A detailed Script of one of my most elite trips in the US #lovetravel #lovenature #alaska #glaciers #wildlife #summervacations mytripscripts.com/2025/12/29/a...

Center for Pain Therapeutics and Addiction Research. @uthealthsa.bsky.social is searching for a tenure-track faculty recruit. Outstanding Envt and colleagues. Please apply or share widely. #neuroscience #painresearch #addictionresearch #orofacialpain uthscsa.referrals.selectminds.com/faculty/jobs...

I was extremely lucky to receive two RO1s in the current climate literally just before the fiscal year end and government shutdown🙏 I so wish this was the story of all academic scientists in the US. #savescience news.uthscsa.edu/school-of-de...

Original: Drs. Merlo, @shivanibr.bsky.social et al. discovered that TrkBT1, not full-length TrkB, is the main isoform in trigeminal nociceptors. It modulates BDNF-induced sensitization and survival, redefining TrkBT1 as an active player in pain signaling   Full: www.jpain.org/article/S152...

My latest travel Post on Sedona AZ: A Relaxing getaway for all age groups. #travel #sedona #arizona trips #redrocks #americandesert mytripscripts.com/2025/05/26/c...

What we do in the newly established Center of Pain Therapeutics and Addiction Research (CPTAR) in School of Dentistry @uthealthsa.bsky.social #painresearch magazines.uthscsa.edu/schools/2025...

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Our paper in Journal of Pain challenges old labels: TrkB isnt just an A-LTMR marker. Its truncated isoform is expressed and functional in trigeminal nociceptors, opening new avenues for studying the receptor in pathological pain #painresearch www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Congratulations to my student Priya Narayanan for an excellent performance on defending her MS thesis focused on the molecular mechanisms underlying oral mucositis @uthealthsa.bsky.social. I am a proud mentor today. #teachingisrewarding #graduateeducation

New paper out from my lab and Dr. Akopian's lab. First of its kind to characterize mechanically-gated trigeminal neurons in non-rodent higher order species. #painresearch #nonrodentmodels www.eneuro.org/content/earl...

UT Health San Antonio ranks among the top 50 medical schools in the nation for National Institutes of Health research funding. news.uthscsa.edu/ut-health-sa...

Had a blast speaking and catching up w/ Nicole Scheff, @flybottleescape.bsky.social @robgereau.bsky.social @laurenslosky.bsky.social et al at the Center for Adv PainTher and Res (CAPToR) @ufresearch.bsky.social.Thank you @khannalabuf.bsky.social and @maykhanna.bsky.social for hosting us.

#Cancer research needs #neuroscience and neuroscientists. Sharing some thoughts on #CancerNeuroscience, together with Frank Winkler. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Yet another reason to be proud of @uthealthsa.bsky.social news.uthscsa.edu/ut-health-sa...

Interesting article "suggesting a need to recalibrate recruitment expectations. Even moderately above-average individuals on these key dimensions may merit greater recognition due to their scarcity". www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Anyone interested in a PhD in pain research, we have a fully-funded position available in the Weir lab. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

@dereklowe.bsky.social on the evolving suzetrigine and acute and chronic pain story: www.science.org/content/blog... Certainly going to be some interesting times ahead in this area. I agree with him, I think the patient experience in the real world is going to be a huge determining factor...

Hope springs anew in 2025! 🌸 Here's to a year of breakthroughs in pain relief and brighter, pain-free days ahead for chronic pain patients. #PainRelief NaV1.8 inhibitor poised to provide opioid-free pain relief www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Wishing everyone and your families a very safe, healthy and an uneventful 2025! May the magic continue in all your lives😍

My uncle in his retirement graduated from flying school, bought a plane and then built it, to tour around the world. And now I get to ride in it for free. I feel so royal 😬

arthritis-research.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... on the role of macrophages in experimental OA pain

BOOM! Great stuff on the truncated TrkB isoform in nociception and nociceptors from @shivanibr.bsky.social's lab #painresearch www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

POG, from dried roots of Saposhnikovia divaricata, may help treat #OA by regulating lncRNA XIST & Nav1.7. POG improves cartilage damage, reduces inflammation & chondrocyte apoptosis. Protective mechanism of Prim-O-glucosylcimifugin in the treatment of o... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

BOOM! Big advance from Zak Campbell's lab (Zak used to be at UTD and moved to U Wisconsin a couple of years ago, big loss for us) on regulation of BDNF translation in nociceptors - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...