News
(2020- )
February 2026
Congratulations Victoria on receiving the 2025-2026 Finkler Graduate Student Fellowship!
February 2026
Congratulations Victoria on being elected to the Governing Council of the University of Toronto as the Graduate Students representative of the Physical and Life Sciences Division.
December 2025
Congratulations Victoria and Zi on your engagement!
August 2025
Congratulation Dr. Hannah Marlatte on a phenomenal FOE of you PhD thesis. What a remarkable achievement and terrific research program
Congratulations Victoria on receiving the 2025-2026 Finkler Graduate Student Fellowship!
February 2026
Congratulations Victoria on being elected to the Governing Council of the University of Toronto as the Graduate Students representative of the Physical and Life Sciences Division.
December 2025
Congratulations Victoria and Zi on your engagement!
August 2025
Congratulation Dr. Hannah Marlatte on a phenomenal FOE of you PhD thesis. What a remarkable achievement and terrific research program
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August 2025
Congratulations Adina, Yehuda and big sister Ava on the birth of your of Maya Leora! So happy to hear the wonderful news!
July 2025
Congratulations Xuan on being awarded an Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)!
June 2025
Congratulations Dr. Hannah Tarder-Stall on accepting a tenure-track Assistant Professor position position at York University, Glendon Campus, in Toronto! We will miss you but fortunately you will be right around the corner!
June 2025
Congratulations Dana on being accepted to graduate school at IMS, University of Toronto!
June 2025
Congratulations Adina on being awarded an Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)!
March 2025
Congratulations Alissa Blommestyn on being awarded a CIHR USRA summer student award, and being accepted to the SROP program! We look forward to seeing you in the lab over the summer!
January 2025
Congratulations Dr. Ariana Giuliano on successfully defending your PhD thesis. What a phenomenal work! We will miss you!
January 2025
Congratulations Xuan on a successful research grant application through the Soupcoff Family Research Award program! What a great achievement.
December 2024
Congratulation Xuan on receiving the Canada Graduate Scholarships- Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement (CGS-MSFSS) which was launched by the Government of Canada to "support high-caliber graduate students in building global linkages and international networks"
December 2024:
Congratulations Victoria and Ariana on receiving the 2024-2025 Finkler Family Student Fellowship Award for the second year in a row!
April 2024:
Congratulations Prateek and Katie on your wedding! Great photos! Everybody seems very happy.
March 2024:
Mazal Tov Faith! on the birth of of your beautiful little baby boy Seth Arie!
February, 2024:
Congratulations Hannah Tarder-Stoll on receiving the NSERC post-doctoral award!
November 2023:
Congratulations Victoria and Ariana on receiving the 2023-2024 Finkler Family Student Fellowship Award!
July 2023:
Congratulations Hannah on successfully completing your reading exam! One more landmark on the way to graduation!
June 2023:
A huge Mazal Tov to Adina and Yehuda on the birth of their little girl Ava Gabriela!
February 2023:
Congratulation Hannah on receiving the inaugural Marni and Mel Cappa Family Graduate Student Fund Scholarship!
February 2023:
Congratulations Victoria on being awarded a 2023 Cognitive Neuroscience Society Graduate Student Award!
December 2022:
Congratulations to Hannah and Ariana on being awarded $3,500 each from the Graduate Student Soupcoff Family Research Grant! Congratulations to Erik on being awarded $6,000 from the Post-doctoral Soupcoff Family Research Grant! Terrific recognition of the wonderful science you all do.
November 2022:
Congratulations Ariana and Victoria on being awarded the 2022-2023 Finkler Graduate Student Fellowship. Well deserved!
July 2022:
Congratulations to Ariana on her wedding with Michael!
June 2022:
Congratulations Benjamin on having startup - SilicoLabs - accepted into the University of Toronto Early Stage Technology program
May 2022:
Congratulations Simran on being accepted to graduate school at the department of systems and cell biology at U of T Scarborough!
May 2022:
Congratulations Shreeyaa on graduating and getting a lab manager position at Gillian Einstein's lab! We will miss you but you are not that far.
April 2022:
Congratulations Xuan on receiving the University of Toronto Excellence Research Award for your research on HD-tDCS and knowledge acquisition! Great summer of research ahead of us!
