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Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social · 6d

📊 In her new paper, PhD student Ghalia Rehawi combined total gene expression and isoform ratio data using a network approach, showing significant rewiring of #gene and #isoform co-expression patterns in the network of affected vs. unaffected individuals.

🎉 Full paper: www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

Graphical abstract from the described paper

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Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social · 7d

Nächste Woche startet die Münchner Woche für #Seelische #Gesundheit, organisiert vom Münchner Bündnis gegen Depression! 🥳

Auch wir sind mit drei Events zum Thema "Psychische Gesundheit am #Arbeitsplatz" dabei! Alle Infos auf unserer Website: www.psych.mpg.de/mindmatters

Mind Matters

Vortragsreihe zu psychischen Störungen für alle Interessenten, kostenfrei und online

www.psych.mpg.de

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Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks for sharing our research! 🥳

Max Planck Neuroscience @mpneuro.bsky.social · 8d

Researchers from @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social, Helmholtz Munich & the University of Sydney have identified shared biological mechanisms in 3 psychiatric disorders, including disruptions in circadian rhythm & dopamine levels. Explore the research: bit.ly/4mjec4e

A pair of diagrams showing how DNA (gene level) is transcribed into mRNA (transcript level).

Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social · 9d

Join us for this event, happening tomorrow! 🥳

Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social · 20d

📢 We are happy to announce our first MPLS #lecture after the summer break!

📅 On September 30th, we will welcome Dr. Joshua Gordon, Chair of the Department of #Psychiatry at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. As always, this talk is open to everyone!

More info: www.psych.mpg.de/seminars

Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social · 20d

📢 We are happy to announce our first MPLS #lecture after the summer break!

📅 On September 30th, we will welcome Dr. Joshua Gordon, Chair of the Department of #Psychiatry at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. As always, this talk is open to everyone!

More info: www.psych.mpg.de/seminars

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WASAD @wasadorg.bsky.social · 29d

📢 Great News!!

The scientific program for #WASAD2025 “Uncertainty in Times of Change: A Lifecourse Approach to Stress and Anxiety,” is now complete. The topics include prevention, mental health, psychocardiology, and numerous others!

Explore the full program here:
👉 wasad2025.org/scientific-p...

Plenary Sessions

The Scientific Program includes 15 Plenary Sessions: P1 Molecular and neural underpinnings of stress-related disorders (Symposium of the Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie, Munich, Germany) Chai...

wasad2025.org

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Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social · 21d

Apply now to lead your own Research Group!

At our Institute, we conduct basic research to understand the causes of #psychiatric disorders. As the only MPI with a hospital, we also focus on the clinical #translation of our findings.

Have a look at our research: www.psych.mpg.de/research

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 23d

Early-career researchers: want to run your own lab? 🌟Max Planck Research Groups offer 6+ years, up to €2.7M in funding, open-topic freedom, team support & tenure-track opportunities. Intrigued? 😃Apply by Oct 14, 2025! www.mpg.de/max-planck-r...

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Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social · 26d

💡Our director Elisabeth Binder will speak about science, #history and #morality at the ECNP Congress in October. Read her interview below to get an insight into the difficult history of #psychiatry and of our Institute.

ECNP @ecnp.eu · 27d

💡Science, history, and morality — explore more in our interview with Elisabeth Binder, Germany.
🔗 ow.ly/gbjs50WV2gE

🧠 At the #ECNP2025 Congress, she will speak on the importance of #psychiatry and #science generally being grounded in a sense of what is right.

@mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social #science

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Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social · 27d

Interested in a doctoral program in #psychiatry or #neuroscience? Apply to this great program and come join us at our Institute 🥳

Max Planck School of Cognition @mps-cognition.bsky.social · Sep 4

The new application cycle for our fully funded international graduate program has just started. You can now apply via our website, sign up for a Q&A, or participate in the Applicant Support Program cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en ! 👍🏻🧠👏🏾#passionforscience, #maxplanckschools

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Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social · Aug 27

If you want to know more, read our press release and the original publication here: www.psych.mpg.de/2959339/news...

First mechanism for cognitive disorders in schizophrenia found

New research uncovers a mechanism for cognitive disorders in schizophrenia, highlighting the role of oligodendrocytes in brain function.

www.psych.mpg.de

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Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social · Aug 27

🤔 Researchers from our MPI and @lmumuenchen.bsky.social, led by Man-Hsin Chang, Florian Raabe and Peter Falkai, looked at how understanding #oligodendrocytes can help treat cognitive symptoms in #schizophrenia.

