Felix Viana
@neuroviana.bsky.social
Neuroscientist fascinated by #ionchannels Studying #pain mechanisms. Fan of world travel, #hiking , the oceans and good books.
I co-direct the Sensory Transduction and Nociception Group at the Institute of #Neurosciences in Alicante (Spain)
I co-direct the Sensory Transduction and Nociception Group at the Institute of #Neurosciences in Alicante (Spain)
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Felix Viana
@neuroviana.bsky.social
· Nov 16
I am migrating away from X and his toxic and dangerous owner. I hope to rebuild a nice community of followers in this new environment.
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Thrilled to share our new paper!
With @tomtom-auer.bsky.social team, we asked how #evolution reshapes what animals #eat to match their ecological niches. Using pan-neuronal Ca2+ imaging, we show that the changes are in how the brain processes #taste.
Link @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
With @tomtom-auer.bsky.social team, we asked how #evolution reshapes what animals #eat to match their ecological niches. Using pan-neuronal Ca2+ imaging, we show that the changes are in how the brain processes #taste.
Link @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Evolution of taste processing shifts dietary preference - Nature
Calcium imaging of taste neurons and the ventral brain provides insight into evolutionary divergence of food choice in Drosophila species, supporting a role of sensorimotor processing in addition to p...
www.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Thrilled to share our new paper!
With @tomtom-auer.bsky.social team, we asked how #evolution reshapes what animals #eat to match their ecological niches. Using pan-neuronal Ca2+ imaging, we show that the changes are in how the brain processes #taste.
Link @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
With @tomtom-auer.bsky.social team, we asked how #evolution reshapes what animals #eat to match their ecological niches. Using pan-neuronal Ca2+ imaging, we show that the changes are in how the brain processes #taste.
Link @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A real Mexican breakfast at Barbacoa Don Cuco in Juriquilla/Queretaro. Consomé y 🌮 de barbacoa. I had to go for a walk in the park to digest it 😭
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A real Mexican breakfast at Barbacoa Don Cuco in Juriquilla/Queretaro. Consomé y 🌮 de barbacoa. I had to go for a walk in the park to digest it 😭
Viva la Vida, the last painting by Frida Kahlo before hear death in 1954. Museo La Casa Azul in Coyoacan (place of the coyotes) Ciudad de Mexico 🇲🇽
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Viva la Vida, the last painting by Frida Kahlo before hear death in 1954. Museo La Casa Azul in Coyoacan (place of the coyotes) Ciudad de Mexico 🇲🇽
Carnitas de res and lengua con verdolaga at Hacienda Los Laureles
Chile en nogada, escamoles (ant larvae) at Juancho in Queretaro. All delicious and great service.
Chile en nogada, escamoles (ant larvae) at Juancho in Queretaro. All delicious and great service.
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Carnitas de res and lengua con verdolaga at Hacienda Los Laureles
Chile en nogada, escamoles (ant larvae) at Juancho in Queretaro. All delicious and great service.
Chile en nogada, escamoles (ant larvae) at Juancho in Queretaro. All delicious and great service.
I had a very intense and enjoyable day at UNAM Juriquilla Campus in Queretaro 🇲🇽 Talked about my favourite TRP channels and discussed science with students and faculty. Thank you to Prof. Miguel-Condes Lara for amazing hosting, great food and introducing me to a real mariachi!
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I had a very intense and enjoyable day at UNAM Juriquilla Campus in Queretaro 🇲🇽 Talked about my favourite TRP channels and discussed science with students and faculty. Thank you to Prof. Miguel-Condes Lara for amazing hosting, great food and introducing me to a real mariachi!
It was not my intention to present the label of the ceramic piece. Here goes the piece itself
November 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
It was not my intention to present the label of the ceramic piece. Here goes the piece itself
During my first visit to Ciudad de Mexico I had the good fortune of being treated by Tamara Rosenbaum and León Islas, from UNAM. Wonderful hosts! Looking forward to TRPing together #ionchannels #pain
November 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
During my first visit to Ciudad de Mexico I had the good fortune of being treated by Tamara Rosenbaum and León Islas, from UNAM. Wonderful hosts! Looking forward to TRPing together #ionchannels #pain
Margaret Atwood: “La América de Trump se acerca cada vez más a ‘El cuento de la criada’” www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/2025...
Margaret Atwood: “La América de Trump se acerca cada vez más a ‘El cuento de la criada’”
Las cosas nunca son como parecen sino que todo está atravesado por profundas corrientes subterráneas. Los habitantes de Toronto lo saben bien pues, con sus 30
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November 1, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Margaret Atwood: “La América de Trump se acerca cada vez más a ‘El cuento de la criada’” www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/2025...
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That merely being “under review” by a Nature family journal is offered as a quality proxy for a paper is a tragic illustration of the extent to which academia is addicted to brands and outsources evaluation
October 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
That merely being “under review” by a Nature family journal is offered as a quality proxy for a paper is a tragic illustration of the extent to which academia is addicted to brands and outsources evaluation
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Check out this new paper from Stefan Lechner's lab showing with minflux nanoscopy how PIEZO1 channels cluster and invagininate the membrane. Glad we could make a small contribution to this nice story!
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Cluster nanoarchitecture and structural diversity of PIEZO1 at rest and during activation in intact cells
MINFLUX nanoscopy reveals subcellular distribution and conformational diversity of PIEZO1 channels in intact cells.
www.science.org
October 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Check out this new paper from Stefan Lechner's lab showing with minflux nanoscopy how PIEZO1 channels cluster and invagininate the membrane. Glad we could make a small contribution to this nice story!
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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It's online! In this series of perspectives @dev-journal.bsky.social, yours truly talks about the exciting open questions and many things to do in the field of dev bio and neuroscience #DevBio🧪 #PIsOfTomorrow journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Pathway to Independence: a forecast for the future of developmental biology
ABSTRACT. In 2022, Development launched its Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, aimed at supporting postdocs as they transition to their first independent position. In 2025, we welcome our third c...
journals.biologists.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
It's online! In this series of perspectives @dev-journal.bsky.social, yours truly talks about the exciting open questions and many things to do in the field of dev bio and neuroscience #DevBio🧪 #PIsOfTomorrow journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Hike #7 Family outing to Finca Galatzo (5 km)
October 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Hike #7 Family outing to Finca Galatzo (5 km)
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The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
Rapamycin's Secrets | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...
#Rapamycin is a fascinating molecule with many biological effects. Happy that @dereklowe.bsky.social highlighted the findings by our group @painchannels.bsky.social and our friends in Leuven on direct TRPM8 activaton by rapamycin.
#Rapamycin is a fascinating molecule with many biological effects. Happy that @dereklowe.bsky.social highlighted the findings by our group @painchannels.bsky.social and our friends in Leuven on direct TRPM8 activaton by rapamycin.
October 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Rapamycin's Secrets | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...
#Rapamycin is a fascinating molecule with many biological effects. Happy that @dereklowe.bsky.social highlighted the findings by our group @painchannels.bsky.social and our friends in Leuven on direct TRPM8 activaton by rapamycin.
#Rapamycin is a fascinating molecule with many biological effects. Happy that @dereklowe.bsky.social highlighted the findings by our group @painchannels.bsky.social and our friends in Leuven on direct TRPM8 activaton by rapamycin.
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Excited to share the final version of our paper, where we invented a robotic device (ARM) for pain and somatosensory testing in rodents. We are excited to see many groups already getting this device in their labs through our startup company Tactorum Inc.
elifesciences.org/articles/996...
elifesciences.org/articles/996...
October 20, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Excited to share the final version of our paper, where we invented a robotic device (ARM) for pain and somatosensory testing in rodents. We are excited to see many groups already getting this device in their labs through our startup company Tactorum Inc.
elifesciences.org/articles/996...
elifesciences.org/articles/996...
Expertos internacionales abordan "retos" del desarrollo de nuevas terapias para tratar el dolor crónico www.europapress.es/comunitat-va...
