Marija Kundakovic
@kundakoviclab.bsky.social
Neuroepigenetics, Chromatin regulation, Dynamics of the female brain, Sex differences, Behavior, and Psychiatric disorders
https://kundakoviclab.com/
https://kundakoviclab.com/
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Extremely excited & proud to share our new preprint - we provide for the first time a single cell map of the mouse brain across sex, the estrous cycle, and peripartum! Data are 🔥 👇
"Single-cell map of the female brain across reproductive transitions"
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
"Single-cell map of the female brain across reproductive transitions"
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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! 👇
If you’re at #ACNP2026, come say hi! 👋
I’ll be presenting the poster TH288 on the inactive X chromosome as a hormone-responsive driver of female brain plasticity 🧠🧬 @kundakoviclab.bsky.social
I’ll be presenting the poster TH288 on the inactive X chromosome as a hormone-responsive driver of female brain plasticity 🧠🧬 @kundakoviclab.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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! 👇
Wonderful, well-attended session on Sex & Gender! 🔥 🏳️🌈 Thank you all for showing up & for all work you do @jaredwyoung.bsky.social @jordanmarrocco.bsky.social @mindfulrat.bsky.social Kale Edmiston! I had to leave early to teach but will dream about the Bahamas! Great to see all! ❤️ #ACNP2026
January 15, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Wonderful, well-attended session on Sex & Gender! 🔥 🏳️🌈 Thank you all for showing up & for all work you do @jaredwyoung.bsky.social @jordanmarrocco.bsky.social @mindfulrat.bsky.social Kale Edmiston! I had to leave early to teach but will dream about the Bahamas! Great to see all! ❤️ #ACNP2026
Don't miss our Special Topics Session Weds 4-4:50 PM:
"Sex & Gender in Neuropsychopharmacology Research: Looking Forward"
Organized by LGBTQIA2S+ Sub-committee: @jordanmarrocco.bsky.social @jaredwyoung.bsky.social
@mindfulrat.bsky.social , Kale Edmiston (co-chair) & myself (chair)! 🔥🏳️🌈
#ACNP2026
"Sex & Gender in Neuropsychopharmacology Research: Looking Forward"
Organized by LGBTQIA2S+ Sub-committee: @jordanmarrocco.bsky.social @jaredwyoung.bsky.social
@mindfulrat.bsky.social , Kale Edmiston (co-chair) & myself (chair)! 🔥🏳️🌈
#ACNP2026
January 14, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Don't miss our Special Topics Session Weds 4-4:50 PM:
"Sex & Gender in Neuropsychopharmacology Research: Looking Forward"
Organized by LGBTQIA2S+ Sub-committee: @jordanmarrocco.bsky.social @jaredwyoung.bsky.social
@mindfulrat.bsky.social , Kale Edmiston (co-chair) & myself (chair)! 🔥🏳️🌈
#ACNP2026
"Sex & Gender in Neuropsychopharmacology Research: Looking Forward"
Organized by LGBTQIA2S+ Sub-committee: @jordanmarrocco.bsky.social @jaredwyoung.bsky.social
@mindfulrat.bsky.social , Kale Edmiston (co-chair) & myself (chair)! 🔥🏳️🌈
#ACNP2026
Spent the day with the finest and my favorite #WomensHeath researchers here at #ACNP2026 . Grateful for having such great time and getting so much food for thought! ❤️ w/ @liisagalea.bsky.social @cogneuroend.bsky.social @luisadema.bsky.social @emilyjacobs.bsky.social ❤️
January 14, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Spent the day with the finest and my favorite #WomensHeath researchers here at #ACNP2026 . Grateful for having such great time and getting so much food for thought! ❤️ w/ @liisagalea.bsky.social @cogneuroend.bsky.social @luisadema.bsky.social @emilyjacobs.bsky.social ❤️
We had a wonderful symposium - thanks everyone for coming! @talliezee.bsky.social .. I squeezed a swim btw our session & reception that I enjoyed w @cogneuroend.bsky.social @liisagalea.bsky.social @luisadema.bsky.social + got to catch up w friend from grad school Brad. Great time! ❤️ #ACNP2026
January 13, 2026 at 4:05 PM
We had a wonderful symposium - thanks everyone for coming! @talliezee.bsky.social .. I squeezed a swim btw our session & reception that I enjoyed w @cogneuroend.bsky.social @liisagalea.bsky.social @luisadema.bsky.social + got to catch up w friend from grad school Brad. Great time! ❤️ #ACNP2026
#ACNP2026: Don't miss our symposium on Mon 3-5PM in Poseidon III-IV:
"How Brain Estrogen Levels, Receptors & Signaling Govern Behaviors Across Sexes: Genes, Circuits, Synapses"
w/ @polymniag.bsky.social @neurohoke.bsky.social
@neurolg.bsky.social & myself. Looking forward! @acnporg.bsky.social
"How Brain Estrogen Levels, Receptors & Signaling Govern Behaviors Across Sexes: Genes, Circuits, Synapses"
w/ @polymniag.bsky.social @neurohoke.bsky.social
@neurolg.bsky.social & myself. Looking forward! @acnporg.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 5:00 AM
#ACNP2026: Don't miss our symposium on Mon 3-5PM in Poseidon III-IV:
"How Brain Estrogen Levels, Receptors & Signaling Govern Behaviors Across Sexes: Genes, Circuits, Synapses"
w/ @polymniag.bsky.social @neurohoke.bsky.social
@neurolg.bsky.social & myself. Looking forward! @acnporg.bsky.social
"How Brain Estrogen Levels, Receptors & Signaling Govern Behaviors Across Sexes: Genes, Circuits, Synapses"
w/ @polymniag.bsky.social @neurohoke.bsky.social
@neurolg.bsky.social & myself. Looking forward! @acnporg.bsky.social
Warming up for #ACNP2026 with a premeeting #LGBTQIA2S+ social, and sushi at #Nobu with @liisagalea.bsky.social ! @acnporg.bsky.social @jaredwyoung.bsky.social @jordanmarrocco.bsky.social @descalzi.bsky.social @arrudacarvalho.bsky.social @milennavandijk.bsky.social ... So good to see you all! 🏳️🌈 ♥️
January 12, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Warming up for #ACNP2026 with a premeeting #LGBTQIA2S+ social, and sushi at #Nobu with @liisagalea.bsky.social ! @acnporg.bsky.social @jaredwyoung.bsky.social @jordanmarrocco.bsky.social @descalzi.bsky.social @arrudacarvalho.bsky.social @milennavandijk.bsky.social ... So good to see you all! 🏳️🌈 ♥️
What a wonderful day today! I transitioned from the New Yorker to the Caribbean mode overnight 😊. Bright colors, mellow mood. Life is amazing! ☀️ 😎 #ACNP2026
January 11, 2026 at 1:32 AM
What a wonderful day today! I transitioned from the New Yorker to the Caribbean mode overnight 😊. Bright colors, mellow mood. Life is amazing! ☀️ 😎 #ACNP2026
Greetings from the #Bahamas ! Here for the @acnporg.bsky.social annual meeting. The weather is perfect and the sea is warm and calm - perfect for swimming! See you all soon - for a great time and excellent science, as always! ☀️ 🌴 💙 #ACNP2026
January 10, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Greetings from the #Bahamas ! Here for the @acnporg.bsky.social annual meeting. The weather is perfect and the sea is warm and calm - perfect for swimming! See you all soon - for a great time and excellent science, as always! ☀️ 🌴 💙 #ACNP2026
Enjoyed listening to Marina Abramovic talk about art and life this evening at the Great Hall of the Cooper Union. Always hilarious and inspiring! She also announced a new exhibition Balkan Erotic Epic happening in Dec 2026 at Park Avenue Armory!
January 9, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Enjoyed listening to Marina Abramovic talk about art and life this evening at the Great Hall of the Cooper Union. Always hilarious and inspiring! She also announced a new exhibition Balkan Erotic Epic happening in Dec 2026 at Park Avenue Armory!
Such an amazing evening celebrating @greally.bsky.social 's newly published book (on #Epigenetics!) and Serbian Christmas with fantastic sushi, sake, and fun chat about science and life. Feeling privileged to have such bright and inspiring colleagues and friends ♥️ #BlueRibbonSushi
January 8, 2026 at 6:07 AM
Such an amazing evening celebrating @greally.bsky.social 's newly published book (on #Epigenetics!) and Serbian Christmas with fantastic sushi, sake, and fun chat about science and life. Feeling privileged to have such bright and inspiring colleagues and friends ♥️ #BlueRibbonSushi
Extremely excited & proud to share our new preprint - we provide for the first time a single cell map of the mouse brain across sex, the estrous cycle, and peripartum! Data are 🔥 👇
"Single-cell map of the female brain across reproductive transitions"
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
"Single-cell map of the female brain across reproductive transitions"
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
January 4, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Extremely excited & proud to share our new preprint - we provide for the first time a single cell map of the mouse brain across sex, the estrous cycle, and peripartum! Data are 🔥 👇
"Single-cell map of the female brain across reproductive transitions"
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
"Single-cell map of the female brain across reproductive transitions"
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Wishing everyone a Happy, Healthy & Successful 2026! I have so much exciting travel already planned! I look forward to seeing all my dear people this year! And I can't wait to see the exciting science this year brings! May 2026 be an extraordinary year to all! 😀 ♥️
January 1, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Wishing everyone a Happy, Healthy & Successful 2026! I have so much exciting travel already planned! I look forward to seeing all my dear people this year! And I can't wait to see the exciting science this year brings! May 2026 be an extraordinary year to all! 😀 ♥️
Ending 2025 w/ our new paper @natcomms.nature.com which shows that the immediate early gene Egr1 induces sex-dependent changes in ventral hippocampal (vHIP) structure and in anxiety- & depression-related behavior, via direct regulation of chromatin structure 🧵👇 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Egr1 is a sex-dependent regulator of neuronal chromatin, structural plasticity, and behaviour - Nature Communications
Molecular drivers of sex-specific brain plasticity are unknown. Here, authors show estrogen-driven Egr1 controls chromatin accessibility sex-dependently, driving gene expression, structural plasticity...
www.nature.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Ending 2025 w/ our new paper @natcomms.nature.com which shows that the immediate early gene Egr1 induces sex-dependent changes in ventral hippocampal (vHIP) structure and in anxiety- & depression-related behavior, via direct regulation of chromatin structure 🧵👇 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Oh wow, our first snow in #NYC this year! ❄️ There were even some snowball fights on the street :) ... I love walking in the snow - so beautiful, peaceful, and relaxing ❤️
December 27, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Oh wow, our first snow in #NYC this year! ❄️ There were even some snowball fights on the street :) ... I love walking in the snow - so beautiful, peaceful, and relaxing ❤️
Just another evening hanging out w/ friends in #NYC -dinner at #VillageTaverna & seeing an incredible new movie #FatherMotherSisterBrother by #JimJarmusch w/ Cate Blanchett, Tom Waits & Adam Driver.. hilarious, deep, all you may ask for! Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! 🎄❤️
December 25, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Just another evening hanging out w/ friends in #NYC -dinner at #VillageTaverna & seeing an incredible new movie #FatherMotherSisterBrother by #JimJarmusch w/ Cate Blanchett, Tom Waits & Adam Driver.. hilarious, deep, all you may ask for! Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! 🎄❤️
Always so great to catch up with my dear colleague and friend Julie Herbstman! This time for a pre-holiday lunch at our favorite spot #Community @columbiauniversity.bsky.social ❤️
December 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Always so great to catch up with my dear colleague and friend Julie Herbstman! This time for a pre-holiday lunch at our favorite spot #Community @columbiauniversity.bsky.social ❤️
Reposted by Marija Kundakovic
A growing list of medications—such as zuranolone for postpartum depression, suzetrigine for pain, and the gepants class of migraine medicines—exist because of insights from basic research, writes @alexkwan.bsky.social.
www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...
#neuroskyence
How basic neuroscience has paved the path to new drugs
A growing list of medications—such as zuranolone for postpartum depression, suzetrigine for pain, and the gepants class of migraine medicines—exist because of insights from basic research.
www.thetransmitter.org
December 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A growing list of medications—such as zuranolone for postpartum depression, suzetrigine for pain, and the gepants class of migraine medicines—exist because of insights from basic research, writes @alexkwan.bsky.social.
www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...
#neuroskyence
I had such a great visit to the Yale Psychiatry Department @yale.edu - enjoyed stimulating discussions with faculty and trainees, very receptive audience for my talk, and the overall vibe of the place! Thank you @mattgirgenti.bsky.social for a great day and a wonderful dinner as well!
December 16, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I had such a great visit to the Yale Psychiatry Department @yale.edu - enjoyed stimulating discussions with faculty and trainees, very receptive audience for my talk, and the overall vibe of the place! Thank you @mattgirgenti.bsky.social for a great day and a wonderful dinner as well!
Incredible to see and hear #HarukiMurakami live tonight at the Town Hall! A wonderful event "Murakami Mixtape" with curated live performances of Murakami's favorite music and readings of his work. A magical night that felt like being lost in his novel... 🤯 🙏 ♥️
December 12, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Incredible to see and hear #HarukiMurakami live tonight at the Town Hall! A wonderful event "Murakami Mixtape" with curated live performances of Murakami's favorite music and readings of his work. A magical night that felt like being lost in his novel... 🤯 🙏 ♥️
Excited to give a seminar & visit Yale Psychiatry Dept @yale.edu next Monday, December 15th! Please join us if you are around:
"Leveraging mouse and human (epi)genomics to improve #WomensMentalHealth "
Looking forward to it! Many thanks to @mattgirgenti.bsky.social for this kind invitation!
"Leveraging mouse and human (epi)genomics to improve #WomensMentalHealth "
Looking forward to it! Many thanks to @mattgirgenti.bsky.social for this kind invitation!
December 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Excited to give a seminar & visit Yale Psychiatry Dept @yale.edu next Monday, December 15th! Please join us if you are around:
"Leveraging mouse and human (epi)genomics to improve #WomensMentalHealth "
Looking forward to it! Many thanks to @mattgirgenti.bsky.social for this kind invitation!
"Leveraging mouse and human (epi)genomics to improve #WomensMentalHealth "
Looking forward to it! Many thanks to @mattgirgenti.bsky.social for this kind invitation!
Reposted by Marija Kundakovic
Here's the standout fiction and nonfiction of the year, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.
100 Notable Books of 2025
Here is the standout fiction and nonfiction of the year, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Here's the standout fiction and nonfiction of the year, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.
Goodbye San Diego! Thank you @sfn.org for another great meeting & exciting science! In the future, I hope to see more progressive work on sex/gender & critical #WomensHealth - related factors -ovarian cycle, menopause, pregnancy- featured in lectures & symposia! See you next year! #SfN25
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Goodbye San Diego! Thank you @sfn.org for another great meeting & exciting science! In the future, I hope to see more progressive work on sex/gender & critical #WomensHealth - related factors -ovarian cycle, menopause, pregnancy- featured in lectures & symposia! See you next year! #SfN25
Come to poster II12 - @luisadema.bsky.social and I are waiting to show you some beautiful UMAPs of single cell multiome data of the ventral hippocampus across the estrous cucle, sex, and peripartum! 🔥 Cool stuff — come say hi!
November 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Come to poster II12 - @luisadema.bsky.social and I are waiting to show you some beautiful UMAPs of single cell multiome data of the ventral hippocampus across the estrous cucle, sex, and peripartum! 🔥 Cool stuff — come say hi!