March 2022:
Congratulations Shreeyaa on being awarded the Gold level (highest possible) of the New Leaders Scholarship. Way to go Shreeyaa!
January 2022:
And a great beginning to a new year: Congratulation Xuan on being awarded a U of T Undergraduate Research Fund for your study on knowledge integration using HD-TDCS! Way to go Xuan!
December 2021:
What a wonderful end of year celebration! Congratulations to all of the recipients of RRI fellowships: Ariana and Hannah for the Wiseman award, Victoria for the Finkler award and Adina for the Balatinecz award. This year was particularly competitive so way to go!
September 2021:
Congratulations to Victoria on a fantastic MA defence! Way to go Victoria!
September 2021:
Congratulations to Faith on her wedding with Michael! Mazal Tov!
August 2021:
Congratulations to Adina on her wedding with Yehuda! Mazal Tov!
July 2021:
Congratulations Adina on a fantastic and obviously successful defence of your MA thesis! Way to go!
May 2021:
Welcome Kyle Nealy to the lab! Kyle is a 3rd year PhD student who is joining the lab to work on (schematic?) spatial memory. Check out the software suite he spearheaded!
www.openmaze.ca
April 2021:
All 5 graduate students in the lab have now won and are funded by Tri-Agency graduate scholarships!
Congratulations Adina on receiving the NSERC CGS-D!
Congratulations Ariana on receiving the NSERC PGS-D!
Congratulations Victoria on receiving the NSERC CGS-M!
April 2021:
Congratulations to Adina on her engagement to Yehuda! Wonderful news Adina!
January 2021:
Congratulations to Prateek on being selected for the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Graduate Student Award!
Congratulations Hannah on being selected to present a data blitz at CNS 2021!
Congratulations Hannah again on having your NSERC PGS-D upgraded to an Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS-D)!
Congratulations Xuan on a successful research grant application through the Soupcoff Family Research Award program! What a great achievement.
December 2024
Congratulation Xuan on receiving the Canada Graduate Scholarships- Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement (CGS-MSFSS) which was launched by the Government of Canada to "support high-caliber graduate students in building global linkages and international networks"
December 2024:
Congratulations Victoria and Ariana on receiving the 2024-2025 Finkler Family Student Fellowship Award for the second year in a row!
April 2024:
Congratulations Prateek and Katie on your wedding! Great photos! Everybody seems very happy.
March 2024:
Mazal Tov Faith! on the birth of of your beautiful little baby boy Seth Arie!
February, 2024:
Congratulations Hannah Tarder-Stoll on receiving the NSERC post-doctoral award!
November 2023:
Congratulations Victoria and Ariana on receiving the 2023-2024 Finkler Family Student Fellowship Award!
July 2023:
Congratulations Hannah on successfully completing your reading exam! One more landmark on the way to graduation!
June 2023:
A huge Mazal Tov to Adina and Yehuda on the birth of their little girl Ava Gabriela!
February 2023:
Congratulation Hannah on receiving the inaugural Marni and Mel Cappa Family Graduate Student Fund Scholarship!
February 2023:
Congratulations Victoria on being awarded a 2023 Cognitive Neuroscience Society Graduate Student Award!
December 2022:
Congratulations to Hannah and Ariana on being awarded $3,500 each from the Graduate Student Soupcoff Family Research Grant! Congratulations to Erik on being awarded $6,000 from the Post-doctoral Soupcoff Family Research Grant! Terrific recognition of the wonderful science you all do.
November 2022:
Congratulations Ariana and Victoria on being awarded the 2022-2023 Finkler Graduate Student Fellowship. Well deserved!
July 2022:
Congratulations to Ariana on her wedding with Michael!
June 2022:
Congratulations Benjamin on having startup - SilicoLabs - accepted into the University of Toronto Early Stage Technology program
May 2022:
Congratulations Simran on being accepted to graduate school at the department of systems and cell biology at U of T Scarborough!
May 2022:
Congratulations Shreeyaa on graduating and getting a lab manager position at Gillian Einstein's lab! We will miss you but you are not that far.
April 2022:
Congratulations Xuan on receiving the University of Toronto Excellence Research Award for your research on HD-tDCS and knowledge acquisition! Great summer of research ahead of us!
