Gabriel R. Fries, Ph.D.
@friesgabriel.bsky.social
Ass. Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Researcher focused on the biological basis of bipolar disorders and suicide. #epigenetics #aging #bipolardisorder #suicide #metabolicpsychiatry
Researcher focused on the biological basis of bipolar disorders and suicide. #epigenetics #aging #bipolardisorder #suicide #metabolicpsychiatry
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Could premature aging help explain the variability in Alzheimer's risk in bipolar disorder (BD)? Excited to share our latest findings on the link between epigenetic aging and amyloid biomarkers in BD, now published in the American J of Geriatric Psychiatry: www.ajgponline.org/article/S106...
Excited and honored to share that I’ve received the 2026 Gerald L. Klerman Young Investigator Award from DBSA! This recognition means a great deal and reflects the incredible mentors, collaborators, trainees, and research participants who make our work possible.
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2026 Klerman Award Winners - Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Gabriel R. Fries, PhD | 2026 Young Investigator Award Gabriel R. Fries, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at McGovern Medical School … Con...
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February 16, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Excited and honored to share that I’ve received the 2026 Gerald L. Klerman Young Investigator Award from DBSA! This recognition means a great deal and reflects the incredible mentors, collaborators, trainees, and research participants who make our work possible.
www.dbsalliance.org/about/gerald...
www.dbsalliance.org/about/gerald...
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February 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Looking for advice on navigating these unprecedented, challenging times in neuroscience research?
Attend this Meet-the-Expert webinar to learn how to seek funding, maintain a work-life balance, and more.
Register now🔗: vist.ly/4rg6g
#neurosky #neuroskyence #academicchatter
Attend this Meet-the-Expert webinar to learn how to seek funding, maintain a work-life balance, and more.
Register now🔗: vist.ly/4rg6g
#neurosky #neuroskyence #academicchatter
Nice to see a secondary analysis of our hippocampal DNAm data (GEO: GSE129428). Ohi et al. show that 🧠 hippocampus-derived methylation risk scores are significantly associated with #bipolardisorder in 🩸 blood, pointing to cross-tissue epigenetic signatures: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
February 11, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Nice to see a secondary analysis of our hippocampal DNAm data (GEO: GSE129428). Ohi et al. show that 🧠 hippocampus-derived methylation risk scores are significantly associated with #bipolardisorder in 🩸 blood, pointing to cross-tissue epigenetic signatures: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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"Genomic research on suicidality in Latin America is growing but remains fragmented and underpowered. Increasing representative sampling, implementing ancestry-aware methods, and fostering collaborations are essential to advance research and inform prevention strategies in these populations."
Genomic Studies of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Latin American Populations: A Systematic Review
Suicide is a leading cause of death globally, with disproportionately rising rates in Latin America. Despite increasing global interest in the biology of suicidal behavior, Latin American and…
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM
"Genomic research on suicidality in Latin America is growing but remains fragmented and underpowered. Increasing representative sampling, implementing ancestry-aware methods, and fostering collaborations are essential to advance research and inform prevention strategies in these populations."
Why do some individuals with serious mental illness experience earlier age-related decline? 🧬
Our new paper in @npp-journal.bsky.social investigates the role of premature biological aging ⌛ in SMI and what it means for future treatments.
Check it out here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our new paper in @npp-journal.bsky.social investigates the role of premature biological aging ⌛ in SMI and what it means for future treatments.
Check it out here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 30, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Why do some individuals with serious mental illness experience earlier age-related decline? 🧬
Our new paper in @npp-journal.bsky.social investigates the role of premature biological aging ⌛ in SMI and what it means for future treatments.
Check it out here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our new paper in @npp-journal.bsky.social investigates the role of premature biological aging ⌛ in SMI and what it means for future treatments.
Check it out here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Very excited to share our latest 📖 publication from the Latin American Genomics Consortium Suicide Working Group, now in press in @biologicalpsych.bsky.social, where we systematically review genomic 🧬 studies of suicidality in Latin American populations: linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii...
January 19, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Very excited to share our latest 📖 publication from the Latin American Genomics Consortium Suicide Working Group, now in press in @biologicalpsych.bsky.social, where we systematically review genomic 🧬 studies of suicidality in Latin American populations: linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii...
