Dr. Briana Chen
@brikchen.bsky.social
Neuroscientist PhD @Columbia. @MIT '16, ΚΑΘ alum. 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30. Sex differences and psychiatric disorders. Coffee and Candy Crush enthusiast. she/her
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Big news at @npp-journal.bsky.social HQ 👇
We are thrilled to welcome @briannaegeorge.bsky.social as our new NPP Editorial Intern 🎉
We are looking forward to working with Dr. George and are excited to have such a fantastic addition to our team 🤩
We are thrilled to welcome @briannaegeorge.bsky.social as our new NPP Editorial Intern 🎉
We are looking forward to working with Dr. George and are excited to have such a fantastic addition to our team 🤩
October 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Big news at @npp-journal.bsky.social HQ 👇
We are thrilled to welcome @briannaegeorge.bsky.social as our new NPP Editorial Intern 🎉
We are looking forward to working with Dr. George and are excited to have such a fantastic addition to our team 🤩
We are thrilled to welcome @briannaegeorge.bsky.social as our new NPP Editorial Intern 🎉
We are looking forward to working with Dr. George and are excited to have such a fantastic addition to our team 🤩
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Latest work from @brikchen.bsky.social @drchristineannd.bsky.social and others shows that combining ketamine and prucalopride is more effective than either drug alone at reducing stress-induced physiology at the neural and behavioral levels, suggesting a promising new treatment approach.
A tale of two receptors: simultaneous targeting of NMDARs and 5-HT4Rs exerts additional effects against stress
Serotonin (5-HT) receptors and N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) have been implicated
in the pathophysiology of depression and anxiety disorders. Here, we evaluated whether
targeting both recept...
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Latest work from @brikchen.bsky.social @drchristineannd.bsky.social and others shows that combining ketamine and prucalopride is more effective than either drug alone at reducing stress-induced physiology at the neural and behavioral levels, suggesting a promising new treatment approach.
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Good morning everyone!
So, I wrote a book (!!) and it’s coming out November 4th in physical and audiobook form. It’s called *How to Change a Memory*
www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
So, I wrote a book (!!) and it’s coming out November 4th in physical and audiobook form. It’s called *How to Change a Memory*
www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past
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September 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Good morning everyone!
So, I wrote a book (!!) and it’s coming out November 4th in physical and audiobook form. It’s called *How to Change a Memory*
www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
So, I wrote a book (!!) and it’s coming out November 4th in physical and audiobook form. It’s called *How to Change a Memory*
www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
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The @acnporg.bsky.social 2025 Neuropsychopharmacology Editors' Early Career Award applications are due TOMORROW, July 23 at 5pm Central 🤩
See criteria below, or find more info here: pmg.joynadmin.org/documents/10...
See criteria below, or find more info here: pmg.joynadmin.org/documents/10...
July 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The @acnporg.bsky.social 2025 Neuropsychopharmacology Editors' Early Career Award applications are due TOMORROW, July 23 at 5pm Central 🤩
See criteria below, or find more info here: pmg.joynadmin.org/documents/10...
See criteria below, or find more info here: pmg.joynadmin.org/documents/10...
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Don't forget - submit your application to become the next @npp-journal.bsky.social Editorial Intern by next Wednesday, July 30th! 🤩
Want to be the next @npp-journal.bsky.social Editorial Intern?
Then submit your application by July 30th!
What does an Editorial Intern even do? 🤔
I'm glad you asked.... 🧵👇
acnp.org/digital-libr...
Then submit your application by July 30th!
What does an Editorial Intern even do? 🤔
I'm glad you asked.... 🧵👇
acnp.org/digital-libr...
Neuropsychopharmacology - ACNP
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July 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Don't forget - submit your application to become the next @npp-journal.bsky.social Editorial Intern by next Wednesday, July 30th! 🤩
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Announcing the DPN Deep Dive - our *new* AI generated podcast using Google’s NotebookLM to summarize DPN papers in an accessible format.
Our first episode covers Aich et al on challenges with using large language models to simplify healthcare materials
www.youtube.com/watc...
Our first episode covers Aich et al on challenges with using large language models to simplify healthcare materials
www.youtube.com/watc...
