Estherina Trachtenberg
@estherina.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher @ MRC-CBU, University of Cambridge.
Neuroscience, Social - psychoneuroimmunology
Researcher, lecturer, nurse, social activist, nature lover, addicted to music & books. Most importantly proud dog mom 🐕.
Neuroscience, Social - psychoneuroimmunology
Researcher, lecturer, nurse, social activist, nature lover, addicted to music & books. Most importantly proud dog mom 🐕.
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📢 Excited to share here too my main PhD work on the "Deleterious effects of social isolation on neuroendocrine-immune status and cancer progression in rats"
@pnirs.bsky.social
#socialisolation #rats #socailPNI
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.bb...
@pnirs.bsky.social
#socialisolation #rats #socailPNI
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.bb...
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Researchers from MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge and University of Cambridge showed that the brain stays in the adolescent phase until our early thirties. Find out more in the BBC article 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl6klez226o
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Researchers from MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge and University of Cambridge showed that the brain stays in the adolescent phase until our early thirties. Find out more in the BBC article 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl6klez226o
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Happy LGBTQ+STEM Day! To mark the occasion, LGBTQ+ and ally scientists alike introduced our new pride flag to the @mrccbu.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Happy LGBTQ+STEM Day! To mark the occasion, LGBTQ+ and ally scientists alike introduced our new pride flag to the @mrccbu.bsky.social
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We are excited to announce #COGNESTIC 2026 @mrccbu.bsky.social in Cambridge, between 14-25 Sep 2026. Our 2-week summer school provides training in state-of-the-art methods for open neuroimaging analysis and great opportunities for professional networking:
www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/events/cogne...
www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/events/cogne...
November 17, 2025 at 10:18 AM
We are excited to announce #COGNESTIC 2026 @mrccbu.bsky.social in Cambridge, between 14-25 Sep 2026. Our 2-week summer school provides training in state-of-the-art methods for open neuroimaging analysis and great opportunities for professional networking:
www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/events/cogne...
www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/events/cogne...
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🚨 We’re hiring: Associate Professor/Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
🧠 Lead pioneering imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience research
🌍 Open to international applicants | Visa sponsorship available
📍 Permanent, full-time, on-site
🔗 Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
🧠 Lead pioneering imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience research
🌍 Open to international applicants | Visa sponsorship available
📍 Permanent, full-time, on-site
🔗 Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
August 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🚨 We’re hiring: Associate Professor/Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
🧠 Lead pioneering imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience research
🌍 Open to international applicants | Visa sponsorship available
📍 Permanent, full-time, on-site
🔗 Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
🧠 Lead pioneering imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience research
🌍 Open to international applicants | Visa sponsorship available
📍 Permanent, full-time, on-site
🔗 Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Reposted by Estherina Trachtenberg
Assimilation-induced dehumanization: Psychology research uncovers a dark side effect of AI
Assimilation-induced dehumanization: Psychology research uncovers a dark side effect of AI
As AI becomes more empathetic, a surprising psychological shift occurs. New research finds that interacting with emotionally intelligent machines can make us see real people as more machine-like, subtly eroding our respect for humanity.
www.psypost.org
August 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Assimilation-induced dehumanization: Psychology research uncovers a dark side effect of AI
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📣 We are recruiting! Please share!!
Are you a bioinformatician / computational scientist who wants to apply your skills to understanding regulatory biology and improving rare disease diagnosis and treatment? 🧠 💻 🧬 🩺
We have two roles available 👇
🧵 1/4
Are you a bioinformatician / computational scientist who wants to apply your skills to understanding regulatory biology and improving rare disease diagnosis and treatment? 🧠 💻 🧬 🩺
We have two roles available 👇
🧵 1/4
July 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
📣 We are recruiting! Please share!!
Are you a bioinformatician / computational scientist who wants to apply your skills to understanding regulatory biology and improving rare disease diagnosis and treatment? 🧠 💻 🧬 🩺
We have two roles available 👇
🧵 1/4
Are you a bioinformatician / computational scientist who wants to apply your skills to understanding regulatory biology and improving rare disease diagnosis and treatment? 🧠 💻 🧬 🩺
We have two roles available 👇
🧵 1/4
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I’m elated to share our latest publication - out now in @natmentalhealth.nature.com! www.nature.com/articles/s44... - tour de force by @leahbanellis.bsky.social @brainandstomach.bsky.social and the rest of the VMP team!
Stomach–brain coupling indexes a dimensional signature of mental health - Nature Mental Health
Using a relatively large and diverse sample of mostly young adults, this study by Banellis, Rebollo and colleagues examines associations between regional stomach–brain coupling and mental health and i...
www.nature.com
July 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I’m elated to share our latest publication - out now in @natmentalhealth.nature.com! www.nature.com/articles/s44... - tour de force by @leahbanellis.bsky.social @brainandstomach.bsky.social and the rest of the VMP team!
Reposted by Estherina Trachtenberg
📣 We are expanding! Repost 🙏🏽
- Postdoc (funded by @simonsfoundation.org grant on synchronisation between cognitive representations and stepping)
- Project Associates
- Create your role! (Reach out if you are keen on these topics and these roles do not define you 👀🤗)
www.neuroact.in
- Postdoc (funded by @simonsfoundation.org grant on synchronisation between cognitive representations and stepping)
- Project Associates
- Create your role! (Reach out if you are keen on these topics and these roles do not define you 👀🤗)
www.neuroact.in
August 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
📣 We are expanding! Repost 🙏🏽
- Postdoc (funded by @simonsfoundation.org grant on synchronisation between cognitive representations and stepping)
- Project Associates
- Create your role! (Reach out if you are keen on these topics and these roles do not define you 👀🤗)
www.neuroact.in
- Postdoc (funded by @simonsfoundation.org grant on synchronisation between cognitive representations and stepping)
- Project Associates
- Create your role! (Reach out if you are keen on these topics and these roles do not define you 👀🤗)
www.neuroact.in
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*New Paper* How genes for IQ shape brain organisation. Amazing work led by Alicja Monaghan @mrccbu.bsky.social reveals 2 ways. First, they’re associated w/ the ‘costs’ of network formation. Second, they define ‘high value’ areas within the network. How she did it…🧵
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Brain wiring economics, network organisation and population-level genomics
Abstract. What role do our genes play in shaping the structural organisation of the living human brain? Across a sample of 2,153 children (9–11 years old), we address this question, focusing on common...
doi.org
July 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
*New Paper* How genes for IQ shape brain organisation. Amazing work led by Alicja Monaghan @mrccbu.bsky.social reveals 2 ways. First, they’re associated w/ the ‘costs’ of network formation. Second, they define ‘high value’ areas within the network. How she did it…🧵
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
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Deadline for this funded PhD to work with me and @duncanastle.bsky.social is soon! 26 July.
The student must be a woman (because it’s based at Newnham College) and eligible for UK home fees.
The student must be a woman (because it’s based at Newnham College) and eligible for UK home fees.
🚨 Funded PhD @mrccbu.bsky.social!
Work with top minds — @duncanastle.bsky.social & @sjblakemore.bsky.social on the impact of #developmental differences on #education!🧠📚
A month to apply ⏰
For details see👇
🔗 drive.google.com/file/d/1RIvg...
Newnham-based 👩🎓💅
#psychology #cambridge #research
Work with top minds — @duncanastle.bsky.social & @sjblakemore.bsky.social on the impact of #developmental differences on #education!🧠📚
A month to apply ⏰
For details see👇
🔗 drive.google.com/file/d/1RIvg...
Newnham-based 👩🎓💅
#psychology #cambridge #research
drive.google.com
July 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Deadline for this funded PhD to work with me and @duncanastle.bsky.social is soon! 26 July.
The student must be a woman (because it’s based at Newnham College) and eligible for UK home fees.
The student must be a woman (because it’s based at Newnham College) and eligible for UK home fees.
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"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive."
-Dalai Lama
home sweet home
catch you on the other side🌈🎶🌲😊
-Dalai Lama
home sweet home
catch you on the other side🌈🎶🌲😊
July 22, 2025 at 3:33 AM
"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive."
-Dalai Lama
home sweet home
catch you on the other side🌈🎶🌲😊
-Dalai Lama
home sweet home
catch you on the other side🌈🎶🌲😊
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I'm hiring 2+ 2.5-year postdocs over the next few months.
Job 1: looking for someone with deep expertise in computational modelling (reinforcement learning, agent based modelling) on real-world/complex data (closing: 18 August, starting: October-December), www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52059/
Job 1: looking for someone with deep expertise in computational modelling (reinforcement learning, agent based modelling) on real-world/complex data (closing: 18 August, starting: October-December), www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52059/
July 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I'm hiring 2+ 2.5-year postdocs over the next few months.
Job 1: looking for someone with deep expertise in computational modelling (reinforcement learning, agent based modelling) on real-world/complex data (closing: 18 August, starting: October-December), www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52059/
Job 1: looking for someone with deep expertise in computational modelling (reinforcement learning, agent based modelling) on real-world/complex data (closing: 18 August, starting: October-December), www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52059/
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So delighted to be a Visiting Professor at the Department of Psychology, Sapienza University. Many thanks to my sponsor @giusiporciello.bsky.social and @scnl-agliotilab.bsky.social. If you are in Rome come to my seminar!
We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming Seminar titled:
"The Impact of Interoception on Cognition and Emotion"
Speaker: Prof. Sarah Garfinkel @sarahgarf.bsky.social
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"The Impact of Interoception on Cognition and Emotion"
Speaker: Prof. Sarah Garfinkel @sarahgarf.bsky.social
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July 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
So delighted to be a Visiting Professor at the Department of Psychology, Sapienza University. Many thanks to my sponsor @giusiporciello.bsky.social and @scnl-agliotilab.bsky.social. If you are in Rome come to my seminar!
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Excellent paper by the amazing @idoshal.bsky.social 👏☺️
New research tracks how empathic disequilibrium, the balance between emotional and cognitive empathy, shifts from age 3-12: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Change in empathic disequilibrium across childhood and associations with socioemotional difficulties - European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Empathy, a socioemotional capacity with emotional and cognitive components, develops from infancy onward. An imbalance between these components, termed empathic disequilibrium, is related to socioemot...
link.springer.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Excellent paper by the amazing @idoshal.bsky.social 👏☺️
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Alert! ... for the child development world!
@fluxsociety.bsky.social @fitngin.bsky.social
The Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study has released its first data wave - it’s massive.
Check here:
docs.hbcdstudy.org
and here:
nbdc-datahub.org
Here’s why it matters 🧠🍼
@fluxsociety.bsky.social @fitngin.bsky.social
The Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study has released its first data wave - it’s massive.
Check here:
docs.hbcdstudy.org
and here:
nbdc-datahub.org
Here’s why it matters 🧠🍼
June 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Alert! ... for the child development world!
@fluxsociety.bsky.social @fitngin.bsky.social
The Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study has released its first data wave - it’s massive.
Check here:
docs.hbcdstudy.org
and here:
nbdc-datahub.org
Here’s why it matters 🧠🍼
@fluxsociety.bsky.social @fitngin.bsky.social
The Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study has released its first data wave - it’s massive.
Check here:
docs.hbcdstudy.org
and here:
nbdc-datahub.org
Here’s why it matters 🧠🍼
Highly recommend working with Julie!!! An incredible researcher and, more importantly, a fantastic human being!!
‼️🚨 postdoc position 🚨‼️
I am looking for a postdoc in psychoneuroimmunology - come join our group to work on sickness behavior in humans 🤒🦠 at Karolinska Institutet @ki.se !!
ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
deadline July 31st
@pnirs.bsky.social #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #interoception
I am looking for a postdoc in psychoneuroimmunology - come join our group to work on sickness behavior in humans 🤒🦠 at Karolinska Institutet @ki.se !!
ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
deadline July 31st
@pnirs.bsky.social #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #interoception
Postdoctoral Researcher in Psychoneuroimmunology
Do you want to contribute to improving human health? Join a dynamic and inclusive research group at the forefront of psychoneuroimmunology, where we investigate the interplay between behavior, brain f
ki.varbi.com
June 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Highly recommend working with Julie!!! An incredible researcher and, more importantly, a fantastic human being!!
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The Cognitive Computational Neuroscience conference is in Amsterdam this year, but you don't have to go that far to attend. Local meetups/watch parties are being organized all over, including the one I'm hosting in New York!
Check them out and register (free!) here 👇
#neuroskyence #compneurosky
Check them out and register (free!) here 👇
#neuroskyence #compneurosky
Local Meetups
2025.ccneuro.org
June 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The Cognitive Computational Neuroscience conference is in Amsterdam this year, but you don't have to go that far to attend. Local meetups/watch parties are being organized all over, including the one I'm hosting in New York!
Check them out and register (free!) here 👇
#neuroskyence #compneurosky
Check them out and register (free!) here 👇
#neuroskyence #compneurosky
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Many highlights at #PNIRS2025 but one of them was definitely dinner (at KBaroque) with the PNIRS RISING STARS (from left to right) @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social @iriskayichat.bsky.social @estherina.bsky.social Annelise Madison @linashansson.bsky.social 🤩😍🥰
@pnirs.bsky.social
@pnirs.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Many highlights at #PNIRS2025 but one of them was definitely dinner (at KBaroque) with the PNIRS RISING STARS (from left to right) @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social @iriskayichat.bsky.social @estherina.bsky.social Annelise Madison @linashansson.bsky.social 🤩😍🥰
@pnirs.bsky.social
@pnirs.bsky.social
Brilliant symposium and talks by the amazing, Iris, Julie and Elizabeth 👏👏👏
@julielasselin.bsky.social @iriskayichat.bsky.social
#PNIRS2025
@julielasselin.bsky.social @iriskayichat.bsky.social
#PNIRS2025
Dr. Iris Ka-Yi Chat is sharing fascinating insights into how inflammation influences reward systems in adolescents! #PNIRS2025
June 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Brilliant symposium and talks by the amazing, Iris, Julie and Elizabeth 👏👏👏
@julielasselin.bsky.social @iriskayichat.bsky.social
#PNIRS2025
@julielasselin.bsky.social @iriskayichat.bsky.social
#PNIRS2025
Incredible talk from @lironrozenkrantz.bsky.social, who shared her fascinating results. I'm looking forward to reading the full publication 🤩 👏 #PNIRS2025 @pnirs.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Incredible talk from @lironrozenkrantz.bsky.social, who shared her fascinating results. I'm looking forward to reading the full publication 🤩 👏 #PNIRS2025 @pnirs.bsky.social
Would you like to hear about prosocial behavioral in rats during social isolation and it's on neuroendocrine-immune effects?
Come to my poster - Wednesday #57 #PNIRS2024 @pnirs.bsky.social
Come to my poster - Wednesday #57 #PNIRS2024 @pnirs.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Would you like to hear about prosocial behavioral in rats during social isolation and it's on neuroendocrine-immune effects?
Come to my poster - Wednesday #57 #PNIRS2024 @pnirs.bsky.social
Come to my poster - Wednesday #57 #PNIRS2024 @pnirs.bsky.social
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@estherina.bsky.social @iriskayichat.bsky.social @linashansson.bsky.social kicking off an exciting poster blitz session #PNIRS2025!! Come see hints of some of the exciting posters will be presented during the meeting!!
June 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
@estherina.bsky.social @iriskayichat.bsky.social @linashansson.bsky.social kicking off an exciting poster blitz session #PNIRS2025!! Come see hints of some of the exciting posters will be presented during the meeting!!
Reposted by Estherina Trachtenberg
@carmensandi10.bsky.social continued Member Symposium 1 of #PNIRS2025, delivering an exciting talk about the promise of mitochondria-targeted treatments for anxiety and depression 👏
June 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
@carmensandi10.bsky.social continued Member Symposium 1 of #PNIRS2025, delivering an exciting talk about the promise of mitochondria-targeted treatments for anxiety and depression 👏
I'm so excited to be here at #PNIRS2025! This is the best conference and society, I’m thrilled to meet all of you!
#Bordeaux @pnirs.bsky.social
#Bordeaux @pnirs.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I'm so excited to be here at #PNIRS2025! This is the best conference and society, I’m thrilled to meet all of you!
#Bordeaux @pnirs.bsky.social
#Bordeaux @pnirs.bsky.social