PIXIE Lab
@pixielabkcl.bsky.social
Psychoimmunometabolix and Interaction with the Environment (PIXIE) lab led by Prof Valeria Mondelli - research in biological & environmental factors in mental health
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@pixielabkcl.bsky.social
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Hi BlueSky! 🦋 Welcome to the PIXIE lab's official account 👋
We're thrilled to connect with you and share all the exciting research, events, and accomplishments happening here. Be sure to follow us for the latest updates about our Immunopsychaitry Meeting series! #mentalhealth
🔗 www.pixielab.org.uk
We're thrilled to connect with you and share all the exciting research, events, and accomplishments happening here. Be sure to follow us for the latest updates about our Immunopsychaitry Meeting series! #mentalhealth
🔗 www.pixielab.org.uk
Come listen to Dr Fabia Filipello and Jehanita Jesuthasan talk at our biweekly Immunopsychiatry Meeting! Q&A sessions will be held after each presentation. Look forward to seeing you there! 🧪
@kingsioppn.bsky.social
🔗http://bit.ly/3WUMO2m
📅Monday 17th November
🕔4:00 PM BST
@kingsioppn.bsky.social
🔗http://bit.ly/3WUMO2m
📅Monday 17th November
🕔4:00 PM BST
November 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Come listen to Dr Fabia Filipello and Jehanita Jesuthasan talk at our biweekly Immunopsychiatry Meeting! Q&A sessions will be held after each presentation. Look forward to seeing you there! 🧪
@kingsioppn.bsky.social
🔗http://bit.ly/3WUMO2m
📅Monday 17th November
🕔4:00 PM BST
@kingsioppn.bsky.social
🔗http://bit.ly/3WUMO2m
📅Monday 17th November
🕔4:00 PM BST
Happy Halloween! 🎃 Join us on Monday, Nov. 3rd, to listen to the not-so-spooky, but riveting talk "Innate Immunity at the Crossroad of Neurological Health and Disease" led by Prof John Lukens 🧪
@lukensjohnr.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/3L9429I
📅 Monday 3rd November
🕔 4:00 PM BST
@lukensjohnr.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/3L9429I
📅 Monday 3rd November
🕔 4:00 PM BST
October 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Happy Halloween! 🎃 Join us on Monday, Nov. 3rd, to listen to the not-so-spooky, but riveting talk "Innate Immunity at the Crossroad of Neurological Health and Disease" led by Prof John Lukens 🧪
@lukensjohnr.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/3L9429I
📅 Monday 3rd November
🕔 4:00 PM BST
@lukensjohnr.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/3L9429I
📅 Monday 3rd November
🕔 4:00 PM BST
Happy Halloween! 🎃 Join us on Monday, Nov. 3rd, to listen to the not-so-spooky, but riveting talk "Innate Immunity at the Crossroad of Neurological Health and Disease" led by Prof John Lukens
@lukensjohnr.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/3L9429I
📅 Monday 3rd November
🕔 4:00 PM BST
@lukensjohnr.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/3L9429I
📅 Monday 3rd November
🕔 4:00 PM BST
October 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Happy Halloween! 🎃 Join us on Monday, Nov. 3rd, to listen to the not-so-spooky, but riveting talk "Innate Immunity at the Crossroad of Neurological Health and Disease" led by Prof John Lukens
@lukensjohnr.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/3L9429I
📅 Monday 3rd November
🕔 4:00 PM BST
@lukensjohnr.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/3L9429I
📅 Monday 3rd November
🕔 4:00 PM BST
Join us Monday 20th October for our bi-weekly Immunopsychiatry meeting! We will hear talks from Dr Paolo Enrico and Dr Naghmeh Nikkheslat and have a Q&A session.
@kingsioppn.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social
🔗https://bit.ly/4nU9QCe
📅 Monday 20th October
🕔 4:00 PM BST
@kingsioppn.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social
🔗https://bit.ly/4nU9QCe
📅 Monday 20th October
🕔 4:00 PM BST
October 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Join us Monday 20th October for our bi-weekly Immunopsychiatry meeting! We will hear talks from Dr Paolo Enrico and Dr Naghmeh Nikkheslat and have a Q&A session.
