Meet the SPI Lab!👩‍🔬 Our team of students, clinicians and researchers work across a range of areas including depression, psychosis, women in the perinatal period + their infants, individuals with past trauma, and patients with inflammation-related disorders #YourPathInResearch

Thanks to our amazing team of scientistis @MaddyKirkp @Gargi_Mandal_ @NicoleMariani_ @Kristi_Prstly @CarminePariante @SPILabKCL @KingsIoPPN Link 👇👇👇 https://t.co/7mU9MsGXEh

Are you living with #obesity & #depression but feel that your antidepressant isn’t helping enough? The CODA Study looks at using minocycline to target high #inflammation, which is commonly seen in people with obesity & depression Take part now🔗: https://t.co/zOqrwEvGV5

Amazing to start the #immunopsychiatry @PIXIELabKCL meetings series this academic year with a great lecture by @CarminePariante 🤩 💥”Increased inflammation in depression: a biological and philosophical update” 💥 More info on next meetings 👉 https://t.co/nhB7qo2VEh

In today's article, @SPILabKCL Research Assistant Aeron Kim talks about the #MBTI, a popular #PersonalityTest in #SouthKorea, highlighting its origins and prevalence in daily life: https://t.co/lh2P4IPu8n

Congratulations to Sorcha Alford who won Delegates' Poster Prize at #BAP2024! 👏 Sorcha is a PhD Student at our BRC, working in the Stress, Psychiatry and Immunology Lab @SPILabKCL.

Another amazing blog dedicated to our new MSc @KingsIoPPN discussing the importance of #mind and #body interface, this time from a therapeutic perspective! 💊 @nik_naghmeh @paola_DZN @inspirethemind_ @SPILabKCL @PIXIELabKCL 👇👇👇

It was great to hear from @drjprogers & @CarminePariante at #BAP2024, highlighting the importance of involving people with lived experience in research. @BAPsych @SPILabKCL @inspirethemind_ Watch in full: https://t.co/9eiGLrb4I9 #LivedExperience #Coproduction #Research

Well done @Lombardo_GG for amazing talk at #BAP2024!! She is doing groundbreaking work on the role of sex, gender and sexual hormones in mental health! @PIXIELabKCL @SPILabKCL @KingsIoPPN @BAPsych

🧵PhD student @Becky_Milton_ presented her poster "Immunophenotypic differences in PBMCs of individuals with persistent and remitting depression following bariatric surgery" #BAP2024 @PIXIELabKCL @SpLAB_KCL

@Kristi_Prstly @HappyMums_ @inspirethemind_ @BAPsych @MaddyKirkp @ABorsini @cworrell26 @ProjCelebrate @sorchaalford @Gargi_Mandal_ @NicoleMariani_ @EarlyCause @Lombardo_GG @PIXIELabKCL @_Luca_Sforzini @melisaakose @NIHRMaudsleyBRC 🧵PhD student @caitlinpentland presented her poster "Investigating the potential role of childhood trauma and stressful life event perception in inflammatory gene expression profiles within depression treatment response" #BAP2024 @inspirethemind_ @PIXIELabKCL

@Kristi_Prstly @HappyMums_ @inspirethemind_ @BAPsych @MaddyKirkp @ABorsini @cworrell26 @ProjCelebrate @sorchaalford @Gargi_Mandal_ @NicoleMariani_ @EarlyCause @Lombardo_GG @PIXIELabKCL @_Luca_Sforzini 🧵PhD student & Co-Editor @melisaakose presented her research on the #BARIDEP study in her poster "Investigating long-term changes in depressive symptoms in relation to weight loss in patients undergoing #bariatric surgery" #BAP2024 @PIXIELabKCL @inspirethemind_ @NIHRMaudsleyBRC

@Kristi_Prstly @HappyMums_ @inspirethemind_ @BAPsych @MaddyKirkp @ABorsini @cworrell26 @ProjCelebrate @sorchaalford @Gargi_Mandal_ @NicoleMariani_ @EarlyCause @Lombardo_GG @PIXIELabKCL Postdoctoral researcher @_Luca_Sforzini presented his poster, “Up-regulation of immune-related transcriptomic profiles predicts antidepressant response to minocyline” #BAP2024 @inspirethemind_ @BAPsych @PIXIELabKCL

@Kristi_Prstly @HappyMums_ @inspirethemind_ @BAPsych @MaddyKirkp @ABorsini @cworrell26 @ProjCelebrate @sorchaalford @Gargi_Mandal_ @NicoleMariani_ @EarlyCause @Lombardo_GG @PIXIELabKCL Programme Manager and @inspirethemind_ Co-Editor @cworrell26 presented her poster, "Exploring the needs, barriers, and facilitators of biological data collection in adolescent mental health research: A scoping review" #BAP2024 @ProjCelebrate @BAPsych

@Kristi_Prstly @HappyMums_ @inspirethemind_ @BAPsych @MaddyKirkp @ABorsini @cworrell26 @ProjCelebrate @sorchaalford @Gargi_Mandal_ @NicoleMariani_ @EarlyCause Postdoctoral researcher @Lombardo_GG presented her work, "Increased testosterone and decreased cortisol are associated with depression and suicidal ideation in MDD women during pregnancy" #BAP2024 @BAPsych @PIXIELabKCL @inspirethemind_

@Kristi_Prstly @HappyMums_ @inspirethemind_ @BAPsych @MaddyKirkp @ABorsini @cworrell26 @ProjCelebrate @sorchaalford @Gargi_Mandal_ Researcher @NicoleMariani_ presented her poster, "The effects of cortisol on cytokine secretion in human cardiomyocytes model of repeated stress exposure" #BAP2024 @BAPsych @EarlyCause

@Kristi_Prstly @HappyMums_ @inspirethemind_ @BAPsych @MaddyKirkp @ABorsini @cworrell26 @ProjCelebrate @sorchaalford Research assistant @Gargi_Mandal_ presented her work, "Transcriptomic analysis of human hippocampal progenitor cells identifies distinct neurogenic and inflammatory genes that are differentially modulated by cytokines and omega-3-derived endocannabinoids" #BAP2024 @ABorsini

@Kristi_Prstly @HappyMums_ @inspirethemind_ @BAPsych @MaddyKirkp @ABorsini @cworrell26 @ProjCelebrate @sorchaalford Psychology student Samrina Sangha presented her work, "The role of maternal depression and childhood maltreatment on offspring attachment" #BAP2024 @inspirethemind_ @BAPsych

@Kristi_Prstly @HappyMums_ @inspirethemind_ @BAPsych @MaddyKirkp @ABorsini @cworrell26 @ProjCelebrate PhD student @sorchaalford presented her poster, "The impact of antenatal depression on the quality of mother-child interaction" #BAP2024 @BAPsych @inspirethemind_

@Kristi_Prstly @HappyMums_ @inspirethemind_ @BAPsych @MaddyKirkp @ABorsini @cworrell26 @ProjCelebrate Research Assistant Seyi Osobamiro presented her poster, "Understanding the role of maternal metnal Health and neurodivergence in the development of creative processing aptitude during childhood" #BAP2024 @inspirethemind_ @BAPsych

@Kristi_Prstly @HappyMums_ @inspirethemind_ @BAPsych @MaddyKirkp @ABorsini @cworrell26 @ProjCelebrate Psychology student Camila Ribeiro Perez presented her poster, "The impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on treatment outcomes of mental health psychopharmacological and psychological interventions for children and adolescents - A systematic literature review"