🚀2026 IS HERE & The @scottrussophd.bsky.social led #BrainBodyResearchInstitute Seminar Series returns Jan 27th to launch an exciting 2026 season. Join us for cutting-edge talks from leaders in #BrainBody research. See you there! RSVP HERE👉 mountsinai.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Warm holiday greetings from all of us at the Friedman Brain Institute and The Nash Family Department of Neuroscience! Wishing you a joyful, peaceful, and healthy season filled with happiness.

INCREDIBLY PROUD! @UpliftingAth, a nonprofit dedicated to serving the rare disease community, has awarded @mountsinainyc.bsky.social's Dr. @jer0luk.bsky.social a research grant as a member of their 2026 Young Investigator Draft Class. HUGE CONGRATS Jeronimo 🎉Learn More👉 charity.pledgeit.org/YID2026

CARES, a Mount Sinai program supporting NYC high school students’ mental health & well-being, is expanding to reach new communities. By increasing access for mental health & substance use challenges, CARES is helping students get the support they need. 👉 reports.mountsinai.org/article/psyc...

IDing acute stroke is one of the toughest challenges facing emergency medicine & neurology. Researchers at Mount Sinai’s Department of Neurology, led by #AI - driven models, are making bold progress in this arena. @mountsinainyc.bsky.social Specialty Reports👉 reports.mountsinai.org/article/neur...

A MUST READ! In the @mountsinainyc.bsky.social Specialty Reports, LEARN ABOUT Dr. Igor Galynker's dynamic new approach to better understand, assess and treat the intricate, often elusive, mental processes that result in suicide. 👉 reports.mountsinai.org/article/psyc...

A MUST READ! In the @mountsinainyc.bsky.social Specialty Reports November 2025, LEARN ABOUT Dr. Igor Galynker's dynamic new approach to better understand, assess and treat the intricate, often elusive, mental processes that result in suicide. 👉 reports.mountsinai.org/article/psyc...

In NEW STUDY, Enna Selmanovic, et al. @sinaitbi.bsky.social found #CTE is more common in people who experience extensive repetitive head impacts & infrequent among those w/ isolated brain injuries. Here, she discusses the key findings & clinical significance 👉 www.neurologylive.com/view/standal...

👏 Researchers @mountsinainyc.bsky.social awarded a $6 million grant from the #NIH to advance understanding of how #FollicleStimulatingHormone (FSH) may impact early-onset #Alzheimers & co-occurring health conditions in individuals w/ #DownSyndrome. PRESS RELEASE 👉 www.mountsinai.org/about/newsro...

WONDERFUL NEWS! The #EnamoradoLab’s Dr. Andrea Muñoz Zamora has been awarded the 2025 CRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship. So well deserved! CONGRATULATIONS Andrea👏🎉 Learn More ➡️ cancerresearch.org/cri-funded-https://www.cancerresearch.org/cri-funded-scientists/andrea-munoz-zamora-phd

NEW STUDY by @mountsinainyc.bsky.social's Azzurra Invernizzi, et al. shows that #PTSD may accelerate brain aging in 9/11 responders & that exposure duration may moderate association between PTSD & brain age difference. Learn More @nature.com | Translational Psychiatry👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

LEADERSHIP MATTERS! Researchers at Icahn Mount Sinai's Center for #Stress #Resilience & #PersonalGrowth found that increase in perceived leadership effectiveness was assoc w/ 31% lower odds of anxiety & 47% lower odds of #Depression & #Anxiety. OUT NOW at BMJ Leader bmjleader.bmj.com/content/earl...

In a new Interview in @genomicpress.bsky.social's Brain Medicine, @mountsinainyc.bsky.social's Dr. Eric Nestler discusses how a simple fascination with brain chemistry grew into a global effort to understand the biological roots of mental illness. 👉 genomicpress.kglmeridian.com/view/journal...

We're looking forward to #SOBP2026! 🧠Building Better Brains: From Synapses to Societies 📆When: April 30 – May 2, 2026 📍Where: New York Marriott Marquis, New York City, New York Join us for an engaging conference featuring the latest advancements in biological psychiatry.

Congratulations to @mountsinainyc.bsky.social's @ericjnestler.bsky.social on receiving prestigious UNIGE 2025 #Synapsy Prize. Here, Dr. Nestler presents his Synapsy Award Lecture: "Neurobiology of #Depression: Transcriptional and Epigenetic Mechanisms". Learn More👉 www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

DON'T MISS this FASCINATING LECTURE! On Friday, December 12th, 3pm, Join #MSNseminars and hosts Drs. Giada Dirupo, Dina Vázquez Carrillo and Freida Blostein when @rockefeller.edu's Dr. Lucas Tian presents “Neural basis of symbol compositionality".

