We’re very excited to welcome all disgustologists to Toulouse in the coming days for our conference! Looking forward to inspiring talks, great discussions… and maybe a few disgust-inducing surprises 👀🦠

Obesity, low-grade inflammation, and inflammatory response to immune challenge modulate willingness to expend effort for reward: https://osf.io/xtkw7

Anybody knowledgeable in measurement (especially in adaptations for Mexican culture) and/or prosopagnosia that would be willing to serve as a reviewer for @collabrapsychology.bsky.social ? At the point where decliners are mostly recommending people who have already declined😅

New to neuroimmune research? Joined a new lab recently? Want to expand your network? Hunting for a new postdoc? Submit to the PNIRS #TellUsAboutYourResearch series to have your research featured and be connected with an amazing network of psychoneuroimmunologists! t.co/25hh5XUCKw

A stroke can happen at any age. Here’s what to look for – and why every second matters.

Check out our latest issue! www.cell.com/current-biol... On the cover: The anole lizard by Dario Tommasini and colleagues www.cell.com/current-biol...

🧠 What?! A meeting just on disgust?! Yes!! 📍 @iast.fr, France | 🗓 Dec 4–5, 2025 💥 Keynotes by Paul Rozin @upenn.edu, @cr-amo.bsky.social, Philip Powell @sheffielduni.bsky.social & Cindy Kam 🌍 From Psychology to Politics, Biology & beyond 🎓 Abstract submissions until Aug 31: forms.gle/QBmkUB3aLDjY...

If you’re visiting the museum before Sun, you can take part in this scientific study!
💪 Anonymous and voluntary
🧫 Includes small saliva and/or finger-prick samples
🎁 Receive a small museum gift as a thank-you Help us uncover how disgust protects us from disease — one bite (or sniff) at a time! 2/2

Think you’ve got a strong stomach? 😏 What about your immune system? We, researchers @ki.se @cnrs.fr @swanseauni.bsky.social, are running a real experiment at the Disgusting Food Museum in Malmö! We are studying how your body reacts to “eww” moments — from stinky cheese to crunchy insects 🧀🐛 1/2

Last week I have been interviewed by Anaïs Kaluza from @zeit.de about #sicknessbehavior. It has led to this excellent article 🤩 📰 🤒 When sick from an infection: embrace the feelings! They are here to support the fight against the infection and your recovery 🤒 www.zeit.de/gesundheit/2...

📣 #PNIRS2026: Save the Date‼️ 🗓️ June 22–25, 2026 📍 New Orleans, Louisiana 🇺🇸 ✨ Whether your PsychoNeuroImmunology research emphasizes the P, N, or I — we look forward to seeing your work and connecting in The Big Easy! 📻 Stay tuned for more info re: call for abstracts. Please spread the word 🙏🏼

📣The 2026 ERC Consolidator Grant competition is now open! 📣 Already preparing your proposal? Info links ⬇️ Info for applicants 👉 buff.ly/PSbeUxX Application portal 👉 buff.ly/mauZoqo Deadline: 13/01/26 General info on #ERCCoG 👉 buff.ly/KCN6GTh

Please read this very courageous piece by our @inspirethemind.bsky.social writer Samrina Sangha

It’s one of the most studied questions in medicine. Decades of research, millions of children, and countless high-quality studies all point to the same conclusion: vaccines do NOT cause autism. Let's sketch it out ✍️

Dear friends and Bluesky 🧠 geeks: it's the weekend, and I want to share that @chantelpratphd.bsky.social and I recorded our second episode of Brains for Dinner. This one is about dance, language, and basal ganglia, and the burning question: why don't ducks dance? open.substack.com/pub/chantelp...

PsyArXiv is seeking new moderators to help combat an increase in AI submissions! If you've ever posted a preprint to PsyArXiv, please consider joining. Minimum commitment 1h/month, there's a training session this Monday @ 1pm ET. More info here: forms.gle/9LB1rEtxHAeZ... #PsychSciSky

Results? 🔥 High-CRP patients had stronger inflammatory responses 😶 More anhedonia after immune stress ❓Surprisingly, a short-term drop in depression scores after LPS 🧬 A step toward personalised treatments for inflammation-linked depression? 👉 Blog by @julielasselin.bsky.social buff.ly/ocb4Kix

Can inflammation shape how depression feels & how we treat it? New RCT used an immune challenge (LPS) to test how ppl w depression & high inflammation responded. The results? Fascinating insights into anhedonia & inflammatory subtypes of depression. #Depression #Inflammation 🧵 THREAD

Is ChatGPT making us stupid? In 2008, we asked the same about Google. Now #AI isn’t just finding info, it’s “thinking” and analyzing for us. “The difference lies in how we use it,” writes professor of information systems Aaron French.

1/2 Press release @unileiden.bsky.social about our upcoming JoPACS paper led by @bsiepe.bsky.social, showing that the overlap of similar constructs assessed via wearable vs EMA data is surprisingly low (n~850, 3 months). www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...

