Alessandra Borsini
@alessandraborsini.bsky.social
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at King’s College London; Course Leader MSc Psychology & Neuroscience of Mind-Body Interface https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-taught/courses/psychology-and-neuroscience-of-mind-body-interface
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Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind-Body Interface
Our Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind-Body Interface MSc will enable you to gain a theoretical and practical understanding of the psychology and the neuroscience underlying brain/mind processes in t...
www.kcl.ac.uk
💥💥I am glad to share with you our new MSc in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind-Body Interface!
Join me and our team to unravel how the #mind and #body interact in powerful ways that affect our health 💥💥
Applications for the 2025-2026 academic year are now OPEN!!
www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Join me and our team to unravel how the #mind and #body interact in powerful ways that affect our health 💥💥
Applications for the 2025-2026 academic year are now OPEN!!
www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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In today’s article, @kingsioppn.bsky.social MSc student Razan Ghalayini reflects on her experience of the Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind Body Interface programme, led by @alessandraborsini.bsky.social
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Becoming: Restarting Life at 30
How I reclaimed my dreams, redefined success, and found myself again
25/5/25 - A date so precise it feels like destiny carved it into the calendar just for me. Not merely for its symmetry, but beca...
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July 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
In today’s article, @kingsioppn.bsky.social MSc student Razan Ghalayini reflects on her experience of the Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind Body Interface programme, led by @alessandraborsini.bsky.social
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Glad to have been shortlisted for the King’s Education Award and to be able to attend the award ceremony at Strand campus today!🤩
Thanks to my amazing MSc students for their nominations ☺️
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Thanks to my amazing MSc students for their nominations ☺️
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June 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Glad to have been shortlisted for the King’s Education Award and to be able to attend the award ceremony at Strand campus today!🤩
Thanks to my amazing MSc students for their nominations ☺️
@kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Thanks to my amazing MSc students for their nominations ☺️
@kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Are you interested in how mind and body are connected? 🧠
Have a look at the new blog just published by Emanuela Kwokal, our amazing MSc student in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind-Body Interface 🌟
@kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Have a look at the new blog just published by Emanuela Kwokal, our amazing MSc student in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind-Body Interface 🌟
@kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
In today's article, Mind Body Interface MSc Student Emanuela Kwokal discusses how our #Mind and #Body are connected, highlighting her experience as a #Student on the course:
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Are you interested in how our mind and body are connected?
The Mind-Body Interface MSc is the perfect course for you! My journey getting on the course After my undergraduate studies as a psychology student, I noticed a recurring theme of never being satisfie...
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April 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Are you interested in how mind and body are connected? 🧠
Have a look at the new blog just published by Emanuela Kwokal, our amazing MSc student in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind-Body Interface 🌟
@kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Have a look at the new blog just published by Emanuela Kwokal, our amazing MSc student in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind-Body Interface 🌟
@kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Reposted by Alessandra Borsini
Celebrating the first cohort of MSc students in #Psychology and #Neuroscience of #Mind-Body Interface! 🎉
It’s been a pleasure having these talented students join us for our talks and contribute to ITM. Wishing them all the best ✨.
@alessandraborsini.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social
It’s been a pleasure having these talented students join us for our talks and contribute to ITM. Wishing them all the best ✨.
@alessandraborsini.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Celebrating the first cohort of MSc students in #Psychology and #Neuroscience of #Mind-Body Interface! 🎉
It’s been a pleasure having these talented students join us for our talks and contribute to ITM. Wishing them all the best ✨.
@alessandraborsini.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social
It’s been a pleasure having these talented students join us for our talks and contribute to ITM. Wishing them all the best ✨.
@alessandraborsini.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social
The first cohort of students of our MSc in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind-Body Interface! Lot’s of memories and great fun 😊
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March 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The first cohort of students of our MSc in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind-Body Interface! Lot’s of memories and great fun 😊
@kingsioppn.bsky.social
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
@kingsioppn.bsky.social
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Reposted by Alessandra Borsini
Of >105,000 participants with 30-year follow-up, only 9.3% achieved healthy aging (age 70, w/o any chronic diseases). Their diet was significantly associated with this outcome. @naturemedicine.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Of >105,000 participants with 30-year follow-up, only 9.3% achieved healthy aging (age 70, w/o any chronic diseases). Their diet was significantly associated with this outcome. @naturemedicine.bsky.social
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Adherence to these diets (most to least in quintiles) linked to healthy aging
March 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Adherence to these diets (most to least in quintiles) linked to healthy aging
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Bottom line: A Mediterranean type diet high in fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, whole grains, low fat dairy products, plant-based foods, and reduced sodium, trans fats, animal-based foods, sugary beverages, ultra- processed foods was the optimal pattern. Link nature.com/articles/s41...
Optimal dietary patterns for healthy aging - Nature Medicine
In two longitudinal cohorts followed for 30 years, the associations of eight different dietary patterns with healthy aging—encompassing cognitive, physical and mental health—were studied, identifying ...
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March 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Bottom line: A Mediterranean type diet high in fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, whole grains, low fat dairy products, plant-based foods, and reduced sodium, trans fats, animal-based foods, sugary beverages, ultra- processed foods was the optimal pattern. Link nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Alessandra Borsini
In today's article, Christina Patsourakou talks about navigating prenatal #Depression and #PregnancyComplications, while reflecting on her experience and sharing ways to support pregnant women experiencing this.
