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Dr. Claudia Barth

@nifti12.bsky.social

Biologist/Neuroscientist/Prof at Charité Berlin and at Diakonhjemmet Hospital Oslo| interested in sex hormones and the brain | PI FemHealth Project & ERC StG MappingPerimenopause | she/her | FirstGen

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Positions | Gender Insight

🚀 Doctoral Network #GenderInsight - 15 Open PhD Positions! 🚀

I am hiring two PhD candidate for my German research group, based at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin: see Clinical Lens, Projects 5 and 6!

genderinsight.eu/en/recruitme...

07.02.2026 13:00 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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No causal links between estradiol and female’s brain and mental health using Mendelian randomization - Nature Communications | Claudia Barth, PhD 🚀 Excited to share our new publication in Nature Communications, spearheaded by the amazing Hannah Oppenheimer! Sex steroids such as estradiol are often proposed as key contributors to why depression...

Detailed info on LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/posts/claudi...

08.12.2025 14:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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No causal links between estradiol and female’s brain and mental health using Mendelian randomization - Nature Communications Using Mendelian randomization, no causal links were found between estradiol exposure and brain age gap, Alzheimer’s disease and depression in females. The pattern was consistent for estradiol levels i...

🚀 Excited to share our new publication in Nature Communications, spearheaded by the amazing @hannahop.bsky.social!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

08.12.2025 14:39 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Just listened to it! Great to hear it talked about on such a platform 👏

25.11.2025 16:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
XXplored - The Midlife Transition: Menopause and the Brain
YouTube video by Dementia Researcher XXplored - The Midlife Transition: Menopause and the Brain

Laura Stankeviciute @laura-sofia-s.bsky.social speaks with Claudia Barth @nifti12.bsky.social & Gillian Coughlan about the midlife transition #menopause and how hormonal change relates to brain health and Alzheimer risk.

youtu.be/-0fbw0Ijk_4

21.11.2025 14:49 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Eight new convergence environments will address major societal challenges in life sciences - UiO:Life Science Neurodevelopmental conditions, embryonic development, biodiversity, cancer control, medications, addiction, mental health and drug delivery are topics the new convergence environments will explore.

🎉 I am thrilled to share that our convergence environment “#ContraMent – Hormonal contraceptives and mental health: A convergent, interdisciplinary approach”, spearheaded by Christian K Tamnes, received funding!

www.uio.no/english/rese...

07.11.2025 06:37 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Blue graphic with text saying: "Watch on-demand our Lancet Webinar on the importance of analysing, reporting, and interpreting data according to sex and gender". Also includes The Lancet Webinars in the bottom left corner. Copyright: Elsevier Ltd.

Blue graphic with text saying: "Watch on-demand our Lancet Webinar on the importance of analysing, reporting, and interpreting data according to sex and gender". Also includes The Lancet Webinars in the bottom left corner. Copyright: Elsevier Ltd.

📢 Missed our recent webinar on sex and gender reporting in research?

Catch up at your convenience and gain practical tips and clear guidance from our expert editors to help you apply sex- and gender-based analyses in your own work.

▶️ Watch now: hubs.li/Q03FQ_pC0

29.10.2025 10:17 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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15 Doctoral Candidate positions for MSCA Doctoral Network "Brain Health in Menopausal Women (MenoBrain)" - multiple locations within the EU The Doctoral Network MenoBrain “Brain Health in Menopausal Women" is recruiting 15 highly motivated Doctoral Candidates (DCs). The offered positions are available with a starting date in February 2026...

🚀 Doctoral Network #MenoBrain - 15 Open PhD Positions! 🚀

We are currently recruiting 15 PhDs candidates for our Doctoral Network #MenoBrain “Brain Health in Menopausal Women”, funded as part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions.

I am hiring for DC4!

euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/379260

17.10.2025 16:52 — 👍 12    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0
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Investigating Shared Cardiovascular Factors and Genetic Overlap of Pregnancy-Related Disorders, Major Depressive Disorder, and Alzheimer’s Disease Pregnancy-related disorders, such as hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and postpartum depression, have consequences for maternal health, increasing risk for major depressive disorder (MDD) and...

🧬 New paper🚨!

We combined genetic correlations, Mendelian randomization, and trivariate causal mixture modeling to study the complex relationships between cardiovascular factors, pregnancy-related condition, depression and Alzheimer’s disease.

www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...

14.10.2025 12:26 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
This is figure 3, which shows Googling for images of occupations amplifies age-based gender inequality in people’s beliefs.

This is figure 3, which shows Googling for images of occupations amplifies age-based gender inequality in people’s beliefs.

An analysis of 1.4 million online images published in Nature suggests that women are represented as younger than men across occupations and social roles. These stereotypes may be further reinforced by mainstream algorithms. go.nature.com/4o9zHWw 🧪

08.10.2025 19:28 — 👍 15    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:

03.10.2025 21:58 — 👍 1113    🔁 369    💬 17    📌 25
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Postdoctoral Researcher (d/f/m) in Women’s Brain Health (Neuroimaging) full-time, part-time | 14.10.2025 | Campus Charité Mitte

🚀 Job Opportunity!

Are you passionate about neuroscience, women’s health, and large-scale neuroimaging studies?

I am hiring a 3-year Postdoc to join the @erc.europa.eu project #MappingPerimenopause!

karriere.charite.de/en/job-vacan...

23.09.2025 16:34 — 👍 20    🔁 15    💬 1    📌 1
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Why menstrual cycle irregularities belong in brain research - Nature Medicine The menstrual cycle requires tight orchestration between the brain and body, and irregularities can be both the cause and the consequence of wide-ranging health issues. Embracing this complexity, inst...

