𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 I am thrilled to announce an editorial collaboration between 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 and 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬. With @bartolomuccilab.bsky.social, I am co-editing a virtual special issue focused on: 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴-𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨

Don't forget! We're accepting applications for our Pilot & Feasibility awards and the McEwen Fellowship until June 30. If you have a project relevant to Network science, check out our website for more information! @bartolomuccilab.bsky.social @smacklab.bsky.social @jennytung.bsky.social

Have a project related to animal models to study social aging? We welcome applications from early-career scientists for both our Pilot & Feasibility awards and the Bruce McEwen Fellowship. Applications are open until June 30. See details and apply here: www.animalsocialaging-network.org/funding

📣Our Research Network's 2026-2027 RFA cycle are now open!📣 Applications for our Pilot & Feasibility awards (up to $20,000) and the McEwen Fellowship (up to $6,000) for early-career scientists are open through June 30. Ready to apply? Click here: www.animalsocialaging-network.org/funding

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We are really thrilled to host this joint open special issue with among the two journals @mathiasvschmidt.bsky.social We are very interested to receive your best research at the intersection between stress, health and aging. Details here lnkd.in/dGfV24ex and in the linkedin post z.umn.edu/b971

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 I am thrilled to announce a unique editorial collaboration between 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐨𝐟… | PD Dr. Mathias V. Schmidt

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 I am thrilled to announce a unique editorial collaboration between 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 and 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬. Together ...

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Mathias V. Schmidt@mathiasvschmidt.bsky.social · 4mo ago

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 I am thrilled to announce an editorial collaboration between 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 and 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬. With @bartolomuccilab.bsky.social, I am co-editing a virtual special issue focused on: 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴-𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨

🎉Huge congratulations to McEwen fellow @ewinternelson.bsky.social and Dr. Gagan Wig of UT Dallas on their recent publication in PNAS on large-scale brain network decline across aging mice and humans and its translational relevance. Read the paper here: shorturl.at/gjau5

Correspondence of large-scale functional brain network decline across aging mice and humans | PNAS

Human aging is marked by progressive reorganization of large-scale functional brain networks; these brain network changes have been linked to cogni...

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🔦✨ Research Network Spotlight!✨🔦 Sabrina Mederos, PhD candidate at UC Davis, is one of two 2025-2026 Bruce McEwen Fellowship awardees through our Research Network. Check out a description of Sabrina's research below. @bartolomuccilab.bsky.social @jennytung.bsky.social @smacklab.bsky.social

When Alexander Easton @durhameaston.bsky.social and I stepped in as EIC of Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, we led the revision of the Aims and Scope of this highly successful journal. Our Editorial outlines major updates/expansions to the Aims & Scope www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

✨🔦Research Network Spotlight!🔦✨ @ctestard.bsky.social at Harvard University is the second recipient of a 2025-2026 Pilot & Feasibility award from our Research Network. Check out a description of Dr. Testard's project below. @bartolomuccilab.bsky.social @jennytung.bsky.social @smacklab.bsky.social

Proud to announce the publication of our new paper describing the design, chemical synthesis and testing of a novel class of Complement 3a Receptor (C3aR) agonists and antagonists derived from the TLQP-21 peptide @pubs.acs.org Journal of Medicinal Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

📢Applications for the McEwen fellowship are now open! We expect to award 1-3 fellowships (up to $6,000 each) to early-career scientists with a proposal within the broad scope of our research network’s interests. Deadline: July 15 Apply here: www.animalsocialaging-network.org/funding/fell...

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Reminder - funding opportunity available trough the @animalsocaging.bsky.social Pilot & Feasibility Awards Application period - June 1 to June 30 B. McEwen Career Development Fellowship Application period - June 15 to July 15 Small/Working Group Awards Application period - July 1 to July 31

Animal Models for Social Dimensions of Health and Aging Network@animalsocaging.bsky.social · last yr.

📢Applications are OPEN for our Pilot awards! Individual or mentored projects available with up to $20,000 in total costs! Read the full RFA and apply at the link below! www.animalsocialaging-network.org/funding/pilo... @smacklab.bsky.social @bartolomuccilab.bsky.social @jennytung.bsky.social

📣 @animalsocaging.bsky.social NIA-funded high priority research network - funding available soon!📣 Stay tuned for 3 RFAs: 1. Pilot awards - June 30th 2. The Bruce McEwen Fellowship - July 15 3. Small/working group - July 31 More info on the network: www.animalsocialaging-network.org

New Study alert: “Epigenetic biomarkers of mortality risk in mice under chronic social stress" @geroscience.bsky.social lnkd.in/dqPGrQx4 Mathematical models identified epigenetic biomarkers of mortality risk and an association with blood glucose levels, informing on individual aging trajectories.

Epigenetic biomarkers of mortality risk in mice under chronic social… | Alessandro Bartolomucci

New Study: “Epigenetic biomarkers of mortality risk in mice under chronic social stress,” just published in GeroScience. https://lnkd.in/dqPGrQx4 Our study used a large cohort of mice (350+) exposed...

