Julian Koenig
@koeniglab.bsky.social
Prof @ Uni of Cologne
Precision Psychiatry, Autonomic Neuroscience, Neuromodulation. Editor: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
www.koeniglab.de
Precision Psychiatry, Autonomic Neuroscience, Neuromodulation. Editor: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
www.koeniglab.de
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Julian Koenig
@koeniglab.bsky.social
· Aug 8
Very honored to receive the 2025 Outstanding New Investigator Award by the International Society of Behavioral Medicine at #ICBM2025 in Vienna. Award granted in view of our scientific work on early biological markers of susceptibility to illness, and the development of innovative treatments. 1/5
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New research publication: Predicting suicide attempts in a high-risk clinical cohort of adolescents using machine-learning by Hertel et al in our #ECAP journal:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#youthmentalhealth #suicideprevention
@koeniglab.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#youthmentalhealth #suicideprevention
@koeniglab.bsky.social
Predicting suicide attempts in a high-risk clinical cohort of adolescents using machine-learning - European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - While suicide prevention is a major global health priority in youth, it remains challenging to identify those at risk for future suicidal behavior. This...
link.springer.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:59 AM
New research publication: Predicting suicide attempts in a high-risk clinical cohort of adolescents using machine-learning by Hertel et al in our #ECAP journal:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#youthmentalhealth #suicideprevention
@koeniglab.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#youthmentalhealth #suicideprevention
@koeniglab.bsky.social
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Cracking the code of gut–brain sensing — a Journal Club article by Lihua Ye
#neurocience #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neurocience #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 29, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Cracking the code of gut–brain sensing — a Journal Club article by Lihua Ye
#neurocience #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neurocience #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The US government lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs last year, according to an analysis by Science of newly released OPM data, with 11 departures for every hire. And many OPM calls "voluntary" separations were probably pushed. www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
www.science.org
January 27, 2026 at 1:28 AM
The US government lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs last year, according to an analysis by Science of newly released OPM data, with 11 departures for every hire. And many OPM calls "voluntary" separations were probably pushed. www.science.org/content/arti...
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Call for PostDoc applications: Find the project on Social Touch during Stress by @fbublatzky.bsky.social and myself as #35.
Please reach out to us for any questions and to discuss your thoughts on the project. Colleagues, please repost or forward to candidates. 🧠🫂👇
Please reach out to us for any questions and to discuss your thoughts on the project. Colleagues, please repost or forward to candidates. 🧠🫂👇
The Alliance is looking for outstanding, international early career scientists/ clinician scientists, for bridging projects between two or more Alliance partner institutions.
👉Deadline on 3/31/26 5pm CEST
Info on our webpage at:
www.health-life-sciences.de/opportunitie...
#postdoc
👉Deadline on 3/31/26 5pm CEST
Info on our webpage at:
www.health-life-sciences.de/opportunitie...
#postdoc
January 22, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Call for PostDoc applications: Find the project on Social Touch during Stress by @fbublatzky.bsky.social and myself as #35.
Please reach out to us for any questions and to discuss your thoughts on the project. Colleagues, please repost or forward to candidates. 🧠🫂👇
Please reach out to us for any questions and to discuss your thoughts on the project. Colleagues, please repost or forward to candidates. 🧠🫂👇
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📢 Postdoctoral Position (2 years) – Social Neuroscience / Psychophysiology
@monikaeckstein.bsky.social & myself invite applications from an outstanding early-career PostDoc to join a new project on social touch, stress, and health at the CIMH in Mannheim and Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany
@monikaeckstein.bsky.social & myself invite applications from an outstanding early-career PostDoc to join a new project on social touch, stress, and health at the CIMH in Mannheim and Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany
January 21, 2026 at 9:30 AM
📢 Postdoctoral Position (2 years) – Social Neuroscience / Psychophysiology
@monikaeckstein.bsky.social & myself invite applications from an outstanding early-career PostDoc to join a new project on social touch, stress, and health at the CIMH in Mannheim and Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany
@monikaeckstein.bsky.social & myself invite applications from an outstanding early-career PostDoc to join a new project on social touch, stress, and health at the CIMH in Mannheim and Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany
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🚨 Upcoming JCCP Special Issue: "Innovations in Digital Phenotyping for Scalable Personalization of Mental Health Care" Edited by Sigal Zilcha-Mano, Roee Admon, & me.
