38582 https://t.co/duhVgzIPeS

[Manitoba MS Research Centre @MB_MSResearch]

📢Do you have multiple sclerosis? Are you aged 18+ and living in Canada? Speak up! We want to learn about the traits of people with multiple sclerosis in Canada. Take the anonymous online survey from MS researchers at Dalhousie University (20-30 minutes): https://t.co/MVg1i5XCpA

[Manitoba MS Research Centre @MB_MSResearch]

Join us this Wednesday (April 9th) ONLINE ONLY to hear from Dr. Stephanie Zandee @mcgillu on bulk RNA-sequencing in MS reveals heightened inflammation in certain brain regions #MS #MultipleSclerosis

[Manitoba MS Research Centre @MB_MSResearch]

Join us next Wednesday March 12 online to hear from @usask assistant professor Jeff Dong on chronic neuroinflammation mediators in MS!

[Soheila Karimi-Neural Regeneration & Stem Cell @KarimiLab]

Happy to share our new article @MolNeuro led by our MSc graduate, Astrid. We provide a comprehensive discussion on the role of the Integrated Stress Response in neurodegenerative diseases and its potential as a therapeutic target 👇
@manitobaneuro @MB_MSResearch @CAN_ACN

[Manitoba MS Research Centre @MB_MSResearch]

⏰NEXT Wednesday (Feb. 12), we hear from the director of the Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre MS clinic, Dr. Georges Saab, on MS and pregnancy.

[Manitoba MS Research Centre @MB_MSResearch]

Today at 12pm, we will hear from Shiva Nemati from the @KarimiLab lab on therapeutic reactivation of hippocampal progenitors and its effects on cognitive decline.

[Britt Drogemoller 🇿🇦🇨🇦 @brittdrog]

🚨 DATA ANALYST OPPORTUNITY! 🚨

Interested in working with single cell/spatial transcriptomics datasets?

@GalenWright and I are looking for someone to analyse data from our Precision Genomics Suite: https://t.co/KbRpmbUTyb!

More details here: https://t.co/5tYVkLW5yC

[Manitoba MS Research Centre @MB_MSResearch]

Fantastic @MSCanOfficial community event, featuring our centre co-director @KarimiLab and trainees Mira and Kaihim!

[Manitoba MS Research Centre @MB_MSResearch]

Come hear from Kaihim Wong from the Figley lab next Wednesday!

[Dr. Kaarina Kowalec 🧬👩‍🔬 @KaarinaKowalec]

We are looking for an analyst to join our team to work on a @BrainCanada funded investigation of the genetics of cognitive and brain reserve in multiple sclerosis. Apply here: https://t.co/LiLKluLUfg and please share! @MSCanOfficial @endMS @ACECHR_ACCSDC @UM_RadyFHS @CAN_ACN