Ivana Jaric
@jaricivana.bsky.social
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Group Leader at the University of Zurich, investigating how the environment and hormones influence brain, behavior and the reproductive system #Epigenomics #Neuroendocrinology #SABV #SexDifferences #WomenHealth #Endometriosis
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What a week! I am thrilled to share that I’ve been awarded a highly competitive #COSTAction #CA24168 to launch the first pan-European research network dedicated to promoting and enhancing the current Sex as a Biological Variable #SABV initiative 🤩 www.cost.eu/70-new-cost-...
70 new COST Actions approved - COST
COST’s Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) confirms the funding of 70 new COST Actions and share's results of its Open Call 2024.
www.cost.eu
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Happy and honored to be at the Erice Workshop “Epigenetics: From Molecules to Behavior”, where I’ll be talking about epigenetic dynamics and how they connect hormones, environment, and behavior. Looking forward to 3 days of discussions and beautiful views!
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🚀 Job Opportunity!

Are you passionate about neuroscience, women’s health, and large-scale neuroimaging studies?

I am hiring a 3-year Postdoc to join the @erc.europa.eu project #MappingPerimenopause!

karriere.charite.de/en/job-vacan...
Postdoctoral Researcher (d/f/m) in Women’s Brain Health (Neuroimaging)
full-time, part-time | 14.10.2025 | Campus Charité Mitte
karriere.charite.de
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Congrats, Dr. Tuncak! 👏👏👏 btw perfect timing defending at the end of July means you can now take a well deserved break and enjoy everything you’ve achieved 🏖
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Also super proud of Rachel for her first oral presentation 👏 She did a great job presenting the Estrous App...stay tuned exciting things coming from us🤗 in the upcoming months... Btw, all the talks were great 👏👏👏
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A year ago, Katharina Gapp and @cavazzalab.bsky.social started the Zuri-Repro Network to foster interdisciplinary collaboration in reproductive biology. Today, we enjoyed the 2nd meeting with an amazing program of keynotes, fash talks from young researchers, poster session. Thank you 🙏
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Join us for the Swiss Steroid Symposium on June 27th @unibe.ch Happy to be there and to talk about the importance of considering sex steroid hormone status in basic and preclinical animal research.
There are still some spots left and registration is free 👇
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Also super proud of Rachel, my PhD student, who did a great job at the poster session at #MNS2025. We're about to start a super cool experiment, so stay tuned!
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Big applause 👏👏👏 to amazing @christinadalla.bsky.social and to the whole #MNS2025 organizing committee
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Huge thanks to everyone who joined our Symposium #MNS2025 on #SABV, as well as to the amazing speakers!
Take-home: It is not enough to simply include both sexes, development, settings, and context also matter. We need to take these factors into account to increase the translational relevance
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Time to go home... It was an amazing 5 days at #MNS2025. It was great to see old friends and also to make new ones. Super interesting sessions on sex differences and female brain health. Enjoyed every single minute!
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Thanks to everyone who joined our session at #FELSA2025 today 🙏 I think we really did a great job @jeffreymogil.bsky.social Ben Phillips, Francesca Maranghi, Thorsten Buch...Goodbye, Athens... Next stop Chania #MNS25
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If you are at #FELSA2025 join us tomorrow for the session on the importance of accounting for sex in animal experimentation #SABV
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Huge thanks to everyone involved 💙 Stay tuned for all the amazing work EU–SABV will deliver over the next 4 years!
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What a week! I am thrilled to share that I’ve been awarded a highly competitive #COSTAction #CA24168 to launch the first pan-European research network dedicated to promoting and enhancing the current Sex as a Biological Variable #SABV initiative 🤩 www.cost.eu/70-new-cost-...
70 new COST Actions approved - COST
COST’s Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) confirms the funding of 70 new COST Actions and share's results of its Open Call 2024.
www.cost.eu
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jama.com
JAMA @jama.com · May 5
#Endometriosis is a common cause of pelvic pain affecting approximately 10% of reproductive-age women.

This narrative review summarizes the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of endometriosis.

#MedSky ja.ma/3RRLzOW
Figure 2.  Pathophysiology and Pain Mechanisms in Endometriosis-Associated Pelvic Pain
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"Estrogen is the Meryl Streep of hormones, its versatility renowned among scientists." -a really great and accessible overview of estrogen's actions on the brain featuring our society's president, Dr. Margaret McCarthy

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/h...
Sex Hormones Are Brain Hormones. What Does This Mean for Treating Brain Diseases?
A growing understanding of how “reproductive” hormones sculpt the brain could transform the management of neurological conditions.
www.nytimes.com
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Great afternoon today at the annual meeting of the Cardiovascular Research Center @unibern.bsky.social, discussing why including #sex and #gender in basic, preclinical, and clinical #research is essential, and exploring the best ways to practically incorporate it into study designs.
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"Menstruation Matters" was launched recently. Our November Focus explores periods from a multidisciplinary lens, addressing myths, period poverty, and supporting menstrual health across diverse populations. [1/14]
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Happy to have been one of the speakers at last week's Symposium on Sex and Gender Medicine, organized by @stefaniadelprete.bsky.social @dkfz.bsky.social
As someone who began organizing biannual #SABV symposiums in 🇨🇭 4 years ago, it’s great to see more European universities promoting this topic!
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I would be very interested to join. Thanks!