@kingsioppn.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social
🔗https://bit.ly/4nU9QCe
📅 Monday 20th October
🕔 4:00 PM BST
@kingsioppn.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social
🔗https://bit.ly/4nU9QCe
📅 Monday 20th October
🕔 4:00 PM BST
We are back on Monday 6th October with a new year of Immunopsychiatry talks from some of the greatest minds in the field - and we hope to see you there!🦋
Kicking off this season, Prof Charles Raison will be presenting his talk online on Teams at 4pm UK time @kingsioppn.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/420tnbm
Kicking off this season, Prof Charles Raison will be presenting his talk online on Teams at 4pm UK time @kingsioppn.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/420tnbm
October 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
We are back on Monday 6th October with a new year of Immunopsychiatry talks from some of the greatest minds in the field - and we hope to see you there!🦋
Kicking off this season, Prof Charles Raison will be presenting his talk online on Teams at 4pm UK time @kingsioppn.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/420tnbm
Kicking off this season, Prof Charles Raison will be presenting his talk online on Teams at 4pm UK time @kingsioppn.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/420tnbm
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I'm thrilled to share that I've been awarded a @wellcometrust.bsky.social Clinical Research Fellowship at @kingsioppn.bsky.social
I'll be continuing my research into the underlying processes of PMDD within @pixielabkcl.bsky.social
A huge thanks to both for supporting this important work!
I'll be continuing my research into the underlying processes of PMDD within @pixielabkcl.bsky.social
A huge thanks to both for supporting this important work!
October 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I'm thrilled to share that I've been awarded a @wellcometrust.bsky.social Clinical Research Fellowship at @kingsioppn.bsky.social
I'll be continuing my research into the underlying processes of PMDD within @pixielabkcl.bsky.social
A huge thanks to both for supporting this important work!
I'll be continuing my research into the underlying processes of PMDD within @pixielabkcl.bsky.social
A huge thanks to both for supporting this important work!
We are inviting individuals with current or past experiences of depression to participate in focus group sessions. Each session will last up to 3 hours and aims to explore sex differences in depression as well as gather feedback on designing future research studies in this area.
July 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
We are inviting individuals with current or past experiences of depression to participate in focus group sessions. Each session will last up to 3 hours and aims to explore sex differences in depression as well as gather feedback on designing future research studies in this area.
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Very happy to celebrate my Norman Cousins award (and my birthday) with amazing #PNIRS2025 friends and part of my lab this year in #Bordeaux 🎂🎉🤩
@pnirs.bsky.social
@pixielabkcl.bsky.social
@carminepariante.bsky.social
@kingsioppn.bsky.social
@pnirs.bsky.social
@pixielabkcl.bsky.social
@carminepariante.bsky.social
@kingsioppn.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Very happy to celebrate my Norman Cousins award (and my birthday) with amazing #PNIRS2025 friends and part of my lab this year in #Bordeaux 🎂🎉🤩
@pnirs.bsky.social
@pixielabkcl.bsky.social
@carminepariante.bsky.social
@kingsioppn.bsky.social
@pnirs.bsky.social
@pixielabkcl.bsky.social
@carminepariante.bsky.social
@kingsioppn.bsky.social
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Great #posterblitz presentation by Courtney Worrell on childhood trauma and gene expression of NR3C1 in #depression at #PNIRS2025
Now go and see her poster to learn the about the rest of the findings!
@pnirs.bsky.social
@carminepariante.bsky.social
@pixielabkcl.bsky.social
@kingsioppn.bsky.social
Now go and see her poster to learn the about the rest of the findings!
@pnirs.bsky.social
@carminepariante.bsky.social
@pixielabkcl.bsky.social
@kingsioppn.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Great #posterblitz presentation by Courtney Worrell on childhood trauma and gene expression of NR3C1 in #depression at #PNIRS2025
Now go and see her poster to learn the about the rest of the findings!
@pnirs.bsky.social
@carminepariante.bsky.social
@pixielabkcl.bsky.social
@kingsioppn.bsky.social
Now go and see her poster to learn the about the rest of the findings!
