StressLab UniVienna
@stresslabvienna.bsky.social
Conducting research on stress mechanisms and interventions in health and disease - inside and outside the lab. Member of Green Labs Austria.
Head: Prof. Urs Nater
Head: Prof. Urs Nater
🎉 We’re thrilled to announce that our team member, Hannah Tschenett, has been awarded the Karl Jaspers Prize by the Verein der Österreichischen Psychotherapeuten und Psychotherapeutinnen! This recognition highlights her contribution to the field of psychosomatics in Austria: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
🎉 We’re thrilled to announce that our team member, Hannah Tschenett, has been awarded the Karl Jaspers Prize by the Verein der Österreichischen Psychotherapeuten und Psychotherapeutinnen! This recognition highlights her contribution to the field of psychosomatics in Austria: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
Our new COVID EMA lockdown paper is out! We found signs of hypocortisolism—low cortisol levels indicating a dysregulated stress system—in the general population during the COVID-19 lockdowns. Prolonged stress, loneliness, and fatigue may have contributed to this vulnerability.
New paper on fatigue, hair cortisol and stress during COVID-19 lockdowns. 💡📜
We found signs of hypocortisolism during the COVID-19 lockdowns in the general population.
Risk factors for fatigue were young age, chronic stress, low income, and loneliness.
Full paper: doi.org/10.1097/psy....
We found signs of hypocortisolism during the COVID-19 lockdowns in the general population.
Risk factors for fatigue were young age, chronic stress, low income, and loneliness.
Full paper: doi.org/10.1097/psy....
November 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Our new COVID EMA lockdown paper is out! We found signs of hypocortisolism—low cortisol levels indicating a dysregulated stress system—in the general population during the COVID-19 lockdowns. Prolonged stress, loneliness, and fatigue may have contributed to this vulnerability.
🔔 Part 7 in our #WASAD2025, @wasadorg.bsky.social, series:
@markusforamitti.bsky.social presented his poster: “Modulating Stress through Sound: The Effects of Historical Metallic Idiophones on Human Responses.”
@markusforamitti.bsky.social presented his poster: “Modulating Stress through Sound: The Effects of Historical Metallic Idiophones on Human Responses.”
November 8, 2025 at 8:27 AM
🔔 Part 7 in our #WASAD2025, @wasadorg.bsky.social, series:
@markusforamitti.bsky.social presented his poster: “Modulating Stress through Sound: The Effects of Historical Metallic Idiophones on Human Responses.”
@markusforamitti.bsky.social presented his poster: “Modulating Stress through Sound: The Effects of Historical Metallic Idiophones on Human Responses.”
🎨 Part 6 in our #WASAD2025, @wasadorg.bsky.social, series:
Dr. Anna Fekete presented her poster “Exploring the Impact of Art on Pain and Stress: Multimodal Art and Music Enhance Pain Tolerance, but Do Not Influence Autonomic and Endocrine Markers.”
Dr. Anna Fekete presented her poster “Exploring the Impact of Art on Pain and Stress: Multimodal Art and Music Enhance Pain Tolerance, but Do Not Influence Autonomic and Endocrine Markers.”
November 7, 2025 at 5:38 AM
🎨 Part 6 in our #WASAD2025, @wasadorg.bsky.social, series:
Dr. Anna Fekete presented her poster “Exploring the Impact of Art on Pain and Stress: Multimodal Art and Music Enhance Pain Tolerance, but Do Not Influence Autonomic and Endocrine Markers.”
Dr. Anna Fekete presented her poster “Exploring the Impact of Art on Pain and Stress: Multimodal Art and Music Enhance Pain Tolerance, but Do Not Influence Autonomic and Endocrine Markers.”
🫠Part 5 in our #WASAD2025, @wasadorg.bsky.social, series:
@markusforamitti.bsky.social presented his talk “Regulating Collective Emotion Through Music: Diachronic Analysis of Stress, Sentiment, and Complexity in Lyrics (1973–2023)” in the Everyday life stress session.🙃
@markusforamitti.bsky.social presented his talk “Regulating Collective Emotion Through Music: Diachronic Analysis of Stress, Sentiment, and Complexity in Lyrics (1973–2023)” in the Everyday life stress session.🙃
November 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
🫠Part 5 in our #WASAD2025, @wasadorg.bsky.social, series:
@markusforamitti.bsky.social presented his talk “Regulating Collective Emotion Through Music: Diachronic Analysis of Stress, Sentiment, and Complexity in Lyrics (1973–2023)” in the Everyday life stress session.🙃
@markusforamitti.bsky.social presented his talk “Regulating Collective Emotion Through Music: Diachronic Analysis of Stress, Sentiment, and Complexity in Lyrics (1973–2023)” in the Everyday life stress session.🙃
⏳Part 4 in our #WASAD2025, @wasadorg.bsky.social, series:
@celinebencker.bsky.social presented her talk “Trajectories of everyday life stress across the menstrual cycle” in the Everyday life stress session.
@celinebencker.bsky.social presented her talk “Trajectories of everyday life stress across the menstrual cycle” in the Everyday life stress session.
November 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
⏳Part 4 in our #WASAD2025, @wasadorg.bsky.social, series:
@celinebencker.bsky.social presented her talk “Trajectories of everyday life stress across the menstrual cycle” in the Everyday life stress session.
@celinebencker.bsky.social presented her talk “Trajectories of everyday life stress across the menstrual cycle” in the Everyday life stress session.
🧬 Part 3 in our #WASAD2025, @wasadorg.bsky.social, series:
Dr. Nida Ali presented her talk “Stress biomarkers in saliva” in the Biomarkers and novel therapeutics for stress-related and anxiety disorders session.
Dr. Nida Ali presented her talk “Stress biomarkers in saliva” in the Biomarkers and novel therapeutics for stress-related and anxiety disorders session.
November 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🧬 Part 3 in our #WASAD2025, @wasadorg.bsky.social, series:
Dr. Nida Ali presented her talk “Stress biomarkers in saliva” in the Biomarkers and novel therapeutics for stress-related and anxiety disorders session.
Dr. Nida Ali presented her talk “Stress biomarkers in saliva” in the Biomarkers and novel therapeutics for stress-related and anxiety disorders session.
🎶 Part 2 in our #WASAD2025, @wasadorg.bsky.social, series:
Dr. Anna Fekete presented her talk: “The biopsychological mediation model of music on health – Implications for treatment of stress-related disorders” in the Optimized therapy for stress-related disorders session.
Dr. Anna Fekete presented her talk: “The biopsychological mediation model of music on health – Implications for treatment of stress-related disorders” in the Optimized therapy for stress-related disorders session.
October 31, 2025 at 8:33 AM
🎶 Part 2 in our #WASAD2025, @wasadorg.bsky.social, series:
Dr. Anna Fekete presented her talk: “The biopsychological mediation model of music on health – Implications for treatment of stress-related disorders” in the Optimized therapy for stress-related disorders session.
Dr. Anna Fekete presented her talk: “The biopsychological mediation model of music on health – Implications for treatment of stress-related disorders” in the Optimized therapy for stress-related disorders session.
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🎉 It’s a wrap!
Three amazing days of fascinating research, inspiring presentations, and lively coffee-break discussions are behind us!
A huge thank you to everyone who joined, showcased their work, and contributed to making #WASAD2025 such a memorable event.
Until next time!
💙🧡💙
Three amazing days of fascinating research, inspiring presentations, and lively coffee-break discussions are behind us!
A huge thank you to everyone who joined, showcased their work, and contributed to making #WASAD2025 such a memorable event.
Until next time!
💙🧡💙
October 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🎉 It’s a wrap!
Three amazing days of fascinating research, inspiring presentations, and lively coffee-break discussions are behind us!
A huge thank you to everyone who joined, showcased their work, and contributed to making #WASAD2025 such a memorable event.
Until next time!
