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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 11h

Ok. But are there any downsides?

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.bsky.social · 5d

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Ana Dorrego Rivas @adorrego.bsky.social · 5d

Dendritic nanotubes! What’s next?

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Intercellular communication in the brain through a dendritic nanotubular network

Intercellular nanotubular networks mediate material exchange, but their existence in neurons remains to be explored in detail. We identified long, thin dendritic filopodia forming direct dendrite–dend...

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Ted Price @tedpricethepainguy.bsky.social · 6d

@asta-at.bsky.social did an amazing job leading this study, a first of its kind for neck pain!

Michele Curatolo, MD, PhD @michelecuratolo.bsky.social · 6d

The first publication of our project, which identifies altered gene expressions in the human DRG associated with neck pain. Fantastic collaboration with @tedpricethepainguy.bsky.social lab, Christoph Hofstetter from Neurosurgery, and a stellar team.
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Transcriptome of the human C2 dorsal root ganglia in C1-2 arthrodesis surgery: insight for neck pain

Arendt-Tranholm et al. use surgically resected sensory ganglia to investigate the mechanisms underlying chronic neck pain. They produce a molecular map of

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Michele Curatolo, MD, PhD @michelecuratolo.bsky.social · 6d

The first publication of our project, which identifies altered gene expressions in the human DRG associated with neck pain. Fantastic collaboration with @tedpricethepainguy.bsky.social lab, Christoph Hofstetter from Neurosurgery, and a stellar team.
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Transcriptome of the human C2 dorsal root ganglia in C1-2 arthrodesis surgery: insight for neck pain

Arendt-Tranholm et al. use surgically resected sensory ganglia to investigate the mechanisms underlying chronic neck pain. They produce a molecular map of

urldefense.com

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.bsky.social · 7d

Have you heard about the new MSc programme #PainResearch

Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences @ndcnoxford.bsky.social · 9d

September is #PainAwarenessMonth, and we are excited to be launching our brand-new MSc in Pain Neurosciences. Could you help shape the future of #pain research? Opening soon for 2026 admissions 👀

Learn more 👇
bit.ly/OxMScPain

New MSc in Pain Neurosciences. Ready to shape the future of pain research? Applications open soon for 2026 admission.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 8d

That's quite the chart annotation.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A chart of "Major concerns of PhD candidates." The top text says, "Financial pressures top the list of concerns faced by PhD candidates, but concerns differ among the sexes. Those studying in the United States rank the political landscape as their main worry." The chart shows that in the full survey, political landscape is the biggest concern for about 20% of students (a bit higher for women than men) but there's an annotation saying "In US PhD students, this rose to 64%". Overall, the highest-rated concern was financial pressures at around 40%.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 9d

YES! THIS on GenAI!

Please read this absolutely splendid piece of writing that had me cheering, a little bit weepy, and writing in the margins:

"An extraordinary amount of money is spent by the AI industry to ensure that acquiescence is the only plausible response. But marketing is not destiny."

Large Language Muddle | The Editors

The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...

www.nplusonemag.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12d

As Netanyahu addresses the United Nations in New York City this morning, the world recoils in horror at the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

This morning, Benjamin Netanyahu will address the United Nations — an institution which has concluded his government is committing a genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. He arrived in New York after a flight that added hours to its path to circumvent the airspace of countries which might enforce the International Criminal Court's warrant for his arrest. During the course of his speech, another Palestinian child will undoubtedly be killed by the Israeli military in Gaza, as they have been every single hour for nearly two years.

Eric Adams will greet Netanyahu as a friend. Andrew Cuomo proudly served on his legal defense team. Both have jockeyed for the approval of Donald Trump, who has sent billions of our taxpayer dollars to support these war crimes.

A Mayor cannot end these atrocities. But they can speak for the values of this city: a commitment to human rights for all people, including Palestinians, and a yearning for peace and justice. Even if those values are anathema to those in power now, they will endure.

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Ted Price @tedpricethepainguy.bsky.social · 14d

This is incredible and so inspiring on so many levels. This is what science can do.

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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 15d

A single-cell spatial transcriptomic census of human skin anatomy https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.22.676865v1

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.bsky.social · 15d

I'm so excited about it!

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 16d

NEW WRITING:

I talk about a new memoir that’s set to debut next week from Gazan physics student Wasim Said, aspiring astrophysicist, who has created a forceful record of the genocide. I also share parts of my conversations with Said.

The book is a must read. #BookSky 🧪⚛️🔭

Gazan Physicist: "This is happening to human beings like yourself"

New book by Gazan student Wasim Said on life and death during genocide is a cry for justice

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.bsky.social · 16d

Congratulations @amapruns.bsky.social and all! Can't wait to dig in to this dataset #PainResearch

bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 17d

Ultrasensitive proteomics uncovers nociceptor diversity and novel pain targets https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.20.677124v1

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.bsky.social · 16d

It's such a good week for preprints! Looking forward to reading this one www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #PainResearch

A multi-omic atlas of human autonomic and sensory ganglia implicates cell types in peripheral neuropathies

The human peripheral nervous system (PNS) consists of many ganglia, including sympathetic ganglia (SG) and dorsal root ganglia (DRG), that house the cell bodies of many constituent neuron types and no...

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.bsky.social · 17d

It's as if they didn't have a group of in house AI experts to consult with first...

Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 18d

At least 76 killed in Gaza City alone as 450,000 flee Israeli attacks on the coastal enclave’s main urban centre.

Israeli bombing kills over 90 Palestinians as Gaza City faces destruction

At least 76 killed in Gaza City alone as 450,000 flee Israeli attacks on the coastal enclave’s main urban centre.

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CAUT/ACPPU @caut.bsky.social · 20d

In Canada, proposed cuts of 15% across the federal government would have a dramatic effect on already globally decimated research & science.

Join Canada's research & science community and tell PM Mark Carney to preserve the funding promised in 2024.

Send a letter: win.newmode.net/canadianasso...

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Venus Bivar @vbivar.bsky.social · 19d

Well this is an exceptionally good history job. Wonders never cease.

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Research Chair in Transgender Studies - Victoria, British Columbia (CA) job with UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA | 398896

The University of Victoria invites applications for a Research Chair in Transgender Studies, a prestigious academic ...

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.bsky.social · 19d

Happy 1 year anniversary to the #PainResearch feed! 🧪🥳

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.bsky.social · 20d

Pretty sure this needs a delay constant for Deutsch Bahn

Miska Knapek @miskaknapek.bsky.social · 20d

#trains #transport #datavis #datascience

chronotrains.com - great tool for estimating travel distance vs travel times

created by Benjamin Tran Dinh

tip by @forrest.nyc

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.bsky.social · 21d

Oh perfect! Thanks both!

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.bsky.social · 21d

Has anyone trialled tissue expansion with skin? #PainResearch

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 22d

There are days I regret going into the lab side of biology and not the "scrub a happy alligator named Claude" side.

California Academy of Sciences @calacademy.bsky.social · 22d

It’s Trivia Tuesday! 🤓

Claude has a skincare routine! Once a week, Claude’s biologists will give him a scrub to help remove any algal buildup.

Claude loves these scrubs and they only take place if he wants them. So, if he’s looking extra green one day, assume he just wanted to skip this week.

Claude, our alligator with albinism closes his eyes as he enjoys getting his weekly scrub.

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Kate Sadler @katesadlerphd.bsky.social · 22d

1st paper from Sadler Lab is out!! Highlights: 1) A. muciniphila reverses sickle cell (SCD) pain, 2) fecal transplant from SCD mice induces pain via bilirubin-TRPM2 vagal signaling, 3) BilR+ bacteria less abundant in SCD patient poo, 4) RNAseq on HUMAN nodose ganglia! www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

Gut microbiota and metabolites drive chronic sickle cell disease pain in mice

Brandow et al. describe how the gut microbiome drives chronic sickle cell disease (SCD) pain. SCD guts contain excessive heme catabolites, fewer bacteria that metabolize bilirubin, and low levels of A...

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