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Ted Price @tedpricethepainguy.bsky.social · Aug 28

I realized reading Dear Reader, the Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il that some extraordinary men can see mitochondria with their naked eyes just walking around so I’m not surprised.

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · Aug 28

RFK Jr: “I’m looking at kids as I walk through the airports today and see these kids that are just overburdened with mitochondrial challenges, inflammation. You can tell from their faces, movements, and lack of social connection”

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Pain Research Forum @painresforum.bsky.social · Aug 31

The latest papers published in pain research are now on PRF! Dr. Alex Chesler provides a curated list for Aug. 22-28, 2025 and a commentary on his pick for Paper of the Week! painresearchforum.org/paper @utdpaincenter.bsky.social @nyupainresearch.bsky.social @iasp.bsky.social @usasp.bsky.social

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International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) @iasp.bsky.social · Aug 25

Webinar – 8 September
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Exploratory Human Research
Register: bit.ly/478tBk2
ML/AI approaches are currently redrawing statistics, as they demonstrate an ability to separate complex data finding unpredicted patterns.
#PainEducation

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Ted Price @tedpricethepainguy.bsky.social · Aug 27

Please consider donating. This is an incredible resource that is the foundation for so much of what we know in biology.

FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · Aug 15

FlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...

FlyBase:Contribute to FlyBase - FlyBase Wiki

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Ted Price @tedpricethepainguy.bsky.social · Aug 24

very well done video on what is happening to basic health research right now all over the US: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...

Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.

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Ann Kennedy @antihebbiann.bsky.social · Aug 22

Can't wait to read this preprint from Misha Ahrens and team. Calcium imaging in larval zebrafish, in every cell in the body! Amazing.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Pain Research Forum @painresforum.bsky.social · Aug 22

The list of the latest published pain papers is out now on PRF! Dr. Qiufu Ma's curated list for August 15-21, 2025 and his choice for Editor's pick can be found here: painresearchforum.org/paper @iasp.bsky.social @nyupainresearch.bsky.social @utdpaincenter.bsky.social @sutherlandphd.bsky.social

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Diana Tavares Ferreira @dianatavf.bsky.social · Aug 19

This work is finally online as in-press preview!

JCI - Cell and molecular profiles in peripheral nerves shift toward inflammatory phenotypes in diabetic peripheral neuropathy www.jci.org/articles/vie...

JCI - Cell and molecular profiles in peripheral nerves shift toward inflammatory phenotypes in diabetic peripheral neuropathy

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Aubin Moutal @aubinmoutal.bsky.social · Aug 18

A big game changer in the CRMP2 game bringing together old and new litterature and further validating CRMP2 phosphorylation at S522 as a excellent therapeutic target for alleviating pain.

PAIN @painthejournal.bsky.social · Aug 18

Jiang et al. find that collapsin response mediator protein 2 phosphorylation in CD4+ T cells affects spinal infiltration and pain modulation, hinting at novel therapies for rheumatoid arthritis–related chronic pain. Learn more in #PAIN bit.ly/3HnqDO4

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Harrison Stratton @hstratton.bsky.social · Aug 17

Really enjoyed going to see the Steeler's preseason game yesterday! The Steeler's played well but in the end lost to Tampa Bay. It was my first time to a Steeler's game and I have to say I enjoyed it. Although it was very hot!

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Ted Price @tedpricethepainguy.bsky.social · Aug 16

This preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... is now accepted for publication in JCI! Heavily revised manuscript with tons of exciting new data should be online soon. Huge congrats to @dianatavf.bsky.social who led this project with incredible creativity and skill, just like she always does!

Deciphering the molecular landscape of human peripheral nerves: implications for diabetic peripheral neuropathy

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is a prevalent complication of diabetes mellitus that is caused by metabolic toxicity to peripheral axons. We aimed to gain deep mechanistic insight into the disea...

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Harrison Stratton @hstratton.bsky.social · Aug 16

Congrats!! 🙌

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · Feb 10

Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap initiated by Tom Maniatis. Please amplify
Sign the Petition: chng.it/kK2HMP5pGk
"Share with Leadership & Faculty. Reach out to professional societies, biotech and pharma leaders, and philanthropic organizations to raise awareness and mobilize support."