Congrats to all new #ACNP Associate Members, and special shoutout to my friend/Science hero @drsarahsperry.bsky.social 🥳🥳
Congrats to all of the new @acnporg.bsky.social Associate Members!!! #ACNP2026
January 15, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Congrats to all new #ACNP Associate Members, and special shoutout to my friend/Science hero @drsarahsperry.bsky.social 🥳🥳
Grades are posted, and our Neurobiology and Neuroanatomy course is officially done for the semester!!! 🥳 🧠 @uthealthhouston.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Grades are posted, and our Neurobiology and Neuroanatomy course is officially done for the semester!!! 🥳 🧠 @uthealthhouston.bsky.social
Honored to have been part of the 2025 International Summit on Suicide Research in beautiful Boston. #suicide #epigenetics #art
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Honored to have been part of the 2025 International Summit on Suicide Research in beautiful Boston. #suicide #epigenetics #art
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📢 calling colleagues to participate or help with recruitment for study on #depression experienced by #neurodivergent young people
Specifically:
👩👧👦Parents/carers
💼Mental health professionals
See poster
@ehayashibara.bsky.social
@qmul-wiph.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social
Specifically:
👩👧👦Parents/carers
💼Mental health professionals
See poster
@ehayashibara.bsky.social
@qmul-wiph.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
📢 calling colleagues to participate or help with recruitment for study on #depression experienced by #neurodivergent young people
Specifically:
👩👧👦Parents/carers
💼Mental health professionals
See poster
@ehayashibara.bsky.social
@qmul-wiph.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social
Specifically:
👩👧👦Parents/carers
💼Mental health professionals
See poster
@ehayashibara.bsky.social
@qmul-wiph.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social
🚨New publication alert! We tested the use of blood bulk or L1CAM (of putative 🧠 origin) extracellular vesicles (EVs) to identify #miRNA signatures in #bipolardisorder. Lots of lessons learned and key insights into the use of EVs for biomarker discovery: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
🚨New publication alert! We tested the use of blood bulk or L1CAM (of putative 🧠 origin) extracellular vesicles (EVs) to identify #miRNA signatures in #bipolardisorder. Lots of lessons learned and key insights into the use of EVs for biomarker discovery: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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🚨 New paper alert on telomeres! 🚨
Something different from the group! Thanks to Yuxin, a talented student in the lab, we used long-reads in 75 human trios to study telomeres and their inheritance.
Something different from the group! Thanks to Yuxin, a talented student in the lab, we used long-reads in 75 human trios to study telomeres and their inheritance.
October 9, 2025 at 5:33 AM
🚨 New paper alert on telomeres! 🚨
Something different from the group! Thanks to Yuxin, a talented student in the lab, we used long-reads in 75 human trios to study telomeres and their inheritance.
Something different from the group! Thanks to Yuxin, a talented student in the lab, we used long-reads in 75 human trios to study telomeres and their inheritance.
Good news deserves to be celebrated! 🥳 Happy to share that our lab was recently awarded 1) a Pilot grant from
@mcgovernpeds.bsky.social and 2) a CaDRE award from
UTHealth Psychiatry to develop novel in vitro neuronal models to investigate mechanisms linked to suicide and bipolar disorder 🧠🔬
@mcgovernpeds.bsky.social and 2) a CaDRE award from
UTHealth Psychiatry to develop novel in vitro neuronal models to investigate mechanisms linked to suicide and bipolar disorder 🧠🔬
September 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Good news deserves to be celebrated! 🥳 Happy to share that our lab was recently awarded 1) a Pilot grant from
@mcgovernpeds.bsky.social and 2) a CaDRE award from
UTHealth Psychiatry to develop novel in vitro neuronal models to investigate mechanisms linked to suicide and bipolar disorder 🧠🔬
@mcgovernpeds.bsky.social and 2) a CaDRE award from
UTHealth Psychiatry to develop novel in vitro neuronal models to investigate mechanisms linked to suicide and bipolar disorder 🧠🔬
Updated lab photo from our Department’s Annual Behavioral Health Research Day @uthealthhouston.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Updated lab photo from our Department’s Annual Behavioral Health Research Day @uthealthhouston.bsky.social
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Are you an international (outside the US) scientist looking to attend the annual @acnporg.bsky.social meeting in January?🌎
Then see below for an opportunity to join us for #ACNP2026 in the Bahamas 😎🏖️👇
Then see below for an opportunity to join us for #ACNP2026 in the Bahamas 😎🏖️👇
The ACNP Global Scholarship Application link is OPEN! The ACNP 64th Annual Meeting is January 12-15, 2026, in Nassau, Bahamas. The deadline to apply is August 15, 2025, at 5:00pm Central. Don’t miss out! #ACNP2026 Click here for more info: tinyurl.com/j8a9zybu
July 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Are you an international (outside the US) scientist looking to attend the annual @acnporg.bsky.social meeting in January?🌎
Then see below for an opportunity to join us for #ACNP2026 in the Bahamas 😎🏖️👇
Then see below for an opportunity to join us for #ACNP2026 in the Bahamas 😎🏖️👇
Latin America has experienced an increase in suicide rate, contrasting with a global decline. We review possible reasons for this here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Led by Dr. Brenda Cabrera-Mendoza and @renatopolimanti.bsky.social, 1st publication from the LAGC Suicide Working Group.
Led by Dr. Brenda Cabrera-Mendoza and @renatopolimanti.bsky.social, 1st publication from the LAGC Suicide Working Group.