@pnirs.bsky.social
@carminepariante.bsky.social
@pixielabkcl.bsky.social
@kingsioppn.bsky.social
✨Calling all early-career & senior researchers‼️
We are planning next year's series of talks and would like to hear your suggestions @pnirs.bsky.social
Are you interested in presenting your own research or have a researcher you would love to hear from? Let us know here: bit.ly/pixie2026
We are planning next year's series of talks and would like to hear your suggestions @pnirs.bsky.social
Are you interested in presenting your own research or have a researcher you would love to hear from? Let us know here: bit.ly/pixie2026
May 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
✨Calling all early-career & senior researchers‼️
We are planning next year's series of talks and would like to hear your suggestions @pnirs.bsky.social
Are you interested in presenting your own research or have a researcher you would love to hear from? Let us know here: bit.ly/pixie2026
We are planning next year's series of talks and would like to hear your suggestions @pnirs.bsky.social
Are you interested in presenting your own research or have a researcher you would love to hear from? Let us know here: bit.ly/pixie2026
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In today's article, @pixielabkcl.bsky.social Senior Researcher Naghmeh Nikkheslat discusses a key #BiologicalMechanism linked to #Depression risk and recovery in #TeenageGirls, based on her recently published paper.
@mqmentalhealth.bsky.social
Read now:
www.inspirethemind.org/post/a-key-b...
@mqmentalhealth.bsky.social
Read now:
www.inspirethemind.org/post/a-key-b...
A key Biological Mechanism Linked to Depression Risk and Recovery in Teenage Girls
I am Dr Naghmeh Nikkheslat, a Senior Research Scientist at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London.
www.inspirethemind.org
May 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
In today's article, @pixielabkcl.bsky.social Senior Researcher Naghmeh Nikkheslat discusses a key #BiologicalMechanism linked to #Depression risk and recovery in #TeenageGirls, based on her recently published paper.
@mqmentalhealth.bsky.social
Read now:
www.inspirethemind.org/post/a-key-b...
@mqmentalhealth.bsky.social
Read now:
www.inspirethemind.org/post/a-key-b...
✨Don't miss out on our next Immunopsychiatry Meeting in just 3 days! Join us and our guest speakers, Dr Alessandro Venturino and Maddy Kirkpatrick, for a pair of back-to-back talks and a Q&A session @pnirs.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social
🔗: bit.ly/436iOD9
📅: Monday 12th May
🕓: 4:00PM BST
🔗: bit.ly/436iOD9
📅: Monday 12th May
🕓: 4:00PM BST
May 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
✨Don't miss out on our next Immunopsychiatry Meeting in just 3 days! Join us and our guest speakers, Dr Alessandro Venturino and Maddy Kirkpatrick, for a pair of back-to-back talks and a Q&A session @pnirs.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social
🔗: bit.ly/436iOD9
📅: Monday 12th May
🕓: 4:00PM BST
🔗: bit.ly/436iOD9
📅: Monday 12th May
🕓: 4:00PM BST
We have another excellent speaker lined up for you in the next Immunopsychiatry Meeting! For this meeting, Dr Laura Fonken talks about sex differences in rat microglia reactivity, mood, and cognition @pnirs.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social
🔗: bit.ly/4jhPJeV
📅: Monday 28th April
🕓: 4:00pm BST
🔗: bit.ly/4jhPJeV
📅: Monday 28th April
🕓: 4:00pm BST
April 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
We have another excellent speaker lined up for you in the next Immunopsychiatry Meeting! For this meeting, Dr Laura Fonken talks about sex differences in rat microglia reactivity, mood, and cognition @pnirs.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social
🔗: bit.ly/4jhPJeV
📅: Monday 28th April
🕓: 4:00pm BST
🔗: bit.ly/4jhPJeV
📅: Monday 28th April
🕓: 4:00pm BST
Don't miss our next Immunopsychiatry Meeting taking place TODAY in just a few hours!
Join us online for a talk by Dr Hemmo Drexhage @pnirs.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social
🕓 Monday 7th April @ 4pm (BST)
🔗 Join online: bit.ly/4iTJv4V
Join us online for a talk by Dr Hemmo Drexhage @pnirs.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social
🕓 Monday 7th April @ 4pm (BST)
🔗 Join online: bit.ly/4iTJv4V
April 7, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Don't miss our next Immunopsychiatry Meeting taking place TODAY in just a few hours!
