Miriam Melis
@miriammelis.bsky.social
Neuropsychopharmacologist @univca🔬📚🔆🏊🇮🇹 Life is in technicolor_ cannabinoid GRC chair2023 _she/her PharmD_ Neuroscience PhD_ alumna @unipa_it and @UCSF
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🚀 #ALBADiversityWeek 2025 starts today! We celebrate diversity & intersectionality by highlighting key activities and sharing valuable resources.
👀 Stay tuned all week as we revisit achievements and launch new initiatives. Share our posts to join the #GlobalDiversityAwarenessMonth celebration. 🧵
👀 Stay tuned all week as we revisit achievements and launch new initiatives. Share our posts to join the #GlobalDiversityAwarenessMonth celebration. 🧵
October 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
🚀 #ALBADiversityWeek 2025 starts today! We celebrate diversity & intersectionality by highlighting key activities and sharing valuable resources.
👀 Stay tuned all week as we revisit achievements and launch new initiatives. Share our posts to join the #GlobalDiversityAwarenessMonth celebration. 🧵
👀 Stay tuned all week as we revisit achievements and launch new initiatives. Share our posts to join the #GlobalDiversityAwarenessMonth celebration. 🧵
Nobody knows it all even if he/she is an ERC grantee. Congratulations to Laura and to you Arnau @bgarcialab.bsky.social insightful and tremendous amount of data!! Keep up with the good stuff you both!!!
When you start your lab, nobody has taught you how to supervise or overcome multiple difficulties of a PhD. I am happy that today the first PhD from my lab was well defended. Congrats Laura! Many thanks to @carlessaura.bsky.social , Ester Aso and @miriammelis.bsky.social for an inspiring discussion.
October 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Nobody knows it all even if he/she is an ERC grantee. Congratulations to Laura and to you Arnau @bgarcialab.bsky.social insightful and tremendous amount of data!! Keep up with the good stuff you both!!!
Delighted to take part in the #vernissage of #unavitadascienziata exhibition sponsored by @FondazioneBracco. #grateful to @Giuliagiornaliste Sardegna #100esperte
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A Cagliari la mostra 'Una vita da scienziata' | ANSA.it
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October 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Delighted to take part in the #vernissage of #unavitadascienziata exhibition sponsored by @FondazioneBracco. #grateful to @Giuliagiornaliste Sardegna #100esperte
www.ansa.it/amp/sardegna...
www.ansa.it/amp/sardegna...
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Open access link to new study in Nature:
Polygenic and developmental profiles of autism differ by age at diagnosis.
🧪🧠 #medsky #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Polygenic and developmental profiles of autism differ by age at diagnosis.
🧪🧠 #medsky #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Polygenic and developmental profiles of autism differ by age at diagnosis - Nature
A study of several longitudinal birth cohorts and cross-sectional cohorts finds only moderate overlap in genetic variants between autism that is diagnosed earlier and that diagnosed later, so they may represent aetiologically different conditions.
www.nature.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Open access link to new study in Nature:
Polygenic and developmental profiles of autism differ by age at diagnosis.
🧪🧠 #medsky #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Polygenic and developmental profiles of autism differ by age at diagnosis.
🧪🧠 #medsky #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thank you @carmensandi10.bsky.social for organising such an exciting session with @bgarcialab.bsky.social Olivier and Sylvie
I just had the pleasure of chairing a symposium at the EBPS meeting in Almería on “Endocannabinoids and Sex-dependent Behavior: Insights from Development to Adulthood”
Many thanks to @miriammelis.bsky.social, Olivier Manzoni, Arnau Busquets-Garcia & Silvie Ruigrok for outstanding contributions!
Many thanks to @miriammelis.bsky.social, Olivier Manzoni, Arnau Busquets-Garcia & Silvie Ruigrok for outstanding contributions!