Expertos internacionales abordan "retos" del desarrollo de nuevas terapias para tratar el dolor crónico
Voces expertas internacionales han abordado en el Instituto de Neurociencias (IN), centro...
www.europapress.es
October 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Expertos internacionales abordan "retos" del desarrollo de nuevas terapias para tratar el dolor crónico www.europapress.es/comunitat-va...
Translating our knowledge of #chronicpain mechanisms into novel #analgesics has proven exceedingly difficult. Which are the major bottlenecks? Can we find ways to bypass them?
@neuroalc.bsky.social hosts a roundtable with 3 distinguished pain researchers to discuss this problem. Admission is free!
@neuroalc.bsky.social hosts a roundtable with 3 distinguished pain researchers to discuss this problem. Admission is free!
October 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Translating our knowledge of #chronicpain mechanisms into novel #analgesics has proven exceedingly difficult. Which are the major bottlenecks? Can we find ways to bypass them?
@neuroalc.bsky.social hosts a roundtable with 3 distinguished pain researchers to discuss this problem. Admission is free!
@neuroalc.bsky.social hosts a roundtable with 3 distinguished pain researchers to discuss this problem. Admission is free!
It was really one of the best conferences I have ever attended: great science in a friendly atmosphere and a gorgeous setting.
What a great Titisee Conference! “Warm, cold, and life” brought together brilliant minds exploring how temperature shapes the brain, physiology, and behaviour — from mice, wild animals to humans. Thanks to Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds for the support!
October 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It was really one of the best conferences I have ever attended: great science in a friendly atmosphere and a gorgeous setting.
Thank you to @jansiemens.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social and James Poulet @mdc-berlin.bsky.social for the invitation and bringing together an amazing group of scientist working 🥵 and 🥶 temperature sensing and thermoregulation
October 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Thank you to @jansiemens.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social and James Poulet @mdc-berlin.bsky.social for the invitation and bringing together an amazing group of scientist working 🥵 and 🥶 temperature sensing and thermoregulation
It was a real privilege to attend 131 International Titisee Conference on the Impact of Temperature on Physiology and Behavior organized by Boheringer Ingelhein Fonds, and present the work of @painchannels.bsky.social on Pathophysiology of TRP channels
Incredible rich program in beautiful location
Incredible rich program in beautiful location
October 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
It was a real privilege to attend 131 International Titisee Conference on the Impact of Temperature on Physiology and Behavior organized by Boheringer Ingelhein Fonds, and present the work of @painchannels.bsky.social on Pathophysiology of TRP channels
Incredible rich program in beautiful location
Incredible rich program in beautiful location
Hike #6 in 🇩🇪 from Titisee to Bühlberg and back. Relaxing 5 km walk
October 12, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Hike #6 in 🇩🇪 from Titisee to Bühlberg and back. Relaxing 5 km walk
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Majo ha montado una librería en el Cabanyal.
Majo la ha llamado Terramar, como la saga de K. Leguin.
Dice Majo que es uno de los pocos negocios que quedan en un barrio cada vez más gentrificado.
La librería de Majo es preciosa y la podéis seguir en IG @terramarllibreria
Id a comprar libros a Majo.
Majo la ha llamado Terramar, como la saga de K. Leguin.
Dice Majo que es uno de los pocos negocios que quedan en un barrio cada vez más gentrificado.
La librería de Majo es preciosa y la podéis seguir en IG @terramarllibreria
Id a comprar libros a Majo.
October 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Majo ha montado una librería en el Cabanyal.
Majo la ha llamado Terramar, como la saga de K. Leguin.
Dice Majo que es uno de los pocos negocios que quedan en un barrio cada vez más gentrificado.
La librería de Majo es preciosa y la podéis seguir en IG @terramarllibreria
Id a comprar libros a Majo.
Majo la ha llamado Terramar, como la saga de K. Leguin.
Dice Majo que es uno de los pocos negocios que quedan en un barrio cada vez más gentrificado.
La librería de Majo es preciosa y la podéis seguir en IG @terramarllibreria
Id a comprar libros a Majo.
Saturday is market day.
October 4, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Saturday is market day.