PNIRS
Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society: Discovering the brain-immune contributions to health and disease.
#PNIRS2026: PNIRS.org/meetings
PNIRS Presents: PNIRS.org/PNIRS-presents
LinkedIn: www.LinkedIn.com/in/PNIRS
Instagram: @pniresearchsociety
- 📣#TellUsAboutYourResearch: Meet Kingston Wong, a graduate student at Brock University! Kingston studies prenatal alcohol exposure, the gut-brain axis, gut microbiota, emotional regulation, and cytokines. #MeetThePNIResearcher Want to be featured? Sign up 👉
- 📣#TellUsAboutYourResearch: Meet Dr. @morgan-taylor, a postdoctoral fellow at The Ohio State University! Dr Taylor examines the molecular mechanisms of chronic dysfunction after traumatic brain injury as well as cell-based gene therapy to improve post-injury recovery. #MeetThePNIResearcher
- 📣#TellUsAboutYourResearch: Meet Anthony Nuber-Champier, a PhD student at the University of Geneva! Anthony explores links between immune responses and cognitive functioning across different diseases. #MeetThePNIResearcher Want to be featured? Sign up 👉https://buff.ly/5vckrSD
- 📣#TellUsAboutYourResearch: Meet Devon E. Cobos Garcia, a Ph.D Candidate at the University of Arizona! Devon examines the surgical stress response, breathwork, aging surgical population, HPA axis regulation, and postoperative morbidities #MeetThePNIResearcher
- 📣#TellUsAboutYourResearch: Meet Barllech Romero, a PhD candidate in Development Sciences and Psychopathology studying immunoception and interoception at Universidad del Desarrollo! #MeetThePNIResearcher Want to be featured? Sign up 👉https://buff.ly/5vckrSD
- Special Issue Alert. Brain, Behavior, Immunity - Integrative is accepting manuscripts for a special issue on Traditional Chinese Medicine: theory, science and clinical evidence. Led by Drs. Anna Giulia Bottaccioli and Francesco Bottaccioli, submissions are due March 31. buff.ly/zta10iG
- Reposted by PNIRSAt #ACNP2026? Come see my poster (W45, 5–7 pm)! We @erika-forbes.bsky.social find that immune activation and basal ganglia dopamine availability interact and relate to anhedonia among youth w/ depression, with evidence for anticipatory and not consummatory anhedonia. Preprint is now available!
- Join us for the first PNIRS Presents of 2026! You don’t need to be a PNIRS Member to attend. Registration link 🔗 www.pnirs.org/pnirs-presents Spread the word! #PNIRS #psychoneuroimmunology #PNI
- 📣#TellUsAboutYourResearch: Meet Dr. Elizabeth Plunk, a postdoctoral fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School! Elizabeth is investigating the effects of maternal immune modulation on the placenta and neurodevelopment of the offspring. #MeetThePNIResearcher
- Neurons, cytokines, psychology, and a little lagniappe 🎶🧬 Join us in New Orleans this June for the #PNIRS2026 meeting, where complex systems collide, and inspiration is always on the menu. buff.ly/oyK896D
- Looking forward to #PNIRS2026 on a rainy winter evening 🗓️ 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!
- 📣#TellUsAboutYourResearch: Meet Dr. Jonathan VanRyzin @jwvanryzin.bsky.social, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina! His research investigates how microglia and astrocytes sculpt neural circuits underlying motivated behavior. #MeetThePNIResearcher
- Want to be featured? Sign up 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- Reposted by PNIRSExcited to share that I'm accepting applications for a PhD student to join my lab in Fall 2026! More info on how to apply can be found here: graduate.catalog.tcu.edu/colleges/eng... @bsamjournal.bsky.social @pnirs.bsky.social #HealthPsychology #PNI #Psychoneuroimmunology #DevelopmentalPsychology
- 📣#TellUsAboutYourResearch: Meet Dr. Indra Bishnoi, a postdoctoral fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Indra studies neural cell-type-specific effects of a high-risk gene associated with ASD on brain and behavioral development. #MeetThePNIResearcher
- Final Reminder: #PNIRS2026 Member-Sponsored Symposia Submissions are due *TODAY* Dec 5 at 11:59 PM ET. Don’t miss the opportunity to showcase your PNI research!
- Submit your symposia proposals for the #PNIRS2026 Annual Meeting in New Orleans! This year's meeting theme is Modifiable Risk Factors Across the Lifespan. More info and submission site here: mss-abstracts.pnirs.org
- Meet Nofar Mizrachi, a cognitive psychologist and PhD student in the psychobiology of beliefs lab at Bar-Ilan University! Nofar studies top-down modulation of real-time immune responses and everyday health in humans through interoception and perceptions. #MeetThePNIResearcher
- Join us for the next live webinar in the #PNIRS Presents Speaker Series: 🗣️ Dr. Laura Fonken from UT Austin 🪧 "Microglial rhythms contribute to sex-specific changes in behavior across the lifespan" 📆 Tues. Dec. 9th, 11:00am ET RSVP is FREE and you don't need to be a member! pnirs.org/pnirs-presents
- ⏳ Just 10 days remaining to submit your symposium proposal for #PNIRS2026. Don’t miss the opportunity to highlight your work! #PNIRS #Psychoneuroimmunology #PNIRS2026 #NOLA #NewOrleans
- 🚨 Symposium proposal deadline is December 5 — one month away. Don’t miss this opportunity to share your PNI research! #PNIRS2026
- 📣#TellUsAboutYourResearch: Meet Beatriz Brandao, a Graduate Student at Rice! Beatriz investigates how reproductive hormones affect emotions, memory, and well-being in women. #MeetThePNIResearcher Want to be featured? Sign up 👉 tinyurl.com/43rxz4sy
- Meet @monaalbizri.bsky.social, an Experimental Psychology Student at TCU! Mona’s researches life stress, inflammatory mechanisms, self-regulation under stress, depression, aging populations, and methods in PNI. #MeetThePNIResearcher Want to be featured? Sign up 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- A huge congratulations to the inaugural class of #PNIRS Asia-Pacific Scholars! These leading researchers have successfully completed a transformative lecture series across Taiwan, China, and Vietnam, sharing their latest insights at the intersection of neuroscience, immunology, and microbiology.
- 📣#TellUsAboutYourResearch: Meet Anna Rader Groves, a Graduate Student at Georgia State! Anna’s research explores if and how microglia shape the visual cortex and visual processing during adolescence in mice. #MeetThePNIResearcher Want to be featured? Sign up 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- 🚨 Symposium proposal deadline is December 5 — one month away. Don’t miss this opportunity to share your PNI research! #PNIRS2026
- Submit your symposia proposals for the #PNIRS2026 Annual Meeting in New Orleans! This year's meeting theme is Modifiable Risk Factors Across the Lifespan. More info and submission site here: mss-abstracts.pnirs.org
- New to neuroimmune research? Joined a new lab recently? Want to expand your network? Hunting for a new postdoc? Submit to the PNIRS #TellUsAboutYourResearch series to have your research featured and be connected with an amazing network of psychoneuroimmunologists! t.co/25hh5XUCKw
- Submit your symposia proposals for the #PNIRS2026 Annual Meeting in New Orleans! This year's meeting theme is Modifiable Risk Factors Across the Lifespan. More info and submission site here: mss-abstracts.pnirs.org
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- Reposted by PNIRSBSAM is welcoming submissions on any area of health psychology/behavioral medicine for a special issue for protocols and data notes! Goal is to support open/transparent research culture. Accepting submissions through 6/1/2026.
- Reposted by PNIRSInterested in what goes viral online and how social media intersects with rising political polarization? Check out the latest episode of the Stress Puzzle where @jayvanbavel.bsky.social walks us through the implications of this research: www.stressmeasurement.org/podcast/epis...
- Why do some ideas spread widely, while others fail to catch on? Our new review paper on the PSYCHOLOGY OF VIRALITY is now out in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social (it was led by @steverathje.bsky.social) Read the full paper here: www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
- 📣 #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 🙏🏼
- It is time for our annual Tell Us About Your Research series!! Please fill out the form here by November 11th if you would like your research to be featured in this fun weekly series! 🔬🧠👩🔬 t.co/25hh5XUCKw
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- Reposted by PNIRS🧩 In this episode: 1:09: How have you handled mistakes? 8:50: Non-traditional experiences and hobbies 12:03: Advice for trainees & ECRs 22:29: Reflections on collaborating 30:20: What is the future of stress science? Season 2 coming tomorrow! #scicomm #academicsky #psychscisky #healthpsych
- 🧩 A new back to school bonus episode of the Stress Puzzle is available now! Listen: tinyurl.com/bonusstressp... Tune back in tomorrow for our Season 2 premiere with Dr. Wendy Berry Mendes! Season 2's theme is stress in context and we have a phenomenal lineup that we can't wait to share with you.