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📢Applications are OPEN for our Pilot awards! Individual or mentored projects available with up to $20,000 in total costs! Read the full RFA and apply at the link below! www.animalsocialaging-network.org/funding/pilo... @smacklab.bsky.social @bartolomuccilab.bsky.social @jennytung.bsky.social

New Research Network publication alert! @sheehanmj.bsky.social and @matthewzipple.bsky.social, both recipients of Network Pilot & Feasibility awards, have published a paper in Aging Cell on ecological realism and epigenetic aging in mice. Congratulations, Mike and Matthew! doi.org/10.1111/acel...

Ecological Realism Accelerates Epigenetic Aging in Mice

Living environment shapes mammalian aging, but laboratory conditions lack the ecological realism of natural social, physical, and microbial environments. Comparing traditionally laboratory-reared and...

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📣New network funding available soon!📣 The Request for Applications for our Research Network's pilot awards (June 1-June 30), the Bruce McEwen Fellowship (June 15-July 15), and small/working group awards (July 1-July 31) will be live on our website (www.animalsocialaging-network.org) in two weeks!

That`s a big one! congrats to the outstanding team of co-authors

Anne Loft@anneloftsdu.bsky.social · last yr.

Check out our new roadmap for single cell analyses of adipose tissue at @natmetabolism.nature.com 🧐 Thrilled to share our work put together by great colleagues from Adipose Bionetwork in @humancellatlas.org 🤩 Huge thanks to my fellow co-coordinators @smandrup.bsky.social Evan Rosen and Margo Emont

Our NIA funded High Priority Research network on Animal Models for the Social Dimension of Health and Aging just landed on Bsky @animalsocaging.bsky.social - follow us for updates and new RFAs www.animalsocialaging-network.org @smacklab.bsky.social @jennytung.bsky.social

🎤Hey, is this thing on? The Animal Models for the Social Dimensions of Health and Aging Research Network is on Bluesky! We are an NIA-funded network headquartered at UMN, ASU, UNC, and Duke that supports early-career scientists using animal models to study social aging. New funding available soon!

🚨 Great opportunity for an excellent post doc with a fantastic international group of top notch scholars.

Lauren Brent@ljnbrent.bsky.social · last yr.

Postdoc job alert! I'm hiring a 3-yr postdoc to work on our Social Modifiers of Primate Lifespans grant. Job info and how to apply below. Deadline June 1. Pls share! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

Read here our original article showing the biological age prediction by accumulating stochastic variation alone. With @meyer.bsky.social and a wonderful cover art designed by @maayanvisuals.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Food insecurity drives obesity and adiposity, but how is unclear. A recent study by @clemmensenc.bsky.social developed a mouse model for this phenomenon lnkd.in/d8pEp2qv Happy to share a commentary written with @johnspeakman4.bsky.social with our take on that study doi.org/10.1002/oby....

Scarce and unpredictable, yet obesogenic: modeling the impact of food insecurity on adiposity in mice

Click on the article title to read more.

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The gap in life expectancy between the richest and poorest Swedes widened between 1960–2021. The cause of this trend was not increased inequality or a decline in social spending but an embrace of healthy lifestyles by the affluent. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

bad news for freshwater quality in minnesota and midwest, very bad in the Twin Cities.

Science News@scinews.bsky.social · last yr.

Deicing salt exacerbates freshwater salinization under climate change and human activities www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🧠💥 For #Dopamine (DA) & #Memory lovers! 📢 New paper!! we show that memory capacity (MC) in mice can be expanded from 6 to 8 objects using low doses of a D1 receptor agonist. Higher doses? Paradoxically, they reduce MC. #Tigem #Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche lnkd.in/d9skfGeb

We recently published @geroscience.bsky.social the development and validation of the mouse social frailty index (mSFI) link.springer.com/article/10.1... We now report a detailed step-by-step resource paper describing how to conduct the mSFI. bio-protocol.org/en/bpdetail?...

🌟 Exciting News! 🌟 I am thrilled to share that my first paper as the first author, Food insecurity promotes adiposity in mice, is now published in #ObesityJournal #ObesitySociety doi.org/10.1002/oby.... #Foodinsecurity #Obesity #PhD 1/9🧵👇

Food insecurity promotes adiposity in mice

Objective The obesity epidemic, driven by a complex interplay of environmental and biological factors, remains a significant global health challenge. Herein, we investigate the impact of food insecu...

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Proud to share the work of my forst ever PhD student and first author of this paper @dylanduerre.bsky.social!! Here, he summarizes it perfectly! #brownfat #metabolism #BCAA #heme @uwmadison.bsky.social @uofutahcihd.bsky.social

Dylan Duerre@dylanduerre.bsky.social · last yr.

Excited to share that work from my PhD is now available in @natmetabolism.bsky.social! Here, we uncover a link between heme production, BCAA metabolism, and thermogenesis—implicating heme synthesis in #aging, #obesity, and #T2D. Link to paper: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/... A Thread (1/15)

"We could all use a little more X!" Thrilled our new study is out. Aging "wakes up" the silent X chromosome in the female brain - and this contributes cognitive resilience. Spearheaded by @margaretgadek.bsky.social in Science Advances. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Aging activates escape of the silent X chromosome in the female mouse hippocampus

Aging activates the silent X chromosome, increasing escape expression, and potentially cognitive resilience, in the female mouse.

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