Women’s mental health across the reproductive years
@irtg2804.bsky.social
🇩🇪🇸🇪 International research training group
👩🔬Research about women’s mental health
🎙️Let’s Talk About Women - Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/4J1aVwiIQoNXua73v8vjjO?si=kUKiau4sQ-avyDDZO849nQ
🌐 https://irtg2804.de
📍 @unituebingen.bsky.social
👩🔬Research about women’s mental health
🎙️Let’s Talk About Women - Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/4J1aVwiIQoNXua73v8vjjO?si=kUKiau4sQ-avyDDZO849nQ
🌐 https://irtg2804.de
📍 @unituebingen.bsky.social
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We’re the International Research Training Group 2804 (IRTG 2804), an interdisciplinary community researching women’s mental health across hormonal transition phases — from puberty to pregnancy to menopause 👩🏼🔬
📢 New preprint!
We are happy to announce that @mkoerdel.bsky.social's latest work is now available as a preprint!
🔗 Read the full article here: lnkd.in/eUdV-SyT
We are happy to announce that @mkoerdel.bsky.social's latest work is now available as a preprint!
🔗 Read the full article here: lnkd.in/eUdV-SyT
September 2, 2026 at 3:02 PM
📢 New preprint!
We are happy to announce that @mkoerdel.bsky.social's latest work is now available as a preprint!
🔗 Read the full article here: lnkd.in/eUdV-SyT
We are happy to announce that @mkoerdel.bsky.social's latest work is now available as a preprint!
🔗 Read the full article here: lnkd.in/eUdV-SyT
✨ Yesterday, we had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Hannah Klusmann from Freie Universität Berlin to our IRTG Meeting.
June 26, 2026 at 8:58 AM
✨ Yesterday, we had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Hannah Klusmann from Freie Universität Berlin to our IRTG Meeting.
Yesterday, we had the pleasure of listening to Dr. Bernadette von Dawans from the University of Trier talk about “Sex Hormones and Social Interaction.” at the Psychiatry Research Colloquium.
June 24, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Yesterday, we had the pleasure of listening to Dr. Bernadette von Dawans from the University of Trier talk about “Sex Hormones and Social Interaction.” at the Psychiatry Research Colloquium.
Today, one of our PhD candidates, @miracnur.bsky.social , presented her work at the Department of Psychiatry's Research Colloquium.
June 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Today, one of our PhD candidates, @miracnur.bsky.social , presented her work at the Department of Psychiatry's Research Colloquium.
Greetings from OHBM 2026 in Bordeaux! 🧠✨
Come find us to talk about effective connectivity, oral contraceptives, the menopausal transition, or anything related to women's mental health.
Come find us to talk about effective connectivity, oral contraceptives, the menopausal transition, or anything related to women's mental health.
June 15, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Greetings from OHBM 2026 in Bordeaux! 🧠✨
Come find us to talk about effective connectivity, oral contraceptives, the menopausal transition, or anything related to women's mental health.
Come find us to talk about effective connectivity, oral contraceptives, the menopausal transition, or anything related to women's mental health.
Another successful PhD defense celebrated today 🎓
Congratulations, @ninagoll.bsky.social, on your successful defense and all the amazing work you have contributed to the IRTG!
Congratulations, @ninagoll.bsky.social, on your successful defense and all the amazing work you have contributed to the IRTG!
June 15, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Another successful PhD defense celebrated today 🎓
Congratulations, @ninagoll.bsky.social, on your successful defense and all the amazing work you have contributed to the IRTG!
Congratulations, @ninagoll.bsky.social, on your successful defense and all the amazing work you have contributed to the IRTG!
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It was great being part of a female mental health symposium at the @dpk-kongress.bsky.social! I presented my preliminary results on how changes in oral contraceptives status can affect acute and daily stress responses 🧠
In a symposium focusing on the interplay between mental health and female reproductive processes, Madeleine Kärdel (@mkoerdel.bsky.social) presented her work on stress reactivity during hormonal contraceptive transitions.