Join us online for a talk by Dr Hemmo Drexhage @pnirs.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social
🕓 Monday 7th April @ 4pm (BST)
🔗 Join online: bit.ly/4iTJv4V
Join us online for a talk by Dr Hemmo Drexhage @pnirs.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social
🕓 Monday 7th April @ 4pm (BST)
🔗 Join online: bit.ly/4iTJv4V
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🚨Our NEW paper is out!!🚨
Sex-Specific Alterations of Kynurenine Pathway in Association with Risk and Remission of Depression in Adolescence
Great work from #IDEAteam 🤩
shorturl.at/TReuY
@mqmentalhealth.bsky.social
@nihrmaudsleybrc.bsky.social
@ckieling.bsky.social
@pixielabkcl.bsky.social
Sex-Specific Alterations of Kynurenine Pathway in Association with Risk and Remission of Depression in Adolescence
Great work from #IDEAteam 🤩
shorturl.at/TReuY
@mqmentalhealth.bsky.social
@nihrmaudsleybrc.bsky.social
@ckieling.bsky.social
@pixielabkcl.bsky.social
Sex-Specific Alterations of the Kynurenine Pathway in Association With Risk for and Remission of Depression in Adolescence
The imbalance between neurotoxic and neuroprotective metabolites of the kynurenine pathway has been implicated in the pathophysiology of major depress…
shorturl.at
March 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
🚨Our NEW paper is out!!🚨
Sex-Specific Alterations of Kynurenine Pathway in Association with Risk and Remission of Depression in Adolescence
Great work from #IDEAteam 🤩
shorturl.at/TReuY
@mqmentalhealth.bsky.social
@nihrmaudsleybrc.bsky.social
@ckieling.bsky.social
@pixielabkcl.bsky.social
Sex-Specific Alterations of Kynurenine Pathway in Association with Risk and Remission of Depression in Adolescence
Great work from #IDEAteam 🤩
shorturl.at/TReuY
@mqmentalhealth.bsky.social
@nihrmaudsleybrc.bsky.social
@ckieling.bsky.social
@pixielabkcl.bsky.social
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Don’t forget to submit your abstract by 4th of April and to register for early bird registration fee!!
Don’t miss @pnirs.bsky.social #PNIRS2025 this year! The program is amazing!! 🤩
@pixielabkcl.bsky.social
@ymilaneschi.bsky.social
@carminepariante.bsky.social
@julielasselin.bsky.social
Don’t miss @pnirs.bsky.social #PNIRS2025 this year! The program is amazing!! 🤩
@pixielabkcl.bsky.social
@ymilaneschi.bsky.social
@carminepariante.bsky.social
@julielasselin.bsky.social
📢📢 Registration is now live for #PNIRS2025 in Bordeaux!! Join
@PNIRS
for member-discounted registration! Abstract submission deadline is April 4th 2025!!
@PNIRS
for member-discounted registration! Abstract submission deadline is April 4th 2025!!
March 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Don’t forget to submit your abstract by 4th of April and to register for early bird registration fee!!
Don’t miss @pnirs.bsky.social #PNIRS2025 this year! The program is amazing!! 🤩
@pixielabkcl.bsky.social
@ymilaneschi.bsky.social
@carminepariante.bsky.social
@julielasselin.bsky.social
Don’t miss @pnirs.bsky.social #PNIRS2025 this year! The program is amazing!! 🤩
@pixielabkcl.bsky.social
@ymilaneschi.bsky.social
@carminepariante.bsky.social
@julielasselin.bsky.social
After a short hiatus, we're back again with our next Immunopsychaitry Meeting! Join us next week for talks by a brilliant pair of speakers Enzo Cipriani and @eimearfoley.bsky.social🥼
@kingsioppn.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social
🕓Monday 24th Feb @ 4pm (GMT)
🔗Join online: bit.ly/40tX9DB
@kingsioppn.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social
🕓Monday 24th Feb @ 4pm (GMT)
🔗Join online: bit.ly/40tX9DB
February 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
After a short hiatus, we're back again with our next Immunopsychaitry Meeting! Join us next week for talks by a brilliant pair of speakers Enzo Cipriani and @eimearfoley.bsky.social🥼
@kingsioppn.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social
🕓Monday 24th Feb @ 4pm (GMT)
🔗Join online: bit.ly/40tX9DB
@kingsioppn.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social
🕓Monday 24th Feb @ 4pm (GMT)
🔗Join online: bit.ly/40tX9DB
Reposted by PIXIE Lab
Hi, welcome! 👋 We are Inspire the Mind, a digital magazine bringing together everything you've always wanted to know about #MentalHealth, #Science, and #Society.
