I had the incredible honor to be a part of Hope Over the Horizon at Columbia Psychiatry Huge thanks to J John Mann and Auerbach Lab at Columbia.

I have been terrible at being active on Twitter lately 😪 but our dear Michelle Stackmann, PhD graduated and our preprint is online!

It is a new system generated with Yingxi Lin to label multiple #Arc ensembles in the same mouse! (And yes, Arc > c-fos). #engrams

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38352478/

Join us — in person — on Monday 1/29 for this special event to hear how our Columbia Psychiatry research is directly helping support people with #depression and work to #StopSuicide .

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In our new lab preprint, led by Devin Rocks , we introduce the first sex-specific immediate early gene, Egr1! Egr1 opens neuronal chromatin sex-specifically, with consequences for targeted gene expression changes, synaptic plasticity and behavior🧵 👇
biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

As Coco Chanel says fashion changes, but style endures!

An NIH advisory group announced today that they're recommending the agency boost its minimum #postdoc salary to $70,000, up from the current $56,484. Many postdocs feel 'underpaid and overworked,' a co-chair said.

My latest for ScienceInsider:
science.org/content/articl…

Yesterday we welcomed Arlotta Lab as our 2023 Heinrich Waelsch Memorial Neuroscience Lecturer at Grand Rounds to discuss her research on human brain organoids and their use as avatars to better understand brain development and disease. Thank you, Dr. Arlotta!

Attend the Career Development Session now from 1:00pm-2:30pm in Florida Ballroom I-IV, Tampa Marriott Level 2. #ACNP2023

Leon Levy Scholars receive an annual stipend that equals 125% of the NIH postdoctoral rate! Start an application or refer potential recipients. Applications are due on 12/6.

CAI LAB PREPRINT🧠! In a team effort led by Joe Zaki, we found that rest periods after learning not only stabilize new memories BUT ALSO integrate new memories with older memories from days past! 1/n

biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

1st Annual Psychiatry meeting held Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons between Columbia Psychiatry and MOODS Faculté Pharma UPSaclay Faculté de Médecine Paris-Saclay Université Paris-Saclay
A great day of science René Hen Christine Ann Denny Indira M. David Pr Emmanuelle Corruble Matthieu Gasnier Alain Gardier Dr Romain Colle Dr. Briana Chen 陳 家 瑩 Phi Aoun-Nguyen Christoph Anacker

A genome-wide meta-analysis of data from 6 US and European cohorts involving 1.3 million individuals identifies 243 genetic variants associated with risk and pathophysiology of depression Anders Børglum

nature.com/articles/s4159…

Delighted to participate with Ege Kavalali and John Krystal on this endeavor.
#PsychiatryEditors Neuropsychopharmacology Biological Psychiatry

Is the brain a violin rather than a circuit?

Thought-provoking paper suggests that brain activity can be parsimoniously explained by waves travelling through shaped tissue. This challenges current views of the brain as a network of segregated nodes.
nature.com/articles/s4158…

Happy to share our latest paper Neuron, in collaboration with the labs of Victoria E. Abraira Ewan St. John Smith The Yttri Lab.

'Mapping the neuroethological signatures of pain, analgesia, and recovery in mice'
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

💗💗💗💗!! So proud!!

So excited this paper is out! Check our our newest paper on #TBI , #Arc , #engrams , and #ketamine !!

cc: Dr. Josephine McGowan, Liliana Ladner, Claire Shubeck, Christina La Gamma, Dr. Briana Chen 陳 家 瑩, Amanda Anqueira-González, 𝑫𝒓. 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝑯𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒓, Ryan Logan 🧠 21., et al., and Steve Kernie; Columbia Psychiatry

biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-…

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Our dear MD/PhD student Sofia Leal Santos defended her PhD ~1 week ago. I could not be more proud. Just an overall amazing defense. She is going to do great, great things. Thank you to the Escola de Medicina UMinho for such a fabulous student and to Denise J. Cai, Ph.D., Steve Ramirez, and Tomás Ryan too!!