#48 Sarah Ayash: What Can Mice Teach Us About Stress Resilience?

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.


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