💙🧡💙
Three amazing days of fascinating research, inspiring presentations, and lively coffee-break discussions are behind us!
A huge thank you to everyone who joined, showcased their work, and contributed to making #WASAD2025 such a memorable event.
Until next time!
💙🧡💙
🔬Part 1 in our #WASAD2025, @wasadorg.bsky.social, series:
Nadja Plumbaum presented her talk “A digital stress management intervention tool – EPIGRAM” in the Digital interventions session.
Nadja Plumbaum presented her talk “A digital stress management intervention tool – EPIGRAM” in the Digital interventions session.
October 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🔬Part 1 in our #WASAD2025, @wasadorg.bsky.social, series:
Nadja Plumbaum presented her talk “A digital stress management intervention tool – EPIGRAM” in the Digital interventions session.
Nadja Plumbaum presented her talk “A digital stress management intervention tool – EPIGRAM” in the Digital interventions session.
🌎🧬The 5th International World Association for Stress Related and Anxiety Disorders Congress, "Uncertainty in Times of Change: A Lifecourse Approach to Stress and Anxiety", was held in Munich and opened by Urs Nater.
We will share our highlights in our upcoming series 🎉
@wasadorg.bsky.social
We will share our highlights in our upcoming series 🎉
@wasadorg.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
🌎🧬The 5th International World Association for Stress Related and Anxiety Disorders Congress, "Uncertainty in Times of Change: A Lifecourse Approach to Stress and Anxiety", was held in Munich and opened by Urs Nater.
We will share our highlights in our upcoming series 🎉
@wasadorg.bsky.social
We will share our highlights in our upcoming series 🎉
@wasadorg.bsky.social
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It's almost time... #WASAD2025 starts tomorrow! 🎉
We'd love to see all your contributions here on Bluesky. So feel free to use the hashtag #WASAD2025 or tag us @wasadorg.bsky.social if you're posting about the Congress!
We're excited to follow along and repost!
We'd love to see all your contributions here on Bluesky. So feel free to use the hashtag #WASAD2025 or tag us @wasadorg.bsky.social if you're posting about the Congress!
We're excited to follow along and repost!
October 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
It's almost time... #WASAD2025 starts tomorrow! 🎉
We'd love to see all your contributions here on Bluesky. So feel free to use the hashtag #WASAD2025 or tag us @wasadorg.bsky.social if you're posting about the Congress!
We're excited to follow along and repost!
We'd love to see all your contributions here on Bluesky. So feel free to use the hashtag #WASAD2025 or tag us @wasadorg.bsky.social if you're posting about the Congress!
We're excited to follow along and repost!
Reposted by StressLab UniVienna
P.S.: Can't attend in person but still want to explore some of the
posters?
You can already browse the ePosters on our website:
👉 wasad2025.org/poster/
posters?
You can already browse the ePosters on our website:
👉 wasad2025.org/poster/
ePosters
wasad2025.org
October 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
P.S.: Can't attend in person but still want to explore some of the
posters?
You can already browse the ePosters on our website:
👉 wasad2025.org/poster/
posters?
You can already browse the ePosters on our website:
👉 wasad2025.org/poster/
🌍 We are excited for the 5th International World Association for Stress Related and Anxiety Disorders (WASAD) Congress in Munich! 🎉
@wasadorg.bsky.social
Check out our oral presentations below and don’t miss us at the poster session! 📊
@celinebencker.bsky.social
@markusforamitti.bsky.social
@wasadorg.bsky.social
Check out our oral presentations below and don’t miss us at the poster session! 📊
@celinebencker.bsky.social
@markusforamitti.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
🌍 We are excited for the 5th International World Association for Stress Related and Anxiety Disorders (WASAD) Congress in Munich! 🎉
@wasadorg.bsky.social
Check out our oral presentations below and don’t miss us at the poster session! 📊
@celinebencker.bsky.social
@markusforamitti.bsky.social
@wasadorg.bsky.social
Check out our oral presentations below and don’t miss us at the poster session! 📊
@celinebencker.bsky.social
@markusforamitti.bsky.social
We’re excited to share our new paper from an international collaboration🎶: The short-term impact of music interventions on stress: results of a multinational cluster-randomized trial using salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase assessments in care home residents with dementia!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ps...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ps...
