Great to see an Aussie Brian Oldfield from Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute in the running for President-Elect of SSIB. Stellar track record as Past-President of ANZOS and VP of World Obesity. Election system is open until June 22nd. Please vote & RT!

Nice to hear people are reading our review of reward dysfunction in #anorexia nervosa that was published in JNE and has been recognised as a #Top20Article 🎉🎉🎉 Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… @wileyneurosci BSN Brian Oldfield

Great to see an Aussie presence in SSIB leadership to promote the great science we do in the Southern Hemisphere! Both Amanda Page and Brian Oldfield on the ticket 🗳️

This editorial in The Age nails it! We have a long way to go and need Australian governments to treat the obesity issue with the seriousness it deserves. theage.com.au/national/we-ha… @JennyMikakos #ANZOS2019

A lot of brain maturation occurs between adolescents and adulthood with a loss of grey matter , however increased BMI accelerates brain ageing #anzos2019

Worrying research from Prof Antonio Verdejo-Garcia shows how obesity hinders cortical development in the brains of adolescents and accelerates brain ageing in adults. #anzos2019

Interested in reading up on Food Addiction and Obesity? @LeahBrennan16 gives us a reading list to start with. Nice series of work via @DrTracyBurrows #anzos2019

Hear about exciting new work from the lab lead by Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute PhD student Paul Mirabella who will talk about melanocortin signalling and BAT thermogenesis in the “ECR Finalist: Basic Science Stream” session up next ANZOS #anzos2019

Come along to the next Basic Science session ANZOS, where PhD student Laura Milton from the lab will talk about her work on prefrontal control of body weight in activity-based anorexia Claire Foldi Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute #anzos2019

Superstar Paul Mirabella clearing the final PhD hurdle today with a brilliant pre-submission seminar on the mechanisms underlying postprandial #thermogenesis 🍔🧠🔥🐀 #pomc Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute

EXCITING NEWS!!! Monash Arts & Monash Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences have funded our proposal to investigate the impact of #psilocybin on adaptive behaviour in activity-based #anorexia (in rats 😉). Interdisciplinary collaboration with Jakob Hohwy Adeel Razi Brian Oldfield 🍄🐁🔬🧠

Our latest review is out! Here, we discuss the therapeutic potential of #psilocybin for #anorexia nervosa & the utility of animal models for studying how psychedelics act in the brain - with Brian Oldfield Dr Paul Liknaitzky PRISM News in Frontiers - Neuroscience 🍄🐁🧠 frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

We are looking forward to celebrating World Obesity Day on 4 March. Throughout the day we will be sharing our #OPENConversation series featuring OPEN members from across our global network answering key questions related to the theme #EveryBodyNeedsEverybody #WOD2021 #OPENObesity

To day is #WorldObesityDay. It might seem a simple issue of carrying too much fat, but people end up with #Obesity for many different complex reasons #ObesityIsNotAChoice #endweightstigma

Check out the other talks in this series #OPENConversation #WorldObesityDay

Abstract deadline looming for the International Congress on Obesity (April 13!!) in Melbourne October 18-22. Follow the link 👇 to submit! Please RT icocongress.org/abstracts/abst…

#ICO2022 will be a wonderful chance for those in Melbourne to attend a top International meeting without leaving town! World Obesity ANZOS

Join me as moderator with experts in the upcoming OPEN (Obesity Policy Engagement Network) Webinar 'Closing the gaps in obesity care'. Exploring priorities for closing care gaps together. Register now: obesityopen.org/events/closing… Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute BDI Metabolism Tony Tiganis #Obesity #WorldObesityDay