NeuroPsychoImmunology Research Unit

Research unit @SpohoKoeln | Delving into brain-immune ties, mental health, & sports science intersections.

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Their immune and affective responses showed a trade-off depending on their preferred intensity. A step towards personalised exercise therapy!

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Another of our PhD candidates, Matthias (@MesoMatze), presented the initial findings from the MoodRides study at the GCSSM in Tübingen: in a crossover study, patients with depression undertook HIIT and self-selected intensity training.

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At the GCSSM in Tübingen, Finn presented our crossover trial: in 24 trained men, high- and low-intensity resistance exercise triggered similar kynurenine pathway responses. The drop in affect during exercise, not intensity, was linked to pathway activation.

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We continue our Tour des Présentations with Dana, who presented the first results on some of the psychological outcomes from our HealthFit RCT.
A super nice poster highlighting the effects of HIIT and stretching in MDD patients.

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Great work, Dana! 👏 And big thanks to everyone involved in HealthFit!

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Throwback to Ali’s presentation at the GCSSM in Tübingen. As one of our PhD students, he presented relevant findings on how exercise modulates inflammasomes in neurodegenerative & -psychiatric disorders. Great to see our team’s work being discussed at such an exciting congress!

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How does a single bout of exercise shape our immune response? 🧬 At the GCSSM, Miriam Ringleb, a member of our unit, presented her meta-analyses, connecting myokine responses with immune-cell dynamics and showing how exercise type, intensity and duration shape these responses. 💪

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And then… straight from science to the Olympics of the Institutes! 🏅😂
Many thanks to the Austrian and Potsdam teams for hosting Matthias and Florian and bringing them to the top!
#GCSSM #REDs #REDscan #SportsMedicine #ExerciseScience #YoungDGSP

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The German Congress of Science in Sports Medicine in Tübingen, started with the YoungDGSP Pre-Day. Matthias and Florian presented first results from our REDscan project, exploring psychological risk factors as potential early indicators in REDs screening.

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Great few days at the German Congress of Science in Sports Medicine in Tübingen!

It was really great to be there together as a team, with so many presentations from our unit! 👏

From the pre-day and Institute Olympics to the main conference and Impro theatre — what a schedule!

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📰🧠 Neue Publikation!

Mitglieder unserer Forschungsgruppe waren an einer neuen Studie im European Journal of Applied Physiology beteiligt.

📖 Open Access:
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Herzlichen Glückwunsch an alle Autor:innen und vielen Dank an alle Kollaborator:innen! 👏

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🎓Institutskolloquium:

Unsere PhD-Kandidaten Ali Nejatian Hoseinpour und Maziar Saremi präsentierten ihre Forschung zu Bewegung und Inflammasomen sowie zum Einfluss einer Koffein-Mundspülung auf die körperliche und kognitive Leistungsfähigkeit.

Vielen Dank!👏
#PhD #Forschung

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Klippenspringen trifft Wissenschaft:

Unsere Forschungsgruppe war Teil der NDR-Doku über dieses faszinierende Thema.

Vielen Dank an alle Beteiligten, insbesondere an @SylvainLaborde_ und das Team des HRV LABs, für die tolle Zusammenarbeit!🧠🌊🙌

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