We wrote a piece for @naturemedicine.bsky.social 🧠

Menstrual cycle irregularities can be both cause and consequence of wide-ranging health issues.
Embracing this complexity could reveal novel brain–body interactions and advance neuroscience.

Check out our commentary www.nature.com/articles/s41...

13.08.2025 09:27 — 👍 57    🔁 21    💬 1    📌 3

Submit your work until August 15, 2025, and join me!

05.08.2025 05:29 — 👍 14    🔁 9    💬 2    📌 1
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Biological Sex Differences in the Context of Alzheimer's Disease: There's No Time to Sleep on It – the EDIC Take | ESRS In this Sleep Science Friday interview,  Dr. Adriana Michalak speaks with Dr. Claudia Barth and Dr. Laura Stankeviciute to explore two often underestimated

Just out: our EDIC Vice‑Chair @dr-adri.bsky.social chats with Dr Claudia Barth and Dr Laura Stankeviciute on why sleep and biological sex matter in Alzheimer’s risk.

👉 esrs.eu/news/sleep-s...

18.07.2025 10:22 — 👍 7    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0
OHBM

At #OHBM2025 in Brisbane, Australia?

Join our symposium on "Sex differences and sex specificity in multiscale human brain organization across the lifespan", organised by Bianca Serio, on Friday June 27th.

For more details, see: ww6.aievolution.com/hbm2501/Even...

23.06.2025 17:32 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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70 new COST Actions approved - COST COST’s Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) confirms the funding of 70 new COST Actions and share's results of its Open Call 2024.

What a week! I am thrilled to share that I’ve been awarded a highly competitive #COSTAction #CA24168 to launch the first pan-European research network dedicated to promoting and enhancing the current Sex as a Biological Variable #SABV initiative 🤩 www.cost.eu/70-new-cost-...

23.05.2025 15:41 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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BJPsych International invites submissions for a special issue on Women’s Mental Health across life stages.

Topics include mental health during reproductive years, menopause, cultural perspectives, services, treatments, challenges, and innovations.

Closes 31 May.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

08.05.2025 13:33 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

@hannahop.bsky.social will present her work on genetic links of cardiovascular factors with pregnancy-related disorders (i.e., postpartum depression & hypertensive disorders of pregnancy), major depressive disorders, and Alzheimer's disease.

06.05.2025 13:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@acrestol.bsky.social will talk about our commentary on the genetic architecture of reproductive subtypes of depression including premenstrual dysphoric disorder, postpartum depression, and perimenopausal depression - what we know and what we don't know.

06.05.2025 13:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Joining #ParentalBrain2025 in Barcelona, Spain, May 7-9?
Say hallo to the FemHealth team! 👋

@acrestol.bsky.social and @hannahop.bsky.social are both presenting their work as Poster on Thursday, May 8.

www.parentalbrainmeetings.com

06.05.2025 13:58 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Standing up for gender justice A denial and distortion of the reality of gender is unfolding in the USA that will have huge consequences for health globally. President Donald Trump's actions include erasing the term gender from all...

Our latest Editorial ▶️ "Standing up for gender justice" tinyurl.com/2wu9dzny

22.04.2025 14:37 — 👍 15    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0

Included papers also spotlight important areas for future research, including the role of neuroestrogens and pregnancy history on menopausal brain health, and the benefits of a new generation of hormonal therapies.

16.04.2025 06:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In brief, our special issue includes 12 papers, highlighting the neurological basis for menopausal symptoms as well as dissociable consequences of endocrinological and chronological aging on brain health.

16.04.2025 06:59 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Consequences of menopause for brain health

Our editorial on "Consequences of menopause for brain health" is now out in Hormones & Behavior.

Spearheaded by @nikigervais.bsky.social, our editorial summarises the main findings of all papers included in our special issue of the same name. A 🧵/

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

16.04.2025 06:59 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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a man in a black shirt is holding a tablet and says good brain ALT: a man in a black shirt is holding a tablet and says good brain

Lol! 😂 you are too excellent for AI! 🤖 not plausible.

08.04.2025 16:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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My lab is hiring 2 postdocs on an NIH-funded grant characterizing molecular & cellular changes in the human brain across menopausal transition. Other neuroepigenomics projects are also available. We plan to hire a wet lab scientist and a bioinformatician. Please RT!
kundakoviclab.com
More info 👇

11.03.2025 06:32 — 👍 47    🔁 43    💬 5    📌 3
SfE BES 2025 | Society for Endocrinology SfE BES 2025 will be returning to Harrogate! Join us from 10-12 March for the largest gathering of endocrine professionals in the UK.

Very excited about being an invited Speaker at #SfEBES2025, Harrogate, UK!

Join us for our session on Wednesday on Frontiers in Non Reproductive Actions of Sex Hormones Across the Lifecourse!

If you are around stop by and say hallo 👋!

www.endocrinology.org/events/sfe-b...

06.03.2025 15:56 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Hvordan påvirkes bipolar lidelse av menstruasjonssyklusen? Hva hvis menstruasjonssyklusen spiller en større rolle for kvinners psykiske helse enn det vi har vært klar over? Et nytt prosjekt på Oslo universitetssykehus (OUS) ønsker å kartlegge erfaringene til ...

What role does the menstrual cycle play in women with bipolar disorders?
We want to figure that out!

This work is spearheaded by the amazing Sofie Ragnhild Aminoff!

See article in Norwegian!

www.oslo-universitetssykehus.no/om-oss/ekspe...

05.03.2025 10:48 — 👍 13    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0