Claire Foldi

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Psilocybin's effects on social behavior & inflammation in female mice modeling anorexia nervosa? TOTALLY context-dependent on metabolism & exercise. Explains why only ~40% respond in human trials. Implications for personalized therapy!

After a busy semester of teaching it is so nice to be at the Biological Psychiatry Australia Conference. First up today is @foldi.bsky.social and team with the development of a 'library of animal models', which sounds like a fantastic resource for researchers studying clinical symptoms/disorders

Hey bsky-ers! New preprint from the lab on #psilocybin & social behaviour in #female mice in contexts relevant to eating disorders (food restriction, exercise & combo of) by PhD student Sheida 💙🦋

Toward a Genetic Signature of Resistance to Activity‐Based Anorexia in Striatal Projecting Cortical Neurons Objective Converging evidence from neuroimaging studies and genome-wide association study (GWAS) suggests the involvement of prefrontal cortex (PFC) and striatum dysfunction in the pathophysiology o...

Incredibly proud of @kxhuang.bsky.social for persisting with such a challenging dataset from her PhD! We found some intriguing genetic targets in a corticostriatal circuit that may be involved in the development of #anorexia nervosa 🤔 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

A starter pack including all attendees (that I can find for now)

Please let me know if I missed anyone!

#GRCPsychedelics

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Today is the day! I can officially share my promotion to Associate Professor at @monashuniversity.bsky.social 🎉🎉 - Thanks to my lab (past and present), colleagues, letter writers and supporters 😊

Examining the biological causes of eating disorders to inform treatment strategies - Nature Reviews Neuroscience Recent years have seen a growth in our understanding of the biological drivers of eating disorders and their interactions with environmental and psychosocial factors. Foldi and Griffiths consider how ...

Examining the biological causes of eating disorders to inform treatment strategies — a Review by Claire J. Foldi & Kristi R. Griffiths

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

#neuroscience #neuroskyence

Gilli!! Miss you mate. Please let’s hang soon. Invite me.

Examining the biological causes of eating disorders to inform treatment strategies Nature Reviews Neuroscience - Recent years have seen a growth in our understanding of the biological drivers of eating disorders and their interactions with environmental and psychosocial factors....

Writing this was like any other act of love - awkward at the start, frustrating at times, but something to be proud of. Very grateful to Dr Kristi Griffiths for agreeing to take on this challenge with me for @natrevneuro.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The 15th Annual BPA Meeting is fast approaching, and we are so pleased to announce this year's excellent symposia line up!

Head to our website to confirm your membership for this year + stay tuned for symposium details, general abstract submission & early bird registration🧠

#BPA2025

We created a photometry python package for unbiased standardised post-hoc analysis using bootstrapping confidence intervals

No more AUC or time bins analysis! Ever

Follow our simple step by step instructions.

@foldi.bsky.social @philjrdb.bsky.social

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Superstar Catherine 🤩 not even 2 years into her PhD #proudsupervisor

Omg is this what we have to do??? #anorexia #genetics #brain #circuits #coolshit #discovery

Check out the latest work from the lab led by @kxhuang.bsky.social

For those hurting after DP EOI outcomes today, courtesy of ChatGPT (I prompted with the first line, it will have to go over 2 posts as it's too long):

Oh ARC, why won't you fund me?
I’ve written papers, set them free,
With research deep and insights bright,
Yet still, no grant, no guiding light.

Now that she's finally migrated from the Other Place I can officially congratulate @kynaconn.bsky.social on winning a prestigious Early Career Postdoctoral Fellowship from our Faculty @monashuniversity.bsky.social - Well done Kyna!! 🤩

Our paper is out in DPP! This is the SECOND paper from my lab, but the first headed entirely by summer students: College senior Benjamin Babaev and High school senior Saachi Goyal (!!). They also created an easy to use site so anyone can use the machine learning resource for staging estrous cycle

Perfect score for the conference's R13 proposal!

A perfect score for the R13 proposal for the GRC Psychedelics conference #GRCPsychedelics - what a delight to receive the news before the holidays 💯🎁

The proposal will entirely go towards supporting travel awards and events for trainees.

www.grc.org/neurobiology...

“To write well is to think clearly” - which is to say that by delegating more and more of your writing effort to AI, you are inviting the slow erosion of your own ability to think clearly.

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I love a fancy club, especially if you’re inside. Leave it with me. I’ll try to make it to the next one.

Tell me more about these attempts

My favourite fun fact is that their (supposedly hectic) stank is referred to as “peccary perfume” and I think that is just so sweet

We’re launching the Monash Psychedelic Education Program in 2025! Registrations are NOW OPEN for undergraduate and postgraduate education in psychedelic science and therapies! Options for EVERYONE, ANYWHERE. Clinical training coming in 2026! Visit: www.monash.edu/psychedelic-education

I’ve never even heard the word javelina until your last post but now they are all I can think about

All I have seen on here for days is #ACNP2024 posts and the pain of jealousy hurts more than the unquestionable jetlag that would accompany such a trip. How does an extra-US gal like me score an invite for 2025?

Harrowing and inspiring story - nicely said!

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The glass paperweight award I have always dreamed of. Couldn’t have done it without my amazing lab - who refuse to join this platform so may not have jobs for long 🩵