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...

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...

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

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 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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/...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

Our August issue focuses on the under-recognized risk of cognitive impairment and dementia in people with chronic kidney disease. #CKD go.nature.com/4lzzMRW

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 :)

A beautifully written piece on a terrible time www.science.org/content/arti...

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

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

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.

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...

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!

New paper from the lab: Our teeth arose as sensory organs on the outside of the body of ancient jawless fish.!! Congrats to Yara Haridy and the team! Background and video: phys.org/news/2025-05... Open Access Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... News and Views: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

an exciting time to receive your start-up funds 💸

Happy 2nd Annual International Mechanotransduction Day! May the 4th be with you. h/t Jeff Holt

And that's a wrap at Scripps! (literally). It was a wild 5.5 years through COVID, amazing science and colleagues, entering a new field, and a successful job search. I am grateful for the mentorship and opportunities I had with @ardemp.bskyverified.social. Here's to brighter days after the storm. 🥂

Welcome aboard, Dr Hill! cc: @rose-hill.bsky.social

Starting in one hour! Don’t miss your chance to learn more about the #SfN25 nanosymposium process in this free webinar hosted by SfN. Register now! bit.ly/42ojJjx

Also an update for those who asked, yes the P-97 micropipette puller I took to Portland from SD in my car survived and is working. The box filament didn't even shift alignment.

spectacular movie of a growing neuron

ionlaboratory.com Our lab website is live! 🧪 Life is good at OHSU CPB, @volluminstitute.bsky.social and Nephrology!

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

Folks, while much of the attention is on Harvard and Columbia's response to the Trump/Musk/RFK Jr. administration, I'd like to point out how #NIH terminations and funding cuts go far beyond this war with the nations' elite universities. 🧵🧪

Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.” A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world. www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...

Had my last day of an amazing postdoc with @ardemp.bskyverified.social yesterday and now packing for the move to OHSU! Just me and good old P-97 (plus 2 cats) along for the drive...

MBL GIVING DAY IS ALMOST OVER! ⏰ Thank you to everyone who has given so generously! You have until 3pm EDT to support the science, discovery, and education happening daily at the MBL. 📲 mbl.edu/give/discove... #ScienceStartsHere

Last week in the lab for both @rocioservin.bsky.social and @rose-hill.bsky.social before they head off to launch their own! Trainees: this is your chance to join exciting, well-funded labs. Also, please note the wasabi (TRPA1 agonist) in PIEZO trimer form — an homage to my lab’s arc…

I love my postdoc lab and am so thankful for them, and so ready for the next adventure at OHSU! Thank you 🧪🦪

Standing up for science 🧪

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

☀️ JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI friends! We're Standing Up for Science in your state on March 7th, 2025, because science is for everyone! More information at www.standupforscience2025.org, and RSVP at this link: www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f... (RSVP not necessary!) #standupforscience2025

YOU + ME + (all your favorite people who love, do, and believe in science for all!) 🧪STAND UP FOR SCIENCE🧪 MARCH 7th, 2025 on the National Mall in DC and at your state capital! Because science is for everyone! Www.standupforscience2025.org SHARE WIDELY! #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall

Cause to celebrate but it only includes 22 states. Even if your state is included, please help to advocate for those of us in states that are not included! Continue calling reps, continue making a fuss about it ALL. Every. Freaking. Thing.

Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap initiated by Tom Maniatis. Please amplify Sign the Petition: chng.it/kK2HMP5pGk "Share with Leadership & Faculty. Reach out to professional societies, biotech and pharma leaders, and philanthropic organizations to raise awareness and mobilize support."

When Elon was a kid, survival for ALL, the most common childhood cancer, was <10% Now it’s >90% due to funded collaboratives (high indirect costs) whose work ultimately SAVES THOUSANDS OF LIVES EVERY YEAR. For other cancers there’s still so much progress to be made. I think it’s worth it.

Here’s @lizneeley.bsky.social’s latest newsletter, documenting the ongoing attacks on science and higher ed, and figuring out what to focus on: buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

Some good news...💪 Solidarity

I fear we inch toward a future only imagined in a certain Margaret Atwood novel. 🐸 ♨️💧

Thanks @scripps.edu! Let's keep working together to do good science by cultivating a supportive environment for trainees from diverse backgrounds. 👩‍🔬🔬

Ish's outstanding work entitled: "Persistent changes in the dorsal root ganglion nociceptor translatome governs hyperalgesic priming in mice: roles of GPR88 and Meteorin" is now online in PAIN journals.lww.com/pain/fulltex...

Call to End Freeze on Federal Grants The White House's pause on federal grants threatens our nation’s scientific progress. Read SfN's full statement urging this Administration to lift the freeze to protect the health and security of our nation: bit.ly/4gq9i2I

It's Monday morning. Instead of advancing its leadership role in science, the current administration seems to be continuing its move of putting sand in the gears, NSF panel edition. More via @pleunipennings.bsky.social, @cabarbieri.bsky.social and @robp.bsky.social.

Frankly having a panic attack at my desk about being a #NewPI who is running out of start-up as the rules and expectations of federal funding are pushed off a cliff. I'm trying to keep a reasonable face on for back-to-back student meetings, but I'm also only human.