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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 2d

#goals

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Rachel Lippert @rachellippert.bsky.social · 13d

Commence attempt #2 to get to the wedding!

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Rachel Lippert @rachellippert.bsky.social · 13d

Guess what!? I got #matched! Another year of letter writing in the Letters to a Prescientist program commences! Let’s see what curious questions and new ideas my
penpal and I will share! #TogetherLPSConnects #STEMforAll #STEMPenPals

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Rachel Lippert @rachellippert.bsky.social · 13d

Update: Despite an airport sprint, I didn’t make it. 😢 Stuck at an airport hotel and trying again tomorrow! #Lufthansa #BOS

Rachel Lippert @rachellippert.bsky.social · 13d

Would it even be travelling if there wasn’t a delayed plane or a sprint to a gate? Send some good karma for me to make the big connection in Frankfurt! #flying #wedding #gogogo!

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Rachel Lippert @rachellippert.bsky.social · 13d

Would it even be travelling if there wasn’t a delayed plane or a sprint to a gate? Send some good karma for me to make the big connection in Frankfurt! #flying #wedding #gogogo!

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Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung (DZD) @diabresearch-dzd.bsky.social · 14d

🧠🥤 Sugary Drinks Influence the Psyche – via the Gut
A new study reveals a striking connection: soft drink consumption may impact not only metabolic health but also mental well-being – especially in women.
➡️ Read more: t1p.de/zui14

Sugary Drinks Influence the Psyche via the Intestine

A new study involving the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) provides strong evidence that sugary drinks affect not only metabolic but also mental health – especially in women. This effect is p...

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Rachel Lippert @rachellippert.bsky.social · 14d

My colleague @neurometabolic.bsky.social is very enthusiastic about outreach especially with this topic, I’m sure she would be willing to talk about it!

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Rachel Lippert @rachellippert.bsky.social · 14d

And I thought saving a man from his burning house today was going to be the most exciting thing that happened! 😅 (was glad to see the fast response of the Bonn Feuerwehr!) 🚒 🔥 💨 👀

Rachel Lippert @rachellippert.bsky.social · 14d

Out today in @jamapsychiatry.com! Led by the fabulous and forward thinking @neurometabolic.bsky.social! Read the paper here: 10.0.3.233/jamapsychiat... or better yet, the podcast here: edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/... #softdrinks #brain #mentalhealth

Soft Drink Consumption and Depression Mediated by Gut Microbiome Alterations

Interview with Sharmili Edwin Thanarajah, MD, author of Soft Drink Consumption and Depression Mediated by Gut Microbiome Alterations. Hosted by John Torous, MD.

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Rachel Lippert @rachellippert.bsky.social · 14d

Read the @diabresearch-dzd.bsky.social press release our our paper on soft drinks and mental health out today in @jamapsychiatry.com led my the amazing @neurometabolic.bsky.social!
www.dzd-ev.de/en/article/z...

Sugary Drinks Influence the Psyche via the Intestine

A new study involving the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) provides strong evidence that sugary drinks affect not only metabolic but also mental health – especially in women. This effect is p...

www.dzd-ev.de

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Rachel Lippert @rachellippert.bsky.social · 14d

Out today in @jamapsychiatry.com! Led by the fabulous and forward thinking @neurometabolic.bsky.social! Read the paper here: 10.0.3.233/jamapsychiat... or better yet, the podcast here: edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/... #softdrinks #brain #mentalhealth

Soft Drink Consumption and Depression Mediated by Gut Microbiome Alterations

Interview with Sharmili Edwin Thanarajah, MD, author of Soft Drink Consumption and Depression Mediated by Gut Microbiome Alterations. Hosted by John Torous, MD.

edhub.ama-assn.org

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Rachel Lippert @rachellippert.bsky.social · 18d

It’s been an amazing time bringing so many research expertise and experience together for #GAINN2025! Thanks to the @dfg.de for supporting this initiative to establish new collaborations with African partners!