September 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Thank you @carmensandi10.bsky.social for organising such an exciting session with @bgarcialab.bsky.social Olivier and Sylvie
Today #womenstandupforscience to defend and support #freedom #science #DEI #democracy I am #grateful to @unica @cnr @FondazionediSardegna @sif @isn and to all the extraordinary and supportive #researchers and #journalists. The event will be in #streaming u.garr.it/uqcJl
June 19, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Today #womenstandupforscience to defend and support #freedom #science #DEI #democracy I am #grateful to @unica @cnr @FondazionediSardegna @sif @isn and to all the extraordinary and supportive #researchers and #journalists. The event will be in #streaming u.garr.it/uqcJl
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ALBA-IBRO talk: Building resilience to sustain EDI efforts in neuroscience 🔗 alba.network/MNS2025
🗣️ @carmensandi10.bsky.social (CH), @francescacirulli.bsky.social (IT), @shubhatole.bsky.social (IN)
#StandUpForScience #ScienceForAll
@yiotapoirazi.bsky.social @christinadalla.bsky.social
@fens.org 🧵
🗣️ @carmensandi10.bsky.social (CH), @francescacirulli.bsky.social (IT), @shubhatole.bsky.social (IN)
#StandUpForScience #ScienceForAll
@yiotapoirazi.bsky.social @christinadalla.bsky.social
@fens.org 🧵
alba.network
May 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
ALBA-IBRO talk: Building resilience to sustain EDI efforts in neuroscience 🔗 alba.network/MNS2025
🗣️ @carmensandi10.bsky.social (CH), @francescacirulli.bsky.social (IT), @shubhatole.bsky.social (IN)
#StandUpForScience #ScienceForAll
@yiotapoirazi.bsky.social @christinadalla.bsky.social
@fens.org 🧵
🗣️ @carmensandi10.bsky.social (CH), @francescacirulli.bsky.social (IT), @shubhatole.bsky.social (IN)
#StandUpForScience #ScienceForAll
@yiotapoirazi.bsky.social @christinadalla.bsky.social
@fens.org 🧵
Excited and honoured to have received yesterday the “Award Francesca Sanna Sulis”, a pioneer Sardinian woman from XVIII century, by @Inner_Wheel_Club_Cagliari_Sud at the City Hall of Cagliari #friendship_service #grateful😍
May 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Excited and honoured to have received yesterday the “Award Francesca Sanna Sulis”, a pioneer Sardinian woman from XVIII century, by @Inner_Wheel_Club_Cagliari_Sud at the City Hall of Cagliari #friendship_service #grateful😍
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Is it "good" or "bad" when skilled people leave low-income countries? We summarized the evidence in favor of "brain gain" vs. "brain drain": www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
Ungated PDF: johanneshaushofer.com/research
Ungated PDF: johanneshaushofer.com/research
May 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Is it "good" or "bad" when skilled people leave low-income countries? We summarized the evidence in favor of "brain gain" vs. "brain drain": www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
Ungated PDF: johanneshaushofer.com/research
Ungated PDF: johanneshaushofer.com/research
Thank you @msolinas.bsky.social for the amazing hospitality and the enriched environment and for @uif_ufi (Università Italo Francese) for this terrific opportunity @univpoitiers.bsky.social @inserm.fr
Always a pleasure to have @miriammelis.bsky.social as visiting professor in our lab @univpoitiers.bsky.social, @insermna.bsky.social. Thanks to the UFI (Università Italo-francese) for the support.
May 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Thank you @msolinas.bsky.social for the amazing hospitality and the enriched environment and for @uif_ufi (Università Italo Francese) for this terrific opportunity @univpoitiers.bsky.social @inserm.fr
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Astrocytes have long been conceived as passive support player cells in the brain. But today @science.org (via 3 reports) they got a big upgrade for their active role in neuromodulation and control of brain function
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
May 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Astrocytes have long been conceived as passive support player cells in the brain. But today @science.org (via 3 reports) they got a big upgrade for their active role in neuromodulation and control of brain function
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A new #ScienceAdvances study identifies a neuroimmune pathway for treating sepsis, finding that dopamine inhibits expression of a critical regulator of immunometabolism.
