Sarah Stern 🎗️
@sarah_stern
Neuroscientist, New Yorker, Mom. Research Group Leader @MPFneuro. Formerly @RockefellerUniv @SinaiBrain @nyuniversity. she/her. Opinions are my own.
Mini golf was played ⛳️ . Fun was had 🤩 . Ice cream was eaten 🍦. Another successful Stern Lab outing with this amazing team!
Praying for my friends, family and colleagues. Hoping for a more peaceful future. Shabbat shalom.
I graduate today from Harvard College. In my final column for The Crimson, I describe my undergraduate experience and the vital discourse we need at this precarious political moment. thecrimson.com/article/2025/5…
It was also a magnet for roaches but that was part of its charm.
Kosher Delight,a beloved NYC kosher fast food joint, served up burgers, schnitzel, and fries. Its Midtown location was a magnet for yeshiva students, families,and tourists, a nostalgic slice of classic New York.
A flagellin Toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) peptide YY (PYY)-labelled colonic neuropod cell axis leads to PYY release onto NPY2R vagal nodose neurons to regulate feeding nature.com/articles/s4158…
⚡️🧠A nociceptive amygdala-striatal pathway modulating affective-motivational pain Now published on the cover of @ScienceAdvances !!! Improved with projection-specific, pain-active intersectional chemogenetic pain behavior Check it out 👇 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
⚡️🧠Thrilled to share our new preprint on pain-related valence cell-types + circuits — A nociceptive amygdala-striatal pathway for chronic pain aversion Check out the stellar work of Jessica Wojick, in a co-senior collab with @KorbLab biorxiv.org/content/10.110… THREAD 1/13
Exciting preclinical studies demonstrate that the Glia-derived peptide Octadecaneuropeptide may be valuable for targeting weight and glycemic control via the hindbrain without eliciting the common treatment side effects seen with GLP-1 receptor agonists science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
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NutritionNerd chiming in here to let you all know that switching the sugar source in @CocaCola from High Fructose Corn Syrup to Cane Sugar will result in precisely zero improvement to individual or population-level health in our country. 1/
What would you do if you came across a paper and realized that you missed an important citation in a years old paper? Write and apologize? Asking for a friend who is me.
Stress is complicated, right? @USkupio @ampolter & I had a hard think about the way acute & chronic stress impacts the different neural populations in the VTA & I’m really pleased with what we came up with. Just published in TINS. Check it out! authors.elsevier.com/c/1lRWibotq7naL
Arrived in Bordeaux for EBBS. Looking forward to a great meeting!
In these heavy and painful times, our hearts are with you and your loved ones. We hope you are safe and finding strength in your communities and in one another. At @neurobridges , we deeply believe in the power of connection, dialogue, and shared curiosity 1/ .
Yesterday was tough. The place that is my home, work and life was hit hard. But through this, the strength & friendship and sense of community came out strong and empowering. Thank you friends and colleagues for your concern, we are already rebuilding and our spirit is strong 🙏
This is the most Israeli thing I’ve seen. Taken at the Weizmann Institute of Science, following the Iranian attack.
Outside my usual comfort zone. This is the amazing work of Dionnet Bhatti a graduate student who examined the defensive behavior mediated lateral septum through careful SC analysis of the CRHR2 populations. Dionnet is someone you should keep your eyes on! researchsquare.com/article/rs-683…
What does a 40% NIH budget cut mean for funding chances (now ~15%)? You might think “60% of the money left = 9% success” ❌ NOPE!!! 1-3% because 80% of the budget is for existing grants New science? Starved Ongoing grants? Slashed 😢 #FundingScienceSavesLives
Announcing an official fundraising campaign to support my lab’s research on APOE4 and Alzheimer’s disease: joinus.cuimc.columbia.edu/participant/Nu… This campaign is itself an experiment of sorts. But mostly, it's an attempt to save my lab during an unprecedented time of turmoil in academia. 1/9
Exciting news from @So_Steculorum's Lab!🤓 👃🧠 Smelling food primes your brain for satiety. Find out more in 🧵 or under 🔗 nature.com/articles/s4225… Congrats to @So_Steculorum, first author @_janice_bulk_ and all contributing authors!
The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Democratic Staff, is surveying the impact of the Trump Administration’s cancelation of federal research awards. Link in next post
"We're just trying to help kids. We're trying to help families ... and I don't know why we're being stopped." Episode 3 of Science Amplified with Dr. Rachel Marsh @drrachelmarsh is out now. Please take a listen, share and leave a rating if you can. open.spotify.com/episode/0rCpTa…
One day late for #wedad, but @abbyellin shares important information about #anorexia at any age in @nytimes nytimes.com/2025/06/03/hea…