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Women’s mental health across the reproductive years @irtg2804.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

📢 New preprint! We are happy to announce that @mkoerdel.bsky.social's latest work is now available as a preprint! 🔗 Read the full article here: lnkd.in/eUdV-SyT

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Women’s mental health across the reproductive years @irtg2804.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

✨ Yesterday, we had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Hannah Klusmann from Freie Universität Berlin to our IRTG Meeting.

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Women’s mental health across the reproductive years @irtg2804.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of listening to Dr. Bernadette von Dawans from the University of Trier talk about “Sex Hormones and Social Interaction.” at the Psychiatry Research Colloquium.

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Women’s mental health across the reproductive years @irtg2804.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Today, one of our PhD candidates, @miracnur.bsky.social , presented her work at the Department of Psychiatry's Research Colloquium.

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Women’s mental health across the reproductive years @irtg2804.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Greetings from OHBM 2026 in Bordeaux! 🧠✨ Come find us to talk about effective connectivity, oral contraceptives, the menopausal transition, or anything related to women's mental health.

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Women’s mental health across the reproductive years @irtg2804.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Another successful PhD defense celebrated today 🎓 Congratulations, @ninagoll.bsky.social, on your successful defense and all the amazing work you have contributed to the IRTG!

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Madeleine Kördel @mkoerdel.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

It was great being part of a female mental health symposium at the @dpk-kongress.bsky.social! I presented my preliminary results on how changes in oral contraceptives status can affect acute and daily stress responses 🧠

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Women’s mental health across the reproductive years @irtg2804.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

This week, some of our PhD researchers had the opportunity to participate in the German Psychotherapy Congress (@dpk-kongress.bsky.social) in Berlin. We had an amazing time connecting with fellow researchers and exchanging ideas in the field of women's mental health and beyond.

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Women’s mental health across the reproductive years @irtg2804.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

📣 Congratulations to our PhD Candidate Hanna Wierenga on her new publication! “Self-perceived gender conformity relates to depressive symptoms across Europe” Great work 👏🏻 Read the full paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Women’s mental health across the reproductive years @irtg2804.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

We had a great time at the #PuG2026 conference in Heidelberg last week! 🧠 It was great to connect with researchers from a variety of disciplines. Exchanging ideas with other early-career researchers in our field was also valuable! 🌟

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Women’s mental health across the reproductive years @irtg2804.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

📣 Congratulations to Serenay Yazıcı-Sarıkaya on her new publication! “The effect of vaginal tamoxifen on symptoms of anxiety, depression, and health-related quality of life in postmenopausal women with and without breast cancer.” Very interesting👏🏻 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Women’s mental health across the reproductive years @irtg2804.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

We are very excited to share that our associated PhD candidate, Aistė Ambrasė, successfully defended her thesis today 🎊 Congratulations Aistė 👏🏻 and thank you to all of Aistė's supervisors! We wish you all the best for your future 🤍

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Women’s mental health across the reproductive years @irtg2804.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Today, our IRTG coordinator, Ferdinand Sörensen, gave a talk at the Psychiatry research colloquium on “Maternal Perinatal Distress and Offspring Development” 👶🏻 He presented an overview of how maternal distress during the perinatal period relates to infant temperament and later child development.

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Women’s mental health across the reproductive years @irtg2804.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

📣 Congratulations to our PhD-Researcher Anna Denninger on the publication of her new paper on estradiol and brain structure: "Estradiol, Emotion Regulation, and the Limbic System: Effects on Gray Matter Volume" 📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.bp... Thanks to everyone who contributed to this work! 🤍

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Women’s mental health across the reproductive years @irtg2804.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

We were delighted to take part in the LEAD “Tag der Wissenschaft” last Friday in Tübingen, introducing our IRTG 2804 (International Research Training Group 2804) and the Deutsches Zentrum für Psychische Gesundheit (DZPG) to school leaders, teachers, and partners from the education administration!

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Women’s mental health across the reproductive years @irtg2804.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

📣 Congratulations to our PhD researcher Elise Bücklein-Ehlers on the publication of her new paper: "Personality and cortical architecture in premenstrual dysphoric disorder"

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Women’s mental health across the reproductive years @irtg2804.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Today, on 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲, we were proud to co-organise the event “𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘳?! 𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩” together with the City of Tübingen.