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doi.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
We’re excited to share our new paper from an international collaboration🎶: The short-term impact of music interventions on stress: results of a multinational cluster-randomized trial using salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase assessments in care home residents with dementia!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ps...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ps...
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Dr. Nida Ali, a postdoc in our lab, was awarded the L'Oréal-@unesco.org For Women in #Science Award 2025! 🎉 She is researching the alpha-amylase awakening response as a potential biomarker for stress, aiming to improve the precision of autonomic nervous system diagnoses. Congratulations! 🎉
Die Welt braucht Wissenschaft. Und die Wissenschaft braucht Frauen. 👏
Bereits zum 19. Mal wurden am 7. 10. an der #ÖAW vier exzellente Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen mit dem L'Oréal "For Women in Science"-Förderpreis ausgezeichnet! Wir gratulieren herzlich! 🎉
#ForWomenInScience #FWIS
Bereits zum 19. Mal wurden am 7. 10. an der #ÖAW vier exzellente Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen mit dem L'Oréal "For Women in Science"-Förderpreis ausgezeichnet! Wir gratulieren herzlich! 🎉
#ForWomenInScience #FWIS
October 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Dr. Nida Ali, a postdoc in our lab, was awarded the L'Oréal-@unesco.org For Women in #Science Award 2025! 🎉 She is researching the alpha-amylase awakening response as a potential biomarker for stress, aiming to improve the precision of autonomic nervous system diagnoses. Congratulations! 🎉
Congratulations to Nida Ali, postdoc in our lab, for receiving the L'Oréal-@unesco.org For Women in #Science Award 2025! She is one of 4 awardees, including 2 from #univie. 🥳 Huge congratulations to the winners!
4 Forscherinnen erhalten den L'Oréal-@unesco.org Förderpreis "For Women in #Science" 2025, 2 davon von der #univie: Nida Ali der Fakultät für Psychologie und Darja Rohden vom Institut für Biologische Chemie! 🥳 Herzliche Gratulation an die Preisträgerinnen! Mehr dazu 👉 www.ots.at/presseaussen...
October 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Last but definitely not least, Andreas Schwerdtfeger asks the question: "Does the heart know best?"
In his talk, he evaluates the effectiveness of just in time interventions triggered by heart rate variability to relieve stress 🫀📲
In his talk, he evaluates the effectiveness of just in time interventions triggered by heart rate variability to relieve stress 🫀📲
October 8, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Last but definitely not least, Andreas Schwerdtfeger asks the question: "Does the heart know best?"
In his talk, he evaluates the effectiveness of just in time interventions triggered by heart rate variability to relieve stress 🫀📲
In his talk, he evaluates the effectiveness of just in time interventions triggered by heart rate variability to relieve stress 🫀📲
Last month we gathered to celebrate the retirement of Professor Reinhold Jagsch at a lovely celebration with colleagues. 🎉
We thank him for the many years of inspiring collaboration and wish him all the best for his next chapter! 🍀
We thank him for the many years of inspiring collaboration and wish him all the best for his next chapter! 🍀
October 8, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Last month we gathered to celebrate the retirement of Professor Reinhold Jagsch at a lovely celebration with colleagues. 🎉
We thank him for the many years of inspiring collaboration and wish him all the best for his next chapter! 🍀
We thank him for the many years of inspiring collaboration and wish him all the best for his next chapter! 🍀
Welcome to the Faculty of Psychology of @univie.ac.at! We are happy to welcome new students and enjoyed sharing information about the research conducted in our Stress Lab. Wishing everyone a great start to their studies! 🎉💫🔬
October 7, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Welcome to the Faculty of Psychology of @univie.ac.at! We are happy to welcome new students and enjoyed sharing information about the research conducted in our Stress Lab. Wishing everyone a great start to their studies! 🎉💫🔬
Over the past weeks, we shared highlights from the many inspiring talks and discussions at #ICBM2025
It was a pleasure to contribute to such a vibrant and insightful congress. We look forward to continuing the dialogue at the next ICBM in Singapore! 🌆✨
It was a pleasure to contribute to such a vibrant and insightful congress. We look forward to continuing the dialogue at the next ICBM in Singapore! 🌆✨
October 7, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Over the past weeks, we shared highlights from the many inspiring talks and discussions at #ICBM2025
It was a pleasure to contribute to such a vibrant and insightful congress. We look forward to continuing the dialogue at the next ICBM in Singapore! 🌆✨
It was a pleasure to contribute to such a vibrant and insightful congress. We look forward to continuing the dialogue at the next ICBM in Singapore! 🌆✨
🧑⚕️Part 15 in our #ICBM2025 series:
In the oral presentations session @celinebencker.bsky.social presented "Stress, Trauma, and Core Premenstrual Disorders: A Systematic Review and Comprehensive Meta-Analysis" & "Exploring Patterns of Stress and Premenstrual Symptoms in Daily Life: The ISSAC Study."