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Navigating Prenatal Depression and Pregnancy Complications
Trigger Warning: Discussion of Miscarriage and Prenatal Mental HealthMy name is Christina. In 2021, I wrote about my journey with chronic illness and mental health. While new challenges have emerged, ...
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March 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
In today's article, Christina Patsourakou talks about navigating prenatal #Depression and #PregnancyComplications, while reflecting on her experience and sharing ways to support pregnant women experiencing this.
Read now:
www.inspirethemind.org/post/navigat...
Read now:
www.inspirethemind.org/post/navigat...
Multi-omics profiles show major aging changes at approximately 44 and 60 years of age
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Nonlinear dynamics of multi-omics profiles during human aging - Nature Aging
Understanding the molecular changes underlying aging is important for developing biomarkers and healthy aging interventions. In this study, the authors used comprehensive multi-omics data to reveal no...
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March 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Multi-omics profiles show major aging changes at approximately 44 and 60 years of age
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Reposted by Alessandra Borsini
"We could all use a little more X!" Thrilled our new study is out. Aging "wakes up" the silent X chromosome in the female brain - and this contributes cognitive resilience. Spearheaded by @margaretgadek.bsky.social in Science Advances. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Aging activates escape of the silent X chromosome in the female mouse hippocampus
Aging activates the silent X chromosome, increasing escape expression, and potentially cognitive resilience, in the female mouse.
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March 6, 2025 at 5:24 AM
"We could all use a little more X!" Thrilled our new study is out. Aging "wakes up" the silent X chromosome in the female brain - and this contributes cognitive resilience. Spearheaded by @margaretgadek.bsky.social in Science Advances. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Our lifestyle and environmental exposures are the predominant influencers of healthy aging and premature mortality, compared with polygenic risk, in the first comprehensive assessment
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Integrating the environmental and genetic architectures of aging and mortality - Nature Medicine
Based on a systematic analysis of environmental exposures associated with aging and mortality in the UK Biobank, the relative contributions of such exposures and genetic risk for mortality and a range...
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February 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Our lifestyle and environmental exposures are the predominant influencers of healthy aging and premature mortality, compared with polygenic risk, in the first comprehensive assessment
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
open-access
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
open-access
💥💥If you are thinking of applying for our new MSc in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind-Body Interface do join me and my team on the 26th of February at the Postgraduate Open Evening at Guy’s Campus! 💥💥
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Postgraduate Taught Open Evening | Health & Life Sciences | Guy's Campus
Join us at our Guy's campus to discover more about our range of Health and Life Sciences master’s courses
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January 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
💥💥If you are thinking of applying for our new MSc in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind-Body Interface do join me and my team on the 26th of February at the Postgraduate Open Evening at Guy’s Campus! 💥💥
Sign up here 👇👇👇
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Sign up here 👇👇👇
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Reposted by Alessandra Borsini
How eating fiber->short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) metabolites->anti-cancer effects
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January 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
How eating fiber->short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) metabolites->anti-cancer effects
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💥💥Very pleased to share the video of our new MSc in Psychology and Neuroscienec of Mind-Body Interface!
Applications for the 2025-2026 academic year are now OPEN!! 💥💥
vimeo.com/1039976299/e97…
Applications for the 2025-2026 academic year are now OPEN!! 💥💥
vimeo.com/1039976299/e97…
https://vimeo.com/1039976299/e97…
January 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
💥💥Very pleased to share the video of our new MSc in Psychology and Neuroscienec of Mind-Body Interface!
Applications for the 2025-2026 academic year are now OPEN!! 💥💥
vimeo.com/1039976299/e97…
Applications for the 2025-2026 academic year are now OPEN!! 💥💥
vimeo.com/1039976299/e97…
Reposted by Alessandra Borsini
Monocyte-derived macrophages act as reinforcements when microglia fall short in Alzheimer’s disease
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Monocyte-derived macrophages act as reinforcements when microglia fall short in Alzheimer’s disease - Nature Neuroscience
This article discusses a puzzling issue in brain pathology: why brain-resident microglia are insufficient for protection, and why myeloid cells are needed from the periphery. Several strategies are pr...
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January 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Monocyte-derived macrophages act as reinforcements when microglia fall short in Alzheimer’s disease
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Alessandra Borsini
Even a small amount of physical activity does a lot of good for promoting health, as supported by wearable sensor data in large studies
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Even a small amount of physical activity does a lot of good for promoting health, as supported by wearable sensor data in large studies
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
💥💥I am glad to share with you our new MSc in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind-Body Interface!
Join me and our team to unravel how the #mind and #body interact in powerful ways that affect our health 💥💥
Applications for the 2025-2026 academic year are now OPEN!!
www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Join me and our team to unravel how the #mind and #body interact in powerful ways that affect our health 💥💥
Applications for the 2025-2026 academic year are now OPEN!!
www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind-Body Interface
Our Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind-Body Interface MSc will enable you to gain a theoretical and practical understanding of the psychology and the neuroscience underlying brain/mind processes in t...
www.kcl.ac.uk
January 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
💥💥I am glad to share with you our new MSc in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind-Body Interface!
Join me and our team to unravel how the #mind and #body interact in powerful ways that affect our health 💥💥
Applications for the 2025-2026 academic year are now OPEN!!
www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Join me and our team to unravel how the #mind and #body interact in powerful ways that affect our health 💥💥
Applications for the 2025-2026 academic year are now OPEN!!
www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...