Personal apologies to everyone who came to “sunny” San Diego for #SfN2025.🌧️😱

And here is the story after peer review. This work highlights our current approach, which is to use Piezo channels to uncover new areas of biology that are shaped by mechanical forces: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

If you’re coming to #SfN2025, check out the San Diego Symphony while you’re here in their gorgeous renovated hall close to the convention Ctr. Great programs! I’ll be at the concerts on Nov 15, 22, and 23 (w labbies). Come say hi if you spot me there. www.sandiegosymphony.org/tickets-even...

Scripps Research Nobel Prize–winning neuroscientist @ardemp.bskyverified.social was featured on @scifri.bsky.social, where he reflected on the biology of touch, his early career path in science, and why he believes great scientists are practical dreamers who balance bold ideas with scientific rigor.

Interesting to compare the “Big spenders”. www.science.org/content/arti... Also this quote: Bargmann “recounts that when she took the CZI job in 2016, HHMI head Erin O’Shea offered a warning. “She said, ‘I just want you to know that my job is easier than your job, because Howard Hughes is dead.’”

"Even Nobel Prize Winners Deal With Imposter Syndrome": Check this out @scifri.bsky.social: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/ard...

Giving a lecture tomorrow at #AHA25 in New Orleans. Making sure some of my other senses are well taken care of tonight!

RIP Jim Watson. You inspired many of us to pursue a life in research. I wish you had made it easier for us to celebrate your legacy.

I have always loved the phrase: “When you make it to the end zone, act like you have been there before.”

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I didn’t expect to show up in a political cartoon this year, but I’m grateful. @chappatte.bsky.social ’s work has always stood out for its wit and courage, and his series “USA: Those Who Resist” captures this moment perfectly. How good is your French?

A cartoon by @chappatte.bsky.social. #GlobeCartoons

This is heartbreaking 💔 to read. Thank you 🙏 for sharing this with us. I want to apologize to you on behalf of real Americans. It’s a painful reminder that we must keep resisting these harmful policies so we don’t lose more people like @wwenneuro.bsky.social, whom we spent over a decade training.

The President of the United States is so upset about his failed campaign for a Nobel Prize that he's now trying to claim someone else's prize as his own. Pathetic.

Why fundamental research is fundamental to progress, seeding major breakthroughs Editorial @nature.com this week And 7 basic science discoveries that changed the world nature.com/articles/d41... nature.com/articles/d41...

Molecular & Cellular Physiology (MCP) Monday We are recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor to join the Dept of Molecular & Cellular Physiology at Stanford. Apply to be our colleague 1/n facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...

Donald Trump's approval rating in our tracker has fallen to -18, the lowest it has ever been (lower than any point in his first term) www.economist.com/interactive/...

“It could always be worse” somehow cheers me up (don’t judge my coping mechanism). It feels especially relevant while watching this administration mess with health policies and NIH funding. Things are bad, but they’ll get worse if we don’t stay united and keep resisting.

One year ago

good grief.

Football ⚽️ in San Diego. Impressive fan base in San Diego FC’s inaugural season. A fun playoff win against Portland last night.

I read somewhere that Bluesky is like a dry wedding... harsh!

Tune in virtually Oct 27–28 for the 2025 Welch Conference—which includes Dr. Peter Schultz & Dr. Stuart Schreiber! Hosted by Dr. Kevan Shokat, with leading scientists exploring “New Horizons in Drug Discovery.” 🎥 Free to join: cvent.me/Evevn8

This nutty, chocolately, earthy, fishy coffee is made from beans eaten and excreted by civet cats go.nature.com/3WY1VI9

Volunteering to engage high school students from diverse backgrounds is vital for the future of science and research. Go Marissa! Check out the program she co-founded:

Fantastic seminar today by Vanessa Ruta from Rockefeller. Anton Maximov and I took advantage of our 1:1 time to talk science outdoors!

I just scheduled a seminar for spring/summer of 2028! 🙄

No kings! See you Tomorrow www.nokings.org

VERY TROUBLING NEWS REGARDING NIH INSTITUTE DIRECTORS A new appointment for NIEHS 1/3

😮😮😮 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Great lab outing today! What a great group of trainees.

My @hhmi.org renewal material is due in December. If successful, my lab will receive another 7 years of support. I don’t usually enjoy grant writing, but this one feels different; looking back at our progress and planning ahead has been genuinely rewarding. So proud of my labbies!

During these uncertain times, I’m very happy to see that my institution, @scripps.edu has an open tenure-track Assistant Professor position. Any field in Chemistry or Biology is welcome. I’d especially love to see fellow neuroscientists apply. Please repost! apply.interfolio.com/174756

Go Bruins! UCLA and a Pell Grant changed my life. After coming from Lebanon and working at an Armenian newspaper and Domino’s Pizza, I found my passion for biomedical research. Public universities and science funding truly make a difference. newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/3-no...

My OpEd piece in US News & World Report, about not wanting my life to be book-ended by two fascist regimes and about the state of higher education in this country, www.usnews.com/opinion/arti... has now been republished in German translation by JOSHA: josha-journal.org/en/categorie...

YES

When 2 life science discoveries converge: solving a ~3 decade mystery of extraordinary longevity and healthspan + an essential cell danger sensor And related ongoing clinical trials! erictopol.substack.com/p/a-long-awa...

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If you’re coming to #SfN2025, check out the San Diego Symphony while you’re here in their gorgeous renovated hall close to the convention Ctr. Great programs! I’ll be at the concerts on Nov 15, 22, and 23 (w labbies). Come say hi if you spot me there. www.sandiegosymphony.org/tickets-even...

Totally understandable, but devastating for MIT and for the US. This is just the beginning.

Great Job - Great Colleagues - Great Science👍 Help us pick the next generation of @hhmi.org Investigators, Freeman Hrabowski Scholars, Hanna Gray Fellows, Gilliam Fellows Relocation to DC is required, perfect for academic PIs looking for their next chapter hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...

The Nobel Peace Committee sent a clear message to someone else in awarding the Prize to Ms. Machado: ”But democracy is also in retreat internationally. Democracy – understood as the right to freely express one’s opinion, …is the foundation of peace both within countries and between countries.” 👏

"Immigrants, we get the job done" www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

Finally out: our recent work with Nick Betley is a view into how the brain reshapes its behavior in the face of competing survival needs- and also a potential angle on treatment targets for enduring pain. A brief rundown... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

Congrats to the winners! Its notable that Omar Yaghi was a refugee. Refugees and immigrants once again making American science great!

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

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!

This @scripps.edu place is pretty decent!

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