Documenting this for the imposter in me: 2nd place award at the 31st Annual Cooley Neuroscience Poster Session. Grateful for all the support, encouragement, and great discussions! #Aging #bladder #mechanosensation 🧠⚙️🚽

Please encourage undergraduates with an interest in biomedical research to apply! Deadline is December 22. $15,000 stipend for the 9 week @hhmi-science.bsky.social Cech Fellows Program.

Controlled settings may offer limited insight into the complexities of ageing in natural and variable ecosystems, and why (and how) ageing patterns vary so widely across individuals, populations, and species. We call for more research on ecology of ageing! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Our story on mechanosensation in baroreceptor cells of the kidney is finally out! Well worth the wait on this project we began in 2020 that turned into a massive collaborative effort within the kidney field. 🫘 www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...

Please join us at CSHL May 12-16 to dig deeper into brain body interactions! Abstract deadline is in February, and in CSHL tradition, most talks will be chosen from abstracts. Link below.

Our new paper on valve disease in aged #zebrafish is out! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... This has been a long running collaborative effort with contributions from lots of great people!

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

Jim Hudspeth has died 💔 I am so sad. He was probably my favorite hearing researcher of all time. Absolute genius and also generous - he spent hours on the phone advising me on my career even tho we barely knew each other. May his memory be a blessing. www.ted.com/talks/jim_hu...

When I met Jim, I was as intrigued by his person as I was by his scientific brilliance. As I listened to his stories of mischievous youth and journey in science, I hadn’t realized our connection until he lit up and said, “Ooo, I didn’t know I have a great-grand daughter!” Thank you for the legacy.

We are deeply saddened to share that our friend and colleague Jim Hudspeth passed away on Saturday. We will remember and continue to be inspired by Jim’s integrity, his humility, and his unwavering commitment to discovery.

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...

Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages. ki.se/en/about-ki/...

Excited to share our review on Hallmark of Stem Cell Aging! With Tom Rando and Peggy Goodell @goodell-lab.bsky.social!! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#AgingResearch: where your model organism isn’t the only one showing phenotypic changes.

I’m so honored to be selected as both a 2025 McKnight Scholar and 2025 HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar. And I couldn’t be prouder to share these honors with awesome @ucdavis.bsky.social colleagues 💙💛💙💛 health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlin...

BOOM! www.nature.com/articles/s41... I think this is a big step forward for the field. Congrats to Lauren Donovan and @vivtawfik-mdphd.bsky.social and the whole Tawfik lab team.

Are you interested in how cells talk to each other to promote regeneration in the heart? @bailinwu.bsky.social @florian-constanty.bsky.social and I are and we wrote a review about it ❤️🐟🐭 Check it out here 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

How do we taste sweetness? HHMI Investigator Charles Zuker’s lab at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social just revealed the structure of the human sweet receptor. This discovery could help cut sugar without cutting taste—unlocking big possibilities for the future of food. Read more: hhmi.news/3F0plr4

An example of what we in the NIH Intramural program can accomplish. Excited to share our latest paper in close collaboration with Nick Ryba's group. We examined how inflammation transforms representation in somatosensory neurons to cause pain. Lots of surprises here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Updated the lab whiteboard in hopes of cheering folks up but I think we’re gonna need a bigger “bladder balloon”.

Was thoroughly confused by this 🦋 notification?! Took me a minute to realize what’s up lol

This is an important reminder. Though we may individually seek to address “impactful” questions or “transform” a field, don’t lose sight of the fact that it’s the collective effort of thousands that move things forward, slowly. Neither you nor your innovative ideas just fell out of a coconut tree 🌴