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The Friedman Brain Institute is an interdisciplinary clinical and research hub for studying and treating brain and spinal cord disorders at Mount Sinai. Learn more:
The #BrainBodySeminarSeries is excited to welcome @gladstoneinst.bsky.social's Dr. Andrew Yang. Join hosts @cameronmcalpine.bsky.social & @jmcastell.bsky.social when Dr. Yang presents "Tracing proteomes & immune cells across the #BloodBrainBarrier". Register 👉 mountsinai.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Check Out Study in Nature Communications 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... Structural insights enable drug discovery for the neuronal NBCn2 carbonate transporter - Shifan Yang, Yihan Zhao, Sezen Vatansever, @schlessingerlab.bsky.social, Bin Zhang, Daniel Wacker, et al. @mountsinainyc.bsky.social
Researchers Daniel Wacker, et al. have uncovered first hi-res structure of NBCn2, a brain protein linked to #Epilepsy, #AutismSpectrumDisorder & other neurological conditions, & developed first compounds capable of inhibiting its activity. PRESS RELEASE 👉 www.mountsinai.org/about/newsro...
On Friday, July 31, 3pm, please join hosts Drs. @benjaminweekley.bsky.social, Rimjhim Tomar & Dina Iathzil Vázquez Carrillo when #NashNeuroscience welcomes @harvardmed.bsky.social's Dr. Ava Carter to #MSNSeminars 👉 “Evolving Responses to the Environment: Human-specific Gene Regulation in the Brain".
SUPER EXCITED! The #NestlerLab's Trevonn Gyles has been selected as an award recipient for the 2026 NIH Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience Award Program. This award recognizes exceptional early-career neuroscientists as rising leaders in the field. 🎉 Huge achievement! Congratulations Trevonn 💯
OUT NOW! Landmark #Autism research, led by scientists from the Seaver Autism Center at Mount Sinai, finds that #PhelanMcDermid syndrome affects approximately 1 in 7,300 people, making it dramatically more common than previous estimates suggested. Press Release👉 www.mountsinai.org/about/newsro...
The Study uncovered a potential new biological mechanism linking #Aging, #ImmuneDysfunction, and #Alzheimers. Study @cellcellpress.bsky.social: "Somatic cancer variants enriched in #AlzheimersDisease #Microglia-like cells drive inflammatory and proliferative states" 👉 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Researchers at The Icahn School of Medicine, working w/ Boston Children’s Hospital, have ID'd cancer-associated genetic mutations in specialized brain immune cells, #Microglia, that may contribute to chronic #Inflammation & #Neurodegeneration seen in #Alzheimers. 👉 www.mountsinai.org/about/newsro...
🎉 HUGE CONGRATULATIONS Dr. Tamara Markovic for being promoted to Instructor in #NashNeuroscience.👏 Since joining the #NestlerLab, she has been developing an independent research program focused on the molecular & circuit mechanisms underlying addiction vulnerability & negative affect.💯 CONGRATS👏
🎉Please join us in congratulating Dr. Carina Seah for her promotion to Instructor in the Nash Family Department of Neuroscience.💯 As Instructor, she joins the laboratory of Dr. Fanny Elahi. A Huge Congratulations Carina! 👏 Learn More about Dr. Seah 👉 profiles.icahn.mssm.edu/carina-seah
On Tuesday, July 28, 10am, the #BrainBodySeminarSeries is excited to welcome @gladstoneinst.bsky.social's Andrew Yang, PhD. Join host @cameronmcalpine.bsky.social when Dr. Yang presents "Tracing proteomes and immune cells across the blood-brain barrier". Register 👉 mountsinai.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Exciting Study! Hongyan Jenny Zou, et al. @mountsinainyc.bsky.social show that blocking a protein called the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) may help neural regeneration & restore function after injuries to the peripheral nerves or spinal cord. Learn More @nature.com 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
See the Full Study @cp-cellreports.bsky.social "Convergent molecular signatures across eating disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder in the human brain" - Michael Breen, Thomas Hyde, Joel Kleinman, Joseph Buxbaum, Dorothy Grice, et al. 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Press Release! #EatingDisorders & #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder exhibit clinical & genetic overlap, yet whether they converge at molecular level in human brain is unknown. Michael Breen, Dorothy Grice, et al. provide critical insight into their biological overlap. 👉 www.mountsinai.org/about/newsro...
TOMORROW 👉 On Tuesday, June 30, 10am, join the #BrainBodyResearchInstitute Seminar Series when host Dr. Jessica Ables welcomes @cshlaboratory.bsky.social's Jeremy Borniger, PhD. Dr. Borniger will present "Distal regulation of hypothalamic neuronal activity in breast cancer." NOT TO MISS!
