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Jelena Brasanac, PhD
@jelenabrasanac.bsky.social
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👩‍🔬Postdoc @ Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
🧬 Biological psychiatry 🌬️Breathwork
🎓 ECNP Early Career Academy
🌈 co-founder Dragonfly Mental Health
📍Berlin
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📣 #PNIRS2025 Full Program is now available!

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Tag us or use #PNIRS2025 as you post about the annual meeting — We’d love to connect and repost! 🤩

Find us on Instagram (@PNIResearchSociety) & LinkedIn (@PNIRS) 😉

Please repost 🙏🏼

#PNIRS #Bordeaux #France #Psychoneuroimmunology #PNI
June 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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josephineheine.bsky.social
📣 New publication 📣

Our latest review article explores the role sex differences play in neuroimaging, disease progression and clinical outcomes of #multiplesclerosis and related diseases.

- with @jelenabrasanac.bsky.social and Claudia Chien

doi.org/10.1159/0005...

🧵 #ms #nmosd #womenshealth
A screenshot of the first page of the review article "A Review of Sex Differences in Neurodegeneration and Psychological Comorbidities in Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders" by Brasanac, Heine, and Chien
May 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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science.org
"Academics tend to be averse to discussing mental health openly, and higher education’s mental health safety net is patchy—a forgotten footnote that all too often fails its students." #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth scim.ag/4m61iaU
Illustration for an article titled "Mental health in academia is too often a forgotten footnote. That needs to change" featuring a person overwhelmed by a swirl of papers and books.
May 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
jelenabrasanac.bsky.social
🎓 Join us for the International Postdoc–Junior PI Retreat!
📍 Neupitz, near Berlin
🗓️ Sept 1–3, 2025

Connect, collaborate & recharge with peers in nature.
🆓 Travel, stay & meals funded.
🔗 Apply by May 31: torbenottlab.org/postdoc-youn...
romotional flyer for the "International Postdoc – Junior PI Retreat," taking place 1–3 September 2025 in Neupitz near Berlin. The flyer features a four-panel layout with images of sticky notes, a lakeside view, an outdoor dining setup, and a writing desk. Central text reads “Connect with peers. Build collaborations.” Below, the date, location, and a QR code for registration are shown. (Design: Canva | Images: Unsplash)
May 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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nature.com
Immune cells boost stress-linked fear responses by communicating with brain cells.

Psychedelics can modulate this interaction, lessening such fear

https://go.nature.com/4ixzclU
Psychedelics reduce fear by targeting immune cells that modulate brain cells
Immune cells boost stress-linked fear responses by communicating with brain cells. One way that psychedelics lessen such fear is by modulating this interaction.
go.nature.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
jelenabrasanac.bsky.social
We have something special to share with you - our #Breathwork paper is out in the world! 🌍✨ We explored the mechanisms and effects of Breathwork-induced altered states of consciousness 🌬️🧠

Huge thanks to the wonderful Martha Havenith @zeronoiselab.bsky.social for bringing me into this project 🤗
April 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM