Interested in applying to a PhD program? It is still not too late to register to our virtual open house next Tuesday (5:30-6:30PM) - where you can hear about our Multidisciplinary PhD program in Biomedical Sciences rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Just finished my kidney physiology lectures to medical students. Time to prepare for my talk at the Budapest Nephrology School in the summer. Excited to visit my old hometown and my alma mater – Semmelweis University.

“The preliminary plan would slash the National Institutes of Health’s budget by more than 40% ….” if this happens, it will destroy the US Biomedical Enterprise. I hope Congress will not let it happen. www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/p...

Sensing warm temperatures is complex, and the temperature-sensitive TRPV1 and TRPM2 #ionchannels play different roles: doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

TRPA1 and TRPM3 ion channels in central terminals of sensory neurons facilitate synaptic activity in the spinal dorsal horn physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...

Cool new structures of KCNQ5 voltage gated K+ channels with PIP2 and CaM in the open and closed states. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40172963/

Great crowd in Pittsburgh Standing Up for Science. Thanks to all of the other great speakers sharing their stories!

Stand up for science rally in the Wisconsin Capitol ✊🏾

Standing Up for Science in Boston today!

The Stand Up for Science 2025 rally has begun! Get fired up and fund basic science! #standupforsciencephilly

And here is one of the most pressing ones from today’s Stand up for Science: “what do we want ? - Peer review - when do we want it - Now !!!”

Stand up for Science - Trenton NJ

Some good-ish news from NIH “Federal Register notices for study sections run by CSR (but not those by ICs) will start being permitted again” As far as I know, the timing for this is not clear, but I will be checking the Federal Register.

The Brain Health Institute at Rutgers is hosting a postdoc recruitment event April 22-23. Grad students and postdocs looking for postdoc positions, apply today to present your work, network with colleagues, and connect with potential mentors. brainhealthinstitute.rutgers.edu/2025-bhi-pos...

My all time favorite scientific abstract: concise and elegant.

Happy Holidays Everyone !

I wrote some thoughts about why peer review matters It shapes scientific standards, maintains field coherence & trains new researchers Yes, it needs improvement—but it's the glue that holds scientific progress together briscoelab.org/2024/12/11/i...

Very well done thesis work and defense, Congrats Dr. Gabrielle !

"Happy Saint Nicholaus Day! 🎅✨ (or Mikulas) for those of you who celebrate! Today we celebrate the spirit of kindness and generosity. May your shoes be filled with joy, love, and maybe a few treats too! 🥰🎁 #SaintNicholasDay #HolidaySeason

How is life without TRPC channels ? Surprisingly, it is possible, at least in mice, which are viable and fertile after genetic deletion of all 7 TRPC genes. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

The deadline to apply to our Cell Biology, Neuroscience and Physiology (CBNP) PhD program is January 3 for in person interviews. Better to apply earlier as in person slots tend to fill up sooner. njms.rutgers.edu/sgs/prospect...

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone !

Cool paper on the role of overactive TRPM8 mutations in corneal pain after LASIK surgery: www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...

Real science: 1. Is not correlated with the amount of funding 2. Progresses slowly, usually taking many years 3. Leads to more questions than it answers 4. Advances when we disengage & in improvisational discussions 5. Is too important a thing to be done in a non-playful way

"i'm sorry i used your pipette i thought it was mine"

"and it turns out it didn't work because I forgot the dNTPs!

Cannot agree more....

Is basic science undervalued? David Glanzman (UCLA) talks about the decline of 'middle class' labs and that "there is no empirical evidence that the translational approach accomplishes this [cures] any better than the traditional one. Claims to the contrary at this point are mere propaganda."

If you don’t feel stupid doing science, you’re not trying hard enough.

Piezo channels (also) conduct outwardly rectifying chloride currents by Jerome Lacroix, in Biophysical Journal: www.cell.com/biophysj/abs...

Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline.