Carmen Sandi
@carmensandi10.bsky.social
Professor of Neuroscience @EPFL Brain Mind Institute in Lausanne (Switzerland) #mitochondria #motivation #anxiety #stress @NeuroLeman @StressnetworkC @network_alba She/her ORCID: 0000-0001-7713-8321
Outstanding sessions upcoming at the FENS Forum! Join us!
ALBA Network@network-alba.bsky.social · 2mo agoHeading to Barcelona for #FENS2026? 🧠 Here is your ultimate guide to connecting with the ALBA community and levelling up your #equity & #inclusion advocacy. 📍 All events take place at the Fira Gran Via, Barcelona @fens.org @sfn.org
Join us for what promises to be a great social at @fens.org Forum!
Global Stress and Resilience Network (GSRNet)@gsrnet.bsky.social · 2mo agoComing to #FENS2026 in Barcelona? Join us for an informal gathering, hosted by @carmensandi10.bsky.social, @dequervain.bsky.social, Patrizia Campolongo and @neuronacher.bsky.social. Open to all FENS attendees, no GSRNet membership required. Register here 👇 forms.gle/BvJTdb2fHd3X...
Hiring! Please share! Two postdoctoral researchers at EPFL, Lausanne, to join an SNSF-funded project on stress, motivation, immersive VR, physiology, multimodal sensing and translational biomarkers. Details & applications: www.fens.org/careers/job-... www.fens.org/careers/job-...
Postdoctoral Researcher in Multimodal Human Sensing and Advanced Behavioral Data Analysis - Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
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Shape the Global Stress and Resilience Meeting taking place in Lausanne, Feb 3-5 2026, submitting a proposal for a symposium or panel! Outstanding plenary speakers and discussants already confirmed and soon to be announced! stress-and-resilience-meeting27.epfl.ch
Global Stress and Resilience Meeting: From Mechanisms to Applications
! Call for proposals deadline extended -> May 15, 2026 (5:00 pm CEST) ! Registration is now open! We encourage you to register early and submit your abstract to take advantage of reduced rates and con...
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Global Stress and Resilience Network (GSRNet)@gsrnet.bsky.social · 4mo ago📣 Deadline extended - Call for proposals for the Global Stress & Resilience Meeting 2027 Submit your proposal for: • Symposia • Panels • Roundtables 📅 New deadline: May 15, 2026 (5:00 pm CEST) 🔗 stress-and-resilience-meeting27.epfl.ch/call-for-pro... #GSRNet2027
📅 Deadline: April 15, 2026 🔗 Details: stress-and-resilience-meeting27.epfl.ch/call-for-pro... Looking forward to the community’s contributions and to shaping the program together with @carmensandi10.bsky.social and @dequervain.bsky.social .
I am looking forward to Elisabeth Binder's talk on stress mechanisms and the discussion that will follow. Join us tomorrow, March 4 (registration is still open)
Global Stress and Resilience Network (GSRNet)@gsrnet.bsky.social · 5mo ago🚨 The next GSRNet webinar is tomorrow! Elisabeth Binder will discuss the moderators of the stress response in this session chaired by @carmensandi10.bsky.social You can still register and join us ! 👉 forms.gle/jBBz4JN9iDDb... #GSRNet #neuroscience #stress #resilience #WebinarSeries
📅 3 weeks to go! Join us on March 4 for the next GSRNet Flagship Webinar with Elisabeth Binder, chaired by @carmensandi10.bsky.social Looking forward to a stimulating discussion on the moderators of the stress response! Registration 👉 forms.gle/FkGnJ71Uh7gr... #Stress #Resilience #WebinarSeries
Join us for the next GSRNet Flagship Webinar — I’ll be chairing a session with Elisabeth Binder. A great opportunity to hear how molecular discoveries in stress biology translate into meaningful clinical impact. Hope to see many of you on March 4!
Global Stress and Resilience Network (GSRNet)@gsrnet.bsky.social · 7mo ago✨New year, new webinars! We are kicking off a new season of the GSRNet Flagship Webinar Series. 🎙️ Elisabeth Binder (Germany) 🧠 Moderators of the Stress Response: From Molecular Discovery to Translational Impact ⏰ March 4, 3 PM CET | 9 AM EST | 7:30 PM IST Register now👉 forms.gle/XUkDRbLXmouf...
Deadline extended to 29 Jan 2026! Nominate!!!!! One of the most prestigious mid-career recognitions in neuroscience. A great chance to spotlight outstanding mid-career researchers whose achievements shine relative to opportunity. Self-nominations welcome!
ALBA Network@network-alba.bsky.social · 7mo ago🧠 Deadline extended! You now have until 29 Jan to nominate remarkable mid-career researchers (can be yourself) whose neuroscience achievements shine relative to opportunity, especially those uncovering the causal mechanisms of brain diseases. 🏆 €15k prize + #FENS2026 travel support 👉🏾 loom.ly/_EvQvm4
Join us in Fribourg (CH) for the Swiss Stress Network annual meeting on April 30th!
Stressnetwork.ch - The Swiss Stress Network@stressnetworkch.bsky.social · 7mo ago✨Looking forward to our Annual Meeting on April 30 in Fribourg 🇨🇭 Expect excellent talks from our community, a keynote by Brenda Penninx, and lively exchanges around current topics in stress research. 👉 Register here: www.stressnetwork.ch/events/ Deadline: January 31 #stress #research #resilience
Join us online on Dec 10! Looking forward to GSRNet flagship webinar with Scott Russo on brain–body circuits in stress and depression, which I’ll have the pleasure of chairing Great opportunity to connect from anywhere in the world and hear one of the leading experts in this rapidly evolving area!
Global Stress and Resilience Network (GSRNet)@gsrnet.bsky.social · 9mo ago🚨 Less than 1 month to go: second session of the GSRNet Flagship Webinar Series 🎙️ Scott Russo (USA) @scottrussophd.bsky.social 📆 December 10 — 3 PM CET | 2 PM GMT | 9 AM EST | 7:30 PM IST) 📼 Recording available on demand 👉 Registration: gsr-net.org/workshops-we...
Please check out and RT this new position for an exciting collaborative project with @boninlab.bsky.social and @franckp.bsky.social on the links between human-specific mechanisms and neurodevelopmental disorders in cortical circuits.
Vincent Bonin@boninlab.bsky.social · 8mo agoPlease repost widely. @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social and I are hiring a postdoc with expertise in sensory physiology and in vivo circuit imaging/manipulation. The project centers on human-specific brain development and SYNGAP1-related disorders. Call closing soon—apply ASAP jobs.vib.be/j/119852/pos...
📢To all scientists working on STRESS and/or RESILIENCE: Save the date: 2027 GSRNet Conference, February 3–5, 2027 in Lausanne Cutting-edge science, discussion sessions & great networking across our global community to connect, exchange, and advance our field together Check for updates gsr-net.org
GSRNet - Empowering collaboration and knowledge sharing
The Global Stress & Resilience Network (GSRNet) is a global community connecting stress and resilience researchers and national networks.
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Global Stress and Resilience Network (GSRNet)@gsrnet.bsky.social · 9mo ago🚨 Save the Date 🚨 The GSRNet Conference on Stress & Resilience 2027 will take place Feb 3–5, 2027 in Lausanne, Switzerland. This 3-day hybrid event will gather the global #stress and #resilience community, and the program promises to be exciting! More information coming soon! #GSRNet2027
🚨 Less than 1 month to go: second session of the GSRNet Flagship Webinar Series 🎙️ Scott Russo (USA) @scottrussophd.bsky.social 📆 December 10 — 3 PM CET | 2 PM GMT | 9 AM EST | 7:30 PM IST) 📼 Recording available on demand 👉 Registration: gsr-net.org/workshops-we...
🚨 Save the Date 🚨 The GSRNet Conference on Stress & Resilience 2027 will take place Feb 3–5, 2027 in Lausanne, Switzerland. This 3-day hybrid event will gather the global #stress and #resilience community, and the program promises to be exciting! More information coming soon! #GSRNet2027
Professor @carmensandi10.bsky.social, one of the world’s leading stress neurobiologists, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Science by @ucc.ie Professor Sandi leads the Laboratory of Behavioural Genetics at EPFL in Switzerland. Read More 👇 www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
Looking forward to joining @uccresearch.bsky.social research and the @ucc.ie community for this Public Lecture & In Conversation with the brilliant @jfcryan.bsky.social & Deeply honored to be receiving an UCC Honorary Doctorate! See you very soon in Cork!
UCC Research@uccresearch.bsky.social · 9mo agoPublic Lecture & In Conversation: Fueling Resilience - Energising the Brain in Stressful Times Featuring world-leading neuroscientist & @ucc.ie Honorary Doctorate awardee Professor Carmen Sandi Find out more about @carmensandi10.bsky.social & how to register to attend👇 www.ucc.ie/en/research/...
