The Friedman Brain Institute

On Feb. 12th, @biausa.bsky.social, @nationalacademies.org & @sinaitbi.bsky.social's Dr. @dams-oconnor.bsky.social held a clinically-focused webinar on latest science & evidence-based strategies to improve care of people living w/ chronic #TBI symptoms. Watch It Here👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdlm...

🧠 Brain Awareness Week Special Lecture 🖥️ On Thursday March 19, 1pm, JOIN the #FriedmanBrainInstitute & host Dr. Brian Sweis for an #FBISeminarSeries Special Lecture featuring @washumedicine.bsky.social's Dr. Adam Kepecs. NOT TO MISS! Learn More about the Kepecs Lab 👉 kepecslab.org

#NeuroStories! On 3/25, JOIN The #FriedmanBrainInstitute's @brainbodylab.bsky.social & Pamela Toh as they host 6 #StoryTellers who share personal accounts of challenges they've overcome & triumphs they've experienced in their journey thru the brain… and beyond!🎟️ checkout.square.site/merchant/MJN...

🧠 On Tuesday, March 10th, JOIN US at the #FriedmanBrainInstitute's 14th Annual Brain Fair! Visit the #ArtoftheBrain for a captivating live #SciART experience as artist Danny Roldan transforms a clay board into a landscape that evokes the complexity of human consciousness. NOT TO MISS!

As a recipient of the New Vision Research (NVR) award, Dr. Lopez-Lee joins an elite group of Mount Sinai researchers, @fanny-elahi.bsky.social, @jmcastell.bsky.social & @panosroussos.bsky.social, who have previously received this honor. CONGRATS Chloe! Learn More about NVR 👉 newvisionresearch.org

🎉A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to @mountsinainyc.bsky.social's @chloelopezlee.bsky.social on being awarded New Vision Research funding at the 2026 Charleston Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease (CCAD) for her project “Leveraging Biological Sex to Uncover Mechanisms of Resilience Against #AlzheimersDisease."

📢Calling all NYC teachers! Would you like to join Mount Sinai’s Summer Research Program for Science Teachers, work in the labs, gain hands-on experience in science content, communications & teaching? APPLICATION DEADLINE April 5. LEARN MORE | APPLY NOW 👉 form.jotform.com/mssmneur0/20...

🧠 NEXT TUESDAY 🧠 March 10, 10am, JOIN the #FriedmanBrainInstitute, CEYE & MiNDS at the 14th Annual Brain Fair 🪸 Build a pipe cleaner neuron 🔬 Sharpen your skills w/ a 3D surgery simulator 🖼️ Visit the #ArtoftheBrain exhibition & much more! #BrainWeek CHECK IT OUT👉 icahn.mssm.edu/research/fri...

"Reflections and Plans" | In 2025, we reached key milestones & accelerated progress in cancer, clinical research, commercialization of our discoveries.. LEARN MUCH MORE about the Icahn School of Medicine when you CHECK OUT "Field Notes in Research & Education"👉 reports.mountsinai.org/article/fiel...

#BrainAwarenessWeek and the #ArtoftheBrain are coming! The DEADLINE to submit your high quality, visually compelling works of brain-related #SciART has been EXTENDED! @mountsinainyc.bsky.social employees w/ a valid #MountSinai email address are invited. SubmitToday 👉 form.jotform.com/mssmneur0/20...

In 2025, the Icahn School of Medicine @mountsinainyc.bsky.social achieved significant educational milestones, including the new ASCEND curriculum & the establishment of Department of Graduate Education. LEARN MORE in Field Notes in Research & Education 👉 reports.mountsinai.org/article/fiel...

TWO DAYS AWAY! On Thurs, March 5, 7pm, Check Out THE RESERVOIR, a new comedy at the Linda Gross Theater. Afterwards, JOIN Heather Berlin, @neurovoice.bsky.social @neuropsycharce.bsky.social & Adina Segal for riviting discussion about scientific issues behind the play. Purchase🎟️ bit.ly/est_res_mar5tb

From new interdisciplinary institutes that expand boundaries of therapeutic design to lecture series and opportunities aimed at helping alumni inspire one another, 2025 continued our dedication to innovation & connection. Field Notes in Research & Education 👉 reports.mountsinai.org/article/fiel...

"I am pleased to share Field Notes in Research & Education 2025, a digital publication that reflects my great pride in what our faculty, administration, students & postgraduate trainees accomplish @mountsinainyc.bsky.social" - Dean @ericjnestler.bsky.social ➡️ reports.mountsinai.org/article/fiel...

"Cross-Organ Neuroimmunology of Behavior". Xuanming Guo and I discuss a new framework that reconceptualizes behavior as an emergent property of a distributed, brain-body neuroimmune network. lnkd.in/eihqZ_ay. @sinaiimmuno.bsky.social @sinaibrain.bsky.social

Major depressive disorder shares systemic immune signatures and potential therapeutic targets with inflammatory skin diseases - Molecular Psychiatry Molecular Psychiatry - Major depressive disorder shares systemic immune signatures and potential therapeutic targets with inflammatory skin diseases

#MajorDepressiveDisorder shares systemic immune signatures and potential therapeutic targets with inflammatory skin diseases - Helen He, Flurin Cathomas, Lyonna Parise, Emma Guttman, @scottrussophd.bsky.social, James Murrough, et al. CHECK OUT the STUDY here 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Major depressive disorder, inflammatory skin diseases may share therapeutic targets Patients with major depressive disorder and patients with inflammatory skin diseases like atopic dermatitis share similar immune abnormalities, notably in the Th2 pathway, according to a study publish...

#MajorDepressiveDisorder shares immune abnormalities & potential therapeutic targets w/ inflammatory skin diseases. Findings provide rationale for targeted strategy that may lead to new personalized treatments. Dr. James Murrough discusses the study in Healio 👉 www.healio.com/news/psychia...

NOT TO MISS | A SPECIAL #BrainAwarenessWeek EVENT! 🧠 On Friday, March 27, 10am, JOIN Dr. @jmcastell.bsky.social
when he hosts @stanfordneuro.bsky.social's Dr. Tony Wyss-Coray at this special #BrainBodyResearchInstitute Seminar Series Lecture. Register Now 👉 mountsinai.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

SUPER EXCITED about the #ArtoftheBrain & MiNDS teaming up w/ The Mount Sinai Department of Health Education | BridgeUP Health to bring ART & SCIENCE SATURDAY to @mountsinainyc.bsky.social where High School Students will explore the intersection of SCIENCE & ART 🧠🔬💃🎨 Looking Forward to a GREAT DAY!

A Decade of Moonshots: Donor Support Catalyzing Breakthroughs in Brain Science As the Friedman Brain Institute (FBI) Research Scholars Program celebrates its 10th anniversary, one recent milestone captures the program’s purpose in a single arc: an audacious idea, backed early by...

The FBI Research Scholars Program is incredibly grateful to our donors who, through their generosity, support innovative pilot projects & give investigators the freedom & flexibility to explore audacious ideas in brain science. Thank you so much!

Learn More 👉
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Transcriptional profiles of antidepressant resistance across the corticolimbic pathway of chronically stressed mice - Neuropsychopharmacology Neuropsychopharmacology - Transcriptional profiles of antidepressant resistance across the corticolimbic pathway of chronically stressed mice

OUT NOW! Researchers Trevonn Gyles, Eric Parise, @neuroangelica-atb.bsky.social, et al. provide insight into gene networks contributing to #Antidepressant non-response & highlight a mechanistic framework for modeling antidepressant resistance in preclinical systems 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Listened to Mount Sinai's #RoadToResilience, a podcast about facing adversity? In this exciting episode, Stephen Calabria introduces us to music therapist Caitlin Bell & a study led by the AMEND Lab at the Louis Armstrong Department of Music Therapy. Listen Here 🎼 www.mountsinai.org/about/newsro...

Due to the weather Dr. Kara Margolis' talk will be REMOTE ONLY!

REGISTER NOW for your Zoom Link👉 mountsinai.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

@margolislabnyu.bsky.social #BrainBodyResearchInstitute

Congratulations to our 2026 Scholars! This year’s projects span molecules to circuits to behavior and reflect the highly collaborative environment that defines neuroscience at Mount Sinai. Sincere thanks to the donors whose support makes this type of curiosity-driven science possible.

TOMORROW🧠 On Feb 24, the #BrainBodyResearchInstitute & Dr. Hongzhen Hu host @nyupress.bsky.social's Dr. Kara Margolis. @margolislabnyu.bsky.social's research focuses on discovering ways to alter gut signaling to treat disorders of the brain & GI tract. Register 👉 mountsinai.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

NOT TO MISS! On Thurs, March 5, 7pm, Check Out THE RESERVOIR, a new comedy at the Linda Gross Theater. Afterwards, JOIN Heather Berlin, @neurovoice.bsky.social @neuropsycharce.bsky.social & Adina Segal for riviting discussion about scientific issues behind the play. Purchase🎟️👉 bit.ly/est_res_mar5tb

YouTube video by Mount Sinai Health System The Vitals | What is Seasonal Affective Disorder?

What is Seasonal Affective Disorder? Millions experience winter blues - and for some, it’s part of a diagnosable, treatable form of #Depression. LEARN MORE when @mountsinainyc.bsky.social's Dr. James Murrough joins host Leslie Schlachter PA-C on The Vitals podcast.❄️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRdd...

How does #Dopamine shape the synaptic landscape during reinforcement? FIND OUT on Friday, Feb 27, 3pm, when you DIG OUT ❄️❄️❄️ & JOIN hosts Drs. Marco Rizzo, AliceGiani, & Rimjhim Tomar as they welcome @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social's Dr. Eddy albarran.bsky.social to #MSNseminars. In-Person: Hess 5-101

THANK YOU to the AWESOME #FBIResearchScholars Award donors — Joseph DiSabato & Nancy Sakamoto, Michael & Beth Fascitelli, Richard & Susan Friedman, Stuart Katz & Dr. Jane Martin, Joshua & Beth Nash, Ram Sundaram & Preethi Krishna, the Glickenhaus Family & the Lipschultz Family!

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to the 2026 #FBIScholars Awardees! The FBI Scholars Award gives both young & established investigators the freedom & flexibility to explore the most audacious ideas in brain science. THANK YOU to our amazing donors w/o whom this award would not be possible!