🧠🧬Our paper is now live! "A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Chronic Stress on the Prefrontal Transcriptome in Animal Models and Convergence With Existing Human Data" by Xiong et al. doi.org/10.1002/brb3... w/ @jlx0320.bsky.social @cosetterhoads.bsky.social @huda-akil.bsky.social @ummni.bsky.social

It was an honor, and great fun, to participate in this event !

Joel Habener led research that discovered a hormone dubbed GLP-1, which would later become the key ingredient in Ozempic and Mounjaro.

See ACNP's recent statement regarding the decision not to renew NINDS Director, Walter Koroshetz, at acnp.org/about-us/sta...

So Excited for you, Jinglin!

🧠🧬 New preprint! Our meta-analysis of the effects of chronic stress on prefrontal cortex gene expression has gone live.😁 Jinglin Xiong is the first author. She completed this work *as an undergraduate researcher* and is currently applying to PhD programs! 🎉

I’m very honored and excited to participate in this event👇

Interested in #graduateprograms in #neuroscience? Come learn about our Neuroscience Graduate Program at the University of Michigan. We are offering virtual and in person opportunities to do so in October and November. #SfN2025 #SACNAS #ABRCMS See flyer below and #GoBlue! 👇

It was a great day @westernu.ca, and such an honor to be selected by students for the Treva Glazebrook Lecture. Thank you, Kendra Loedige, for being a wonderful host. Great to see you and catch up, @drjkhokhar.bsky.social - thanks for teaching me about academia in Canada. 🤩🇨🇦

Great Job - Great Colleagues - Great Science👍 Help us pick the next generation of @hhmi.org Investigators, Freeman Hrabowski Scholars, Hanna Gray Fellows, Gilliam Fellows Relocation to DC is required, perfect for academic PIs looking for their next chapter hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...

"Immigrants, we get the job done" www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

The Department of Human Genetics at the University of Michigan is looking for a new faculty colleague at the rank of Assistant Professor. Please share! careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

Congrats to the winners! Its notable that Omar Yaghi was a refugee. Refugees and immigrants once again making American science great!

🧠 🧬 Our paper "A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Acute Sleep Deprivation on the Cortical Transcriptome in Rodent Models" is now out in the Journal of Sleep Research! Very exciting. Congratulations to all involved! 🎉 @cosetterhoads.bsky.social @huda-akil.bsky.social @ummni.bsky.social

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

🧠🧬📈 Our paper is now live! Whoot! 🎉 dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3... This was my first time publishing at Brain and Behavior and I was deeply impressed by the thoughtfulness and efficiency of the peer review: publons.com/publon/10.10... w/ @huda-akil.bsky.social @ericjnestler.bsky.social

🦠🥼How does chronic stress disrupt immune function and promote premature aging? 🧠🧬Can we determine which biomarkers represent a chronic illness - psychiatric or physical - versus the accompanying stress? See our new preprint! w/@ummni.bsky.social @huda-akil.bsky.social @grinnellcollege.bsky.social

A rare genetic variant associated with depression in an extended Old Order Mennonite family is tied to hyperactivity in a brain region linked to mood regulation and stress sensitivity in mice. The gene could be a therapeutic target. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Researchers fitted hats with lightweight cameras on infants to collect data on what they saw. During the period between 3–12 weeks of age, babies increasingly see horizontally and vertically orientated objects as they learn to orient their heads to gravity. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

🧠🧬 What does sleep deprivation do to the brain? See our new preprint! "Short Report: A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Sleep Deprivation on the Cortical Transcriptome in Animal Models" by Cosette Rhoads et al. w/@huda-akil.bsky.social at U of Michigan (@ummni.bsky.social) doi.org/10.1101/2025...

I love everything about the #sciencehomecoming @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social movement. I have heard from many in my hometown that my article had an impact on them. There is still plenty to write about 😔 - consider doing so!

The digital devices in our pockets could help diagnose #MentalHealth issues. Some researchers believe that #DigitalPhenotyping could become a crucial technique. A PNAS Core Concept explainer: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #smartphone #schizophrenia #BipolarDisorder #depression

🧠🧬 We still don’t know how antidepressants *actually* work. Why does depression respond to treatments as diverse as SSRIs, TCAs, electroconvulsive therapy, TMS, tianeptine, and ketamine? What do these treatments have in common? (hint: not serotonin) See our new preprint! doi.org/10.1101/2025...