Language models in digital psychiatry: challenges with simplification of healthcare materials
This research examines whether public-facing healthcare materials can be simplified using Large Language Models (LLMs). Currently, the American Journal of Medicine recommends that healthcare materials be provided to people at a reading level of 6. In this work we take five state of the art LLMs viz.
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July 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Announcing the DPN Deep Dive - our *new* AI generated podcast using Google’s NotebookLM to summarize DPN papers in an accessible format.
Our first episode covers Aich et al on challenges with using large language models to simplify healthcare materials
www.youtube.com/watc...
Our first episode covers Aich et al on challenges with using large language models to simplify healthcare materials
www.youtube.com/watc...
2 weeks left to apply! The NPP Editorial Internship was an amazing experience, and I'm so glad I had the opportunity to do it. I've loved learning all about the behind-the-scenes work that goes into NPP as well as the opportunity to promote the journal. DM if you have questions!
Want to be the next @npp-journal.bsky.social Editorial Intern?
Then submit your application by July 30th!
What does an Editorial Intern even do? 🤔
I'm glad you asked.... 🧵👇
acnp.org/digital-libr...
Then submit your application by July 30th!
What does an Editorial Intern even do? 🤔
I'm glad you asked.... 🧵👇
acnp.org/digital-libr...
Neuropsychopharmacology - ACNP
acnp.org
July 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
2 weeks left to apply! The NPP Editorial Internship was an amazing experience, and I'm so glad I had the opportunity to do it. I've loved learning all about the behind-the-scenes work that goes into NPP as well as the opportunity to promote the journal. DM if you have questions!
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Our latest "Meet the Author" interview with Dr. Francesco Bavato gives you the story behind how gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) impacts sleep in MDD (interview by @brikchen.bsky.social & @drfriid.bsky.social )
Link to paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiKN...
Link to paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiKN...
npp's "Meet the Author" with Dr. Francesco Bavato
YouTube video by NPP Journal
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May 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Our latest "Meet the Author" interview with Dr. Francesco Bavato gives you the story behind how gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) impacts sleep in MDD (interview by @brikchen.bsky.social & @drfriid.bsky.social )
Link to paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiKN...
Link to paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiKN...
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Don't miss this interview with ✨new✨ @npp-journal.bsky.social Associate Editor Dr. Arpana Agrawal & our Special Projects Manager @brikchen.bsky.social
Hear Dr. Agrawal's thoughts on the scope of the journal, NPP articles, and the role of peer reviewers (aka YOU!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HqN...
Hear Dr. Agrawal's thoughts on the scope of the journal, NPP articles, and the role of peer reviewers (aka YOU!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HqN...
npp's "Meet the Editor" with Dr. Arpana Agrawal
YouTube video by NPP Journal
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May 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Don't miss this interview with ✨new✨ @npp-journal.bsky.social Associate Editor Dr. Arpana Agrawal & our Special Projects Manager @brikchen.bsky.social
Hear Dr. Agrawal's thoughts on the scope of the journal, NPP articles, and the role of peer reviewers (aka YOU!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HqN...
Hear Dr. Agrawal's thoughts on the scope of the journal, NPP articles, and the role of peer reviewers (aka YOU!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HqN...
New paper out! Huge thanks as always to my mentor @drchristineannd.bsky.social and the rest of the team!
#ThisWeekInNPP
New work from @drchristineannd.bsky.social & @brikchen.bsky.social finds that chronic combinatorial administration of ketamine + the 5HT4R agonist prucalopride exerts potential therapeutic effects in multiple 🐭 models of stress
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New work from @drchristineannd.bsky.social & @brikchen.bsky.social finds that chronic combinatorial administration of ketamine + the 5HT4R agonist prucalopride exerts potential therapeutic effects in multiple 🐭 models of stress
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Chronic, combinatorial targeting of NMDARs and 5-HT4Rs exerts extended behavioral effects against stress-induced perseverative behavior and hyponeophagia - Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology - Chronic, combinatorial targeting of NMDARs and 5-HT4Rs exerts extended behavioral effects against stress-induced perseverative behavior and hyponeophagia
www.nature.com
April 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
New paper out! Huge thanks as always to my mentor @drchristineannd.bsky.social and the rest of the team!