" #AlzheimersDisease Blood Test Cleared for Primary Care, but Questions Remain About Its Use" Here, @mountsinainyc.bsky.social's @fanny-elahi.bsky.social discusses blood tests for #Alzheimers biomarkers and her concern about use in cognitively normal people. @jama.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

In the 2025 issue of Science & Medicine, the Magazine of @mountsinainyc.bsky.social, we are delighted to share Icahn Mount Sinai Alumni Spotlights. Highlighted, is Dr. Blake Gurfein! Learn More about his exciting work as well as that of other alumni👉 scienceandmedicine.mountsinai.org/article/2025...

Postdoctoral fellows are the life force of biomedical research. The neuroscience community at #MountSinai is SUPER PROUD of our outstanding postdoctoral researchers. Meet @esschaffer.bsky.social lab's @rimjhimtomar.bsky.social👉 rimitomar.github.io & the FBI postdocs👉 icahn.mssm.edu/research/fri...

To ensure unrivaled medical education, pioneering scientific research & exceptional patient care, #MountSinaiNYC nurtures culture of innovative teamwork. In pursuit of this mission, the following leaders are among those appointed to new roles. READ👉 scienceandmedicine.mountsinai.org/article/2025...

🧪 Research Spotlight: @ignaciosaezphd.bsky.social of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai will study brain activity in people with #BipolarDisorder during manic & depressive shifts 👉 Goal: Identify patterns that could guide new treatments with targeted brain stimulation. 🔗 bit.ly/4gTbBwU

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is not dangerous. Timing and formulation are critical components of benefit vs. harm. I’m glad to see the FDA warnings removed from HRT. Thanks @bloomberg.com for covering this important topic: www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...

Now let’s generate the data to deliver personalized, science-backed care for women’s health. Especially vascular-brain health 🧠🫀 www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/... @sinaibrain.bsky.social

A WEEK AWAY 🚀 On Monday, 12/8, the #ArtoftheBrain Lecture Series returns as @paulkennyphd.bsky.social & Veronica Szarejko welcome @dukeu.bsky.social's Larissa Carneiro ➡️ "Indigenous and Religious Uses of Ayahuasca and Protocols for Study". REGISTER NOW 👉 form.jotform.com/mssmneur0/ar...

With an eye to the future, Icahn Mount Sinai students are being trained to use ChatGPT Edu as a learning aid & a complement to evidence-based practices, expert guidance & patient-centered care. Read More in the latest Science & Medicine magazine. 👉 scienceandmedicine.mountsinai.org/article/2025...

Excited to share NEW STUDY! Collaborative work from @mountsinainyc.bsky.social's Yang & Yue Labs uncovers molecular mechanisms underlying shared neuropathology of #BipolarDisorder & #Schizophrenia. Learn More in Nature Communications @natureportfolio.nature.com 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

CONGRATULATIONS to @mountsinainyc.bsky.social's @ebirnbaum.bsky.social on having her recent review paper published!👏Here, they review how neuronal & glial autophagy regulate α-synuclein clearance & spreading AWA discuss what this means for therapeutic development👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🎉 CONGRATULATIONS to the Maze Lab's @benjaminweekley.bsky.social who has received an NIH F32 this year from the NIMH to study "Mechanisms of Histone Serotonylation and MLL5 in Coordinating the Epigenome during Neurodevelopment". @mountsinainyc.bsky.social Learn More👉 reporter.nih.gov/search/IzFGO...

DON'T MISS this FASCINATING LECTURE! On Friday, December 12th, 3pm, Join #MSNseminars and hosts Drs. Giada Dirupo, Dina Vázquez Carrillo and Freida Blostein when @rockefeller.edu's Dr. Lucas Tian presents “Neural basis of symbol compositionality".

Fanny Elahi, MD, PhD, Director of the VascBrain Study at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, and Anne Joutel, MD, PhD at INSERM in Paris announce a formal collaboration to advance research in CADASIL biomarker development and drug discovery. @fanny-elahi.bsky.social

Little is known about social cognitive mapping in autistic adults. Sarah Banker, Daniela Schiller, et al. investigated differences in social navigation among adults w/ #AutismSpectrumDisorder, typical dvlpmnt, & misophonia. Biological Psychiatry👉 www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...

The rapid introduction of #ArtificialIntelligence is quickly producing significant changes thru-out virtually every aspect of health care. Leveraging #AI, Mount Sinai is at the forefront of this revolution! LEARN MORE in Science & Medicine magazine👉 scienceandmedicine.mountsinai.org/article/2025...

Chemical strategies for brain delivery of genomic therapy, a very nice Perspective with @ericjnestler.bsky.social! Congratulations to Haoyuan, Changyue, and Tami! Thanks Nature Reviews Chemistry! Thanks NIH& @mountsinainyc.bsky.social! www.nature.com/articles/s41... rdcu.be/eRKLA

Can #FocusedUltrasound Disrupt Memory Reconsolidation? Here, Jonathan Kanen, et al. posit that manner in which substance-related cues presented in their study, in conjunction w/ FUS, may have disrupted memory reconsolidation. Biological Psychiatry👉 www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...