🗓 Pre-proposals due March 2, 2026
Will show on JCCP website soon (sharing early for planning)
⬇️ Call for Papers
tinyurl.com/3tkps63c
🗓 Pre-proposals due March 2, 2026
Will show on JCCP website soon (sharing early for planning)
⬇️ Call for Papers
tinyurl.com/3tkps63c
tinyurl.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:47 PM
🚨 Upcoming JCCP Special Issue: "Innovations in Digital Phenotyping for Scalable Personalization of Mental Health Care" Edited by Sigal Zilcha-Mano, Roee Admon, & me.
🗓 Pre-proposals due March 2, 2026
Will show on JCCP website soon (sharing early for planning)
⬇️ Call for Papers
tinyurl.com/3tkps63c
🗓 Pre-proposals due March 2, 2026
Will show on JCCP website soon (sharing early for planning)
⬇️ Call for Papers
tinyurl.com/3tkps63c
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We all knew Tylenol didn’t cause autism.
Now the data in the @thelancet.com confirm it—no increased risk of autism, ADHD, or Intellectual Disability when used as directed in pregnancy.
Misinformation from HHS keeps failing the science test.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Now the data in the @thelancet.com confirm it—no increased risk of autism, ADHD, or Intellectual Disability when used as directed in pregnancy.
Misinformation from HHS keeps failing the science test.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Prenatal paracetamol exposure and child neurodevelopment: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Current evidence does not indicate a clinically important increase in the likelihood
of autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, or intellectual disability in children of pregnant
individuals who use paracetam...
www.thelancet.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:53 AM
We all knew Tylenol didn’t cause autism.
Now the data in the @thelancet.com confirm it—no increased risk of autism, ADHD, or Intellectual Disability when used as directed in pregnancy.
Misinformation from HHS keeps failing the science test.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Now the data in the @thelancet.com confirm it—no increased risk of autism, ADHD, or Intellectual Disability when used as directed in pregnancy.
Misinformation from HHS keeps failing the science test.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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In den vergangenen Tagen wurde auf verschiedenen Social-Media-Plattformen über die Vorankündigung diskutiert, dass die DFG zukünftig unter bestimmten Rahmenbedingungen die Nutzung von KI in der Begutachtung ermöglichen wird. Mehr⏬
January 16, 2026 at 1:41 PM
In den vergangenen Tagen wurde auf verschiedenen Social-Media-Plattformen über die Vorankündigung diskutiert, dass die DFG zukünftig unter bestimmten Rahmenbedingungen die Nutzung von KI in der Begutachtung ermöglichen wird. Mehr⏬
New paper from our STAR Consortium “Self-Injury: Treatment, Assessment, Recovery” now published in ECAP!
Just published: Frequency of bullying modulates amygdala response during social exclusion in participants with non-suicidal self-injury by Spohrs et al:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#ECAP #openaccess
@koeniglab.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#ECAP #openaccess
@koeniglab.bsky.social
Frequency of bullying modulates amygdala response during social exclusion in participants with non-suicidal self-injury - European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a phenomenon of high worldwide prevalence. Social exclusion as a major form of bullying has been reported to be an...
link.springer.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:29 PM
New paper from our STAR Consortium “Self-Injury: Treatment, Assessment, Recovery” now published in ECAP!
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Join my lab and collaborate with excellent scientists Magdalena Schlesinger or Anette Frank at University of Heidelberg! We offer topics on replay in humans and rodents or neurobiologically inspired AI, respectively.
Deadline 31st March.
Apply here: www.health-life-sciences.de/opportunitie...
Deadline 31st March.
Apply here: www.health-life-sciences.de/opportunitie...