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Fantastic panel 👏 👏👏5HT4R symposium! Thank you all for your support ! 🤗 #Science #SOBP2025 #5HT4R Great collaborations and more to come @brikchen.bsky.social @drchristineannd.bsky.social @denisjdavid.bsky.social #Moods_Inserm @parissaclay.bsky.social @Susannah Murphy @ipsy-nru.bsky.social
April 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Fantastic panel 👏 👏👏5HT4R symposium! Thank you all for your support ! 🤗 #Science #SOBP2025 #5HT4R Great collaborations and more to come @brikchen.bsky.social @drchristineannd.bsky.social @denisjdavid.bsky.social #Moods_Inserm @parissaclay.bsky.social @Susannah Murphy @ipsy-nru.bsky.social
Recently, I had the honor of speaking with Ana Tajder for her podcast Thank you, Mama. It was truly wonderful to reflect on the lessons my mother taught (and continues to teach) me. I'm eternally grateful to her for teaching me to always stay curious ❤️
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Ask Why: Briana Chen on Love of Learning; Questioning in Order to Grow and Find Motivation; and Giving Back by Thinking of the Underprivileged
Podcast Episode · Thank You, Mama · 03/18/2025 · 36m
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April 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Recently, I had the honor of speaking with Ana Tajder for her podcast Thank you, Mama. It was truly wonderful to reflect on the lessons my mother taught (and continues to teach) me. I'm eternally grateful to her for teaching me to always stay curious ❤️
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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🚨 NEW BrainPod Episode Alert 🚨
This one features #Cannabinerds @connorhaggarty.bsky.social & @mayoonthebrain.bsky.social, official representatives of #TeamAEA
This one features #Cannabinerds @connorhaggarty.bsky.social & @mayoonthebrain.bsky.social, official representatives of #TeamAEA
Thanks to @npp-journal.bsky.social for having @mayoonthebrain.bsky.social and me on NPP BrainPod to discuss our latest paper in NPP. #Cannabinerds
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open.spotify.com/episode/06wI...
Endocannabinoid contributions to the perception of socially relevant, affective touch in humans
NPP BrainPod · Episode
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March 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
🚨 NEW BrainPod Episode Alert 🚨
This one features #Cannabinerds @connorhaggarty.bsky.social & @mayoonthebrain.bsky.social, official representatives of #TeamAEA
This one features #Cannabinerds @connorhaggarty.bsky.social & @mayoonthebrain.bsky.social, official representatives of #TeamAEA
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As someone who has spent the last 25 years studying sex differences in brain function and behavior and the last 10 advocating (loudly) for SABV and working to help my colleagues implement the policy into their work, this is utterly heartbreaking.
Great write up at @thetransmitter.bsky.social on the seeming erasure of SABV in the new era of NIH. Gotta say The Transmitter is killing it the last few weeks, first to report on the Federal Register block and now this. Leading the charge! 💪 www.thetransmitter.org/policy/exclu...
Exclusive: NIH appears to archive policy requiring female animals in studies
Such a shift would “put us back in the dark ages in terms of our science,” says neuroscientist Anne Murphy, who helped to formulate the original policy.
www.thetransmitter.org
February 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
As someone who has spent the last 25 years studying sex differences in brain function and behavior and the last 10 advocating (loudly) for SABV and working to help my colleagues implement the policy into their work, this is utterly heartbreaking.
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To all the talented scientists 🤩 who didn’t get a travel award or membership for #ACNP2024 this is for you: KEEP APPLYING 😉. So many incredible applications and so few slots. 327 applications for travel awards! That’s an amazing pool of talent 🧠 and a really hard job for the committee. 👏
December 11, 2024 at 11:48 PM
To all the talented scientists 🤩 who didn’t get a travel award or membership for #ACNP2024 this is for you: KEEP APPLYING 😉. So many incredible applications and so few slots. 327 applications for travel awards! That’s an amazing pool of talent 🧠 and a really hard job for the committee. 👏
Love working with @im74ve.bsky.social @denisjdavid.bsky.social and the team!
When 5-HT4R meets NMDA receptor.
