PNIRS 2026
📣 #PNIRS2026: Save the Date‼️
🗓️ June 22–25, 2026
📍 New Orleans, Louisiana 🇺🇸
✨ Whether your PsychoNeuroImmunology research emphasizes the P, N, or I — we look forward to seeing your work and connecting in The Big Easy!
📻 Stay tuned for more info re: call for abstracts. Please spread the word 🙏🏼
🚨The @pixielabkcl.bsky.social IMMUNOPSYCHIATRY MEEETINGS are back!!!
Don’t miss our first amazing speaker
🤩 Prof Charles Raison on
“Inflammation, ancient practices and targeted therapies”
Monday 6 October at 4pm UK time
Free, online and open to anyone
👇
www.pixielab.org.uk/immunopsychi...
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
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!
@kingsioppn.bsky.social @ecnp.eu
@pnirs.bsky.social
@carminepariante.bsky.social
Please share the upcoming meeting with your networks 🙏🏻
🚨The @pixielabkcl.bsky.social IMMUNOPSYCHIATRY MEEETINGS are back!!!
Don’t miss our first amazing speaker
🤩 Prof Charles Raison on
“Inflammation, ancient practices and targeted therapies”
Monday 6 October at 4pm UK time
Free, online and open to anyone
👇
www.pixielab.org.uk/immunopsychi...
Title page against blue background with the heading: "No link between tylenol during pregnancy and autism"
“Paracetamol is safe in pregnancy.” King's expert Professor Gráinne McAlonan, @kingsioppn.bsky.social, has been speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live about the evidence that taking paracetamol (known as Tylenol in the US) is harmless during pregnancy.
@nihrmaudsleybrc.bsky.social
Thrilled & giddy to officially be Dr Tash #PhDone⭐ massive thanks to my supervisors and colleagues for making this journey so enjoyable. I'm also excited for future collaborations, feels like we're just getting going🤓
@valeriamondelli.bsky.social @annieskjones.bsky.social @sophieharding.bsky.social
Taking my fabulous #PIXIE-Lab @pixielabkcl.bsky.social out for lunch for celebrating the end of another successful academic year and taking few pictures to introduce the new arrivals Layecha and Mishal 🤩
#TimeForLunch
#NewLabMemories
#SunnyWeatherInLondon
@kingsioppn.bsky.social
‼️🚨 postdoc position 🚨‼️
I am looking for a postdoc in psychoneuroimmunology - come join our group to work on sickness behavior in humans 🤒🦠 at Karolinska Institutet @ki.se !!
ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
deadline July 31st
@pnirs.bsky.social #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #interoception
Amazing symposium at #BAP2025 on “Risk and resilience in early years and adolescents mental health” with talks from myself and Prof Vernon Prof McCrory, Prof van Harmelen 🤩
Highlighting importance of stratification, social architecture, friendship and biological mechanisms
@bapsych.bsky.social
Thanks @valeriamondelli.bsky.social yes it was a great session and allowed us to discuss important #psychiatry treatments like #clozapine, #ECT, #valproate and #antipsychotics, and to hear also the voice of people with #livedexperience of #mentalhealth difficulties.
Some few very important tips for parents of adolescents to reduce possible problematic usage of internet in the lecture by Prof Potenza at #BAP2025 citing some of help resources developed by Prof Fineberg and colleagues
@bapsych.bsky.social
Newspaper articles including the headline “Britain’s most dangerous prescription drug”
Shows how some ethnicities have benign neutropaenia, which is not a risk factor itself but can lead to treatment cessation or burden of extra tests
Summary that clozapine is underused and life-saving, despite known risks
Today at #BAP2025 we heard from both lived-experience and pharmacology experts that clozapine,“Britain’s most dangerous drug” is lifesaving for people with treatment-resistance— with current thresholds for discontinuation racially unequal (some people have naturally lower but safe neutrophil levels)
Fantastic clinical session with final panel discussion at #BAP2025 on “Myth-busting the (should not be) controversial treatments in psychiatry: A review of clinical evidence” chaired by @carminepariante.bsky.social
#valproate
#antipsychotic
#clozapine
#ECT
#livedexperience
@bapsych.bsky.social
Great Guest Lecture with Prof Marc Potenza at #BAP2025 on “Problematic usage of the internet”
Very important topic in particular for adolescent mental health
@bapsych.bsky.social
Camilla presenting on all of the exciting implications of her interoception work!
Finally, the amazing Professor Camilla Nord presents on interoception - including some cool lived experience work on body sensations, and work on disgust and gastric rhythms, alongside work on energy conservation. #BAP2025
Dr Taquet showing data suggesting that high instability in symptoms is a big predictor of hospitalisation.
Dr Max Taquet, winner of the junior clinical award, presents on the use of electronic health records for drug repurposing, biomarker development and relapse prediction - including some really cool findings on symptom instability #BAP2025
Scott presenting a slide linking some of the many mental health conditions linked to sleep.
My fab colleague Professor(!) Cairney @sacairney.bsky.social won the the Senior Translational Award #BAP2025 for his work on sleep deprivation and mental health - good thing these talks are now and not post the conference dinner.
Paris showing slides summarising a type of machine learning model
Next up is Dr Paris Lalousis, presenting really cool AI work that netted him the junior translational award. To me the emerging clusters maybe speak to immune vs non-immune symptoms? #BAP2025
Image of Megan Jackson presenting slides validating a novel apathy task
It’s #BAP2025 time! Kicking us off is Dr Megan Jackson, the winner of the junior non-clinical award talking about animal models of apathy and motivation. Key quote: ‘as scientists, we love a tight error bar’. @bapsych.bsky.social
Welcome to all those attending #BAP2025. Please use our hashtag to join in the conversation and share your experiences of the event. We hope you enjoy the meeting! www.bap.org.uk/BAP2025progr...
This year's Public Lecture on Sunday 29th June "Problematic usage of the internet" with Professor Marc Potenza (Yale), presenting current advances in understanding specific types and patterns of internet use in the context of psychiatric concerns #BAP2025 Register at
The annual Summer Meeting is the highlight of the BAP calendar. Join us in Manchester, 29th June - 2nd July, for a high quality mix of cutting-edge clinical, non-clinical and translational symposia, dedicated poster session and more. For more info and register go to www.bap.org.uk/BAP2025 #BAP2025
We are very much looking forward to seeing you all at this year's Summer Meeting next week. Please use hashtag #BAP2025 in any social media posts about meeting sessions and your experiences during the meeting
Dr. Giulia Lombardo presenting on the female-specific role of IL-6 and CRP in people with major depressive disorder and comorbid obesity #PNIRS2025
Dr. Luca Sforzini emphasized gene expression as an important upstream molecular mechanism to examine to better understand the difference between those who respond to minocycline and non-responders #PNIRS2025
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As we’re savoring the great memories of #PNIRS2025, let’s take a moment to thank our PNIRS 2024–2025 President, Dr. Lucile Capuron, for all the hard work she has put into the PNIRS, leading to another successful year of programming and initiatives!
Thank you very much, Prez! 🙏🏼♥️
#PNIRS #Merci 🇫🇷
The one in the photo presenting is actually Giulia Lombardo 😉 @carminepariante.bsky.social does not have such long hair 😆😂
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