This suggests that pramipexole, a dopamine agonist, could effectively treat lethal infections. scim.ag/4kfAfrZ
This suggests that pramipexole, a dopamine agonist, could effectively treat lethal infections. scim.ag/4kfAfrZ
A neuroimmune pathway drives bacterial infection
Dysregulation of the dopamine-ACOD1 axis correlates with sepsis severity.
scim.ag
May 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A new #ScienceAdvances study identifies a neuroimmune pathway for treating sepsis, finding that dopamine inhibits expression of a critical regulator of immunometabolism.
This suggests that pramipexole, a dopamine agonist, could effectively treat lethal infections. scim.ag/4kfAfrZ
This suggests that pramipexole, a dopamine agonist, could effectively treat lethal infections. scim.ag/4kfAfrZ
Mentre si parla tanto di #ReBRAIN #Europe, il nostro Paese con la nuova #riforma del #reclutamento facilita il #braindrain negando l'opportunità a migliaia di #giovani #ricercatori di fare ricerca in #italia . Se siete d'accordo, condividete l'articolo di #ElenaCattaneo
May 12, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Mentre si parla tanto di #ReBRAIN #Europe, il nostro Paese con la nuova #riforma del #reclutamento facilita il #braindrain negando l'opportunità a migliaia di #giovani #ricercatori di fare ricerca in #italia . Se siete d'accordo, condividete l'articolo di #ElenaCattaneo
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I did not think we would have to debate this point in 2025, but yes the study of sex in biological studies matter!
bsd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bsd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Sex differences research is important! - Biology of Sex Differences
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March 13, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I did not think we would have to debate this point in 2025, but yes the study of sex in biological studies matter!
bsd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bsd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Excellent and rich environment for both work and life 🤩👇🏻
Join us in Poitiers @univpoitiers.bsky.social and @insermna.bsky.social
We are excited to announce that we will have a Chaire Professor Junior (CPJ) position (tenure-track) in our laboratory LNEC for the year 2025-2026.
The call will open soon and we will post it as soon as I get the link.
We are excited to announce that we will have a Chaire Professor Junior (CPJ) position (tenure-track) in our laboratory LNEC for the year 2025-2026.
The call will open soon and we will post it as soon as I get the link.
May 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Excellent and rich environment for both work and life 🤩👇🏻
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Chimeric brain models: Unlocking insights into human neural development, aging, diseases, and cell therapies
www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
Chimeric brain models: Unlocking insights into human neural development, aging, diseases, and cell therapies
Papetti et al. discuss recent advances in understanding human neural development,
aging, and disease uncovered through human-rodent chimeric brain models and examine
their potential to drive progress ...
www.cell.com
April 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Chimeric brain models: Unlocking insights into human neural development, aging, diseases, and cell therapies
www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
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Today’s #cannabis has much more potent THC than in the past. How we think about & approach cannabis needs to change with this in mind - from policy & consumer perspectives.
🎧 Listen to my discussion with Julie Rose on Top Of Mind here: open.spotify.com/show/5P43AGN...
🎧 Listen to my discussion with Julie Rose on Top Of Mind here: open.spotify.com/show/5P43AGN...
May 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Today’s #cannabis has much more potent THC than in the past. How we think about & approach cannabis needs to change with this in mind - from policy & consumer perspectives.
🎧 Listen to my discussion with Julie Rose on Top Of Mind here: open.spotify.com/show/5P43AGN...
🎧 Listen to my discussion with Julie Rose on Top Of Mind here: open.spotify.com/show/5P43AGN...