Congrats @brikchen.bsky.social and @drchristineannd.bsky.social for this great work. #acnp @npp-journal.bsky.social @im74ve.bsky.social and I are really happy to be part of this beautiful story
Congrats @brikchen.bsky.social and @drchristineannd.bsky.social for this great work. #acnp @npp-journal.bsky.social @im74ve.bsky.social and I are really happy to be part of this beautiful story
December 11, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Love working with @im74ve.bsky.social @denisjdavid.bsky.social and the team!
Congrats to all the winners! 🤩
..and the #ACNP2024 trivia winners are:
1. Brenda Cabrera Mendoza
2. Nikki Crowley @nicoleacrowley.bsky.social
3. Malia Belnap
4. Sina Hafizi
Congrats to these winners who will receive an ACNP hat & $50 gift card 🏆
1. Brenda Cabrera Mendoza
2. Nikki Crowley @nicoleacrowley.bsky.social
3. Malia Belnap
4. Sina Hafizi
Congrats to these winners who will receive an ACNP hat & $50 gift card 🏆
December 11, 2024 at 4:39 AM
Congrats to all the winners! 🤩
Reposted by Dr. Briana Chen
How can you review for @dpn-journal.bsky.social & @npp-journal.bsky.social?
Ask your mentors if you can help with their reviews, & to recommend you if they don’t accept invitation. Or email NPP/DPN Principal Editors to express interest, attach CV, & include key words describing your expertise.
Ask your mentors if you can help with their reviews, & to recommend you if they don’t accept invitation. Or email NPP/DPN Principal Editors to express interest, attach CV, & include key words describing your expertise.
Join us soon for the #ACNP2024 Ask Me Anything session on reviewing for NPP and DPN!
Didn’t pre-register? We will post highlights from the session later today
Didn’t pre-register? We will post highlights from the session later today
December 10, 2024 at 5:56 PM
How can you review for @dpn-journal.bsky.social & @npp-journal.bsky.social?
Ask your mentors if you can help with their reviews, & to recommend you if they don’t accept invitation. Or email NPP/DPN Principal Editors to express interest, attach CV, & include key words describing your expertise.
Ask your mentors if you can help with their reviews, & to recommend you if they don’t accept invitation. Or email NPP/DPN Principal Editors to express interest, attach CV, & include key words describing your expertise.
Hi #ACNP2024! A little late to the trend here, but I’m Briana, a postdoc at Columbia and Special Projects Manager for NPP! Been coming to ACNP for several years and it’s my fave meeting for the science and people. Swing by my poster (W221) on Wednesday if you’re interested in NMDA + 5-HT4 targeting!
We are officially on the ground in Phoenix so it's time for the #ACNP2024 role call 📣
Introduce yourself, your science, tell us if you're a veteran or first-timer, promote your poster/talk/favorite social - whatever you want, this is your space to say it ⬇️
Introduce yourself, your science, tell us if you're a veteran or first-timer, promote your poster/talk/favorite social - whatever you want, this is your space to say it ⬇️
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December 10, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Hi #ACNP2024! A little late to the trend here, but I’m Briana, a postdoc at Columbia and Special Projects Manager for NPP! Been coming to ACNP for several years and it’s my fave meeting for the science and people. Swing by my poster (W221) on Wednesday if you’re interested in NMDA + 5-HT4 targeting!
So excited to welcome @drfriid.bsky.social to the NPP Special Projects team! 🥳
Hey, did you see our big news? We have a new NPP Editorial Intern - the one and only @drfriid.bsky.social
If you see Friede at #ACNP2024 - be sure to say hello to the newest part of our @npp-journal.bsky.social Social Media team
If you see Friede at #ACNP2024 - be sure to say hello to the newest part of our @npp-journal.bsky.social Social Media team
December 4, 2024 at 6:09 PM
So excited to welcome @drfriid.bsky.social to the NPP Special Projects team! 🥳
Excited to see these new accounts! 💁🏻♀️
The gang's all here....now, what did we miss? 👀
We’re excited to join Bluesky, along with @acnporg.bsky.social & @npp-journal.bsky.social! Follow us for the latest on digital methodologies that advance the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and modeling of mental illness.
And of course, we will be posting #ACNP2024 updates!
#neuroskyence
And of course, we will be posting #ACNP2024 updates!
#neuroskyence
December 3, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Excited to see these new accounts! 💁🏻♀️