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#48 Sarah Ayash: What Can Mice Teach Us About Stress Resilience?
Episode 48
Thursday, 29 January, 2026
Exposure to stress affects us in remarkably different ways — and neuroscientist Dr Sarah Ayash, Einstein Independent Researcher at Charité – Universitätsmedizin, is on a mission to find out why. Her research with mice reveals how individuals can respond very differently to the same social stressor: some become vulnerable, others remain resilient, and a surprising third group fails to learn to recognise threat at all. By uncovering the brain mechanisms behind these responses, Ayash shows that resilience is not a fixed trait but an active, learnable process. She also emphasises that mild, manageable stress is essential for strengthening our “psychological immune system” — and that avoiding stress altogether is counterproductive.___#AskDifferent, the Einstein Foundation’s podcast serieshttps://www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/podcast
