Prof. Carmen Sandi has received one of the ten Distinguished Investigator Grants awarded by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF), the US’s top non-governmental funder of mental health research grants.

BBRF Press Release

Why we don’t all develop posttraumatic stress disorder.

Cuidar las mitocondrias para evitar ansiedad, depresión o esquizofrenia

Pourquoi est-on inégaux face au trouble de stress post-traumatique?
RTS, CQFD, November 8th, 2023 (audio)
Cortisol’s Role in PTSD Vulnerability
Study reveals why some people develop PTSD and others don’t
Study offers explanation for why only some develop posttraumatic stress disorder

SCNAT funds global research network on stress and resilience.

Motivation is affected by oxidative stress, nutrition can help.

Carmen Sandi received the 2022 Scott award from the International Society for Research on Aggression (ISRA)

Connecting stress, weight, and social anxiety in early adolescence.

Get more or give up, a question of anxiety

Post-traumatic pain expressed physically from generation to generation

Stress during peripuberty leads to increase in adipose tissue: Study

Could mitochondria be the key to a healthy brain?

Comment le stress affecte-t-il l’adolescence ?

Le laboratoire de Carmen Sandi a participé à la recherche menée par l’Université Miguel Hernández d’Alicante, en Espagne. Ses travaux ont conclu que les altérations à long terme ne sont pas dues aux effets prolongés du stress pendant l’adolescence, mais à une maturation différente des voies de régulation du stress à la suite d’expériences stressantes répétées.

Virtual reality helps measure vulnerability to stress
November 1st, 2020
Prof. Carmen Sandi has been awarded a grant from the BINC Foundation to fund the lab’s research on child nutrition and obesity!
November 1st, 2020
The (neuro)science of getting and staying motivated
August 13th, 2020
EPFL-UniBas “Stress” project awarded 2020 Agora prize
May 12th, 2020
Could depression be linked to our cells’ metabolism?
January 27th, 2020

¿Cómo afecta el estrés al cerebro y la conducta?
June 11th, 2019
Carmen Sandi, orchestra conductor, a good mood and the human brain
May 14th, 2019
A Swiss network brings stress researchers together
February 5th, 2019

Carmen Sandi wins the first Ron de Kloet award for her work on stress
December 12th, 2018

VRTIGO lets you test your nerves in virtual reality
November 5th, 2018

Dominant men make decisions faster
August 8th, 2018

Targeting a brain mechanism could treat aggression
August 8th, 2018

Carmen Sandi appointed President of FENS
July 7th, 2018

Carmen Sandi awarded the Behavioral Brain Research Prize
July 8th 2017

Carmen Sandi nominated President-elect of the FENS
July 5th 2016

Carmen Sandi has been awarded the Valkhof Chair 2015
June 22th 2015

Carmen Sandi has been nominated among the Inaugural Fellows of the Society for Social Neuroscience
2015

Carmen Sandi has received a Visiting Scientist Award from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences to visit the Institute of Experimental Medicine in Budapest

EU FP7 MATRICS consortium awarded
MATRICS is an awarded translational EU FP7 project involving Prof. Carmen Sandi, Brain Mind Institute, EPFL, and coordinated by Dr. J. Glennon (Radboud University Medical Centre, The Netherlands).

Press Coverage

Les mitochondries, source d’énergie communicative de notre corps
5 juillet 2025, Mediapart

On a Wild Mouse Chase to Understand Parenting, Love, and Fear
January 7th 2025, The Scientist

Cuidar las mitocondrias para evitar ansiedad, depresión o esquizofrenia
October 21st, 2023, Newsroom Infobae

Do antioxidants have the power to improve motivation?
November, 13th, 2022, MedicalNewsToday

Ahli Saraf Sebut Tingkat Kecemasan Berpengaruh terhadap Motivasi Seseorang Mencapai Tujuan
March 30th, 2022, Bekasi Pikiran

How anxiety directly increases or decreases motivation
March 28th, 2022, THEDEBRIEF

Priver les neurones d’énergie exacerbe l’épilepsie
March 28th, 2022, Techno-Science.net

Comment le stress peut motiver… ou paralyser
March 26th, 2022, pourquoidocteur?

Limiting energy in neurons exacerbates epilepsy
March 24th, 2022, Science News
March 24th, 2022, EurekAlert!

A Trait Determines Why We All Respond Differently To Stressful Situations
March, 24th, 2022, Technology Networks

Un coup de pression peut surmotiver ou paralyser, en fonction de l’anxiété
March 24rd, 2022, SCIENCE ET AVENIR

Get more or give up, a question of anxiety
March 23rd, 2022, EurekAlert!

Stress and anxiety wear down your brain. Here’s how to fight back
March 20th, 2022, Popular Science

Le stress à la puberté peut causer de l’obésité
March 10th, 2022, Le Matin

Study found a biological connection between stress, weight, and social anxiety
March 10th, 2022, TECH EXPLORIST

Legătura dintre anxietatea socială, stres și greutate în adolescență a fost aprofundată de cercetători
March 7th, 2022, Descoperă

Estrés, peso y ansiedad social en la adolescencia temprana
March 5th, 2022, IntraMed

Encuentran la conexión entre el estrés, el peso y la ansiedad social en la adolescencia temprana
March 5th, 2022, ABC

Connecting stress, weight, and social anxiety in early adolescence
March, 4th, 2022, Science Advances
March, 3rd, 2022, EurekAlert!

Stress during peripuberty leads to increase in adipose tissue
March 3rd, 2022, ANI

El estrés provoca sobrepeso y ansiedad en la adolescencia temprana
March 3rd, 2022, Infosalus

La réalité virtuelle aide à mesurer la vulnérabilité au stress
November 2020, EPFL
La motivation, une affaire de glutamine et de glutamate dans notre cerveau
August 13th, 2020, Le Temps

Mitochondria May Hold Keys to Anxiety and Mental Health
August 10th, 2020, Quantamagazine

We must prepare for the next pandemic – mental-illness
July 19th, 2020, The Independant
Contre la dépression, stimuler le métabolisme du cerveau
January 27th, 2020, swissinfo.ch

Prof. Carmen Sandi about “La génétique de la violence”.
January 24th, 2019
http://avisdexperts.ch/videos/view/9369

“Low-dose diazepam can increase social competitiveness”