Big lab celebration: my 10 year anniversary @fordham.edu ; papers accepted @natcomms.nature.com Mol. Psychiatry @npp-journal.bsky.social ; @luisadema.bsky.social & @lailaouldibbat.bsky.social won #TPDA @sfn.org ; new postdoc @bruzzone-sep.bsky.social ; w/ Devin Rocks 🍾 Killing it - so proud! 🔥

Very interesting new @wbickmor.bsky.social commentary on the mechanistic mystery that is very distal enhancer-promoter interactions www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Incredible day today as Devin Rocks' main PhD thesis manuscript was accepted @natcomms.nature.com ! Please stay tuned for all the updates we made to the paper since *2023*! - so proud of Devin for all the fantastic work! Also, I got 15% funding cut on my R01 restored today! Lets go! 🏆 🔥

Morrissey opening tonight’s show at the Radio City Music Hall with ‘There is a light that never goes out’. My heart jumped ❤️☺️… Amazing night! 🙏

Still a bit jet lagged… the last part of my European trip was beautiful, stylish (& sustainable!) Copenhagen! Enjoyed this visit immensely… many thanks to Vibe Frokjaer for invitation to give a seminar at the University of Copenhagen. This is indeed the best job in the world! 💙💛♥️

#ThisWeekInNPP This 🔥 Hot Topic 🔥 emphasizes that ovarian hormone fluctuations - across the menstrual cycle, postpartum, & menopause - are key drivers of psychiatric risk in ♀️, yet remain understudied / @kundakoviclab.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Many thanks to Joram Mul and the Brain Plasticity group for hosting my talk at the University of Amsterdam . Really enjoyed visiting the university and meeting everyone — such a great group! w/ @anikokorosi.bsky.social

Next step of the trip was beautiful #Amsterdam ! So lively, vibrant & free-spirited.. enjoyed every moment of the visit! Spent time with a dear friend and exploring the city, the Moco museum & my favorite Van Gogh museum, saw mesmerizing #AlmondBlossom again! 🌸 ❤️

Goodbye beautiful #Helsinki ! This was an amazing visit to @helsinki.fi , Helsinki Biennial at the wonderful Vallisaari island w/ @iirishovatta.bsky.social lab , beautiful art at the Kiasma museum , swimming & sauning at the Allas pools. 🙏 Iiris, until next time! ❤️

A new 🔥 Hot Topic 🔥 from @kundakoviclab.bsky.social is out now in @npp-journal.bsky.social

Thrilled to share our Hot Topics article just published @npp-journal.bsky.social : "Leveraging high-resolution brain imaging & (epi)genomic approaches to improve women’s mental health" Always huge pleasure to work w/ @cogneuroend.bsky.social on revolutionizing #WomensMentalHealth 🔥 rdcu.be/eCy6i

On my way to begin my Northern European tour! ☺️ The first stop is Helsinki and seminar at the University of Helsinki @helsinki.fi Many thanks to @iirishovatta.bsky.social for this kind invitation. Can’t wait to visit the uni and the city! 😍

Amazing day in the lab today... we first got our menopause biomarker paper accepted in Molecular Psychiatry and then... BOTH @lailaouldibbat.bsky.social and @luisadema.bsky.social received the Trainee Professional Development Award #TPDA from @sfn.org . So proud of the lab and my lab members! 🔥

Dear all, call for proposals for the next @ossdcomm.bsky.social meeting, May 11-14 2026, in Kona, Hawaii, is now open! Deadline: October 10, 2025. Pls send us your best proposals for symposia & individual talks! Excited to be program chair w/ co-chair Cindy Barha: www.ossdweb.org/ossd-2026-sy...