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Save the date! Join us in Seville, Spain May 17 - 21 2026 for the next Dopamine meeting. More details to come.
dopaminesociety.org
dopaminesociety.org
December 12, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Save the date! Join us in Seville, Spain May 17 - 21 2026 for the next Dopamine meeting. More details to come.
dopaminesociety.org
dopaminesociety.org
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NSF has spent decades—and billions of dollars—trying to attract more women and members of underrepresented groups into STEM. Not anymore. scim.ag/3RUtgZg
NSF starts to kill grants that violate Trump’s war on diversity efforts
Attracting women and minorities into science and studying misinformation are no longer priorities, agency says
scim.ag
April 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
NSF has spent decades—and billions of dollars—trying to attract more women and members of underrepresented groups into STEM. Not anymore. scim.ag/3RUtgZg
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Distinct synaptic plasticity rules operate across dendritic compartments in vivo during learning | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Distinct synaptic plasticity rules operate across dendritic compartments in vivo during learning
Synaptic plasticity underlies learning by modifying specific synaptic inputs to reshape neural activity and behavior. However, the rules governing which synapses will undergo different forms of plasti...
www.science.org
April 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Distinct synaptic plasticity rules operate across dendritic compartments in vivo during learning | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A safer, gut-stable alternative to opioids!
Markus Muttenthaler @univie.ac.at and others have developed a new type of oral painkiller designed to relieve chronic abdominal pain, based on a modified form of the hormone oxytocin, best known for its role in childbirth contractions.
👉 buff.ly/vzN0834
Markus Muttenthaler @univie.ac.at and others have developed a new type of oral painkiller designed to relieve chronic abdominal pain, based on a modified form of the hormone oxytocin, best known for its role in childbirth contractions.
👉 buff.ly/vzN0834
April 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A safer, gut-stable alternative to opioids!
Markus Muttenthaler @univie.ac.at and others have developed a new type of oral painkiller designed to relieve chronic abdominal pain, based on a modified form of the hormone oxytocin, best known for its role in childbirth contractions.
👉 buff.ly/vzN0834
Markus Muttenthaler @univie.ac.at and others have developed a new type of oral painkiller designed to relieve chronic abdominal pain, based on a modified form of the hormone oxytocin, best known for its role in childbirth contractions.
👉 buff.ly/vzN0834
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Excited to share a new publication out!
“Acute Stress-induced Alterations in Short-Chain Fatty Acids: Implications for the Intestinal and Blood Brain Barriers”.
@jfcryan.bsky.social
@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social
@sarah-janeleigh.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“Acute Stress-induced Alterations in Short-Chain Fatty Acids: Implications for the Intestinal and Blood Brain Barriers”.
@jfcryan.bsky.social
@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social
@sarah-janeleigh.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Acute Stress-induced Alterations in Short-Chain Fatty Acids: Implications for the Intestinal and Blood Brain Barriers
Unravelling the features of the whole-body response to acute stress exposures is critical to understand this neglected building block of chronic stres…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 20, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Excited to share a new publication out!
“Acute Stress-induced Alterations in Short-Chain Fatty Acids: Implications for the Intestinal and Blood Brain Barriers”.
@jfcryan.bsky.social
@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social
@sarah-janeleigh.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“Acute Stress-induced Alterations in Short-Chain Fatty Acids: Implications for the Intestinal and Blood Brain Barriers”.
@jfcryan.bsky.social
@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social
@sarah-janeleigh.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Excited to launch this initiative #womenstandupforscience to support #science #freespeech #DEI #democracy and grateful to all the scientists involved and to #UniCA #savethedate and #staytuned
www.rainews.it/tgr/sardegna...
www.rainews.it/tgr/sardegna...
Donne per la scienza
A giugno l'evento 'Women stand up for science' contro i tagli alla ricerca
www.rainews.it
April 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Excited to launch this initiative #womenstandupforscience to support #science #freespeech #DEI #democracy and grateful to all the scientists involved and to #UniCA #savethedate and #staytuned
www.rainews.it/tgr/sardegna...
www.rainews.it/tgr/sardegna...
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Interesting that aggressive encounter,but not non-social stimuli, increased SERT and serotonin in mPFC www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Dynamic changes of serotonin transporter expression in the prefrontal cortex evoked by aggressive social interactions
Aggression is a complex behavior influenced by developmental experiences, internal state, and social context, yet its neurobiological underpinnings re…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Interesting that aggressive encounter,but not non-social stimuli, increased SERT and serotonin in mPFC www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...