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Fil Swirski

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Targeting the brain to heal the heart. Cardiovascular Research Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York

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Immunology Center of Georgia @immunologyau.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Thank you to @filswirski.bsky.social for visiting with our scientists and trainees last week. Dr. Swirski, who previously visited the Medical College of Georgia prior to IMMCG's founding a few years ago, presented "Heart Brain Communication in Cardiovascular Disease" during his visit.
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Fil Swirski @filswirski.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Influenza virus hitches a cellular ride to the heart: Cell Host & Microbe www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
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Influenza virus hitches a cellular ride to the heart
Influenza virus is associated with severe cardiac complications, yet mechanisms of disease, including how the virus traffics from lungs to the heart, have remained elusive. In a recent Immunity paper,...
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Fusion Conferences @fusionconf.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
📢Don’t forget to register and submit your abstract for talk consideration at the #IMMA Conference! The chairs are excited to welcome both new and familiar faces to Mexico soon! Click here to register: bit.ly/4rKrvxZ
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Fil Swirski @filswirski.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Influenza hijacks myeloid cells to inflict type-I interferon-fueled damage in the heart: Immunity www.cell.com/immunity/ful...
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Influenza hijacks myeloid cells to inflict type-I interferon-fueled damage in the heart
Respiratory infection and cardiovascular disease risk are tightly intertwined clinically, but the mechanisms of this relationship are largely unknown. Here, Downey et al. reveal how influenza traffics...
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Fusion Conferences @fusionconf.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Help us spread the word of the conference by sharing the above post @cjbinder.bsky.social @mcalpinelab.bsky.social @lukeanthonyoneill.bsky.social @filswirski.bsky.social
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NY-CURES @nycures.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Add your name ✍ at www.nycures.org so Albany sees 10,000 scientists calling for the future of biomedical research to be built right here in New York. Our first email to members goes out soon—introducing the statewide biomedical institute we’re proposing and how you can help power it forward.
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The Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
✨ HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to our #FriedmanBrainInstitute faculty on making @clarivate.com's prestigious #HighlyCited2025 list! Kristen Dams-O'Connor, Avi Ma'ayan, James Murrough, Scott Russo, Filip Swirski, Abraham Reichenberg & Bin Zhang have demonstrated significant & broad influence in their field!
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Sarah Ross @sarahhross.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
If you are looking for a great read during your journey to @iuis-online.bsky.social Congress, take a peek at this review from from Matthias Nahrendorf, Florent Ginhoux and @filswirski.bsky.social in @science.org that explores the role of immune cells beyond host defence. buff.ly/S5RkqTf
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Fil Swirski @filswirski.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Very happy to share this Perspective in @natrevimmunol.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Connection and communication between the nervous and immune systems - Nature Reviews Immunology
Here, Swirski and colleagues explore how the nervous and immune systems connect and collaborate to respond to internal and external stimuli. In particular, they consider how the exchange of informatio...
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Fil Swirski @filswirski.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
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Immunometabolism in heart failure - Nature Reviews Cardiology
In this Review, the authors discuss the cellular and molecular mechanisms of immunometabolism in heart failure and highlight potential approaches for non-invasive monitoring and for the treatment of p...
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Fil Swirski @filswirski.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Frontiers of Medical Research: Heart | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/reso...
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Frontiers of Medical Research: Heart
What are researchers on heart health working on to transform patient care and prolong lives?
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Fil Swirski @filswirski.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
The future of heart health: AI, immunity, and personalized prevention | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/webi...
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The future of heart health: AI, immunity, and personalized prevention
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Sinai Immuno @sinaiimmuno.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
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How ‘Inflammaging’ Drives Cancer—and Points to New Treatments
Inflammation fuels the high rate of cancer in people over 50, researchers find, leading them to test anti-inflammatories like allergy drugs to fight it.
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Cameron McAlpine @mcalpinelab.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
We are looking for a scientist to join the growing Brain-Body Research Institute at Mount Sinai! Consider joining a dynamic fundamental and translational team investigating inter-organ physiology and communication between the brain and periphery. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
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Fil Swirski @filswirski.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Happy to share a new review: Neural Mechanisms in Cardiovascular Health and Disease | Circulation Research www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.... Part of a series on Inter-organ communication! Great teamwork: KA Ziegler, S Engelhardt, D Carnevale, C McAlpine, T Guzik, S Dimmeler!
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Neural Mechanisms in Cardiovascular Health and Disease | Circulation Research
Although the neurocardiac axis is central to cardiovascular homeostasis, its dysregulation drives heart failure and cardiometabolic diseases. This review examines the bidirectional interplay between t...
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Scott Russo @scottrussophd.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
1/4 I am very pleased to share this new manuscript, “A crucial role for the cortical amygdala in shaping social encounters”, led by 2 spectacular postdocs, Dr. Tony Aubry who is on the job market, and coauthor @neuromanonyc.bsky.social Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A crucial role for the cortical amygdala in shaping social encounters - Nature
The posterolateral cortical amygdala and other connected brain regions have a key role in mediating the transition from investigative to aggressive behaviour in male mice.
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Tim Clancy @viewfromarchstreet.com · 08/02/2025
On changes to #NIH indirect rates, there is a law in place that prohibits NIH from making such changes without the approval of Congress. See Division D, Title II Section 224 of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-OD-24-110: Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY 2024
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY 2024 NOT-OD-24-110. NIH
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The Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
🎉 Congrats @brainbodylab.bsky.social & @filswirski.bsky.social on receiving 2025 Ram Sundaram & Preethi Krishna Research Scholar Award for "Delineating the role of a brain to heart pathway in stress-related behavioral & cardiac function". Learn more about #FBIScholars icahn.mssm.edu/research/fri...
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Nature Reviews Immunology @natrevimmunol.nature.com · 26/11/2024
The danger theory of immunity strikes back... rdcu.be/d1uQN
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Scared to share this after 10 freaking years of waiting, but here we go: We found that temperature *perception* can change the biology of the next generations, even when “it’s just in the parents' head”. Read how C. elegans neurons control epigenetic inheritance! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Perception of Temperature Even in the Absence of Actual Change is Sufficient to Drive Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance
Can processes occurring in one individuals nervous system influence the physiology of the descendants? Here we explored the provocative hypothesis that parents sensation or perception of environmental...
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Fil Swirski @filswirski.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Feels like this platform is growing rapidly now (felt an energy for Science Twitter circa 2017, which then dwindled and, dare I say, died). Let’s rebuild a thriving Science platform here?
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Sinai Immuno @sinaiimmuno.bsky.social · 27/09/2023
Our annual PrIISM retreat last Friday at the fabulous Angel Orensanz Foundation was an immunology-packed and fun day. Everything from new and established faculty presentations, to a trainee poster datablitz, a biotech roundtable discussion and music!
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