March 2022:
Congratulations Shreeyaa on being awarded the Gold level (highest possible) of the New Leaders Scholarship. Way to go Shreeyaa!
January 2022:
And a great beginning to a new year: Congratulation Xuan on being awarded a U of T Undergraduate Research Fund for your study on knowledge integration using HD-TDCS! Way to go Xuan!
December 2021:
What a wonderful end of year celebration! Congratulations to all of the recipients of RRI fellowships: Ariana and Hannah for the Wiseman award, Victoria for the Finkler award and Adina for the Balatinecz award. This year was particularly competitive so way to go!
September 2021:
Congratulations to Victoria on a fantastic MA defence! Way to go Victoria!
September 2021:
Congratulations to Faith on her wedding with Michael! Mazal Tov!
August 2021:
Congratulations to Adina on her wedding with Yehuda! Mazal Tov!
July 2021:
Congratulations Adina on a fantastic and obviously successful defence of your MA thesis! Way to go!
May 2021:
Welcome Kyle Nealy to the lab! Kyle is a 3rd year PhD student who is joining the lab to work on (schematic?) spatial memory. Check out the software suite he spearheaded!
www.openmaze.ca
April 2021:
All 5 graduate students in the lab have now won and are funded by Tri-Agency graduate scholarships!
Congratulations Adina on receiving the NSERC CGS-D!
Congratulations Ariana on receiving the NSERC PGS-D!
Congratulations Victoria on receiving the NSERC CGS-M!
April 2021:
Congratulations to Adina on her engagement to Yehuda! Wonderful news Adina!
January 2021:
Congratulations to Prateek on being selected for the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Graduate Student Award!
Congratulations Hannah on being selected to present a data blitz at CNS 2021!
Congratulations Hannah again on having your NSERC PGS-D upgraded to an Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS-D)!
December 2020:
Congratulations to Zorry on a phenomenal defence of her PhD thesis. Way to go Dr. Belchev. We will miss you, but fortunately you are not going too far. Zorry has secured a post-doc position at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute with Dr. Robin Green!
December 2020:
The Gilboa Lab (aka The Synchronous Decoders) wins the Rotman Research Institute's cognitive neuroscience themed Codewords championship after an epic finals battle with a team from the Sekuler, Dawson and Herrmann labs (aka The Ultras). See a photo on the right >>>
October 2020:
Congratulations to Ariana on receiving the Finkler Family Graduate Student Fellowship for her achievements
September 2020:
Congratulations to Prateek on receiving the Soupcoff Family Graduate Research Grant for his study on second order conditioning
September 2020:
Congratulations to Adina on receiving the Soupcoff Family Graduate Research Grant for her study on schema and memory consolidation
April 2020:
Congratulations Ariana on your engagement!
April 2020:
Congratulations Hannah on receiving the NSERC PGS-D award!
April 2020:
Congratulations Victoria Liu (starting in the lab in September!) on receiving the Faculty of Arts & Science Domestic Graduate Entrance Award!
January 2020:
Congratulations Erik on receiving the inaugural Soupcoff Family post-doctoral research grant!
Congratulations to Zorry on a phenomenal defence of her PhD thesis. Way to go Dr. Belchev. We will miss you, but fortunately you are not going too far. Zorry has secured a post-doc position at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute with Dr. Robin Green!
December 2020:
The Gilboa Lab (aka The Synchronous Decoders) wins the Rotman Research Institute's cognitive neuroscience themed Codewords championship after an epic finals battle with a team from the Sekuler, Dawson and Herrmann labs (aka The Ultras). See a photo on the right >>>
October 2020:
Congratulations to Ariana on receiving the Finkler Family Graduate Student Fellowship for her achievements
September 2020:
Congratulations to Prateek on receiving the Soupcoff Family Graduate Research Grant for his study on second order conditioning
September 2020:
Congratulations to Adina on receiving the Soupcoff Family Graduate Research Grant for her study on schema and memory consolidation
April 2020:
Congratulations Ariana on your engagement!
April 2020:
Congratulations Hannah on receiving the NSERC PGS-D award!
