Julio Licinio

They called her the pretty one. She was a model and she was brilliant. THE ILLNESS DID NOT CARE. She was beloved. She was radiant. She married the love of her life. THE ILLNESS DID NOT CARE.

🧵Dr. Walss-Bass has written an extraordinary book, a one of a kind intimate voyage through the reality of schizophrenia, the cancer of mental illness Daniel R. Weinberger, M.D.

🧵 1/7 A kid from a US-Mexico border town where 80% of his classmates qualified for free lunch changed how UCSD admits grad students. And he is using neuroscience to close the healthcare gap his own nephew faces. A Genomic Press Interview worth reading.

@PsyPost Fascinating work: psilocybin's effects on social prefs & IL-6 are highly dependent on metabolic/exercise context in female mice. Explains some variability in human trials? Great female-focused study! 👏 doi.org/10.61373/pp026…

Psilocybin’s effects are not uniform across different physiological conditions. A study of female mice reveals that exercise and diet drastically alter how the drug influences social interactions and inflammatory signaling. dlvr.it/TQm4mY

The Brazilian supercentenarians: 18 languages now. 300+ stories. Just this week another BIG story, this one in Switzerland's newspaper of record: NZZ- Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Founded in 1780, NZZ is one of the oldest newspapers still published. It is widely considered one of the top, most respected, and influential high-quality newspapers in the German-speaking world. Based in Zurich, Switzerland, its high-quality journalism is often compared to publications like The New York Times or The Guardian. Go check the NZZ article on the supercentenarians: archive.ph/c6Wq7. Get your browser to translate it for you. It is an excellent news story, worth reading.

“Perfect happiness” is a myth—and chasing it can be harmful, says Dr Ronald C. Kessler, Harvard’s most cited psychiatrist. 🧠 Mental health ≠ constant positivity 🌱 Stability, purpose & connection matter more #MentalHealth #HappinessMyth #Psychiatry #Harvard #Wellbeing

🧵1/8 Breaking: Groundbreaking study drops in @PsychedelicsJnl! Psilocybin's effects on social behavior & inflammation in female mice modeling anorexia nervosa? TOTALLY context-dependent on metabolism & exercise. Explains why only ~40% respond in human trials. Mind-blowing implications for personalized psychedelic therapy!

1/7 🧵BIG THREAD: The world's MOST cited researcher in Psychiatry & Psychology dropped an amazing Genomic Press Interview. Dr. Ronald C. Kessler (@HarvardMed) went from first-gen college kid dreaming of law → 1,300+ papers, 330k+ citations, reshaped global mental health policy via massive surveys in 30+ countries. His full story:

Fascinating and consistent with what's emerging from Brazil's supercentenarian cohort. Zatz Guilherme, Castro and colleagues at USP sequenced 160+ centenarians including 20 individuals over 110, many from genetically diverse backgrounds far removed from elite healthcare. Some survived COVID unvaccinated with robust antibodies. The genetic architecture of extreme longevity clearly runs deeper than lifestyle choices alone. Open access paper here: doi.org/10.61373/gp026…

Genetics may be twice as important to determining life span than we thought. sciencenews.org/article/genes-…

@BShenhar @HaggSara @UriAlonWeizmann This is very consistent with the study of a Brazilian centenarians recently published in @GenomPsychiatry @GenomicPress that included four centenarian women in one family. It’s not olive oil or goat yoghurt, it’s the genes. See: doi.org/10.61373/gp026…

Big thanks to all our excellent collaborators on this project: Glen Pridham, Thais Oliveira de Lopez, Naveh Raz, @HaggSara , Joris Deelen, and especially my advisor @UriAlonWeizmann Link to paper: DOI: 10.1126/science.adz1187

Our new paper on reassessing the heritability of human lifespan is out in @ScienceMagazine! 🧬 For decades, the consensus has been that genetics explains just 20–25% of lifespan differences. We found that after accounting for extrinsic mortality, that number jumps to ~50%. A 🧵

A 106-year-old woman who won her first swimming competition six years ago, a 107-year-old man who still holds a job, a chocolate-loving nun who lived to be 116 go.nature.com/49Zi9XB

Nossa pesquisa na Nature nature.com/articles/d4158… Nosso projeto com os centenários brasileiros está na Nature

🧵 THREAD 1/8 Nature just dropped a bombshell feature on Brazil's supercentenarians: people hitting 110+ without elite diets, gyms, or fancy meds. Their secret? Genes + insane resilience. And the groundbreaking research behind it? Published in your journal: Genomic Psychiatry @GenomPsychiatry!

Guess you can use a timeline cleanser? Can I show you some microscopy? My job is to see beauty even in sad things (so we can learn how to prevent them!). This is a brain with early Alzheimer. This image was acquired in 3D and took 72 hours to get ready! #Microscopy #Neuroscience

🧵 THREAD 1/5 ONE YEAR STRONG! Just dropped my new editorial: "Year One: Genomic Psychiatry and the audacity of beginning" A year ago we launched into the unknown—some called it hubris, others ambition. But we bridged what was missing: paradigm-shifting science + real-world communication from genes to society Now? 6 powerhouse issues, 50+ editorial board legends (Nobel laureate included!), global media explosion (1,000+ outlets, 30+ languages, billions reached via AP & MSN.com).

🧵 THREAD 1/5 BREAKING from @GenomPsychiatry: The future of mental health research is HERE! Introducing "Genomic Psychiatry 2025: Entire Volume 1": Our revolutionary open-access e-book compiling a FULL YEAR of groundbreaking discoveries in psychiatric genomics. From genes to society, this 434-page powerhouse is FREE to everyone, everywhere!

🧵 Thread - 1/12 ALZHEIMER'S GAME-CHANGER: What if the key to beating Alzheimer's has been hiding in plain sight? New review exposes AMPK as TWO warriors in the brain war—one ally, one enemy. This flips decades of research. @BrainMedJournal Scroll through the entire thread:

At age 108, one of the Brazilian Supercentenarians works full time and his boss says he is his best employee! 🧠🧬 The Brazilian 🇧🇷 centenarians 🧓 are now featured in: Discover magazine: url.genomicpress.com/3xxc544d and Science Daily: url.genomicpress.com/2p85e6b7 Can we be productive at 108? Live to 120? Time will tell! (pun intended) Source: doi.org/10.61373/gp026…

🧵Breaking: Our latest Viewpoint in Genomic Psychiatry is going VIRAL! "Insights from Brazilian supercentenarians" reveals how Brazil's genetic admixture could unlock secrets to extreme longevity. Published TODAY, Jan 6, 2026. Already major news stories in Folha, Estadão, O Globo, & El País! 1/12