Fil Swirski
@filswirski.bsky.social
Targeting the brain to heal the heart. Cardiovascular Research Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York
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Add your name ✍ at www.nycures.org so Albany sees 10,000 scientists calling for the future of biomedical research to be built right here in New York.
Our first email to members goes out soon—introducing the statewide biomedical institute we’re proposing and how you can help power it forward.
Our first email to members goes out soon—introducing the statewide biomedical institute we’re proposing and how you can help power it forward.
October 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Add your name ✍ at www.nycures.org so Albany sees 10,000 scientists calling for the future of biomedical research to be built right here in New York.
Our first email to members goes out soon—introducing the statewide biomedical institute we’re proposing and how you can help power it forward.
Our first email to members goes out soon—introducing the statewide biomedical institute we’re proposing and how you can help power it forward.
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✨ HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to our #FriedmanBrainInstitute faculty on making @clarivate.com's prestigious #HighlyCited2025 list! Kristen Dams-O'Connor, Avi Ma'ayan, James Murrough, Scott Russo, Filip Swirski, Abraham Reichenberg & Bin Zhang have demonstrated significant & broad influence in their field!
November 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
✨ HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to our #FriedmanBrainInstitute faculty on making @clarivate.com's prestigious #HighlyCited2025 list! Kristen Dams-O'Connor, Avi Ma'ayan, James Murrough, Scott Russo, Filip Swirski, Abraham Reichenberg & Bin Zhang have demonstrated significant & broad influence in their field!
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If you are looking for a great read during your journey to @iuis-online.bsky.social Congress, take a peek at this review from from Matthias Nahrendorf, Florent Ginhoux and @filswirski.bsky.social in @science.org that explores the role of immune cells beyond host defence.
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August 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
If you are looking for a great read during your journey to @iuis-online.bsky.social Congress, take a peek at this review from from Matthias Nahrendorf, Florent Ginhoux and @filswirski.bsky.social in @science.org that explores the role of immune cells beyond host defence.
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Frontiers of Medical Research: Heart | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/reso...
Frontiers of Medical Research: Heart
What are researchers on heart health working on to transform patient care and prolong lives?
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June 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Frontiers of Medical Research: Heart | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/reso...
The future of heart health: AI, immunity, and personalized prevention | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/webi...
The future of heart health: AI, immunity, and personalized prevention
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June 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The future of heart health: AI, immunity, and personalized prevention | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/webi...
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We are looking for a scientist to join the growing Brain-Body Research Institute at Mount Sinai! Consider joining a dynamic fundamental and translational team investigating inter-organ physiology and communication between the brain and periphery. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
The Brain-Body Research Institute @IcahnMountSinai is hiring an Associate Director to build clinical and translational research in brain-body sciences. See ad here: neuroscience.mssm.edu/pdf/Brain-Bo.... @sinaibrain.bsky.social @sinaiimmuno.bsky.social @brainbodylab.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We are looking for a scientist to join the growing Brain-Body Research Institute at Mount Sinai! Consider joining a dynamic fundamental and translational team investigating inter-organ physiology and communication between the brain and periphery. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
Happy to share a new review:
Neural Mechanisms in Cardiovascular Health and Disease | Circulation Research www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....
Part of a series on Inter-organ communication!
Great teamwork: KA Ziegler, S Engelhardt, D Carnevale, C McAlpine, T Guzik, S Dimmeler!
Neural Mechanisms in Cardiovascular Health and Disease | Circulation Research www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....
Part of a series on Inter-organ communication!
Great teamwork: KA Ziegler, S Engelhardt, D Carnevale, C McAlpine, T Guzik, S Dimmeler!
Neural Mechanisms in Cardiovascular Health and Disease | Circulation Research
Although the neurocardiac axis is central to cardiovascular homeostasis, its dysregulation
drives heart failure and cardiometabolic diseases. This review examines the bidirectional
interplay between t...
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May 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Happy to share a new review:
Neural Mechanisms in Cardiovascular Health and Disease | Circulation Research www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....
Part of a series on Inter-organ communication!
Great teamwork: KA Ziegler, S Engelhardt, D Carnevale, C McAlpine, T Guzik, S Dimmeler!
Neural Mechanisms in Cardiovascular Health and Disease | Circulation Research www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....
Part of a series on Inter-organ communication!
Great teamwork: KA Ziegler, S Engelhardt, D Carnevale, C McAlpine, T Guzik, S Dimmeler!
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1/4 I am very pleased to share this new manuscript, “A crucial role for the cortical amygdala in
shaping social encounters”, led by 2 spectacular postdocs, Dr. Tony Aubry who is on the job market, and coauthor @neuromanonyc.bsky.social
Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
shaping social encounters”, led by 2 spectacular postdocs, Dr. Tony Aubry who is on the job market, and coauthor @neuromanonyc.bsky.social
Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A crucial role for the cortical amygdala in shaping social encounters - Nature
The posterolateral cortical amygdala and other connected brain regions have a key role in mediating the transition from investigative to aggressive behaviour in male mice.
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February 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
1/4 I am very pleased to share this new manuscript, “A crucial role for the cortical amygdala in
shaping social encounters”, led by 2 spectacular postdocs, Dr. Tony Aubry who is on the job market, and coauthor @neuromanonyc.bsky.social
Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
shaping social encounters”, led by 2 spectacular postdocs, Dr. Tony Aubry who is on the job market, and coauthor @neuromanonyc.bsky.social
Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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On changes to #NIH indirect rates, there is a law in place that prohibits NIH from making such changes without the approval of Congress. See Division D, Title II Section 224 of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-24-110: Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY 2024
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY 2024 NOT-OD-24-110. NIH
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February 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
On changes to #NIH indirect rates, there is a law in place that prohibits NIH from making such changes without the approval of Congress. See Division D, Title II Section 224 of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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🎉 Congrats @brainbodylab.bsky.social & @filswirski.bsky.social on receiving 2025 Ram Sundaram & Preethi Krishna Research Scholar Award for "Delineating the role of a brain to heart pathway in stress-related behavioral & cardiac function". Learn more about #FBIScholars
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January 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🎉 Congrats @brainbodylab.bsky.social & @filswirski.bsky.social on receiving 2025 Ram Sundaram & Preethi Krishna Research Scholar Award for "Delineating the role of a brain to heart pathway in stress-related behavioral & cardiac function". Learn more about #FBIScholars
icahn.mssm.edu/research/fri...
icahn.mssm.edu/research/fri...
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The danger theory of immunity strikes back... rdcu.be/d1uQN
November 26, 2024 at 6:13 PM
The danger theory of immunity strikes back... rdcu.be/d1uQN
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Scared to share this after 10 freaking years of waiting, but here we go: We found that temperature *perception* can change the biology of the next generations, even when “it’s just in the parents' head”. Read how C. elegans neurons control epigenetic inheritance!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Perception of Temperature Even in the Absence of Actual Change is Sufficient to Drive Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance
Can processes occurring in one individuals nervous system influence the physiology of the descendants? Here we explored the provocative hypothesis that parents sensation or perception of environmental...
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December 5, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Scared to share this after 10 freaking years of waiting, but here we go: We found that temperature *perception* can change the biology of the next generations, even when “it’s just in the parents' head”. Read how C. elegans neurons control epigenetic inheritance!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Feels like this platform is growing rapidly now (felt an energy for Science Twitter circa 2017, which then dwindled and, dare I say, died). Let’s rebuild a thriving Science platform here?
December 5, 2024 at 4:18 AM
Feels like this platform is growing rapidly now (felt an energy for Science Twitter circa 2017, which then dwindled and, dare I say, died). Let’s rebuild a thriving Science platform here?
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Our annual PrIISM retreat last Friday at the fabulous Angel Orensanz Foundation was an immunology-packed and fun day. Everything from new and established faculty presentations, to a trainee poster datablitz, a biotech roundtable discussion and music!
September 27, 2023 at 5:03 PM
Our annual PrIISM retreat last Friday at the fabulous Angel Orensanz Foundation was an immunology-packed and fun day. Everything from new and established faculty presentations, to a trainee poster datablitz, a biotech roundtable discussion and music!