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Dustin Green @dustinpgreen.bsky.social · 20d

Great pic!

Priyanka Pundir @priyankapundir.bsky.social · 20d

New lab group photo! This academic year we’ve welcomed two graduate students, Austin and Carly, and two undergraduate project students, Amara and Ellen. Grateful to be working with such a thoughtful, motivated group. #TeamMrgpr

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Dustin Green @dustinpgreen.bsky.social · Jul 25

Nice review out by @priyankapundir.bsky.social lab! Bitter Taste Receptors in Bacterial Infections and Innate Immunity - Rudolph - 2025 - Immunity, Inflammation and Disease - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Dustin Green @dustinpgreen.bsky.social · Jul 25

Very cool!

Ted Price @tedpricethepainguy.bsky.social · Jul 22

Our paper showing decreased KCC2 expression in the human spinal cord in people who died with a history of neuropathic pain is now published in PAIN: journals.lww.com/pain/abstrac... Great work from @oliviadavis.bsky.social and the teams of the De Koninck and Hildebrand labs. ❤️ 🇨🇦 collabs!

Decreased KCC2 expression in the human spinal dorsal horn... : PAIN

date there is no evidence supporting or opposing this hypothesis in humans. Here, we demonstrate that KCC2 expression is decreased in superficial dorsal horn neurons of organ donors who died with a do...

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Dustin Green @dustinpgreen.bsky.social · Jul 24

Need to tag lead author!: @rkothari.bsky.social

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Dustin Green @dustinpgreen.bsky.social · Jul 24

MrgprB2 back in the news. Stroke! Big new @cellpress.bsky.social paper with a lot of good friends on it: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... congrats to Ruchita, Risheng, Dr. Dong and the great @nathachitlim.bsky.social

A mast cell receptor mediates post-stroke brain inflammation via a dural-brain axis

The immune environment surrounding the brain plays a fundamental role in monitoring signs of injury. Insults, including ischemic stroke, can disrupt t…

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Dr. Rajesh Khanna of the KhannaLabUF @khannalabuf.bsky.social · Jul 15

HOWZAT!!!
JCI - Sensory neuron–expressed FGF13 controls nociceptive signaling in diabetic neuropathy models www.jci.org/articles/vie...

JCI - Sensory neuron–expressed FGF13 controls nociceptive signaling in diabetic neuropathy models

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Dustin Green @dustinpgreen.bsky.social · Jul 15

Nice new work out from Dussor lab on stress and migraine @utdallas.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Dustin Green @dustinpgreen.bsky.social · Jun 24

Great news 🔥

Ted Price @tedpricethepainguy.bsky.social · Jun 24

We finally have an impact factor at Neurobiology of Pain. Thanks to our editorial team: Michael Burton, @annatheneurosci.bsky.social, and Dave Seminowicz; the editorial board; and all our wonderful authors for submitting such great papers over the past several years.

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Dustin Green @dustinpgreen.bsky.social · Jun 18

Game changer.

Jason Ukman @jasonukman.bsky.social · Jun 18

BREAKING: What could be a seminal moment in the decades-long fight against HIV.

New from @statnews.com

www.statnews.com/2025/06/18/f...

HIV protection with just two shots a year: FDA approves Gilead drug

A new twice-yearly shot could be a "game changer" in the fight against AIDS, but experts' hopes have dimmed because of the current political climate.

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Dustin Green @dustinpgreen.bsky.social · Jun 3

It's by @egorodriguez.com

Dustin Green @dustinpgreen.bsky.social · Jun 3

By the great @egorodriguez.com

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Dustin Green @dustinpgreen.bsky.social · Jun 3

By @egorodriguez.com

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Dustin Green @dustinpgreen.bsky.social · Jun 2

Happy Pride 🏳️‍🌈

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Dustin Green @dustinpgreen.bsky.social · May 30

So happy to see more people studying MRGPR’s

Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · May 30

An amazing paper reveals the healing power of poop and a new molecular target for metabolic diseases (MRGPRE).
open.substack.com/pub/zendudes...

An amazing microbiome paper

The power of poop revealed

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Dustin Green @dustinpgreen.bsky.social · May 26

Trip Scripts is backkk ❤️

Dr. Shivani Ruparel @shivanibr.bsky.social · May 26

My latest travel Post on Sedona AZ: A Relaxing getaway for all age groups. #travel #sedona #arizona trips #redrocks #americandesert mytripscripts.com/2025/05/26/c...

Cool Trails & Red Rock Tales: A December Getaway to Sedona

There are some places that wrap you in a warm hug the moment you arrive, and Sedona in December is one of them. Nestled amidst towering red rock formations, this Arizona gem offers a tranquil retre…

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Dustin Green @dustinpgreen.bsky.social · May 21

Very cool!

Dr. Shivani Ruparel @shivanibr.bsky.social · May 17

Our paper in Journal of Pain challenges old labels: TrkB isnt just an A-LTMR marker. Its truncated isoform is expressed and functional in trigeminal nociceptors, opening new avenues for studying the receptor in pathological pain #painresearch www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Truncated TrkB: The predominant TrkB isoform in nociceptors

Truncated TrkB (TrkBT1), traditionally considered a dominant-negative regulator of full-length TrkB (TrkBTK+), remains poorly understood in peripheral…

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Dustin Green @dustinpgreen.bsky.social · May 14

Congratulations to Priya and to a mentor of mine @shivanibr.bsky.social

Dr. Shivani Ruparel @shivanibr.bsky.social · May 14

Congratulations to my student Priya Narayanan for an excellent performance on defending her MS thesis focused on the molecular mechanisms underlying oral mucositis @uthealthsa.bsky.social. I am a proud mentor today. #teachingisrewarding #graduateeducation

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Dustin Green @dustinpgreen.bsky.social · May 14

Thanks for the reporting @sutherlandphd.bsky.social

Stephani Sutherland @sutherlandphd.bsky.social · May 14

And it's unanimous! The NINDS Advisory Council has approved the HEAL pain research priority recommendations.

Dustin Green @dustinpgreen.bsky.social · May 5

Very nice!

Ted Price @tedpricethepainguy.bsky.social · May 5

This paper is now published in Nature Communications www.nature.com/articles/s41... Huge congrats to Stephanie Shiers on this magnum opus updating our view of Nageotte's legendary pathology work in the early 1900s.

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Dustin Green @dustinpgreen.bsky.social · May 4

Very cool idea

Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · May 3

Gave a talk at my parents’ retirement community to describe how science is done, and what is at stake. There was a ton of interest, and anyone can do this. Get the word out about how science affects everyone. I’m happy to share slides with anyone who asks- just get in touch! youtu.be/BY_SFgi-Cig

Kara Marshall PHD-History of Science in America - Trilogy at Tehaleh 04/27/25

YouTube video by Steve Lawson

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Dustin Green @dustinpgreen.bsky.social · May 3

See me Monday at #Immunology2025 latest on neuropeptides and mast cells at PosterBoard: 1214. #AAI2025

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Priyanka Pundir @priyankapundir.bsky.social · May 2

On our way to #Immunology2025! Catch our latest on mast cells at Posters 782 and 814. #AAI2025

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Dustin Green @dustinpgreen.bsky.social · Apr 30

Congratulations!

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Dustin Green @dustinpgreen.bsky.social · Apr 9

Congrats!

Daniel Castro @flanbrain.bsky.social · Apr 9

It finally happened, the Castro lab's first paper! Congrats to
@katybraden.bsky.social
!! In this review we examine what we know, and more importantly, what we DON'T know about neuropeptides in the dorsal raphe/ventromedial PAG. Here we go! www.frontiersin.org/journals/beh...

a drag queen wearing a blue dress with the word iconic on the front

ALT: a drag queen wearing a blue dress with the word iconic on the front

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Dustin Green @dustinpgreen.bsky.social · Apr 2

Lots of talent 🔥🔥🔥

Dr. Shivani Ruparel @shivanibr.bsky.social · Apr 1

Had a blast speaking and catching up w/ Nicole Scheff, @flybottleescape.bsky.social @robgereau.bsky.social @laurenslosky.bsky.social et al at the Center for Adv PainTher and Res (CAPToR) @ufresearch.bsky.social.Thank you @khannalabuf.bsky.social and @maykhanna.bsky.social for hosting us.

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