Out Now! @mountsinainyc.bsky.social researchers Edgar Gonzalez-Kozlova, @panosroussos.bsky.social, Navneet Dogra, et al. have discovered blood RNA biomarkers that offer promising minimally invasive approach for earlier diagnosis of #Alzheimers. PRESS RELEASE 👉 www.mountsinai.org/about/newsro...
EXCITING PAPER! In this review, Drs. Parul Jain & Daniela Schiller synthesize research across various domains to trace how relationships develop from initial impressions through repeated interactions to stable social bonds & networks. Neuron l @cellpress.bsky.social 👉 www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
✨A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Trevonn Gyles for being awarded an NIH Blueprint & BRAIN Initiative F99/K00 award! This two-phase grant helps outstanding neuroscience graduate students complete their dissertations & seamlessly transition into postdoctoral research positions. @ericjnestler.bsky.social
CHECK OUT the FULL STUDY in Brain Communications: "Plasma p-tau217 and glucose metabolism correlate in neocortical association areas in Alzheimer’s disease" - Lauren Koenig, Hanna Huber, Anjalika Chongtham, Ana C. Pereira, et al. 👉 academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
Conversations @aspenideas.bsky.social Festival, will explore how collaboration, research, technology, and personalized care can improve health & well-being for people across communities and thru-out life. Learn More about Mount Sinai Speakers 👉 health.mountsinai.org/aspen-experts/
At the @aspenideas.bsky.social Festival, @mountsinainyc.bsky.social experts lead discussions on innovative community-based approaches to youth #MentalHealth & emerging scientific advances that are transforming how we understand #HealthyAging & #Healthspan. 👉 www.mountsinai.org/about/newsro...
Mount Sinai is excited to return as a #HealthCare sponsor to the @aspenideas.bsky.social Festival. @mountsinainyc.bsky.social's thought leaders will engage in conversations on some of the most important issues shaping future of health & medicine. Learn More 👉 www.aspenideas.org/attend/health
🎉 CONGRATULATIONS to @brianmsweis.bsky.social for being honored w/ a well-deserved Faculty Council Junior Award. 👏 The Icahn School of Medicine @mountsinainyc.bsky.social’s Faculty Council Awards celebrate faculty members for their clinical excellence, academic leadership & outstanding research. 💯
💫 On behalf of the Office of the Dean, Mount Sinai Alumni Board of Governors, & the Office of Alumni & Development, we are pleased to announce that nominations for the 2026 Alumni Awards are open. Submission Guidelines | To Submit Your Nomination Online 👉 alumni.icahn.mssm.edu/stories-even...
CHECK OUT the FULL STUDY - "Spatiotemporal asymmetries on brain energy landscape uncover system entrapment related to depression severity" - @ulgenklc.bsky.social, Jenna Jubeir, Priti Balchandani, James Murrough, Laurel S. Morris & Yael Jacob In Nature Communications 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Researchers @mountsinainyc.bsky.social have ID'd distinctive patterns in how the brain transitions btwn activity states in people w/ #Depression, providing new insight into why depressive symptoms can feel persistent & difficult to overcome. PRESS RELEASE 👉 www.mountsinai.org/about/newsro...
NEXT WEEK 👉 On June 17-19, 2026, JOIN Sinai Exposomics at the Bordeaux Exposome Symposium ➡️ dedicated to advancing the integration of environmental exposures into research on #AlzheimersDisease & Related #Dementias. @fanny-elahi.bsky.social Learn More 👉 mountsinaiexposomics.org/2026bordeaux/
An incredible way to kick off summer 👉 Celebrating the #ArtoftheBrain at the #MuseumMileFestival! Our biggest, most vibrant & most impactful event yet where art + science came together to spark curiosity, drive community engagement & highlight the beauty of the #brain!
🎉 Please join us in congratulating the Hurd Lab's Chinonso Nwakama for receiving an Olink Proteomics Award 2026. This pilot grant will enable Chino to conduct proteomics on plasma samples from human #Opioid users & healthy controls. @neurovoice.bsky.social Huge Congratulations Chino!👏💯
OUT NOW! In NEW STUDY, @mountsinainyc.bsky.social researchers Teresa Gerhardt, @cameronmcalpine.bsky.social, et al. discovered moderate-to-vigorous physical activity associated w/ reduced incidence of gene-specific CH & fewer mutant cells in blood. PRESS RELEASE 👉 www.mountsinai.org/about/newsro...