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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 18h

we are almost booked! Only a handful of openings left. So, please do attend if you register. Also, here is the poster!

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 18h

I can’t wait for the backlash to this backlash to happen.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 1d

Attending #SfN2025 in San Diego☀️? Don’t miss the Dorris Neuroscience Center Symposium at @scripps.edu, happening right before the meeting. A great lineup of speakers to kick off your SfN week. Plan your trip accordingly and register for free here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/dorris-neu...

Please amplify!

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 1d

Bryan!! Are you saying postdocs don’t count or matter?? 🤣

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 1d

This @scripps.edu place is pretty decent!

Scripps Research @scripps.edu · 1d

Former Scripps Research assistant professor Shimon Sakaguchi has been awarded the 2025 #NobelPrize for discovering regulatory T cells—work that reshaped immunology and inspired therapies now in clinical trials for cancer, autoimmune disease and transplant complications.

Former Scripps Research assistant professor awarded 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

ow.ly

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Science Magazine @science.org · 2d

This year’s #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three scientists for discovering how the immune system distinguishes friend from foe. https://scim.ag/3Wt5rdi

Medicine Nobel goes to three researchers who identified immune system’s security guards

Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi discovered regulatory T cells that prevent autoimmune disease

scim.ag

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 2d

Love this story about one of today's Nobel winners, Mary Brunkow.

(She and colleague Fred Ramsdell, working at Celltech (RIP), uncovered the role of Foxp3 in the development of Tregs.)

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 13d

Got my invitation to the Nobel Prize Ceremony and Banquet. Curious who will be recognized this year in Physiology or Medicine and in Chemistry. Looking forward to celebrating with the amazing scientists. Announcements are coming up October 6 and 9.

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Cordero-Vásquez Lab @cvlab.bsky.social · 4d

Our new PNAS paper "Enhanced PIEZO1 function contributes to the pathogenesis of sickle cell disease" is out: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 1/3

Enhanced PIEZO1 function contributes to the pathogenesis of sickle cell disease | PNAS

Sickle cell disease (SCD), an inherited blood disorder caused by a mutation in the β-globin gene, is characterized by sickle erythrocytes that are ...

www.pnas.org

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 4d

Yes! At least one example, but I forgot the specifics. I had a lot of fun presenting an Ig last year.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 6d

Nice job, SD Padres!

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Rocio Servin @rocioservin.bsky.social · 7d

We’re hiring!
My new Gut–Brain Axis Lab at Northwestern is looking for a Research Technologist 2 to help build the lab and explore how the nervous system shapes gut health and disease.
🔬 Apply here: myhr.northwestern.edu/psp/hrnu/EMP...

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 10d

Dodgers: All that money, and still no bye… awkward.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 10d

FYI: At least in California anyone can get COVID vaccine as long they have not had one the last 2 months.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 10d

I ❤️ vaccines!

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 11d

OMG. I read this wrong. It IS reviewer 3...

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 12d

Reviewer 2 out of 4 has taken on the traditional villain role this round… Are you reading this, reviewer 2? You are being unreasonable.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 13d

October 6 and 8.... Also, it's Dr. Nancy Hong, not Mrs 🙄

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 13d

Got my invitation to the Nobel Prize Ceremony and Banquet. Curious who will be recognized this year in Physiology or Medicine and in Chemistry. Looking forward to celebrating with the amazing scientists. Announcements are coming up October 6 and 9.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 18d

I will give the UCL Prize Lecture in Life and Medical Sciences. If you are in London on December 3, come say hello. Registration is required but free:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ucl-prize-...

UCL Prize Lecture in Life and Medical Sciences 2025

The UCL Prize Lecture in Life and Medical Sciences is a prize awarded annually since 1997 to individuals who have excelled in these fields.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 19d

A favorite sight in Munich is watching the river surfers. I wonder how San Diego surfers would handle these waves.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 20d

Apparently, chimpanzees consume equivalent of 1-2 standard alcoholic drinks per day in the wild via fermented fruit!! (h/t Nick Villarino)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Ethanol ingestion via frugivory in wild chimpanzees

Natural daily consumption of dietary alcohol by chimpanzees suggests human attraction to alcohol may come from our ancestral diet.

www.science.org

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 20d

New preprint alert! The uterus expands ~500-fold in pregnancy, yet we know little about how pressures are sensed. Led by @yunxiao-dr.bsky.social, we show PIEZOs are required for contractions and birth in mice, with dual roles of PIEZO1 in muscle and PIEZO2 in neurons
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

PIEZO channels link mechanical forces to uterine contractions in parturition

Mechanical forces are extensively involved in pregnancy and parturition, but their precise roles and mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here, we identify mechanically activated ion channels PIEZO1 a...

www.biorxiv.org

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 23d

Why does @bsky.app keep feeding me posts I’ve already liked? I know I’m getting older, but this feels insulting.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 25d

Conformity and refusal: a reminder!

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