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30.10.2025 00:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I am also super grateful for support from the Hope for Depression Research Foundation (HDRF) and Pritzker Neuropsychiatric Disorders Research Foundation, as well as funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and from Grinnell College Center for Careers, Life, and Service. (7/7)
29.10.2025 18:56 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iβm grateful to my mentor @mhagenauer.bsky.social for her guidance, patience, and belief in me. Huge thanks to all my coauthors @cosetterhoads.bsky.social , Elizabeth Flandreau, Nancy Rempel-Clower, Erin Hernandez, Duy Manh Nguyen, Annaka Saffron, Toni Duan, Stanley Watson Jr., and Huda Akil! (6/7)
29.10.2025 18:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This project was part of the Brain Data Alchemy summer program I participated in during the summer of 2022. It was one of my first science projects. I learned how data can uncover the molecular stories behind stress and mental health, and it sparked my long-term interest in neuroscience. (5/7)
29.10.2025 18:51 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0These patterns we observed mirror transcriptional signatures reported in stress-related psychiatric disorders such as major depressive disorder, bipolar disorders, and schizophrenia, suggesting a molecular link between chronic stress and psychiatric disease. (4/7)
29.10.2025 18:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We also found that chronic stress downregulates a few immediate-early genes. (3/7)
29.10.2025 18:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We found that chronic stress downregulates genes related to glial development and function. (2/7)
29.10.2025 18:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0π§ 𧬠I am more than excited to share that my first co-first author publication has been submitted and uploaded to bioRxiv! This meta-analysis study examined how chronic stress alters gene expression in the prefrontal cortex of mice (1/7).
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