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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Looking forward to speaking at " #Epigenetic Regulation of Acquired Behaviors in Health & Disease" workshop next week in Baeza, Spain, organized by Li-Huei Tsai & @barcolab.bsky.social as part of the Biomedicine Workshops of the Universidad Internacional de Andalucía. My 1st visit to Andalusia! ❤️

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Many thanks to @mladiendo.bsky.social for these beautiful photos from the @esendocrinology.bsky.social Young Endocrinologists and Scientists (EYES) Meeting in Belgrade this September ❤️

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Organization for the Study of Sex Differences (OSSD) @ossdcomm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

“How does perimenopause change your brain”, a recent TEDx talk, was delivered by Dr. Marija Kundakovic and selected as an Editor’s pick, an honor given to <1% of TEDx talks. Congratulations Dr. Kundakovic! Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX3Y... Follow @kundakoviclab.bsky.social for more!

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How does perimenopause change your brain? | Marija Kundakovic | TEDxFordham University

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Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Congratulations to @acnporg.bsky.social Member @kundakoviclab.bsky.social on delivering an excellent #TEDx talk on Women's Health - and being honored as an Editor's pick 🤩 (I'm sure our own @npp-journal.bsky.social editors would have picked her talk also 😉)

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I am thrilled to share my #TEDx talk, selected as an Editor's pick by the main TED Editorial team! This is a rare distinction reserved for well <1% of TEDx talks. I feel humble & shaken & so happy for this highlight on #WomensHealth & #perimenopause . Knowledge is Power! youtu.be/zX3Ya88sxcQ?...

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How does perimenopause change your brain? | Marija Kundakovic | TEDxFordham University

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A brief but fantastic visit to Serbia this past week. Thank you @mladiendo.bsky.social and @ljiljanamarina.bsky.social for the invitation and the wonderful meeting. Thank you all for the great great time! ❤️

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Excited to be in Belgrade and give a plenary lecture this Friday at the European Society of Endocrinology @ese-eyes.bsky.social annual meeting . Many thanks to Serbian Young Endocrinologists and @ljiljanamarina.bsky.social for this kind invitation ❤️ @esendocrinology.bsky.social

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Enjoying the perfect summer weather in #Manhattan before I head to winter in the south ❤️ #UWS

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Excited to give a plenary talk at the International Society of Bipolar Disorder Chilean group meeting in Santiago! Great opportunity to talk to clinicians, psychiatrists, psychologists & social workers about #WomensHealth & importance of basic science research!🔥 Also my 1st visit to South America! ❤️

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Today @liisagalea.bsky.social was filmed for a #CNN show on #WomensHealth !! 🔥 ⭐️ 👑 So, of course, we had to celebrate at #BlueRibbonSushi ! 😊 Always so amazing to see you and catch up! ❤️

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Excited that our symposium "Brain-Body Interactions as Regulators of Brain Plasticity, Behavior & Disease Risk" was accepted for @acnporg.bsky.social annual meeting! Chair: @scottrussophd.bsky.social Co-chair: myself + Sarah Stanley (Mount Sinai) & Ivan de Araujo (Max Planck) as speakers🔥 #ACNP2027

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

So nice to have a visit by our dear collaborator @masako-suzuki.bsky.social from @tamu.bsky.social . And always a good reason for the lab to have lunch at the #ZeroOttoNove in the #Bronx ! 😀❤️

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Had great time at #GRC meeting on Neuroepigenetics! Lovely nature, good food & exceptional science. Ian Maze & I are future vice chairs! Excited to help this meeting & community grow! 🙏all! @barcolab.bsky.social @ennatsew.bsky.social @joeecker.bsky.social @apombo1.bsky.social @creminslab.bsky.social

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Megan G. Massa @megangmassa.com · 27/07/2026

What's the connection between anti-trans and anti-intersex legislation, the defunding of science, and the scientific study of sex? It's all part of the same playbook. 🧵 Super proud to explore this and encourage creative solutions in my latest published commentary: doi.org/10.1093/icb/... (1/6)

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Traveling tomorrow for the inaugural #GRC on Neural Genetics & Epigenetics. Looking forward to hearing about all the new research in the field, catching up w/ colleagues & giving a talk on our X chromosome study on Wednesday! 🔥 grc.org/neural-genet...