Just had the most magical run at the #OnassisReservoir . Wow! ☀️😍

A perfect day in NYC today... So great to relax in the beautiful Central Park and I got to hang out with a dear colleague Chris with fine conversation, sushi and drinks ... Life is good! 🥂

What a nice reunion tonight in NYC, w/ @jordanmarrocco.bsky.social @jaredwyoung.bsky.social & Chris Anacker ❤️

So good to catch up with my dear friend Armande who was visiting from Paris this weekend. Love seeing NYC from a tourist's lens, too... OMG, such an amazing city ... and sushi is top notch! 😍

Another great @sbn-bsky.bsky.social meeting! So good to see everyone and hear about exciting science! Until next time! ❤️ w/ @liisagalea.bsky.social @drglitterbear.bsky.social @lailaouldibbat.bsky.social @travisehodges.bsky.social @caromenard666.bsky.social @ciernialab.bsky.social #SBN2025

We need to keep the conversation going across academic societies on how to discuss sex and gender in research. Our science supports the importance & the current political climate demands it. Institutions and societies please 🙏🏼 keep the conversation going.

Great first day at #SBN2025 . We had a wonderful panel on sex and gender — thanks everyone for attending! Plus enjoyed the night out catching up with @drglitterbear.bsky.social & @megangmassa.com @sbn-bsky.bsky.social

In Vancouver for the @sbn-bsky.bsky.social meeting! If you are here, do not miss our panel on Sex and gender at 5 pm today! Panelists: Marija Kundakovic, Art Arnold, Liisa Galea, Kristina Smiley, Jacques Balthazart Moderated by: Kathleen Casto See you there! w/ @liisagalea.bsky.social #SBN2025

Always so happy to see one of my favorite scientists Julie Herbstman for our traditional lunch at #Community @columbiauniversity.bsky.social . So much to catch up on! ❤️

It is good to be back home (for a bit :). A warm but very relaxing holiday weekend ☀️. I hope everyone had an enjoyable July 4th! #GreenwichVillage

And the final destination for this incredible trip was … Paris! Couldn’t resist to stop by for a day to enjoy its beauty, the vibe, some art … and to have one final croissant 😃 Vive la France! 🇫🇷 NYC bound!

Enjoying the gala dinner and the beautiful city of Bordeaux last night, w/ @luisadema.bsky.social @jordanmarrocco.bsky.social @cate-cholamine.bsky.social @bohaceklab.bsky.social @ebbsociety.bsky.social #EBBS2025

This was a wonderful symposium at EBBS on fundamental processes in vulnerability to stress! Thanks to all the speakers for highly complementary and insightful talks! @kundakoviclab.bsky.social @jordanmarrocco.bsky.social @francescacirulli.bsky.social & Dogukan Ulgen from @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social

If you are at #EBBS2025, do not miss our symposium at 2:30 pm this afternoon: Sex-specific hormonal and genomic mechanisms in stress responses Chaired by @carmensandi10.bsky.social , w/ @jordanmarrocco.bsky.social @francescacirulli.bsky.social and myself @ebbsociety.bsky.social

Bonsoir from Bordeaux! Here for the @ebbsociety.bsky.social meeting. Great time catching up with @cate-cholamine.bsky.social and having a fantastic dinner w/ @carmensandi10.bsky.social @francescacirulli.bsky.social @jordanmarrocco.bsky.social @igorbranchi.bsky.social Ready for science! #EBBS2025

Goodbye, Côte d'Azur! It was amazing 5 days exploring Nice, Cannes, and Antibes, visiting the Picasso and Matisse museums, enjoying nice food and culture… beaches and many swims! Totally in 💙 with Nice! Until next time!