🔗 Check out our summary here: www.psych.mpg.de/2962269/comi...

#scicomm #wisskomm

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imprstp.bsky.social @imprstp.bsky.social · Aug 22

Sowmya Narayan successfully defended her thesis last month on sex-specific outcomes of developmental stress and psilocybin intervention on the brain and behavior. Seen here with her co-supervisor @mathiasvschmidt.bsky.social and her graduation cap. Many congratulations to you, Sowmya!

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imprstp.bsky.social @imprstp.bsky.social · Aug 22

Congratulations to Hannah Klimmt for winning the 2025 IMPRS-TP PhD Wrap-Up Award! 🏆 This award supports outstanding PhD graduates in continuing their research and bringing their work to publication. Well done, Hannah!

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Ben Jurek @benjurek.bsky.social · Aug 6

everybody talks about it - we just did it. I'm talking about publishing negative results of course. We showed that adrenal FKBP5 is not involved in HPA axis regulation, so now you don't have to. You're welcome 😊 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social · Jul 23

Letzte Woche sprach unsere Direktorin Prof. Elisabeth Binder @binderlabmpip.bsky.social im Bergson Kunstkraftwerk darüber, wie uns Stress auf molekularer Ebene beeinflussen kann. Wir bedanken uns beim Bergson und bei allen, die gekommen sind! 🥳

Fotos: © Georg Stirnweiss

#epigenetics #wisskomm

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Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social · Jul 23

Thanks for sharing @mpneuro.bsky.social 🥳

Max Planck Neuroscience @mpneuro.bsky.social · Jul 22

For the first time, researchers from @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social have shown how environmental stressors alter neuronal balance before birth. Explore the research: maxplanckneuroscience.org/stress-alter...

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Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social · Jul 17

📸 Benno Pütz

Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social · Jul 17

🏃‍♀️ Congrats to our team for participating in the #b2run in Munich yesterday, alongside many other runners from the @maxplanck.de 🎉

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Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social · Jul 15

Join us for this talk, happening tomorrow! 🥳

Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social · Jun 10

📅Save the date: July, 16 ... Wednesday, not Tuesday as most of the time: "Neural circuit mechanisms for sensory encoding of emotion" with Prof. Sung Han from @salkinstitute.bsky.social

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Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social · Jul 10

Am Wochenende sprach unsere Doktorandin @lrottenfusser.bsky.social für ein jüngeres und älteres Publikum über #KI in der Forschung!

Wir bedanken uns bei allen Organisator*innen für dieses tolle Event und freuen uns auf mehr #wisskomm in der Zukunft 🥳

@aha-bayern.bsky.social
@1e9tech.bsky.social

Foto von der Veranstaltung, Kinder und bunte Stühle vor der Bühne. Auf der Bühne sind Lisa Rottenfußer und Moderatorin Andrea Lauterbach zu sehen, Lisa stellt den Kindern im Publikum eine Frage zu KI in der Wissenschaft.

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Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social · Jul 9

At the #DZGMunich25 yesterday, our researcher Darina Czamara shared research on the connection between childhood adversity and disease risk. She spoke on behalf of the German Center for Mental Health (DZPG), that we are proudly a part of!

#TranslationalHealthResearch
#ForschenFürGesundheit

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Max Planck Neuroscience @mpneuro.bsky.social · Jul 8

Researchers from @bmc-lmu.bsky.social and @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social have found why “misplaced” neurons in the brain can lead to periventricular heterotopia. Explore how these insights into disrupted brain wiring could lead to new treatments.‬ maxplanckneuroscience.org/misplaced-ne...

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Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social · Jul 7

Want to know more? Check out our press release and the original publication here: tinyurl.com/5b42f7fp

#neuroskyence

Researchers identify biological mechanisms shared across psychiatric disorders

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Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social · Jul 7

🤔 What if psychiatric disorders were grouped based on underlying biological mechanisms instead of symptoms?

📃 Janine Knauer-Arloth from our MPI und Karolina Worf from @www.helmholtz-munich.de explore this in a paper published in April, which we summarized as a comic: tinyurl.com/2s3p557b

#scicomm

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Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social · Jul 7

Join us for this talk, happening tomorrow! 🥳

Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social · Jul 3

📅 Next week, we are excited to welcome Dr. @yoavlivneh.bsky.social from Weizmann Institute of Science. He will share his research on the #insular #cortex.

🥳 As always, everyone is welcome to join us at our Institute, and registration is not necessary! All info here: www.psych.mpg.de/events/40140...