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Beautiful, charming Barcelona…one of my favorite places in the world! ❤️ We were so lucky to be there for #FENS2026 . Thank you for the great meeting, @fens.org !

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Fully packed room with literally hundreds of people for our FENS symposium on 3D genome regulation in the brain. This was an amazing lineup of speakers, too, a star after star, and then the dinner was something else 👌 Feeling so privilaged! ❤️ #FENS2026 w @apombo1.bsky.social @boyanbonev.bsky.social

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

If you are at #FENS2026 in Barcelona, don’t miss our symposium at 15:40 today (Tuesday) on 3D genome regulation in the brain. Amazing line-up of speakers, it’s going to be great! 🔥

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Had an incredible time in Greece - Athens and the Evia Island - last week. Culture, people, food, the sea…it was magical! Until next time! 🇬🇷 💙 ❤️ 🙏

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

What an incredible honor to give a talk at the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts in Belgrade! Many dear people in the audience, so it was also very emotional for me... Many thanks to the Serbian Neuroscience Society, its president Selma Kanazir & to all colleagues and friends who came! ❤️

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Very excited and honored to give a talk at the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU) in Belgrade next Wednesday. Many thanks to the Serbian Neuroscience Society and its president Selma Kanazir for this invitation! So much looking forward to this! ❤️

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Really excited and honored to give Grand Rounds at Mount Sinai's Department of Psychiatry tomorrow. "Leveraging mouse and human (epi)genomics to improve #WomensMentalHealth " Can't wait! 🔥

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Looking forward to speaking at the NYC Neurobiology Symposium at @nyu.edu tomorrow! What a great lineup! 🔥

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Kundakovic lab past and present - everyone is killing their presentation at @ossdcomm.bsky.social meeting and we are having such great time! Love these guys ❤️ Devin Rocks @lailaouldibbat.bsky.social @luisadema.bsky.social #KonaHawaii #OSSD2026

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Aloha! Immensely enjoying my time in #KonaHawaii . The air, the ocean, the weather… and incredible sunsets! The @ossdcomm.bsky.social meeting is starting tomorrow… chairing a big meeting for the first time, so excited! ☀️💙🌴 #OSSD2026

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Excited to speak at the inaugural Gordon Research Conference on Neural Genetics & Epigenetics this summer, July 19-24, in New Hampshire. Come join us -- there is a fantastic lineup -- check out the program here: grc.org/neural-genet... 🔥

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Excited to wrap up this semester @fordham.edu w fantastic presentations by my graduate & undergrad students (@lailaouldibbat.bsky.social, Rachel Smith, Aidan Costella). Thank you for the hard work! And thanks to @mattgirgenti.bsky.social for the wonderful last dept seminar! Summer is almost here! ☀️

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Super proud of @luisadema.bsky.social giving a short talk on hormone-regulated dynamics of the inactive X chromosome in the adult female brain at @sobp-org.bsky.social meeting. Stay tuned for this super exciting work! 🔥🔥

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

So good to have @liisagalea.bsky.social in town for @sobp-org.bsky.social meeting! Finally eating sushi on my terms! 😊❤️ #Soho #BlueRibbonSushi

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I had such pleasure hosting our dept. seminar w/ some of the most distinguished & innovative neuroscientists Cristina Alberini, Dayu Lin @moccalin.bsky.social , Ian Maze, Annie Ciernia.. 🙏 for coming @fordham.edu & sharing your incredible science.. last seminar w/ @mattgirgenti.bsky.social !

