@kenwardchan

Assistant Professor @NYUniversity | Former @IcahnMountSinai postdoc | @UofT alum | Gut-brain neuroimmune interactions

 New York
Joined March 2023
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Thrilled to announce that I will be joining the Department of Molecular Pathobiology at NYU as an Assistant Professor @nyuniversity @NYUdental My lab investigating the gut-brain-immune axis during stress will open September 1 Postdocs are welcome to apply at: [email protected]
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We are INCREDIBLY EXCITED to share that @ScottRussoPhD has been appointed Chair of #NashNeuroscience @IcahnMountSinai. Dr. Russo is a distinguished neuroscientist, visionary leader & mentor. We couldn't be happier for the Department of Neuroscience! Congratulations, Dr. Russo! 🎉
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MargolisLab@MargolisLabNYUMar 17
New from our lab: Untreated maternal depression & early-life stress can rewire gut–brain circuits via enteric + sympathetic pathways, leading to long-term changes in gut motility & pain. 🔗 sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @karagm2009 @SarahANajjar @LinYungHung1
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Pain Research Center is expanding! 💥 Seeking brilliant minds (Assistant or Associate Professor, tenure track) to explore chronic pain mechanisms & therapies. Join our mission to transform pain research. Apply now! 🧠✨ #Research #AcademicJobs apply.interfolio.com/176454N…
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Interested in studying the gut-brain-immune axis and living in NYC? The Chan Lab at NYU is hiring the following positions: Postdoctoral Associate: apply.interfolio.com/174235 Junior Research Scientist: apply.interfolio.com/174150 Please send inquiries to: [email protected]
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Wonderful talk from Dr. Kenny Chan @kenwardchan on gut-brain neuroimmune interactions during stress for our #MIBRC seminar‼️I'm happy to see how this exciting line of research continues to move forward. Way to go, Kenny👏👏👏
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A brief Journal Club I wrote highlighting a pivotal study from Wenfei Han and Ivan de Araujo's group
Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology@NatRevGastroHep12 May 2025
New online! Gut-to-brain vagal afferents transmit reward signals bit.ly/4m9UfOq
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Scott Russo@ScottRussoPhD12 Feb 2025
1/4 I am very pleased to share this new manuscript, “A crucial role for the cortical amygdala in shaping social encounters”, led by 2 spectacular postdocs, Dr. Tony Aubry who is on the job market, and coauthor @neuromano. @SinaiBrain Read it here: nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Incredibly grateful for the opportunity to attend #LBBB2024 and meet some incredibly talented young scientists working on the gut-brain axis.
Little Brain Big Brain@LBBB_meeting6 Nov 2024
We got votes for our favorite #LBBB2024 talks. Congratulations 🎉 to Anu Muppirala, @LinYungHung1, @Sciencythoughts, and @kenwardchan for winning the engagement award 🏆, 3rd🥉, 2nd 🥈, and 1st prize🏅, respectively 👏👏👏
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An afternoon full of gut-brain axis 🔗 talks at ##LBBB2024. Part 1️⃣ focused on GI Dysfunction and Neurological Disease by @Marinemantel1 @kenwardchan @cherishnah
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DAZZLING! "The Great Escape: Mapping the path to freedom" by #RussoLab's Dr. Antonio Aubry depicts Axonal projections from inferior olivary nucleus to lateral septum circuit which promotes escape behavior #ArtoftheBrain #BAW2024 VOTE NOW for #CallforImages Image #2 Most💜s wins!
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PRESS RELEASE: @FlurinCathomas @ScottRussoPhD, et al. show that "Circulating Immune Cells Drawn to the Brain During Stress Can Control Emotional Behaviors". Here, they have ID'd novel ‘body-mind mechanism’ that links #ChronicStress to #Depression @Nature👉tinyurl.com/st2hu5pe
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Scott Russo@ScottRussoPhD7 Feb 2024
Interested in #neuroimmunology and #depression? Check out our new paper led by @FlurinCathomas in @Nature. nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Scott Russo@ScottRussoPhD28 Nov 2023
1/3 I'm very happy to share new work titled "Social stress induces autoimmune responses against the brain" led by Yusuke Shimo in @PNASNews. This was an outstanding team effort in collaboration with @FlurinCathomas @kenwardchan @JMurrough @Long92335990... 10.1073/pnas.2305778120
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INTERESTED IN #Stress & #Neuroimmunology? DON'T MISS @RachelFoye, Kenny Chan, PhD & Lyonna Parise, PhD when they present their latest research from the @ScottRussoPhD lab! TOMORROW (Sat, Nov 11) at #SfN23! 👉abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/1… #FBIatSfN @SfNtweets
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Central regulation of stress-evoked peripheral immune responses — a Review by Kenny L. Chan, Wolfram C. Poller, Filip K. Swirski & Scott J. Russo go.nature.com/48d70Ro @kenwardchan @WolframPoller @SwirskiLab @ScottRussoPhD @SinaiBrain @IcahnMountSinai
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Kiraly Lab@KiralyLab11 Sep 2023
Lab publication news! @AyaOsman postdoctoral magnum opus (with help from many wonderful collaborators) out this week in @BrainBehavImm! tinyurl.com/32hannsr This work adds mechanistic insight and defines a specific molecular signaling pathway in an ASD model. A brief 🧵:
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Excited to share our review article in @NatRevNeurosci on CNS regulation of peripheral immunity during stress.
Scott Russo@ScottRussoPhD25 Aug 2023
Check out this review by @kenwardchan with @SwirskiLab and @WolframPoller. Brain-body neural circuits regulate the peripheral immune system to heighten risk of cardiovascular, metabolic and autoimmune diseases in patients with #depression and #anxiety. rdcu.be/dkogU
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One Mind
@OneMindOrg10 Aug 2023
One Mind @JNJNews Rising Star Awardee Dr. @ScottRussoPhD talked to us about how the gut microbiome can be a target for treatment of mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and depression. Learn more about the brain-body connection here: youtube.com/watch?v=TlZ1hQ-r…
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