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- Attention PNIRS Members: Announcing three new Special Issues now open in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity Integrative that focus on Asian health practices. The Article Processing Charge of $1,350 for all accepted papers will be waived until the end of 2025.
- Reposted by PNIRSJoin @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social, David Creswell, and A. Janet Tomiyama on July 23 for a new webinar! Learn more about what distinguishes toxic stress from manageable challenges, how #stress manifests differently across cultures & life stages, and which interventions are backed by evidence.
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- ‼️🚨 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
- Reposted by PNIRSHighly recommend working with Julie!!! An incredible researcher and, more importantly, a fantastic human being!!
- ‼️🚨 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
- Reposted by PNIRS‼️🚨 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
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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 🇫🇷
- #PNIRS2025 #Recap✨: The annual meeting finished strong with the George Solomon Award Lecture by Dr. Robert Dantzer, aka the Father of #Psychoneuroimmunology. He shared insights on the current state of the field and offered wisdom on key future directions for the next generation of PNI scientists 🧠🔍
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- #PNIRS2025 #Recap: Member-Sponsored Symposium 4 examined the heterogeneity of depression along immuno-metabolic pathways, presented by Drs. Yuri Milaneschi, Éimear Foley, and Naoise Mac Giollabhui💡
- Thank you Dr. Christine Heim for the Frontier Lecture on the neurobiology of early life stress!💡#PNIRS2025
- We loved seeing trainees from around the world connect at the Trainee Mixer! Hope everyone had the best time! 🤩 #PNIRS2025 #TraineeMixer #ScienceCommunity 🌎🌍🌏
- Symposium 5: Neuroimmune Signaling at the Borders of the Nervous System: Implications for Physiology and Pathology By Peter Grace, PhD; Antoine Louveau, PhD; Aleksandra Deczkowska, PhD 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 #PNIRS2025 #Bordeaux #France
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- Reposted by PNIRSMany highlights at #PNIRS2025 but one of them was definitely dinner (at KBaroque) with the PNIRS RISING STARS (from left to right) @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social @iriskayichat.bsky.social @estherina.bsky.social Annelise Madison @linashansson.bsky.social 🤩😍🥰 @pnirs.bsky.social
- Reposted by PNIRSWhat a week, #PNIRS2025 is definitely a success!! PNIRS meeting is always about excellent science but above all the best place to connect with the PNI community in an inclusive, respectful, enthusiastic and warm environment @pnirs.bsky.social
- Reposted by PNIRSNo soft at banquet dinner at #PNIRS2025 so I have water while everyone enjoys nice Bordeaux wine 🤷🫠 @pnirs.bsky.social
- Reposted by PNIRSAnd now the BEST at all PNIRS conferences!!! PROPER DANCING!! #PNIRS2025 @pnirs.bsky.social
- Reposted by PNIRSGetting ready for the boat ride to the banquet #PNIRS2025 🤩 @pnirs.bsky.social
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- Reposted by PNIRSBrilliant symposium and talks by the amazing, Iris, Julie and Elizabeth 👏👏👏 @julielasselin.bsky.social @iriskayichat.bsky.social #PNIRS2025
- Dr. Iris Ka-Yi Chat is sharing fascinating insights into how inflammation influences reward systems in adolescents! #PNIRS2025
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- Reposted by PNIRSAmazing final words of #PNIRS2025 from Robert Dantzer, who has shaped the field of PNI and inspired so many of us @pnirs.bsky.social
- Reposted by PNIRSI so enjoyed our symposium at #PNIRS2025 this morning! So grateful to @iriskayichat.bsky.social for having pushed this to success!! @pnirs.bsky.social
- Join us in congratulating the winners of the 2025 Michael Irwin Travel Award! 👏🏼🥳
- Congratulations to the winners of the winners of the 2025 Trainee Scholar Travel Award! 👏🏼🥳
- Hot @pnirs.bsky.social tip: members receive a 25% discount on open access fees for publishing! These are more than the cost of membership!! #PNIRS2025
- Wonderful final poster session of #PNIRS2025
- Dr. Sara Vasiljevic's study suggest that genetic factors influnce the association between infections and tic disorder. #PNIRS2025
- Zoe Tapp just gave an excellent presentation on how chemotherapy can disrupt the circadian rhythm and inflammatory response of microglia 🙌 #PNIRS2025
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- 🚀 Precision Psychiatry in Action! 🧠✨ Join Livia De Picker as she shares powerful insights from 150+ depression immunotherapy trials in ASPIRE. #PNIRS2025