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Honored to receive the 2026 Distinguished Research Award in the Science & Mathematics from @fordham.edu ! We had a nice celebration with the President and the Provost -- grateful to Fordham for all support & recognition, and thankful to all my lab members for their work that makes this possible! ❤️🎉🍾

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Had another wonderful, relaxing birthday in this amazing city ... and, as always, the best thing was hearing from all the dear people all over the world! Cheers to another year full of excitement! 🥂❤️

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Giving a TEDx talk was an intoxicating experience! The vibe was incredible! Thx to all who came in person - my lab members, Jelena Radulovic & Cristina Alberini, my students.. & all watching the livestream.. it meant the world to me! The video is coming in 2-3 weeks! Stay tuned! 🔥 @fordham.edu

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I am so excited to speak at the #TEDxFordhamUniversity: For What Matters today & meet many of you after, at the celebration party. For those that cannot attend in person, you can watch the livestream by using this link. Starts at 6 PM ET: www.youtube.com/live/5dyccq6... @fordham.edu 🔥

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Still thinking of a great public discussion we had on "Why is the menopausal transition so poorly understood by science?". 70+ people, the vibe was electric! 🙏 @ljiljanamarina.bsky.social @mladiendo.bsky.social @fordham.edu , all colleagues & friends who came! To be continued soon! #WomensHealth 🔥

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Such an amazing symposium on menopausal transition today in Belgrade! 🔥w @ljiljanamarina.bsky.social Selma Kanazir, Ivana Bjelobaba, @mladiendo.bsky.social . So much food for thought in a warm & stimulating atmosphere. It was also special to have @liisagalea.bsky.social with us.. on her B-day! ♥️

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Liisa Galea @liisagalea.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Honoured to be in Belgrade 🇷🇸 to talk about my favourite topic women’s 🧠 health!! Thanks to @kundakoviclab.bsky.social Ana Milosevic! Ljiljana Marina Selma Kanazir Ivana Bjelobaba

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Greetings from beautiful #Torino ! Here for Steroids & Nervous System conference! We had a fantastic all-star symposium on Ovarian hormones in brain plasticity & disease risk! @cogneuroend.bsky.social @ncndgroup.bsky.social @neuromaternal.bsky.social @liisagalea.bsky.social & food is 👌 #SNS2026

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Dr. Cate Peña @cate-cholamine.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I am so proud to share @forrestdrogers.bsky.social’s postdoctoral magnum opus, now out in @nature.com! Forrest discovered a novel role for Agouti in the MPOA of the hypothalamus to integrate socio-environmental information to flexibly tune paternal behavior www.nature.com/articles/s41... Thread! 👇🏻

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Agouti integrates environmental cues to regulate paternal behaviour - Nature

Expression of agouti signalling protein in neurons in the medial preoptic area is increased by group housing and negatively associated with care, and overexpression of Agouti reduces care and enhances...

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Excited to be part of this public discussion on perimenopause: "Why is the menopausal transition so poorly understood by science?" If you're in Belgrade, join us on Feb 27 at 18h to discuss this important topic in an accessible way! w @ljiljanamarina.bsky.social #WomensHealth 👇 Support: @fordham.edu

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Looking forward to speaking in this timely symposium on "Menopausal transition in medical & neuroscience research” on Feb 26 in Belgrade, Serbia! 🔥 w/ @liisagalea.bsky.social @ljiljanamarina.bsky.social . Organized by Serbian Neuroscience Society & Serbian Early Career Endocrinologists & Scientists!

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

We had a blast hosting our today's seminar speaker Andre Fenton, Director of @nyu.edu Center for Neural Science. Great conversations and such stimulating talk on "Reframing cognition dynamics"! Thank you for your visit @fordham.edu !

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

We had a wonderful visit by Katharina Schultebraucks from @nyu.edu for our departmental seminar today. Very interesting lecture on how to use digital biomarkers & AI to predict risk for #MentalHealth disorders. I was also reminded how cinematic @fordham.edu #RoseHill campus is 🤍

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Last week I was in the Bahamas sun bathing and swimming in the ocean and now this :). At least it looks beautiful and very romantic ❄️ 🤍

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

If you are at #ACNP2026, stop by the poster TH288 of my postdoc @luisadema.bsky.social this evening - a very cool study on hormone-driven X chromosome dynamics in the brain! 👇

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