We do this with our diverse group of #Writers with #LivedExperience and #Academics who have dedicated their lives to research.
We do this with our diverse group of #Writers with #LivedExperience and #Academics who have dedicated their lives to research.
January 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Hi, welcome! 👋 We are Inspire the Mind, a digital magazine bringing together everything you've always wanted to know about #MentalHealth, #Science, and #Society.
We do this with our diverse group of #Writers with #LivedExperience and #Academics who have dedicated their lives to research.
We do this with our diverse group of #Writers with #LivedExperience and #Academics who have dedicated their lives to research.
Reposted by PIXIE Lab
Really happy to announce that my amazing Lab has also joined BlueSky 🦋🥳
Please follow the amazing PIXIE Lab @pixielabkcl.bsky.social to hear about all our latest research work and updates on #immunopsychiatry!
Please follow the amazing PIXIE Lab @pixielabkcl.bsky.social to hear about all our latest research work and updates on #immunopsychiatry!
January 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Really happy to announce that my amazing Lab has also joined BlueSky 🦋🥳
Please follow the amazing PIXIE Lab @pixielabkcl.bsky.social to hear about all our latest research work and updates on #immunopsychiatry!
Please follow the amazing PIXIE Lab @pixielabkcl.bsky.social to hear about all our latest research work and updates on #immunopsychiatry!
Don't miss out! We start in just 45 mins ⬇️
🎆Happy New Year from the PIXIE Lab!🎆
We're excited to be back and share with you the details of our next Immunopsychaitry Meeting - join us for an exciting talk by Prof Christian Otte @kingsioppn.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social
🕓Monday 13th Jan @ 4pm (GMT)
🔗Join online: bit.ly/3BxcBq6
We're excited to be back and share with you the details of our next Immunopsychaitry Meeting - join us for an exciting talk by Prof Christian Otte @kingsioppn.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social
🕓Monday 13th Jan @ 4pm (GMT)
🔗Join online: bit.ly/3BxcBq6
January 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Don't miss out! We start in just 45 mins ⬇️
🎆Happy New Year from the PIXIE Lab!🎆
We're excited to be back and share with you the details of our next Immunopsychaitry Meeting - join us for an exciting talk by Prof Christian Otte @kingsioppn.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social
🕓Monday 13th Jan @ 4pm (GMT)
🔗Join online: bit.ly/3BxcBq6
We're excited to be back and share with you the details of our next Immunopsychaitry Meeting - join us for an exciting talk by Prof Christian Otte @kingsioppn.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social
🕓Monday 13th Jan @ 4pm (GMT)
🔗Join online: bit.ly/3BxcBq6
January 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
🎆Happy New Year from the PIXIE Lab!🎆
We're excited to be back and share with you the details of our next Immunopsychaitry Meeting - join us for an exciting talk by Prof Christian Otte @kingsioppn.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social
🕓Monday 13th Jan @ 4pm (GMT)
🔗Join online: bit.ly/3BxcBq6
We're excited to be back and share with you the details of our next Immunopsychaitry Meeting - join us for an exciting talk by Prof Christian Otte @kingsioppn.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social
🕓Monday 13th Jan @ 4pm (GMT)
🔗Join online: bit.ly/3BxcBq6
Hi BlueSky! 🦋 Welcome to the PIXIE lab's official account 👋
We're thrilled to connect with you and share all the exciting research, events, and accomplishments happening here. Be sure to follow us for the latest updates about our Immunopsychaitry Meeting series! #mentalhealth
🔗 www.pixielab.org.uk
We're thrilled to connect with you and share all the exciting research, events, and accomplishments happening here. Be sure to follow us for the latest updates about our Immunopsychaitry Meeting series! #mentalhealth
🔗 www.pixielab.org.uk
January 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Hi BlueSky! 🦋 Welcome to the PIXIE lab's official account 👋
We're thrilled to connect with you and share all the exciting research, events, and accomplishments happening here. Be sure to follow us for the latest updates about our Immunopsychaitry Meeting series! #mentalhealth
🔗 www.pixielab.org.uk
We're thrilled to connect with you and share all the exciting research, events, and accomplishments happening here. Be sure to follow us for the latest updates about our Immunopsychaitry Meeting series! #mentalhealth
🔗 www.pixielab.org.uk