April 2020:
Congratulations Victoria Liu (starting in the lab in September!) on receiving the Faculty of Arts & Science Domestic Graduate Entrance Award!
January 2020:
Congratulations Erik on receiving the inaugural Soupcoff Family post-doctoral research grant!
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December 2019:
Congratulations to Ariana and Prateek on receiving the SGS travel award to go to CNS
December 2019:
Congratulations to Hannah, Ariana and Prateek on receiving the Catherall travel award
November 2019:
Congratulations Zorry for the Max and Ruth Wiseman Graduate Student Fellowship
November 2019:
Congratulations Hannah for the Finkler Graduate Student Fellowship
November 2019:
Congratulations Ariana for the Finkler Graduate Student Fellowship
September 2018:
Congratulations Zorry on receiving the Finkler Graduate Student Fellowship!
September 2018:
Welcome to the lab Prateek Dhamija and Ariana Giuliano!
August 2018:
Congratulations DR. Melissa Hebscher on a stellar PhD Final Oral Examination and on receiving your PhD!
August 2018:
Congratulations Anastasia on being accepted to medical school. Good luck!
July 2018:
Welcome to the lab Erik Wing!
June, 2018:
Congratulations Christine on being accepted to pharmacy at U of T. Good luck!
September 2017:
Congratulations Melissa for being accepted to the inaugural CIFAR Winter School on the Neuroscience of Consciousness
September 2017:
Congratulations Zorry on receiving the 2017 Toni Balatinecz Memorial Award
September 2017:
Congratulations Melissa on receiving the Finkler Graduate Student Fellowship!
August 2016:
Congratulations Zorry on your wedding!
August 2016:
Congratulations Melissa on receiving the Finkler Graduate Student Fellowship!
April 2016:
Congratulations Zorry for receiving the Soupcoff Fellowship award!
May 2015:
Congratulations George on winning the RTC 2nd Annual Brain Race at Baycrest!
April 2015:
Welcome Andrea Solmi (Ciaramelli Lab, University of Bologna)- with us for a 6 month visit
March 2015:
Congratulations Melissa for receiving a 3-year NSERC PGS D award!
January 2015:
Congratulations Melissa for receiving the Soupcoff Fellowship award!
September 2014:
Congratulations Richard on being accepted to Medical School!
December 2014:
Goodbye to Eve, and good luck in the Brain and Spine Institute in Paris!
September 2014:
Congratulations Eve and David on the birth of Simon!
September 2014:
Congratulations Melissa for successfully defending and receiving her MA
July 2014:
Goodbye to Vanessa and congratulations on Kobo internship
May 2014:
Congratulations to Vanessa on receiving the OGS award as well as to Melissa on receiving an NSERC award
February 2014:
Congratulations to Maayan for submitting her PhD and starting a post-doctoral fellowship at the Max Plank Institute
December 2013:
Congratulations Shani for receiving her PhD and for starting an internship and post-doctoral fellowship at BIU
June 2013:
Congrats to Vess for receiving the Canadian Young Investigator Merit Award at the VasCog conference for the poster she presented together with Raneen
May 2012:
Congrats Eve for receiving the Marie Curie post-doctoral fellowship
August 2011
Congrats to Tali for receiving her PhD
May 2011:
Congrats to Tali and Asaf for receiving the Donald T. Stuss Award for Research Excellence for their PNAS paper
July 2010:
Congratulations to Osnat on the birth of beautiful twins!
June 2010:
Congratulations to Shani on her marriage and on receiving a research grant from the Ford foundation!
May 2010:
Congratulations to Shani on winning the Erasmus Mundus European Union graduate students fellowship!
May 2010:
Congratulations to Lina on her marriage!
March 2010:
Congratulations to Shani whose poster at the Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry won a distinction from the judges!
February 2010:
Congratulations to Lina and Judith on their completion of MA thesis!
July 2009:
Congratulations to Osnat and Rinat on their completion of MA thesis!
May 2009:
Congratulations to Lina on winning an academic excellency award from the Jewish-Arab center!
March 2009:
Congratulations to Tali on winning first prize for best poster at the 13th Annual meeting of the Israel Society of Biological Psychiatry!
September 2008:
Congratulations to Sarah and Neta on their completion of MA thesis!