June 13, 2026 at 4:12 PM
It was great being part of a female mental health symposium at the @dpk-kongress.bsky.social! I presented my preliminary results on how changes in oral contraceptives status can affect acute and daily stress responses 🧠
This week, some of our PhD researchers had the opportunity to participate in the German Psychotherapy Congress (@dpk-kongress.bsky.social) in Berlin. We had an amazing time connecting with fellow researchers and exchanging ideas in the field of women's mental health and beyond.
June 13, 2026 at 3:29 PM
This week, some of our PhD researchers had the opportunity to participate in the German Psychotherapy Congress (@dpk-kongress.bsky.social) in Berlin. We had an amazing time connecting with fellow researchers and exchanging ideas in the field of women's mental health and beyond.
📣 Congratulations to our PhD Candidate Hanna Wierenga on her new publication!
“Self-perceived gender conformity relates to depressive symptoms across Europe”
Great work 👏🏻
Read the full paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
“Self-perceived gender conformity relates to depressive symptoms across Europe”
Great work 👏🏻
Read the full paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
June 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM
📣 Congratulations to our PhD Candidate Hanna Wierenga on her new publication!
“Self-perceived gender conformity relates to depressive symptoms across Europe”
Great work 👏🏻
Read the full paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
“Self-perceived gender conformity relates to depressive symptoms across Europe”
Great work 👏🏻
Read the full paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
We had a great time at the #PuG2026 conference in Heidelberg last week! 🧠
It was great to connect with researchers from a variety of disciplines. Exchanging ideas with other early-career researchers in our field was also valuable! 🌟
It was great to connect with researchers from a variety of disciplines. Exchanging ideas with other early-career researchers in our field was also valuable! 🌟
June 8, 2026 at 8:09 AM
We had a great time at the #PuG2026 conference in Heidelberg last week! 🧠
It was great to connect with researchers from a variety of disciplines. Exchanging ideas with other early-career researchers in our field was also valuable! 🌟
It was great to connect with researchers from a variety of disciplines. Exchanging ideas with other early-career researchers in our field was also valuable! 🌟
📣 Congratulations to Serenay Yazıcı-Sarıkaya on her new publication!
“The effect of vaginal tamoxifen on symptoms of anxiety, depression, and health-related quality of life in postmenopausal women with and without breast cancer.”
Very interesting👏🏻
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“The effect of vaginal tamoxifen on symptoms of anxiety, depression, and health-related quality of life in postmenopausal women with and without breast cancer.”
Very interesting👏🏻
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 5, 2026 at 4:42 PM
📣 Congratulations to Serenay Yazıcı-Sarıkaya on her new publication!
“The effect of vaginal tamoxifen on symptoms of anxiety, depression, and health-related quality of life in postmenopausal women with and without breast cancer.”
Very interesting👏🏻
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“The effect of vaginal tamoxifen on symptoms of anxiety, depression, and health-related quality of life in postmenopausal women with and without breast cancer.”
Very interesting👏🏻
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We are very excited to share that our associated PhD candidate, Aistė Ambrasė, successfully defended her thesis today 🎊
Congratulations Aistė 👏🏻 and thank you to all of Aistė's supervisors!
We wish you all the best for your future 🤍
Congratulations Aistė 👏🏻 and thank you to all of Aistė's supervisors!
We wish you all the best for your future 🤍
May 8, 2026 at 2:46 PM
We are very excited to share that our associated PhD candidate, Aistė Ambrasė, successfully defended her thesis today 🎊
Congratulations Aistė 👏🏻 and thank you to all of Aistė's supervisors!
We wish you all the best for your future 🤍
Congratulations Aistė 👏🏻 and thank you to all of Aistė's supervisors!
We wish you all the best for your future 🤍
Today, our IRTG coordinator, Ferdinand Sörensen, gave a talk at the Psychiatry research colloquium on “Maternal Perinatal Distress and Offspring Development” 👶🏻
He presented an overview of how maternal distress during the perinatal period relates to infant temperament and later child development.
He presented an overview of how maternal distress during the perinatal period relates to infant temperament and later child development.
April 28, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Today, our IRTG coordinator, Ferdinand Sörensen, gave a talk at the Psychiatry research colloquium on “Maternal Perinatal Distress and Offspring Development” 👶🏻
He presented an overview of how maternal distress during the perinatal period relates to infant temperament and later child development.
He presented an overview of how maternal distress during the perinatal period relates to infant temperament and later child development.
📣 Congratulations to our PhD-Researcher Anna Denninger on the publication of her new paper on estradiol and brain structure:
"Estradiol, Emotion Regulation, and the Limbic System: Effects on Gray Matter Volume"
📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.bp...
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this work! 🤍
"Estradiol, Emotion Regulation, and the Limbic System: Effects on Gray Matter Volume"
📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.bp...
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this work! 🤍
April 21, 2026 at 12:33 PM
📣 Congratulations to our PhD-Researcher Anna Denninger on the publication of her new paper on estradiol and brain structure:
"Estradiol, Emotion Regulation, and the Limbic System: Effects on Gray Matter Volume"
📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.bp...
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this work! 🤍
"Estradiol, Emotion Regulation, and the Limbic System: Effects on Gray Matter Volume"
📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.bp...
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this work! 🤍
We were delighted to take part in the LEAD “Tag der Wissenschaft” last Friday in Tübingen, introducing our IRTG 2804 (International Research Training Group 2804) and the Deutsches Zentrum für Psychische Gesundheit (DZPG) to school leaders, teachers, and partners from the education administration!
April 1, 2026 at 12:20 PM
We were delighted to take part in the LEAD “Tag der Wissenschaft” last Friday in Tübingen, introducing our IRTG 2804 (International Research Training Group 2804) and the Deutsches Zentrum für Psychische Gesundheit (DZPG) to school leaders, teachers, and partners from the education administration!
📣 Congratulations to our PhD researcher Elise Bücklein-Ehlers on the publication of her new paper:
"Personality and cortical architecture in premenstrual dysphoric disorder"
"Personality and cortical architecture in premenstrual dysphoric disorder"
March 26, 2026 at 3:18 PM
📣 Congratulations to our PhD researcher Elise Bücklein-Ehlers on the publication of her new paper:
"Personality and cortical architecture in premenstrual dysphoric disorder"
"Personality and cortical architecture in premenstrual dysphoric disorder"
Today, on 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲, we were proud to co-organise the event “𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘳?! 𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩” together with the City of Tübingen.
March 8, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Today, on 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲, we were proud to co-organise the event “𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘳?! 𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩” together with the City of Tübingen.
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In spite of so many fantastic, excellent & brilliant #women in #neuroscience research who drive forward the field on a cutting edge there still seems to be a long way to go Data are from #chatgpt (hope AI is wrong this time) #InternationalWomensDay
March 8, 2026 at 9:21 AM
In spite of so many fantastic, excellent & brilliant #women in #neuroscience research who drive forward the field on a cutting edge there still seems to be a long way to go Data are from #chatgpt (hope AI is wrong this time) #InternationalWomensDay
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Join us in beautiful Dubrovnik for the XVII Dubrovnik Conference on Cognitive Science (21–24 May 2026)! This year’s theme focuses on adaptation and its limits across multiple timescales, individual differences, and mental health. Abstracts from all areas of cogsci welcome!
Visit: ducog.cecog.eu
Visit: ducog.cecog.eu
DUCOG — Conference 2026
Dubrovnik Conference on Cognitive Science
ducog.cecog.eu
February 26, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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🧠 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘!
The 𝟮𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗲𝗡𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 is coming to Würzburg!