January 15, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Join my lab and collaborate with excellent scientists Magdalena Schlesinger or Anette Frank at University of Heidelberg! We offer topics on replay in humans and rodents or neurobiologically inspired AI, respectively.
Deadline 31st March.
Apply here: www.health-life-sciences.de/opportunitie...
Deadline 31st March.
Apply here: www.health-life-sciences.de/opportunitie...
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Two joint #CallForProposals for multinational & translational research projects in the new "European Partnership for Brain Health".
Call 1: Neurological, mental, and sensory disorders
Call 2: Neurodegenerative disorders
Proposals should combine basic and clinical approaches. More🔽
sohub.io/dith
Call 1: Neurological, mental, and sensory disorders
Call 2: Neurodegenerative disorders
Proposals should combine basic and clinical approaches. More🔽
sohub.io/dith
Multinational and Translational Research Projects in the European Partnership for Brain Health
sohub.io
January 14, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Two joint #CallForProposals for multinational & translational research projects in the new "European Partnership for Brain Health".
Call 1: Neurological, mental, and sensory disorders
Call 2: Neurodegenerative disorders
Proposals should combine basic and clinical approaches. More🔽
sohub.io/dith
Call 1: Neurological, mental, and sensory disorders
Call 2: Neurodegenerative disorders
Proposals should combine basic and clinical approaches. More🔽
sohub.io/dith
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We are back online and are wishing everyone a happy New Year!
In case you missed this during the holidays: The December issue of our #ECAP journal is now available:
www.escap.eu/ecap-journal...
In case you missed this during the holidays: The December issue of our #ECAP journal is now available:
www.escap.eu/ecap-journal...
January 7, 2026 at 8:44 AM
We are back online and are wishing everyone a happy New Year!
In case you missed this during the holidays: The December issue of our #ECAP journal is now available:
www.escap.eu/ecap-journal...
In case you missed this during the holidays: The December issue of our #ECAP journal is now available:
www.escap.eu/ecap-journal...
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Nach 11 Monaten Arbeit findet morgen die Konsensuskonferenz der
S2K-Leitlinie Long-/Post-COVID statt.
Die Mandatsträger:innen stimmen nun über die Empfehlungen der einzelnen Kapitel ab.
Das ist der zentrale Schritt auf dem Weg zur finalen Leitlinie.
#PostCovid #MECFS #PEM
#PEMistnichtVerhandelbar
S2K-Leitlinie Long-/Post-COVID statt.
Die Mandatsträger:innen stimmen nun über die Empfehlungen der einzelnen Kapitel ab.
Das ist der zentrale Schritt auf dem Weg zur finalen Leitlinie.
#PostCovid #MECFS #PEM
#PEMistnichtVerhandelbar
January 6, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Nach 11 Monaten Arbeit findet morgen die Konsensuskonferenz der
S2K-Leitlinie Long-/Post-COVID statt.
Die Mandatsträger:innen stimmen nun über die Empfehlungen der einzelnen Kapitel ab.
Das ist der zentrale Schritt auf dem Weg zur finalen Leitlinie.
#PostCovid #MECFS #PEM
#PEMistnichtVerhandelbar
S2K-Leitlinie Long-/Post-COVID statt.
Die Mandatsträger:innen stimmen nun über die Empfehlungen der einzelnen Kapitel ab.
Das ist der zentrale Schritt auf dem Weg zur finalen Leitlinie.
#PostCovid #MECFS #PEM
#PEMistnichtVerhandelbar
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Very much looking forward to this great conference!
We are delighted to invite you to the upcoming “Psychology and the Brain” conference, which will take place in Heidelberg from June 3 to 6, 2026. Conference registration and submission of contributions are now open. Visit us at pug2026.org
#pug2026 #biopsychology #psychophysioloy #neuroscience
#pug2026 #biopsychology #psychophysioloy #neuroscience
December 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Very much looking forward to this great conference!
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Are you curious about electrogastrography, but keep getting chicken-related results when googling "EGG"? We have the preprint for you!