Bonjour - greetings from Nice! My first time in the French Riviera (finally!) and it feels so amazing to be here! The vibe, the architecture, the sea, everything.. it is glamorous but so relaxed, love it! ☀️ 💙

Time to continue my European tour… Had an extremely relaxing, wonderful week in Serbia. Feeling so recharged and grateful.. Until next time! ❤️❤️❤️

Many thanks to the Institute for Biological Research Siniša Stanković & Ivana Bjelobaba for hosting us for the IBISS - Fordham collaboration. IBISS has always been a special place for me as I made my 1st scientific steps there. We learned a lot & had great time together..to be continued! #Belgrade ❤️

A true pleasure—thank you for the invitation! I’m happy I had the chance to discuss scientific and clinical aspects of peri/menopause with Marija, one of the leading scientists in the field of women’s health. Thank you @IbissBg for fostering important dialogues on womens health⭐️

Amazing discussion "What we know about peri/menopause?" w/ @ljiljanamarina.bsky.social & myself, moderated by Ivana Bjelobaba @ IBISS in Belgrade today. Many thanks to everyone for attending - we all learned so much! Let's facilitate open dialogue, better education & more research on #WomensHealth ✊

Incredible time in Crete! Was so happy to see my old friend Maria and visit many jewels of this wonderful island: Elafonisi and Falasarna beaches.. but also many other bigger & smaller beaches, each charming & precious in its own way.. and food! So many swims! Feeling so relaxed and reacharged … 🙏 💙

Greetings from Kalyves, Crete 🌺 ☀️ 🌊

If you are at #MNS2025, don’t miss our symposium this morning 11:15 am (Tues) in Hall IV: S46: Ovarian hormones in brain plasticity, disease risk, and resilience: from single-cell multiomics to neuroimaging insights Great line up w/ @liisagalea.bsky.social @cogneuroend.bsky.social See you soon!

Crete - Day 2: Enjoying the conference, the company, and this magical place! 🌅 w/ @liisagalea.bsky.social @cogneuroend.bsky.social #MNS2025

Just arrived in Chania, Crete for the Mediterranean Neuroscience Society meeting! Am quite jet lagged but already managed to take a swim in the sea, went to a wonderful reception… So good to be in Crete again, looking forward to the next days! ☀️ 🌊 #MNS2025

ICYMI: Sex-related factors are important in two ways, writes Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social. They are more precise variables than sex, and they are gender-independent. Part of our series on sex differences in the brain. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen...

It was so good to see everyone in ABQ & hear about exciting science! I am sorry I had to leave early but see you next time in a gorgeous place! 🌴☀️🌊 #OSSD2025 —> #OSSD2026 @ossdcomm.bsky.social @liisagalea.bsky.social @themorrisonlab.bsky.social @travisehodges.bsky.social @drglitterbear.bsky.social

Really enjoyed the Women’s Health Research @ossdcomm.bsky.social pre-meeting today. Thanks to all who came to my talk & for all generous feedback I received - it means a lot! Thanks to @liisagalea.bsky.social for organizing… So good to see everyone and feel so much dedication and support for WHR! ❤️

here we go: following along to hear highlights from @kundakoviclab.bsky.social keynote in the women’s health premeeting at @ossdcomm.bsky.social

Greetings from Albuquerque, New Mexico! We are ready for the @ossdcomm.bsky.social meeting! w/ @liisagalea.bsky.social @travisehodges.bsky.social @bonniee-leee.bsky.social

Looking forward to the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences @ossdcomm.bsky.social meeting on Sunday. I'll be giving the keynote lecture at Women's Health Research Premeeting: "Leveraging mouse and human (epi)genomics to improve women’s mental health" See you there! w @liisagalea.bsky.social

A nice opening night of the NewFest Pride 2025 film festival in the SVA theater tonight, with a charming movie Jimpa

What a perfect day in NYC today! Had a very relaxing afternoon in Central Park. Hope everyone enjoyed their (long) weekend 💚

Goodbye, Toronto ! This time I also managed to see some of my favorite art: Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirrored Room- Let’s Survive Forever and this wonderful Rothko’s work, both in the Art Gallery of Ontario👇. Until next time! ❤️

Had a great time at @canacn.bsky.social ! We had a wonderful symposium & I enjoyed dinners with our symposium crew @ivazovkic.bsky.social @derubeislab.bsky.social @walkerde.bsky.social @descalzi.bsky.social & dear colleagues @liisagalea.bsky.social @rcbagot.bsky.social @ciernialab.bsky.social ⭐️✨