Neuroscientist interested in supporting mental health research & early career scientists. Views/tweets ≠ endorsement
Rockville, MD
Joined February 2013
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Sofiya Hupalo retweeted
Clinical trials in psychiatry rely on measures of symptomatology, not biology.
This @ACNPorg position paper lays out why validated biomarkers in psychiatry have lagged behind fields like Alzheimer's and ALS, and what it will take to close the gap: precompetitive data sharing, standardized protocols, & earlier FDA engagement.
nature.com/articles/s44277-0…
Sofiya Hupalo retweeted
One week left to apply for our Editors’ New Investigator Award ⬇️⬇️⬇️
nature.com/dpn/announcements…
📢 We’re excited to announce the next call for applications for the DPN Editors' New Investigator Award! This award waives the article processing charge ($2290) for new investigators who aim to publish an original report in DPN.
Apply by May 18th!
nature.com/dpn/announcements…
Sofiya Hupalo retweeted
BREAKING: President Trump Signs Executive Order to Accelerate Psychedelic Research and Access
This is a breaking story. More to follow.
Sofiya Hupalo retweeted
Excited to read this preprint by @YiZuoUCSC, using 2p imaging to track spines following psilocybin.
Many similarities with our findings. The new study crucially also tested dose dependence and dived deep into spine characteristics like clustering.
👉 biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
Sofiya Hupalo retweeted
Learn more about the recent cohort of recipients of DPN's New Investigator Award, and apply by May 18th!
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📢 We’re excited to announce the next call for applications for the DPN Editors' New Investigator Award! This award waives the article processing charge ($2290) for new investigators who aim to publish an original report in DPN.
Apply by May 18th!
nature.com/dpn/announcements…
Very cool structural biology and molecular pharmacology study on psychedelic mechanisms of action.
But, I cringe at references to hallucinations in mice, even with qualifiers about limitations of animal models. We need to be more precise in our descriptions of animal behavior!
Sofiya Hupalo retweeted
This Award offers eligible early independent investigators a waived article processing charge ($2,190) to support open access publication of their original work in DPN.
See link for more details and stay tuned for the next call for papers!
nature.com/dpn/announcements
Sofiya Hupalo retweeted
🌟Announcing the next cohort of the DPN Editor’s New Investigator Waiver Award recipients🌟
Dr. Nicole Zürcher, MGH/@harvardmed
Dr. Jennifer Goldschmied, @Penn
Dr. Sarah Sperry, @DrSarahSperry @UMich
Congratulations! We're proud to support your work👏
Sofiya Hupalo retweeted
The sleeping brain influences the waking mind.
This was a fun one. A brief one-stop shop to sleep theory, measurement, and interpretation, with a focus on the EEG and its relevance to psychiatric research.
Hope it's useful!
@BrownPsychiatry @BradleyHospital
Check out our 🆕 Primer which walks through the neuroscience of sleep, how sleep is measured, key EEG features, and why it's important to assess sleep dysregulation in psychiatric care and research.
By @JSaletin & Giulia Righi
nature.com/articles/s44277-0…
Sofiya Hupalo retweeted
Our new Deep Dive covers a study by @Auerbach_Lab_CU @DPagliaccio @CarterFunkhous1 & colleagues, which linked EEG-based brain connectivity patterns with emotional expression from text messages to identify neural markers of depressive symptoms in teens
youtu.be/a_yXb3wERfo
Sofiya Hupalo retweeted
Recapping the #ACNP2026 study group, “Centering Lived Experience in Psychiatric Neuroscience Research”
We asked the panelists, what could NIH leadership do to be more supportive of trainees with non-traditional career paths, which is common among researchers with lived experience of mental illness?
Sofiya Hupalo retweeted
Our latest Deep Dive covers a study that developed a deep learning model to classify sleep stages from single channel EEG recordings in rats🐀. It predicted key parameters of sleep architecture, reducing the need for labor-intensive manual annotation.
youtu.be/kEgCbyqC0jU?si=0qsw…
Sofiya Hupalo retweeted
We're interested in hiring a post-baccalaureate research associate to work in circuit and systems neuroscience studies of anxiety. Please reach out - my email is listed at kayelab.com - if interested or share with undergraduate/recent grads who may be interested.
Sofiya Hupalo retweeted
Recent US data shows overdose deaths involving both synthetic opioids & stimulants rose from 2018 until 2023, then declined sharply in 2024, driven by decreases in opioid-involved deaths. Despite recent declines, polydrug overdose mortality remains high
nature.com/articles/s41386-0…
Sofiya Hupalo retweeted
First ACNP is going to be tough to top! Thanks to everyone who stopped by to learn about @dpn_journal 🫶🏻🧠💻 #acnp2026
Last day of #ACNP2026!
Head over to Poseidon III-IV this morning from 9-11 to hear about how cross-species functional brain biomarkers are being used to improve translation and facilitate drug development in psychiatry 🧠
Sofiya Hupalo retweeted
🥁🥁The top 3 winners of #ACNP2026 Trivia are🥁🥁
1. Christine Ann Denny, @DrChristineAnnD
2. Catharine Mielnik
3. William Stoops, @WilliamStoops
Congratulations and thank you for participating! 🎉🧠
Sofiya Hupalo retweeted
Thinking about whether you should promote your next research paper on X, Bluesky, or *Reddit*?
Stop by @brittonrae5’s poster #1 tonight at #ACNP2026 to learn about how these 3 platforms differ in terms of engagement and online attention driven by posts about DPN articles.
Sofiya Hupalo retweeted
Hey #ACNP2026 👋
Are you interested in serving as a reviewer for @dpn_journal and @npp_journal?
Scan this QR code to fill out a form and tell us more about yourself!
