PIXIE Lab

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 🎂🎉🤩

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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!

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✨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

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.

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.

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Read now:
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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

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…

🚨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

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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!! 🤩

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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🥼

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🕓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.

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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 ⬇️

🎆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

Screenshot of the PIXIE Lab website's homepage. This features the full name of the lab - Psychoimmunometabolix & Interaction with the Environment Lab - along with a short "about us" section and a team photo.

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