🎤 10 Keynote Speakers 🔔 40 accepted symposia 🧠 Submit your abstract by December 1st! 📍 See you in Seville! 🇪🇸 #Dopamine #Seville2025 ➕Info: dopaminesociety.org/abstracts/
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Dopamine Society@dopaminesociety.bsky.social · 10mo agoAbstract submissions are now OPEN for the Dopamine 2026 meeting! Share your latest discoveries and join the global dopamine community in advancing the science of motivation, movement, and reward. Submit here: dopaminesociety.org/abstracts/ #Dopamine2026
Plasticity—the capacity to change brain functioning and mental states—is an essential ingredient of recovery. Revealing its biological foundations and how it interacts with the environment is key to advancing precision psychiatry and promoting wellbeing. Join the @ecnp.eu New Forntiers Meeting! 👇
ECNP@ecnp.eu · 10mo agoDon’t miss #ECNP New Frontiers Meeting 2026! 📅 15–16 March | Nice & virtual 🧠 From plasticity to recovery: how we can change the brain The deadline to apply for in-person participation is 11 November 2025. Register now 👉 www.ecnp.eu/meetings/new-frontiers-meeting/ #Neuroscience #Neuroplasticity
Here’s a quick guide to ongoing & upcoming IBRO #grants for your next #neuroscience training, #BrainAwarenessWeek event, or internship program organization Explore the calendar: https://ibro.org/grants/grants-calendar/ #IBROinAsiaPacific #IBROinUSCanada #IBROinAfrica #IBROinLatAm #IBROinEurope
“I was advised that having multiple children would detract from my scientific career. But I actually think that it has greatly benefited it.” Prof. @michellemonje.bsky.social, Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University, #BrainPrize2025. #Neuroscience youtu.be/f7sbSuWie5A?...
Balancing a career in science and personal life
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New essay in @currentbiology.bsky.social special brain-body issue! Fly lab meets psychiatrist: how bodily signals shape cognition and mental health. Great collaboration with Albino Oliveira-Maia showing @champalimaudf.bsky.social discovery ↔️ clinic at its best. www.cell.com/current-biol...
From cognition in the body to the body in cognition
Carlos Ribeiro and Albino Oliveira-Maia propose how brain–body interactions may inform the study of ‘higher’ cognitive functions such as learning and memory across model systems.
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In Episode 5, four scientists from South Africa, the Czech Republic, the UK and the USA: 🌟 Challenge traditional success metrics ⚖️ Expose the toll of publish or perish and systemic inequality 👥 Share new ways to define success in academia
🎧 Tune into the season finale! Season 2, Episode 5 of the #ALBA-#IBRO Diversity Podcast is available! 🌟 👉 https://loom.ly/PvDlNOI @network-alba.bsky.social @ibroorg.bsky.social
🚨Don’t let the brain in Spain stay mainly in the plane! Today's the last day to apply for ALBA-CHS #TravelAwards that support early-career neuroscientists to attend #FENS2026 ✅ Final-year PhD/MD or ≤10 yrs post-degree (excl. parental/medical leave) 🌍 Open worldwide 👉🏾 loom.ly/7FOgCJc @fens.org
ALBA Network@network-alba.bsky.social · 11mo ago🧠 Are you an early-career brain science researcher interested to attend #FENS2026 in Barcelona, Europe’s largest #neuroscience meeting? Apply for the ALBA-CHS Travel Awards! ✈️ Tiered grants for EU & non-EU candidates ✅ Final-year PhD/MD or ≤10 years post-PhD/MD 👉🏽 loom.ly/7FOgCJc 📆 21 Oct 2025
Enormous thanks to the Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation for this award! I am thrilled and truly humbled, & I share it with my lab over the years and our wonderful collaborators! A timely boost to keep our science moving! Thanks to everyone for your kind messages! Looking forward to #FENS2026!
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies - FENS@fens.org · 10mo agoThe Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation and #FENS are thrilled to announce the winner of the Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation Award in Translational Neuroscience 2026: Prof. Carmen Sandi (@carmensandi10.bsky.social)! 🧠 👉 https://loom.ly/Uh0TghU
New study by the group of @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Carmen Sandi @carmensandi10.bsky.social shows that three mitochondrial associated metabolites in the dmPFC/dACC brain region can predict mental effort choices - www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Neuroscientists! This is a great opportunity to recognize excellent colleagues for a prize and linked to give a talk at the FENS Forum in 2026! Nominate or apply directly! Deadline: Oct 29th! ALBA-Elsevier Award for Neuroscience - @network-alba.bsky.social
ALBA Network@network-alba.bsky.social · 10mo ago📣 Deadline extended to 29 Oct 2025! The ALBA–Elsevier Award Lecture honours neuroscientists from underrepresented regions (based on Elsevier authorship metrics & journal market share, & past conference speakers). 🏆 Special Lecture at #FENS2026 ✅ Must have led own lab ≥5 years 👉🏽 loom.ly/FEG7E-w