Three days of student talks, posters, and meeting fellow neuroscience enthusiasts — plus our legendary karaoke evenings 🎤
Mark your calendar and stay tuned for registration & abstract submission!
#NeNa2026 #neuroscience #conference
The 𝟮𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗲𝗡𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 is coming to Würzburg!
Three days of student talks, posters, and meeting fellow neuroscience enthusiasts — plus our legendary karaoke evenings 🎤
Mark your calendar and stay tuned for registration & abstract submission!
#NeNa2026 #neuroscience #conference
February 26, 2026 at 12:28 PM
🧠 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘!
The 𝟮𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗲𝗡𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 is coming to Würzburg!
Three days of student talks, posters, and meeting fellow neuroscience enthusiasts — plus our legendary karaoke evenings 🎤
Mark your calendar and stay tuned for registration & abstract submission!
#NeNa2026 #neuroscience #conference
The 𝟮𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗲𝗡𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 is coming to Würzburg!
Three days of student talks, posters, and meeting fellow neuroscience enthusiasts — plus our legendary karaoke evenings 🎤
Mark your calendar and stay tuned for registration & abstract submission!
#NeNa2026 #neuroscience #conference
🎓 𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 | 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, Gloria Matte Bon @gloriamattebon.bsky.social!
Today, we celebrated the first PhD defense of the IRTG 🎉
Today, we celebrated the first PhD defense of the IRTG 🎉
February 26, 2026 at 1:17 PM
🎓 𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 | 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, Gloria Matte Bon @gloriamattebon.bsky.social!
Today, we celebrated the first PhD defense of the IRTG 🎉
Today, we celebrated the first PhD defense of the IRTG 🎉
We had a fantastic time presenting our work at the Early Career Scientist Congress of the Germany Center for Mental Health (DZPG-ECS) in Berlin 🧠
It was an inspiring meeting with ECRs, full of exciting talks, great networking, and lots of fun!
It was an inspiring meeting with ECRs, full of exciting talks, great networking, and lots of fun!
February 25, 2026 at 8:26 PM
We had a fantastic time presenting our work at the Early Career Scientist Congress of the Germany Center for Mental Health (DZPG-ECS) in Berlin 🧠
It was an inspiring meeting with ECRs, full of exciting talks, great networking, and lots of fun!
It was an inspiring meeting with ECRs, full of exciting talks, great networking, and lots of fun!
🧠🇮🇹 Greetings from sunny Torino and the 13th International Meeting on Steroids and the Nervous System!
We truly enjoyed the translational exchange, engaging discussions, and reconnecting with long-standing as well as new colleagues in the field – and of course, the amazing Italian food 🍕
We truly enjoyed the translational exchange, engaging discussions, and reconnecting with long-standing as well as new colleagues in the field – and of course, the amazing Italian food 🍕
February 24, 2026 at 5:05 PM
🧠🇮🇹 Greetings from sunny Torino and the 13th International Meeting on Steroids and the Nervous System!
We truly enjoyed the translational exchange, engaging discussions, and reconnecting with long-standing as well as new colleagues in the field – and of course, the amazing Italian food 🍕
We truly enjoyed the translational exchange, engaging discussions, and reconnecting with long-standing as well as new colleagues in the field – and of course, the amazing Italian food 🍕
On the second day of our Welcome Event, both PhD cohorts came together for the 𝗣𝗵𝗗‑𝗢𝗹𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 🏆, a series of fun challenges inspired by the ups and downs of PhD life.
February 13, 2026 at 9:11 AM
On the second day of our Welcome Event, both PhD cohorts came together for the 𝗣𝗵𝗗‑𝗢𝗹𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 🏆, a series of fun challenges inspired by the ups and downs of PhD life.
We were very happy to welcome the second cohort of PhD candidates at our recent 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁! ✨
February 13, 2026 at 8:50 AM
We were very happy to welcome the second cohort of PhD candidates at our recent 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁! ✨