Research study at King’s College London inviting male participants with current/past depression to focus groups (up to 3 hours). Exploring sex differences in depression and research design. Online or in-person. £25/hour voucher. Contact: focusgroups@kcl.ac.uk

Join us for the last Immunopsychiatry meeting of the season! We will hear Prof Andrew Miller give an exciting talk on "Advancing an Inflammatory Subtype of Major Depression" that will be followed by a Q&A session. 🧪 @kingsioppn.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/3RseUTe 📅 Mon 1st June 🕔 4:00 PM GMT

Join us Monday, May 11th for our Immunopsychiatry meeting! We will hear from Prof Staci Bilbo give an exciting talk titled "Take a Deep Breath: Lung-brain signaling in mental health" 🧪 @kingsioppn.bsky.social @sbilbo.bsky.social 🔗http://bit.ly/3RbI3Si 📅 Mon 11th May 🕔 4:00 PM GMT

Join us Monday, April 20th to listen to an exciting talk from Professor Liisa Galea on "Sex-Specific Neuroimmune Pathways from Depression to Neurodegeneration" followed by a Q&A session!🧪 @kingsioppn.bsky.social @liisagalea.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/42d7yF7 📅 Mon 20th April 🕔 4:00 PM GMT

Join us Monday, March 16th to listen to an exciting talk from Professor Steve Cole on "RNA Biomarkers for Precision Immunopsychiatry in Major Depression" followed by a Q&A session!🧪 @kingsioppn.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/40m1BF7 📅 Mon 16th March 🕔 4:00 PM GMT

Join us Monday, February 9th to listen to an exciting talk from Professor Christine Heim on "Stressed Beginnings, Vulnerable Minds: The Neurobiology of Early-Life Stress across the Lifespan" followed by a Q&A session!🧪 @kingsioppn.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/3M786Io 📅 Mon 9th Feb 🕔 4:00 PM GMT

Join us Monday, January 26th for the first Immunopsychiatry meeting of the new year! We will be hearing from Prof Ana Andreazza talk on "Abnormal Mitochondria and Inflammation in Bipolar Disorder" followed by a Q&A session. @kingsioppn.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/4sDhaVD 📅 Mon 26th Jan 🕔 4:00 PM GMT

Join us on Monday 8th December for our next Immunopsychiatry meeting! We will hear an exciting talk from Prof Dominique Endres on Clinical Immunopsychiatry, followed by a Q&A session. @kingsioppn.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/48vxkIV 📅 Mon 8th Dec 🕔 4:00 PM GMT

Come listen to Dr Fabia Filipello and Jehanita Jesuthasan talk at our biweekly Immunopsychiatry Meeting! Q&A sessions will be held after each presentation. Look forward to seeing you there! 🧪 @kingsioppn.bsky.social 🔗http://bit.ly/3WUMO2m 📅Monday 17th November 🕔4:00 PM BST

Happy Halloween! 🎃 Join us on Monday, Nov. 3rd, to listen to the not-so-spooky, but riveting talk "Innate Immunity at the Crossroad of Neurological Health and Disease" led by Prof John Lukens 🧪 @lukensjohnr.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/3L9429I 📅 Monday 3rd November 🕔 4:00 PM BST

Happy Halloween! 🎃 Join us on Monday, Nov. 3rd, to listen to the not-so-spooky, but riveting talk "Innate Immunity at the Crossroad of Neurological Health and Disease" led by Prof John Lukens @lukensjohnr.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/3L9429I 📅 Monday 3rd November 🕔 4:00 PM BST

Join us Monday 20th October for our bi-weekly Immunopsychiatry meeting! We will hear talks from Dr Paolo Enrico and Dr Naghmeh Nikkheslat and have a Q&A session. @kingsioppn.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social 🔗https://bit.ly/4nU9QCe 📅 Monday 20th October 🕔 4:00 PM BST

We are back on Monday 6th October with a new year of Immunopsychiatry talks from some of the greatest minds in the field - and we hope to see you there!🦋 Kicking off this season, Prof Charles Raison will be presenting his talk online on Teams at 4pm UK time @kingsioppn.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/420tnbm

I'm thrilled to share that I've been awarded a @wellcometrust.bsky.social Clinical Research Fellowship at @kingsioppn.bsky.social I'll be continuing my research into the underlying processes of PMDD within @pixielabkcl.bsky.social A huge thanks to both for supporting this important work!

We are inviting individuals with current or past experiences of depression to participate in focus group sessions. Each session will last up to 3 hours and aims to explore sex differences in depression as well as gather feedback on designing future research studies in this area.

Very happy to celebrate my Norman Cousins award (and my birthday) with amazing #PNIRS2025 friends and part of my lab this year in #Bordeaux 🎂🎉🤩 @pnirs.bsky.social @pixielabkcl.bsky.social @carminepariante.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social

Great #posterblitz presentation by Courtney Worrell on childhood trauma and gene expression of NR3C1 in #depression at #PNIRS2025 Now go and see her poster to learn the about the rest of the findings! @pnirs.bsky.social @carminepariante.bsky.social @pixielabkcl.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social

✨Calling all early-career & senior researchers‼️ We are planning next year's series of talks and would like to hear your suggestions @pnirs.bsky.social Are you interested in presenting your own research or have a researcher you would love to hear from? Let us know here: bit.ly/pixie2026

In today's article, @pixielabkcl.bsky.social Senior Researcher Naghmeh Nikkheslat discusses a key #BiologicalMechanism linked to #Depression risk and recovery in #TeenageGirls, based on her recently published paper. @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social Read now: www.inspirethemind.org/post/a-key-b...

A key Biological Mechanism Linked to Depression Risk and Recovery in Teenage Girls

I am Dr Naghmeh Nikkheslat, a Senior Research Scientist at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London.

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✨Don't miss out on our next Immunopsychiatry Meeting in just 3 days! Join us and our guest speakers, Dr Alessandro Venturino and Maddy Kirkpatrick, for a pair of back-to-back talks and a Q&A session @pnirs.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social 🔗: bit.ly/436iOD9 📅: Monday 12th May 🕓: 4:00PM BST

We have another excellent speaker lined up for you in the next Immunopsychiatry Meeting! For this meeting, Dr Laura Fonken talks about sex differences in rat microglia reactivity, mood, and cognition @pnirs.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social 🔗: bit.ly/4jhPJeV 📅: Monday 28th April 🕓: 4:00pm BST

Don't miss our next Immunopsychiatry Meeting taking place TODAY in just a few hours! Join us online for a talk by Dr Hemmo Drexhage @pnirs.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social 🕓 Monday 7th April @ 4pm (BST) 🔗 Join online: bit.ly/4iTJv4V

🚨Our NEW paper is out!!🚨 Sex-Specific Alterations of Kynurenine Pathway in Association with Risk and Remission of Depression in Adolescence Great work from #IDEAteam 🤩 shorturl.at/TReuY @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social @nihrmaudsleybrc.bsky.social @ckieling.bsky.social @pixielabkcl.bsky.social

Sex-Specific Alterations of the Kynurenine Pathway in Association With Risk for and Remission of Depression in Adolescence

The imbalance between neurotoxic and neuroprotective metabolites of the kynurenine pathway has been implicated in the pathophysiology of major depress…

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Don’t forget to submit your abstract by 4th of April and to register for early bird registration fee!! Don’t miss @pnirs.bsky.social #PNIRS2025 this year! The program is amazing!! 🤩 @pixielabkcl.bsky.social @ymilaneschi.bsky.social @carminepariante.bsky.social @julielasselin.bsky.social

PNIRS@pnirs.bsky.social · 2y ago

📢📢 Registration is now live for #PNIRS2025 in Bordeaux!! Join @PNIRS for member-discounted registration! Abstract submission deadline is April 4th 2025!!

After a short hiatus, we're back again with our next Immunopsychaitry Meeting! Join us next week for talks by a brilliant pair of speakers Enzo Cipriani and @eimearfoley.bsky.social🥼 @kingsioppn.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social 🕓Monday 24th Feb @ 4pm (GMT) 🔗Join online: bit.ly/40tX9DB

Hi, welcome! 👋 We are Inspire the Mind, a digital magazine bringing together everything you've always wanted to know about #MentalHealth, #Science, and #Society. We do this with our diverse group of #Writers with #LivedExperience and #Academics who have dedicated their lives to research.

Really happy to announce that my amazing Lab has also joined BlueSky 🦋🥳 Please follow the amazing PIXIE Lab @pixielabkcl.bsky.social to hear about all our latest research work and updates on #immunopsychiatry!

Don't miss out! We start in just 45 mins ⬇️

PIXIE Lab@pixielabkcl.bsky.social · 2y ago

🎆Happy New Year from the PIXIE Lab!🎆 We're excited to be back and share with you the details of our next Immunopsychaitry Meeting - join us for an exciting talk by Prof Christian Otte @kingsioppn.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social 🕓Monday 13th Jan @ 4pm (GMT) 🔗Join online: bit.ly/3BxcBq6

🎆Happy New Year from the PIXIE Lab!🎆 We're excited to be back and share with you the details of our next Immunopsychaitry Meeting - join us for an exciting talk by Prof Christian Otte @kingsioppn.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social 🕓Monday 13th Jan @ 4pm (GMT) 🔗Join online: bit.ly/3BxcBq6

Hi BlueSky! 🦋 Welcome to the PIXIE lab's official account 👋 We're thrilled to connect with you and share all the exciting research, events, and accomplishments happening here. Be sure to follow us for the latest updates about our Immunopsychaitry Meeting series! #mentalhealth 🔗 www.pixielab.org.uk