In this tutorial, we describe how to acquire and analyse gastric data from human participants. Plus FREE software! Read it here: arxiv.org/abs/2509.17260
In this tutorial, we describe how to acquire and analyse gastric data from human participants. Plus FREE software! Read it here: arxiv.org/abs/2509.17260
December 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Are you curious about electrogastrography, but keep getting chicken-related results when googling "EGG"? We have the preprint for you!
In this tutorial, we describe how to acquire and analyse gastric data from human participants. Plus FREE software! Read it here: arxiv.org/abs/2509.17260
In this tutorial, we describe how to acquire and analyse gastric data from human participants. Plus FREE software! Read it here: arxiv.org/abs/2509.17260
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Our paper on the ☀️ "summer slide" 🛝 is out now @pnas.org!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Summer slide is a replicable phenomenon across diverse datasets that's more than "forgetting" school material in vacation months, but effects of socioeconomic inequality are ➡️ 7x bigger! ⬅️
#PsychSciSky #DevPsy
🧵👇
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Summer slide is a replicable phenomenon across diverse datasets that's more than "forgetting" school material in vacation months, but effects of socioeconomic inequality are ➡️ 7x bigger! ⬅️
#PsychSciSky #DevPsy
🧵👇
December 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Our paper on the ☀️ "summer slide" 🛝 is out now @pnas.org!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Summer slide is a replicable phenomenon across diverse datasets that's more than "forgetting" school material in vacation months, but effects of socioeconomic inequality are ➡️ 7x bigger! ⬅️
#PsychSciSky #DevPsy
🧵👇
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Summer slide is a replicable phenomenon across diverse datasets that's more than "forgetting" school material in vacation months, but effects of socioeconomic inequality are ➡️ 7x bigger! ⬅️
#PsychSciSky #DevPsy
🧵👇
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How do gut signals shape motivation? After years of hard work led by the fabulous @corcerebrum.bsky.social, we show that ghrelin infusions increase hunger, food motivation, and FC between the hypothalamus and the striatum. This is driven by more pulses in the NAcc.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
December 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
How do gut signals shape motivation? After years of hard work led by the fabulous @corcerebrum.bsky.social, we show that ghrelin infusions increase hunger, food motivation, and FC between the hypothalamus and the striatum. This is driven by more pulses in the NAcc.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Please RT‼️ #TenureTrack position @zmbh.uni-heidelberg.de one of the best #proteostasis research centres in the world. www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Tenure Track Professorship (W1 with Tenure Track to W3) in “Molecular Biology" (f/m/d) - Heidelberg job with Universität Heidelberg | 12850668
The Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH) and the Faculty of Biosciences invite applications for a Tenure Track Professors...
www.nature.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Please RT‼️ #TenureTrack position @zmbh.uni-heidelberg.de one of the best #proteostasis research centres in the world. www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Hot from the @nbkroemer.bsky.social lab 👇🏻
Higher glucose levels buffer against everyday stress load https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.08.692911v1
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Hot from the @nbkroemer.bsky.social lab 👇🏻
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ERC Consolidator Grant for Professor Dr. Debora Gerstenberger. Congratulations! 🎉
💻👥 Her project "Wired History. Computers, Humans, and the Making of Latin American Futures (1950s–2000s)" (WIRED) will be funded for five years with two million euros.🌎
▶️ uni.koeln/74EA5
#unicologne #ERCCoG #Research
💻👥 Her project "Wired History. Computers, Humans, and the Making of Latin American Futures (1950s–2000s)" (WIRED) will be funded for five years with two million euros.🌎
▶️ uni.koeln/74EA5
#unicologne #ERCCoG #Research
December 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
ERC Consolidator Grant for Professor Dr. Debora Gerstenberger. Congratulations! 🎉
💻👥 Her project "Wired History. Computers, Humans, and the Making of Latin American Futures (1950s–2000s)" (WIRED) will be funded for five years with two million euros.🌎
▶️ uni.koeln/74EA5
#unicologne #ERCCoG #Research
💻👥 Her project "Wired History. Computers, Humans, and the Making of Latin American Futures (1950s–2000s)" (WIRED) will be funded for five years with two million euros.🌎
▶️ uni.koeln/74EA5
#unicologne #ERCCoG #Research
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Out now in @ebiomedicine.bsky.social 🚨.
Hunger often affects our mood, but is this a conscious or a subconscious process? Using continuous glucose monitoring, we show that differences in mood are driven by hunger ratings, not just glucose. #neuroskyence 🩺
www.thelancet.com/journals/EBI...
Hunger often affects our mood, but is this a conscious or a subconscious process? Using continuous glucose monitoring, we show that differences in mood are driven by hunger ratings, not just glucose. #neuroskyence 🩺
www.thelancet.com/journals/EBI...
December 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Out now in @ebiomedicine.bsky.social 🚨.
Hunger often affects our mood, but is this a conscious or a subconscious process? Using continuous glucose monitoring, we show that differences in mood are driven by hunger ratings, not just glucose. #neuroskyence 🩺
www.thelancet.com/journals/EBI...
Hunger often affects our mood, but is this a conscious or a subconscious process? Using continuous glucose monitoring, we show that differences in mood are driven by hunger ratings, not just glucose. #neuroskyence 🩺
www.thelancet.com/journals/EBI...
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// D7 Newsletter ✉️ //
The latest edition of the D7 Newsletter with new calls for proposals of national, European and international #research #funding organisations is now available!
#uniköln #bmbf #transfer #DFG #postdocs #erasmusplus
➡️ verwaltung.uni-koeln.de/d7_newsletter_en
The latest edition of the D7 Newsletter with new calls for proposals of national, European and international #research #funding organisations is now available!
#uniköln #bmbf #transfer #DFG #postdocs #erasmusplus
➡️ verwaltung.uni-koeln.de/d7_newsletter_en
December 3, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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📣 Our latest Special Issue is now out! 📣
Exploring Sleep Alterations in Severe Mental Disorders: Converging Evidence From Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research was edited by Armando D’Agostino, Anna Castelnovo, Giulio Tononi, and Fabio Ferrarelli.
💤 🧠 🧬
Learn more about what's in the issue ⬇️
Exploring Sleep Alterations in Severe Mental Disorders: Converging Evidence From Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research was edited by Armando D’Agostino, Anna Castelnovo, Giulio Tononi, and Fabio Ferrarelli.
💤 🧠 🧬
Learn more about what's in the issue ⬇️
Current Issue Table of Contents: Biological Psychiatry
buff.ly
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
📣 Our latest Special Issue is now out! 📣
Exploring Sleep Alterations in Severe Mental Disorders: Converging Evidence From Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research was edited by Armando D’Agostino, Anna Castelnovo, Giulio Tononi, and Fabio Ferrarelli.
💤 🧠 🧬
Learn more about what's in the issue ⬇️
Exploring Sleep Alterations in Severe Mental Disorders: Converging Evidence From Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research was edited by Armando D’Agostino, Anna Castelnovo, Giulio Tononi, and Fabio Ferrarelli.
💤 🧠 🧬
Learn more about what's in the issue ⬇️
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top notch mascottin'
November 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
top notch mascottin'
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Die DFG begrüßt die heutige Einigung in der Gemeinsamen Wissenschaftskonferenz des Bundes und der Länder (GWK): Eine Erhöhung der #Programmpauschale ab 2027 von derzeit 22 auf 25 % ist nicht der eigentlich notwendige (30 %), aber ein wichtiges Zeichen für die Stärkung der Wissenschaft.
sohub.io/aqsm
sohub.io/aqsm
DFG begrüßt GWK-Einigung zur Programmpauschale
sohub.io
November 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Die DFG begrüßt die heutige Einigung in der Gemeinsamen Wissenschaftskonferenz des Bundes und der Länder (GWK): Eine Erhöhung der #Programmpauschale ab 2027 von derzeit 22 auf 25 % ist nicht der eigentlich notwendige (30 %), aber ein wichtiges Zeichen für die Stärkung der Wissenschaft.
sohub.io/aqsm
sohub.io/aqsm