In the oral presentations session @celinebencker.bsky.social presented "Stress, Trauma, and Core Premenstrual Disorders: A Systematic Review and Comprehensive Meta-Analysis" & "Exploring Patterns of Stress and Premenstrual Symptoms in Daily Life: The ISSAC Study."
October 6, 2025 at 7:53 AM
🧑⚕️Part 15 in our #ICBM2025 series:
In the oral presentations session @celinebencker.bsky.social presented "Stress, Trauma, and Core Premenstrual Disorders: A Systematic Review and Comprehensive Meta-Analysis" & "Exploring Patterns of Stress and Premenstrual Symptoms in Daily Life: The ISSAC Study."
In the oral presentations session @celinebencker.bsky.social presented "Stress, Trauma, and Core Premenstrual Disorders: A Systematic Review and Comprehensive Meta-Analysis" & "Exploring Patterns of Stress and Premenstrual Symptoms in Daily Life: The ISSAC Study."
🧬Part 14 in our #ICBM2025 series:
In the "Persistent Somatic Symptom Symposium: New Developments in Basic and Applied Research" @nplumbaum.bsky.social presented "Efficacy of an App-Based Stress Management Intervention for Reducing Somatic Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Trial Using EMI."
In the "Persistent Somatic Symptom Symposium: New Developments in Basic and Applied Research" @nplumbaum.bsky.social presented "Efficacy of an App-Based Stress Management Intervention for Reducing Somatic Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Trial Using EMI."
October 6, 2025 at 6:20 AM
🧬Part 14 in our #ICBM2025 series:
In the "Persistent Somatic Symptom Symposium: New Developments in Basic and Applied Research" @nplumbaum.bsky.social presented "Efficacy of an App-Based Stress Management Intervention for Reducing Somatic Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Trial Using EMI."
In the "Persistent Somatic Symptom Symposium: New Developments in Basic and Applied Research" @nplumbaum.bsky.social presented "Efficacy of an App-Based Stress Management Intervention for Reducing Somatic Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Trial Using EMI."
💡 Part 13 in our #ICBM2025 series!
In the poster session, Rojan Amini-Nejad presented "Post-migration Stress and Mental Health in Forcibly Displaced People: Protocol for an Ecological Momentary Assessment Study."
In the poster session, Rojan Amini-Nejad presented "Post-migration Stress and Mental Health in Forcibly Displaced People: Protocol for an Ecological Momentary Assessment Study."
October 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
💡 Part 13 in our #ICBM2025 series!
In the poster session, Rojan Amini-Nejad presented "Post-migration Stress and Mental Health in Forcibly Displaced People: Protocol for an Ecological Momentary Assessment Study."
In the poster session, Rojan Amini-Nejad presented "Post-migration Stress and Mental Health in Forcibly Displaced People: Protocol for an Ecological Momentary Assessment Study."