NOT TO MISS! In @mountsinainyc.bsky.social's 2025 issue of Science & Medicine magazine, Dean @ericjnestler.bsky.social discusses his vision for Icahn Mount Sinai, and how his distinguished academic career & research expertise have prepared him. 👉 scienceandmedicine.mountsinai.org/article/2025...

The 2025 issue of @mountsinainyc.bsky.social's Science & Medicine magazine is now live! At this pivotal moment for health care, Mount Sinai fearlessly embraces its leadership role in medical education, scientific research & patient-centered clinical care. READ👉 scienceandmedicine.mountsinai.org/2025

What happens when your immune system hijacks your brain? Of all the ways our immune system can run amok & damage the body instead of protecting it, #AutoimmuneEncephalitis is one of the most unfathomable. Adding Insight, @mountsinainyc.bsky.social's Dr. Sam Horng👉 apnews.com/article/auto...

JOIN US for an extraordinary event. "My Brain: After the Rupture" follows the remarkable recovery of Clemency Burton-Hill who suffered a catastrophic brain hemorrhage & was saved by Christopher Kellner, MD & the #Cerebrovascular team at Mount Sinai West. RSVP 👉 forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Can biology, lifestyle & technology redefine ageing? At @mountsinainyc.bsky.social, a multidisciplinary team, led by Miriam Merad, Zahi Fayad and Fanny Elahi, is working to understand and intervene in biological processes that drive ageing. @natureportfolio.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d42...

NEW STUDY! Glial spatial organization is critical for neural repair after #SpinalCordInjury. Here, Icahn Mount Sinai's #ZouLab & @labfriedel.bsky.social ID guidance receptor Plexin‑B1 as a regulator of membrane integrity, process plasticity & astrocyte alignment. ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Concerned about whether deceased brain tissue adequately resembles living brains, @mountsinainyc.bsky.social's @alexcharney.bsky.social & Brian Kopell teamed up to investigate how well the postmortem brain reflects the living organ. Overview in The Scientist 👉 www.the-scientist.com/deceased-and...

The #FriedmanBrainInstitute is at #SfN2025! Are you interested in @mountsinainyc.bsky.social's PhD in Neuroscience program? RIGHT NOW, stop by Booth 4 during @sfn.org's Grad School Fair & CHECK IT OUT. A HUGE THANK YOU to Dr. George Huntley & the student volunteers who made our booth such a success!

Our #BlackInNeuro social is always the highlight of my year 🤩 These were our undergrads/lab tech, graduate student, postdoc, and faculty/professional attendees respectively ✨ Love seeing our community continue to grow & support each other in tumultuous times 💞 #SfN25 @blackinneuro.bsky.social

The lab was on Good Morning America! Absolutely surreal. Everyone did so great on the filming day. I work with the best people ever.

~10 years ago few months after I joined @scottrussophd.bsky.social lab I ran a 🧪 qPCR for Cldn5, a marker of 🩸 blood-brain 🧠 barrier integrity, after social stress I never imagined it would have such an impact 1000 citations 🤯 Never looked back since then 🤓 and how is my lab 7 years old already 😱

✨Are you at @sfn.org #SfN2025? The #FriedmanBrainInstitute is! We are THRILLED that > 80 #MountSinai researchers are here & they are EXCITED to meet you. STOP BY, SAY HI, CHAT & LEARN MORE about our research & amazing scientists. Check out our itinerary 👉 files.constantcontact.com/d41ee115401/...

The #FriedmanBrainInstitute is at #SfN2025! CATCH UP w/ @mountsinainyc.bsky.social's Rudebeck Lab 👉 CHECK OUT their amazing work. Interested in our PhD in Neuroscience program. Stop by Booth 4 @sfn.org's Grad School Fair & LEARN MORE! #FBIatSfN Itinerary 👉 files.constantcontact.com/d41ee115401/...

In #SanDiego for @sfn.org's #SfN2025? The #ShumanLab's Paul Philipsberg & @zoechristensonwick.bsky.social are! CATCH UP with them & LEARN ABOUT their EXCITING WORK! #FriedmanBrainInstitute #NashNeuroscience #FBIatSfN CHECK OUT the #FBIatSfN Itinerary ➡️ files.constantcontact.com/d41ee115401/...

The #FriedmanBrainInstitute is at #SfN2025! Are you? DON'T MISS the #RussoLab's Romain Durand-De Cuttoli, Hyoseon Oh, Johana Alvarez , Teagan Daly and Rachel Fisher-Foye. CHECK OUT the #FBIatSfN Itinerary, STOP BY & CHAT about the amazing work they do.👉 files.constantcontact.com/d41ee115401/...

The #NestlerLab is VERY EXCITED to join our colleagues at @sfn.org's #SfN2025! In #SANDIEGO? Make sure to STOP BY, CHECK OUT our presentations & LEARN ABOUT our work. @mountsinainyc.bsky.social To see the #FriedmanBrainInstitute Itinerary 👉 files.constantcontact.com/d41ee115401/...