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Rachel Lippert @rachellippert.bsky.social · 19d

Grant number 4 of 2025 was rejected today. Two more still open. What are the chances at least one gets through?

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Rachel Lippert @rachellippert.bsky.social · 20d

I did! Thank goodness. :) Was a full but great day!

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Rachel Lippert @rachellippert.bsky.social · 20d

Great first day of #GAINN2025! All partners made it to Bonn to open up the workshop exploring the future frontiers of nutrition and neuroscience.

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Rachel Lippert @rachellippert.bsky.social · 21d

Quick turnaround at home and now off to Bonn before sunrise to greet the African and German partners coming for the #GAINN2025 meeting! Thanks to @dfg.de for supporting the initiative! Will be a week of scientific exchange, deep discussions and new collabs in nutritional neuroscience research! 🧠

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Rachel Lippert @rachellippert.bsky.social · 21d

Such a wonderful community of scientists! So happy I was able to join this wonderful meeting and to reconnect with so many brilliant and interesting people!

Kate Ellacott @neuroendo.bsky.social · 21d

The 7th International Melanocortin meeting was full of energy, science & connections old & new. I will miss the excuse to regularly catch up with my fellow organisers Giles @gilesyeo.bsky.social, Anne @annewhite-uom.bsky.social, & Roger Cone. Thanks to Bioscientifica @socendocrinology.bsky.social

Organisers of 7th International Melanocortin Meeting Kate Ellacott, Giles Yeo, Anne White and Roger Cone

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Rachel Lippert @rachellippert.bsky.social · 21d

Update. A bit of running, and a lot of sweating and stress later….and I managed to make the flight! 💪

Rachel Lippert @rachellippert.bsky.social · 21d

I swear, after this bout of trips. I’m not leaving my apartment for at least a month! Today’s new experience? Someone set off a fire in the london stansted airport security line. Fire alarms, chaotic and high chance of missing my flight. ✈️

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Rachel Lippert @rachellippert.bsky.social · 21d

I swear, after this bout of trips. I’m not leaving my apartment for at least a month! Today’s new experience? Someone set off a fire in the london stansted airport security line. Fire alarms, chaotic and high chance of missing my flight. ✈️

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Society for Endocrinology @socendocrinology.bsky.social · 23d

The 7th International Melanocortin Meeting is underway: researchers from diverse fields are meeting over 3 days to share insights and breakthroughs in melanocortin biology 📈

This afternoon they're taking a break from the lecture halls to explore the beautiful Cambridge by punt! 🛶

Rachel Lippert @rachellippert.bsky.social · 24d

Listening to Sir @stephenorahilly.bsky.social give the first talk at the 7th International Melanocortin Meeting! Excited to be immersed in melanocortin biology!

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Rachel Lippert @rachellippert.bsky.social · 24d

Listening to Sir @stephenorahilly.bsky.social give the first talk at the 7th International Melanocortin Meeting! Excited to be immersed in melanocortin biology!

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Kate Ellacott @neuroendo.bsky.social · 24d

First plenary talk at the 7th International Meeting from the incomparable Prof Sir Steve O’Rahilly

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Rachel Lippert @rachellippert.bsky.social · Sep 8

#DOHaD2025 opening ceremony yesterday in the beautiful UBA Medical Faculty! Looking forward to a new day of inspiring talks and learning about new research findings. #brain #nutrition #development #research

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Rachel Lippert @rachellippert.bsky.social · Sep 4

Nothing I hate more than a sweaty sprint to catch a 12 hour flight. Glad I packed my folding fan. 🪭 (and deodorant 🤣😅🥵) #sweaty #tired but #madeit! #DOHaD2025 I’m on my way!

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Rachel Lippert @rachellippert.bsky.social · Sep 4

Sneak in some brain lipid talks and I’ll find a way! (For a future year, obviously). Have fun in Tutzing!

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Rachel Lippert @rachellippert.bsky.social · Sep 3

Well hello old friend, nice to see you again. (Although I wish it was earlier!)

Anyone else off to #DOHaD2025 tomorrow?

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