June 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Latin America has experienced an increase in suicide rate, contrasting with a global decline. We review possible reasons for this here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Led by Dr. Brenda Cabrera-Mendoza and @renatopolimanti.bsky.social, 1st publication from the LAGC Suicide Working Group.
Led by Dr. Brenda Cabrera-Mendoza and @renatopolimanti.bsky.social, 1st publication from the LAGC Suicide Working Group.
Could premature aging help explain the variability in Alzheimer's risk in bipolar disorder (BD)? Excited to share our latest findings on the link between epigenetic aging and amyloid biomarkers in BD, now published in the American J of Geriatric Psychiatry: www.ajgponline.org/article/S106...
June 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Could premature aging help explain the variability in Alzheimer's risk in bipolar disorder (BD)? Excited to share our latest findings on the link between epigenetic aging and amyloid biomarkers in BD, now published in the American J of Geriatric Psychiatry: www.ajgponline.org/article/S106...
Reposted by Gabriel R. Fries, Ph.D.
I recently—for the first time—spoke openly & honestly about my 11+year journey w/ #BipolarDisorder +chronic su!cidality on my friend @UmaRChatterjee podcast @AChatWithUma. Grateful to Uma for creating the opportunity for me to speak truth to stigma. Check out Part 1! (part 2 coming this week!)
🧠 WHY IS MY BRAIN TRYING TO K!LL ME?: Living With Bipolar 1 Disorder & Chronic S#icidality with Dr. @mayaschumer.bsky.social (pt. 1) ☯️
Ep. 40 of A Chat with Uma out now! Listen here 👉🏾 creators.spotify.com/pod/show/uma...
#BipolarDisorder #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #Neuroscience #LivedExperience 1/
Ep. 40 of A Chat with Uma out now! Listen here 👉🏾 creators.spotify.com/pod/show/uma...
#BipolarDisorder #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #Neuroscience #LivedExperience 1/
May 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I recently—for the first time—spoke openly & honestly about my 11+year journey w/ #BipolarDisorder +chronic su!cidality on my friend @UmaRChatterjee podcast @AChatWithUma. Grateful to Uma for creating the opportunity for me to speak truth to stigma. Check out Part 1! (part 2 coming this week!)
Reposted by Gabriel R. Fries, Ph.D.
Biological age prediction in schizophrenia using brain MRI, gut microbiome and blood data www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
May 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Biological age prediction in schizophrenia using brain MRI, gut microbiome and blood data www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I had a very nice conversation last week with João Freitas on the topic of Epigenetics, Psychiatry, and the Future of Mental Health. 🧠🧪
Check out my interview 🎙️ on the Mind Body Science Podcast here:
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubIc...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/54HO...
Check out my interview 🎙️ on the Mind Body Science Podcast here:
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubIc...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/54HO...
May 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I had a very nice conversation last week with João Freitas on the topic of Epigenetics, Psychiatry, and the Future of Mental Health. 🧠🧪
Check out my interview 🎙️ on the Mind Body Science Podcast here:
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubIc...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/54HO...
Check out my interview 🎙️ on the Mind Body Science Podcast here:
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubIc...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/54HO...
Time to say goodbye to one of my first mentees, Rohit Jha, who is brilliantly graduating from Rice University this week. Rohit led many of our studies with a lot of creativity and enthusiasm, and I'm very grateful for what he has done for our lab over the last 3+ years. We will miss you, Rohit! 👨🎓
May 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Time to say goodbye to one of my first mentees, Rohit Jha, who is brilliantly graduating from Rice University this week. Rohit led many of our studies with a lot of creativity and enthusiasm, and I'm very grateful for what he has done for our lab over the last 3+ years. We will miss you, Rohit! 👨🎓
Final leg of the 🇨🇦 tour was in Hamilton: a visit and talk at the beautiful McMaster University and St. Joseph's (plus seeing really good friends!). So excited to learn of the work they have been doing.
April 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Final leg of the 🇨🇦 tour was in Hamilton: a visit and talk at the beautiful McMaster University and St. Joseph's (plus seeing really good friends!). So excited to learn of the work they have been doing.
Loved learning more about the awesome work @robynmcquaid.bsky.social and Ayeila Daneshmend are doing on the #epigenetics of #suicide #SOBP2025
April 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Loved learning more about the awesome work @robynmcquaid.bsky.social and Ayeila Daneshmend are doing on the #epigenetics of #suicide #SOBP2025
SOBP just reminded me of the amazing work being done by Dr. Patricia Silveira's lab at McGill University!
April 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
SOBP just reminded me of the amazing work being done by Dr. Patricia Silveira's lab at McGill University!
The first day of the annual meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry was a success (and a lot of fun)!
April 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The first day of the annual meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry was a success (and a lot of fun)!