Great explainer for our new @nathumbehav.nature.com paper!

🚨 Neuro postdocs & grad students: Have a story to tell? Want to practice a talk before a conference or interview? Join our new seminar series on the Isthmus! All are welcome (from around the 🌎). Submit by Aug 20. Share your story (and this ad)! (Ping me for Qs) forms.gle/zpSTGWczxjqJ...

My first dissertation paper is out in Nature Mental Health! 🤩 With colleagues from @tudresden.bsky.social and @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social, we conducted a meta-analysis on the link between childhood trauma and interoception — our ability to sense internal bodily signals. rdcu.be/eu8bo 1/🧵

PNI people, please apply! PNIRS @pnirs.bsky.social

In psychotherapy, treatment expectations matter. But even more powerful? ➡️ How they change over time. Our new paper shows that updating expectations during psychotherapy for MDD predicts depression outcomes. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WRBWU... #depression #psychotherapy #beliefupdating

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‼️🚨 postdoc position 🚨‼️ I am looking for a postdoc in psychoneuroimmunology - come join our group to work on sickness behavior in humans 🤒🦠 at Karolinska Institutet @ki.se !! ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/... deadline July 31st @pnirs.bsky.social #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #interoception

My brilliant collaborator @marieeikemo.bsky.social is hiring! Do your PhD in an excellent interdisciplinary group & be my colleague in lovely Oslo www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Many highlights at #PNIRS2025 but one of them was definitely dinner (at KBaroque) with the PNIRS RISING STARS (from left to right) @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social @iriskayichat.bsky.social @estherina.bsky.social Annelise Madison @linashansson.bsky.social 🤩😍🥰 @pnirs.bsky.social

What a week, #PNIRS2025 is definitely a success!! PNIRS meeting is always about excellent science but above all the best place to connect with the PNI community in an inclusive, respectful, enthusiastic and warm environment @pnirs.bsky.social

And now the BEST at all PNIRS conferences!!! PROPER DANCING!! #PNIRS2025 @pnirs.bsky.social

No soft at banquet dinner at #PNIRS2025 so I have water while everyone enjoys nice Bordeaux wine 🤷🫠 @pnirs.bsky.social

Getting ready for the boat ride to the banquet #PNIRS2025 🤩 @pnirs.bsky.social

Amazing final words of #PNIRS2025 from Robert Dantzer, who has shaped the field of PNI and inspired so many of us @pnirs.bsky.social

Brilliant symposium and talks by the amazing, Iris, Julie and Elizabeth 👏👏👏 @julielasselin.bsky.social @iriskayichat.bsky.social #PNIRS2025

I so enjoyed our symposium at #PNIRS2025 this morning! So grateful to @iriskayichat.bsky.social for having pushed this to success!! @pnirs.bsky.social

Wonderful final poster session of #PNIRS2025

Dr. Julie Lasselin guides us through how diverse inflammatory mechanisms shape our emotions, pleasure, and motivation! #PNIRS2025

Dr. Iris Ka-Yi Chat is sharing fascinating insights into how inflammation influences reward systems in adolescents! #PNIRS2025

🐭✨ Dr. Elisabeth Vichaya is diving into how both acute and chronic inflammation shape mood and reward responses through the lens of animal models! #PNIRS2025

🎉 Big congrats to Julie Lasselin, Iris Ka-Yi Chat, and Elisabeth Vichaya on a fantastic Member Symposium 6! 👏 Brilliant insights on how inflammation shapes mood and reward in humans and animals! 🧠🔥#PNIRS2025

Ready for our symposium on the last day of #PNIRS2025!!! @pnirs.bsky.social

Dr. Annelise Madison presented fascinating exploratory findings focused on how omega-3 supplementation may affect social perception in a sex-specific manner #PNIRS2025

It was a packed and stimulating first poster session this afternoon! 👏🏼

Dr. Steptoe also emphasized that this is a critical area where he hopes trainees and early-career investigators will focus their efforts — likely a good translational research fit for many at #PNIRS2025!

Would you like to hear about prosocial behavioral in rats during social isolation and it's on neuroendocrine-immune effects? Come to my poster - Wednesday #57 #PNIRS2024 @pnirs.bsky.social

Incredible talk from @lironrozenkrantz.bsky.social, who shared her fascinating results. I'm looking forward to reading the full publication 🤩 👏 #PNIRS2025 @pnirs.bsky.social

Excellent figure on why we feel sick and behave in a sick way when ill from @julielasselin.bsky.social and colleagues. Link to PDF of paper with figure here: tinyurl.com/lasselinetal...

Great overview of what we’ve learned and what is still missing in the study of sickness behaviors from Dr. Robert Dantzer during the Presidential Symposium at #PNIRS2025

Robert Dantzer 🤩🤩🤩 presenting basically what I plan for my career 😭😅🤓 #PNIRS2025 @pnirs.bsky.social