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Esther Kuehn @estherkuehn.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

In spite of so many fantastic, excellent & brilliant #women in #neuroscience research who drive forward the field on a cutting edge there still seems to be a long way to go Data are from #chatgpt (hope AI is wrong this time) #InternationalWomensDay

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Zsofia Karlocai @kzsofia.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

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NeNa Conference @nena-conference.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

🧠 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘! The 𝟮𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗲𝗡𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 is coming to Würzburg! Three days of student talks, posters, and meeting fellow neuroscience enthusiasts — plus our legendary karaoke evenings 🎤 Mark your calendar and stay tuned for registration & abstract submission! #NeNa2026 #neuroscience #conference

A flyer containing some brain art, the date (16th to 18th of September, 2026) and the location of the event (Würzburg)

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Women’s mental health across the reproductive years @irtg2804.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

🎓 𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 | 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, Gloria Matte Bon @gloriamattebon.bsky.social! Today, we celebrated the first PhD defense of the IRTG 🎉

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Women’s mental health across the reproductive years @irtg2804.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

We had a fantastic time presenting our work at the Early Career Scientist Congress of the Germany Center for Mental Health (DZPG-ECS) in Berlin 🧠 It was an inspiring meeting with ECRs, full of exciting talks, great networking, and lots of fun!

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Women’s mental health across the reproductive years @irtg2804.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

🧠🇮🇹 Greetings from sunny Torino and the 13th International Meeting on Steroids and the Nervous System! We truly enjoyed the translational exchange, engaging discussions, and reconnecting with long-standing as well as new colleagues in the field – and of course, the amazing Italian food 🍕

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Women’s mental health across the reproductive years @irtg2804.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

On the second day of our Welcome Event, both PhD cohorts came together for the 𝗣𝗵𝗗‑𝗢𝗹𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 🏆, a series of fun challenges inspired by the ups and downs of PhD life.

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Women’s mental health across the reproductive years @irtg2804.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

We were very happy to welcome the second cohort of PhD candidates at our recent 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁! ✨

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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Our new preprint from Dr Jennifer Richards now back to 🇸🇪: we looked at whether pregnancy history & a high fat/high sugar diet influenced how estradiol affected brain health in middle age- might this address inconsistencies in human findings? (Yes) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Women’s mental health across the reproductive years @irtg2804.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

📣 Congratulations to our PhD researcher Zsófia Karlócai (@kzsofia.bsky.social) on the publication of her paper: "Developmental differences in reward-learning and its connection to resting-state functional connectivity modeled using a hierarchical Bayesian model" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Esther Kuehn @estherkuehn.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Christmas is over and you start wondering what 2026 may bring? 🎁 Perhaps this #PhD position in Tübingen on the Neural Mechanisms of #Body #Memories in #women & #men is for you 👇 Starting date 01.03.2026 or earlier #fMRI #mentalhealth #sexdifferences

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Cognitive Neuroendocrinology Lab @cogneuroend.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Our PhD student @liviaruehr.bsky.social is featured in the new episode of „Let’s talk about women“! With podcast host @franziweinmar.bsky.social, she talks about her PhD project & shares insights into her doctoral journey. 🧠🤩 open.spotify.com/episode/4ALM...

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Let's Talk With Young Researchers: Livia Ruehr

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Women’s mental health across the reproductive years @irtg2804.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

We closed the year with a cozy Christmas get-together🎄🎁 Good conversations, lots of laughter, and a moment to appreciate the progress, challenges, and shared efforts that shaped 2025 ✨ Thank you to everyone who has supported our work in women’s mental health this year!

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Madeleine Kördel @mkoerdel.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

📣I’m excited to share our new preprint on how our body’s energy supply shapes everyday stress experiences: 📄𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Higher glucose levels buffer against everyday stress load

Adaptive stress responses are dependent on the availability of energy and the body's effectiveness in metabolizing glucose as fuel. However, it is not well understood if glucose levels contribute to t...

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Women’s mental health across the reproductive years @irtg2804.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Last night's dinner and today’s talk from our external speaker, Vibe Frøkjær, from Denmark 🇩🇰 We had a wonderful evening discussing research, ideas, and collaborations ahead of today's colloquium!

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Women’s mental health across the reproductive years @irtg2804.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

We’re the International Research Training Group 2804 (IRTG 2804), an interdisciplinary community researching women’s mental health across hormonal transition phases — from puberty to pregnancy to menopause 👩🏼‍🔬

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