Excited for my first public lecture on my thesis work 🧬🍻

Please join us for this exciting talk. Dr Hu is a spectacular scientist studying #BrainBody connections to the gut in health and disease.

Huge congrats to my mentor and friend ⁦Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD⁩ for being elected to the national academy of science. His work on stress and addiction has been transformational! nasonline.org/news/2025-nas-…

Honored & grateful to receive the 2025 ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award!🙏 Looking forward to #ECNP2025 in Amsterdam & to sharing our work on the neurobiology of stress & anxiety! Thank you @ECNPtweets & all current and previous lab members! ecnp.eu/ena-winner2025/ #ECNP

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Our latest work extends ketamine’s antidepressant action science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… (1/5)

The Brain-Body Research Institute Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is hiring an Associate Director to build clinical and translational research in brain-body sciences. See ad here: neuroscience.mssm.edu/pdf/Brain-Body…. Friedman Brain Institute Miriam Merad, MD, PhD Brian S. Kim Fil Swirski & Scientists Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD

Thrilled to announce that our paper is now finally out! 🎉We combine scRNAseq, 2p imaging, ephys, and behavior to understand the role of lateral septal Nts neurons in opioid withdrawal. Curious about the septum and addiction? Give it a read👇 cell.com/neuron/fulltex…

Please join us for this exciting event. Dr. Prinz is a world leader in the study of brain myeloid biology.

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have uncovered a promising new mechanism for treating major depressive disorder in adults—by targeting potassium channels in the brain with a drug called ezogabine. The findings, published in Molecular Psychiatry and

On Tues, 6/24, 10am, join host Dr. Hongzhen Hu when he welcomes Dr. Ru-Rong Ji to the #BrainBodySeminarSeries. Dr. Ji is Professor of Immunology, Anesthesiology, Cell Biology & Neurobiology & is Director of Translational Pain Medicine Duke University. Register Now👉tinyurl.com/ykky7sf2

OUT NOW➡️The Spring 2025 #FBINewsletter! Understanding the intricate interplay among #Diabetes, #Brain function & mood disorders will reveal new insights into the bidirectional relationship between metabolic & reward circuitry dysfunction. Learn More 👉reports.mountsinai.org/article/fbispr…

Special thanks to her fantastic committee, incl. her committee chair Schaefer Lab (pictured), Scott Russo , Cameron McAlpine , and Lucas Cheadle for invaluable guidance. She's seeking postdoc opps. in the Boston area (incl. NH/RI)—reach out if interested! #PhDone #ProudAdvisor

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NEXT WEEK! Tues, 6/24, 10am, join Dr. Hongzhen Hu as he welcomes Dr. Ru-Rong Ji to the #BrainBodySeminarSeries. Dr. Ji is Professor of Immunology, Anesthesiology, Cell Biology & Neurobiology & is Director of Translational Pain Medicine Duke University. Register Now tinyurl.com/ykky7sf2

Our newest paper studying immunosuppressive astrocyte-GBM interactions using RABID-seq is out in nature today! Congrats to Brian Andersen and Camilo! nature.com/articles/s4158…

Thrilled to share our latest work in nature studying inter-brain neural dynamics in both biological and artificial intelligence systems — amazing work by Xingjian_Zhang 🧠, Nguyen Phi, and fantastic collaboration with Jonathan Kao! Read the full article here: rdcu.be/euu5Z

I'm thrilled to share our new study out in Nature Medicine! We show that a blood test can estimate how aged or youthful one’s organs are and that these organ ages predict future disease and lifespan. Final paper from my PhD in the Tony Wyss-Coray lab. 🧵1/12 🔗 nature.com/articles/s4159…

Very happy to share this perspective published in Nature Rev Immunol with Alex Leunig, Matteo Gianeselli, MD Scott Russo on communication and connection between #nervous and #immune systems. Was fun to put this piece together! 🧠 🦴 🩸 👇🏻 nature.com/articles/s4157…