Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry

Join us for this talk at our Institute tomorrow! 🥳

🎄 Last MPLS lecture before the holidays: Join us when Dr. Ann Kennedy from @scripps.edu shares her research with us!

🥳 Everyone is welcome, all info here: www.psych.mpg.de/seminars

#brainplasticity #neurodynamics #neuroskyence

📅 Next week, we are happy to welcome @tedabelneuro.bsky.social from the University of Iowa. Join us at our Institute!

🔗 All info here: www.psych.mpg.de/events/43801...

#memory #psychiatry #neuroskyence

Bessere Früherkennung von Schizophrenie Forschende wollen mit Künstlicher Intelligenz die Behandlung von Schizophrenie und Depressionen verbessern

Bessere Früherkennung von #Schizophrenie: Max-Planck-Forschende @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social entwickeln ein digitales Abbild des Gehirns auf der Basis von #KI. Ziel ist es, die ersten Anzeichen der Krankheit richtig zu deuten und Patient*innen früh zu helfen. www.mpg.de/25654674/dig...

🏋️‍♀️ Beim AHA Wirtshaus-Wissen zum Thema Sport erklärte Direktor Prof. Peter Falkai, wie wichtig Bewegung für die mentale Gesundheit ist. Danke an @aha-bayern.bsky.social für die Organisation!

📸: AHA – The Science Communication Hub / Andreas Heddergott

#scicomm #wisskomm #sport #mentalegesundheit

Schaut rein und hört euch diesen Podcast mit unserem Forschungsgruppenleiter Nikolaos Koutsouleris an! 🥳

Apply until tomorrow to join us for a #PhD in #neuroscience or #psychiatry! 🥳

Unlocking the epigenetic secrets of memory - Nature Genetics The epigenetic underpinnings of memory are still poorly understood. A study provides a causal link between the epigenetic dynamics of a single genomic locus in engram cells and memory formation, achie...

Thrilled to see such a compelling and thoughtful commentary on our freshly published paper. By @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social

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

Coming up tomorrow - join us! 🥳

Only 2 weeks left to apply! ⏰

Join our fully funded PhD or Residency/PhD program at IMPRS for Translational Psychiatry in Munich and explore the molecular and neural basis of psychiatric disorders in an international research environment.

📅 Deadline: 31 Oct 2025
👉 applications.imprs-tp.mpg.de

Heute ist unsere letzte Veranstaltung im Rahmen der Münchner WSG zum Thema "Gesunde Arbeit", mit Expert*innen vom Münchner Bündnis gegen Depression. Wir freuen uns auf Sie!

Alle Infos unten 👇

📢Our next MPLS lecture is coming up!

🎓We are happy to welcome Prof. Dr. Inga Koerte from the LMU Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She will share her research on the neuroimaging of brain injuries.

🔗All info here: www.psych.mpg.de/seminars

#psychiatry #lecture #brain

Morgen um 18:30 ist unser nächstes Online-Event zum Thema "Gesunde Arbeit"! 🥳

Keine Anmeldung nötig, den Zugangslink gibt es hier: www.psych.mpg.de/mindmatters

#gesunde #arbeit #depression

Morgen ist unser erstes Event im Rahmen der Münchner Woche für #Seelische #Gesundheit: Das Team unserer #Arbeitstherapie gibt Einblick in das Thema "Gesunde Arbeit?!".
Wir freuen uns über alle, die kommen! 🥳

Graphical abstract from the described paper

📊 In her new paper, PhD student Ghalia Rehawi combined total gene expression and isoform ratio data using a network approach, showing significant rewiring of #gene and #isoform co-expression patterns in the network of affected vs. unaffected individuals.

🎉 Full paper: www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

Mind Matters Vortragsreihe zu psychischen Störungen für alle Interessenten, kostenfrei und online

Nächste Woche startet die Münchner Woche für #Seelische #Gesundheit, organisiert vom Münchner Bündnis gegen Depression! 🥳

Auch wir sind mit drei Events zum Thema "Psychische Gesundheit am #Arbeitsplatz" dabei! Alle Infos auf unserer Website: www.psych.mpg.de/mindmatters

Thanks for sharing our research! 🥳

Join us for this event, happening tomorrow! 🥳

📢 We are happy to announce our first MPLS #lecture after the summer break!

📅 On September 30th, we will welcome Dr. Joshua Gordon, Chair of the Department of #Psychiatry at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. As always, this talk is open to everyone!

More info: www.psych.mpg.de/seminars

📢 Great News!!

The scientific program for #WASAD2025 “Uncertainty in Times of Change: A Lifecourse Approach to Stress and Anxiety,” is now complete. The topics include prevention, mental health, psychocardiology, and numerous others!

Explore the full program here:
👉 wasad2025.org/scientific-p...

Apply now to lead your own Research Group!

At our Institute, we conduct basic research to understand the causes of #psychiatric disorders. As the only MPI with a hospital, we also focus on the clinical #translation of our findings.

Have a look at our research: www.psych.mpg.de/research

💡Our director Elisabeth Binder will speak about science, #history and #morality at the ECNP Congress in October. Read her interview below to get an insight into the difficult history of #psychiatry and of our Institute.

Interested in a doctoral program in #psychiatry or #neuroscience? Apply to this great program and come join us at our Institute 🥳

First mechanism for cognitive disorders in schizophrenia found New research uncovers a mechanism for cognitive disorders in schizophrenia, highlighting the role of oligodendrocytes in brain function.

If you want to know more, read our press release and the original publication here: www.psych.mpg.de/2959339/news...

🤔 Researchers from our MPI and @lmumuenchen.bsky.social, led by Man-Hsin Chang, Florian Raabe and Peter Falkai, looked at how understanding #oligodendrocytes can help treat cognitive symptoms in #schizophrenia.

🔗 Check out our summary here: www.psych.mpg.de/2962269/comi...

#scicomm #wisskomm

Sowmya Narayan successfully defended her thesis last month on sex-specific outcomes of developmental stress and psilocybin intervention on the brain and behavior. Seen here with her co-supervisor @mathiasvschmidt.bsky.social and her graduation cap. Many congratulations to you, Sowmya!

Congratulations to Hannah Klimmt for winning the 2025 IMPRS-TP PhD Wrap-Up Award! 🏆 This award supports outstanding PhD graduates in continuing their research and bringing their work to publication. Well done, Hannah!

everybody talks about it - we just did it. I'm talking about publishing negative results of course. We showed that adrenal FKBP5 is not involved in HPA axis regulation, so now you don't have to. You're welcome 😊 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Letzte Woche sprach unsere Direktorin Prof. Elisabeth Binder @binderlabmpip.bsky.social im Bergson Kunstkraftwerk darüber, wie uns Stress auf molekularer Ebene beeinflussen kann. Wir bedanken uns beim Bergson und bei allen, die gekommen sind! 🥳

Fotos: © Georg Stirnweiss

#epigenetics #wisskomm

Thanks for sharing @mpneuro.bsky.social 🥳