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Ishmail Abdus-Saboor @ishmailsaboor.bsky.social · 13h

I’m extremely honored to be a recipient of the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award!

Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social · 18h

Congratulations to @ishmailsaboor.bsky.social on receiving the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award, celebrating “scientists with outstanding records of creativity.” His lab will explore how the sense of touch can help build relationships. 🫶🧠💡

See zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/zuckerman-in...

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Rose Z. Hill, Ph.D. @rose-hill.bsky.social · 2d

I remember discussing the scurfy mouse in immunology class, which initially arose from basic research done at a national lab with government funds (Oak Ridge NL, near where my father grew up)...what an important finding to earn this year's Nobel Prize.

Nature @nature.com · 3d

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi "for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance"

Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. It also demonstrates the fairness of the prize, as Mary Brunkow is a Senior Program Manager (not a professor) at the @isbscience.org
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Lori O'Brien @llobrienlab.bsky.social · 5d

Sharing this excellent review now out from postdoc Sarah McLarnon! Lots of useful info on 3D imaging, quantification of imaging data, and how this has been applied to the kidney. And since it's #FluorescenceFriday, sharing a figure with our own imaging data!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Figure from our review paper showing various fluorescence microscopy images of cells and structures of the kidney

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Rose Z. Hill, Ph.D. @rose-hill.bsky.social · 5d

Can confirm that was said

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Mathew Summers @summersathome.bsky.social · 6d

Check out our resource for navigating and analyzing spatial transcriptomics data in the thalamus, which we fondly call "the THALMANAC" (𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐋amus 𝐌ERFISH 𝐀𝐍alysis and 𝐀𝐂cess), now live on bioRxiv:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Exploring the correspondence between gene expression and thalamic nuclei using the THALMANAC resource

The thalamus connects the sensory organs and major subcortical brain regions with the neocortex. The thalamus has long been divided into multiple discrete nuclei, based on cytoarchitecture, histochemi...

www.biorxiv.org

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Rocio Servin @rocioservin.bsky.social · 8d

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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NYU Pain Research Center @nyupainresearch.bsky.social · 19d

Huge news! The Moayedi Lab has officially received their first R01 grant to study the neural mechanisms of astringency transduction and sensation! Can we get a whoop whoop hooray?! 🥳🎉🪩 @yaldamoayedi.bsky.social

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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
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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...

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 22d

Newest paper from the lab, looking at how somatosensory neuron development and function is altered in a Pten haploinsufficient model of ASD. Work was all done by @alefdzphd.bsky.social, who just started an independent position at UTRGV.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Altered Primary Somatosensory Neuron Development in a Pten Heterozygous Model for Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by deficits in social interactions, repetitive behaviors, and hyper- or hyposensitivity to sensory stimuli. The c....

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Marissa Co @marissaco.bsky.social · 22d

I'm thrilled and honored to share that I've received a @simonsfoundation.org Fellows-to-Faculty award for my research on autism heterogeneity! Incredibly grateful for the support as I transition to tenure-track professorship 🧠 www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/09/16/s...

Simons Foundation Announces Recipients of 2025 Fellows-to-Faculty Awards

The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the 2025 class of Fellows-to-Faculty Fellows.

www.simonsfoundation.org

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Rose Z. Hill, Ph.D. @rose-hill.bsky.social · 22d

Well deserved! Congratulations 🎉

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Rose Z. Hill, Ph.D. @rose-hill.bsky.social · Sep 4

Celebrating good news for the lab (Janelle's fellowship and Lily's PROPEL acceptance). So proud of our awesome team!

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Jonathan Pruneda @jnpruneda.bsky.social · Aug 26

Come be my boss! We’re looking for a passionate and supportive leader for our Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. Research in MMI spans diverse models and systems of host-pathogen interactions. Come join us in the beautiful Pacific NW!

facultycareers-ohsu.icims.com/jobs/35624/c...

Faculty Portal | OHSU

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Rose Z. Hill, Ph.D. @rose-hill.bsky.social · Aug 15

My Ph.D. advisor taught me to celebrate upon submission. And re-submission. Or in this case, re-re-re-re-re-resubmission.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · Aug 13

Over 20 years after Julius’s lab and mine cloned TRPM8, it is rewarding to see this science helping patients. The TRPM8 agonist Tryptyr treats dry eye by increasing tear production. A reminder that NIH-funded curiosity-driven research translates to medicines.
tryptyr.myalcon.com?gad_source=1...

TRYPTYR (acoltremon ophthalmic solution) 0.003% eye drops | Alcon US

TRYPTYR is a prescription eye drop used for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease. See prescribing information, how to save, and more.

tryptyr.myalcon.com

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Nature Reviews Nephrology @natrevneph.nature.com · Aug 12

Our August issue focuses on the under-recognized risk of cognitive impairment and dementia in people with chronic kidney disease. #CKD
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Cognitive impairment in chronic kidney disease

The risk of cognitive impairment and dementia in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is under-recognised.

www.nature.com

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Elizabeth Sypek @elizabethis.bsky.social · Aug 5

Its very easy to feel defeated these days. Getting to see what our HEAL K12 scholars have achieved is a much needed boost. The future of pain medicine is strong :)

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Kara McKinley @karalmckinley.bsky.social · Jul 23

A beautifully written piece on a terrible time

www.science.org/content/arti...

My academic job offer was rescinded. I’ll keep going—but U.S. researchers are running out of road

Despite an uncertain future, this postdoc will “keep doing the science I love while I still have a bench”

www.science.org

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · Jul 22

No better time to call or email your members of Congress. Next year’s NIH budget is being debated in the Senate. A new nonpartisan campaign is making it easy to defend science and protect America’s innovation. Just follow this link to contact your representatives: www.protectscienceandinnovation.org

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Dmitri Petrov @petrovadmitri.bsky.social · Jul 11

There is no better feeling than to see people in your lab succeed!

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Jul 8

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

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Rose Z. Hill, Ph.D. @rose-hill.bsky.social · Jul 3

Congratulations! I remember you first started your lab while I was deep in my Ph.D. and it has been so inspiring following your career as a fellow sensory neurobiologist. 🎉 Well deserved.

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Rose Z. Hill, Ph.D. @rose-hill.bsky.social · Jul 3

Our review on kidney sensory innervation is out! It was such an honor to write about all the amazing work from my colleagues in this growing field of renal interoception. Yay kidneys! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Rose Z. Hill, Ph.D. @rose-hill.bsky.social · Jun 10

First dorsal root ganglion prep of the new lab, a few logistical hiccups but we have cultured neurons! Thanks to the colleagues who let me borrow so many things!

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