Sign the Petition

Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap (NOT-OD-25-068)

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Pain Research Forum @painresforum.bsky.social · Aug 13

What do you think Lee et al.’s findings in @natcomms.nature.com of a feedforward amplification circuit for cool sensation, as well as a modality-specific spinal pathway for thermal processing, do for our understanding of thermosensation? bit.ly/3JlS8rS #PRF

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Harrison Stratton @hstratton.bsky.social · Aug 10

This is incredible! Congrats on the manuscript!

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Ewan St. John Smith @psalmotoxin.bsky.social · Aug 10

Hats off to lead author Tony Lim who drove this project from writing the fellowship application, to establishing new techniques in the lab.

We developed a reversible self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) system that encodes innate immune suppression directly within saRNA.

Next step, in vivo!

eLife @elife.bsky.social · Aug 10

A promising new approach for self-amplifying RNA that avoids triggering strong inflammatory responses in cells, paving the way for safer, longer-lasting gene therapies without immune suppression.
buff.ly/xQWCPhJ

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Pain Research Forum @painresforum.bsky.social · Aug 8

Just posted on Pain Research Forum! Dr. Greg Scherrer's curated list of pain-related papers published August 1-7, 2025 and his choice for Editor's pick. Check it out at painresearchforum.org @iasp.bsky.social @nyupainresearch.bsky.social @utdpaincenter.bsky.social @sutherlandphd.bsky.social

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Harrison Stratton @hstratton.bsky.social · Aug 9

It's so beautiful there! How do you build a fake ruin? That's quite intriguing to me.

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Harrison Stratton @hstratton.bsky.social · Aug 8

Check out our new paper in Nature Communications! CRMP5 is a central regulator of pain and DRG hyper-excitability!

Aubin Moutal @aubinmoutal.bsky.social · Aug 8

I’m proud to share that our first paper from the lab has just been published in Nature Communications: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This work uncovers a mechanism by which autoantibodies targeting CRMP5 contribute to neuropathic pain in paraneoplastic syndromes.
#PainResearch

Anti-CV2/CRMP5 autoantibodies as drivers of sensory neuron excitability and pain in rats - Nature Communications

Lung and thymoma cancer patients often suffer from autoimmunity and related painful neuropathies. Here the authors show that patient-derived anti-CRMP5 autoantibody binds to rat dorsal root ganglia to...

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Pain Research Forum @painresforum.bsky.social · Aug 6

What do you think Li et al.’s findings in @natcomms.nature.com of a non-canonical dynorphin receptor does to change our understanding of the endogenous opioid system? bit.ly/3J9hxoA #EditorsPick #PRF

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · Aug 1

‘Congress has your back’: US senators tell scientists they want to protect NIH budget
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

‘Congress has your back’: US senators tell scientists they want to protect NIH budget

Senate budget bill includes small increase for the health-research agency — but faces a long road before being signed into law.

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Pain Research Forum @painresforum.bsky.social · Jul 30

Do you have any questions about the current understanding and treatment of #migraine? Check out the newest episode of the Pain Beat moderated by @julietmwirigi.bsky.social! bit.ly/3GGjCYu #podcast #newepisode #PRF

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · Jul 28

cool explainer thread ⬇️

Alt-NIHscience4ALL @alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info · Jul 28

The Grant Submission Process Part 1B
We went through the basics of the grant submission process last time, but there were some aspects that are helped by understanding how to read a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). We’ll go over the parent R01 announcement:

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

PA-25-301: NIH Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: NIH Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) PA-25-301. NIH

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Nature Neuroscience @natneuro.nature.com · Jul 22

We're hiring! Nature Neuroscience is hiring an Associate or Senior Editor with experience in cellular and molecular neuroscience, glia, and genomics to work in our New York or Shanghai office. Applications are due August 19.

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Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Neuroscience

Title: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Neuroscience Location(s): New York or Shanghai – Hybrid working model Application Deadline: August 18th About Springer Nature Springer Nature is one of the le...

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