We are so happy to see Vasanthi Jayaraman named chair of Biochemistry at UTHouston Vasanthi is not only a leader in biophysics and Editor-in-Chief of the Biophysical Journal, but also a wonderful colleague and mentor Congratulations @frettinglab.bsky.social med.uth.edu/blog/2026/04...

Excited to share our new paper in Science Advances @science.org In this work, we uncover how a disease-linked TRPC3 mutation, together with a cerebellum-specific splice isoform, stabilizes the channel in an open state, drives Calcium overload, and promotes neurodegeneration. (1/4)

Sudha (@chakrapanilab.bsky.social) and Julio (@cvlab.bsky.social) are organizing the 2026 Ion Channel Gordon Research Conference: Ion Channels Across Scales — Bridging Molecular Events to Physiological Outcomes, to be held at Mount Holyoke College, July 12–17, 2026. 1/3

The Cordero Vásquez Lab is starting the year on a high wheel (see below) with our latest work on the C. elegans PIEZO channel: “Structures of invertebrate PEZO-1 isoforms with a compact architecture and a dispensable pore-distal N-terminal blade”: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/5

Our new Journal of Neuroscience paper "Cofilin Inhibition Ameliorates PIEZO2 and AMPA Dysfunction in a Mouse Model of Angelman Syndrome (AS)” is out: www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4... 1/6

Great series and this game7 was one of the greatest games Ive ever seen! Congrats Dodgers! Yamamoto has to be MVP of this series.

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UTHealth Houston has an open search for a tenure-track faculty position. If you are ready (or know someone that is) to start looking for positions, this will be a great opportunity to join the Texas Medical Center. See flyer below. 1/2

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.” 👏

“The Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 goes to a brave and committed champion of peace – to a woman who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.” www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...

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

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...

Such fantastic news! Congratulations!

I spoke with Jade Hindmon, host of @kpbssandiego.bsky.social Midday Edition, about the consequences of the current administration’s cuts to science funding. Please share to help spread the word and raise awareness. www.kpbs.org/podcasts/kpb...

Colorado's Rep Brittany Pettersen (D) flew cross-country with her one-month-old to vote against the GOP budget tonight. Dems ended up one vote short. Pettersen was part of an unsuccessful bipartisan push to allow new mothers to vote remotely. #copolitics

My colleague Dan beat me to the punch but I am so thankful that my hometown paper (and others) was willing to share this with the community.

🚨🚨First paper of the year! I'm excited to share that our lab and collaborators have discovered that TRPV4/Cx43 hemichannels play a crucial role in endothelial hyperpolarization. Huge thanks to @piaburboa.bsky.social for continuing this fascinating work. physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...

The latest from @science.org on the situation at NIH. @meredithwadman.bsky.social and Jocelyn Kaiser getting all the info they can. www.science.org/content/arti...

If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me. Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.

NSF has created an Executive Order Implementation webpage to ensure the widest dissemination of information and updates. We will continue to communicate with you as we receive additional guidance. new.nsf.gov/executive-or...

Please help us advertise this new opening 🧠 in our research group. I am happy to answer any queries about it.

While I realize this is not relevant to many of the present day discussions, the remarkable similarity of organisms at the biochemical, genetic, cellular, and physiological levels is not understood by many people. 1/n

The Channels, Receptors & Transporters Subgroup of the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social is excited to announce the final program for our 2025 Symposium. Please join us on Feb 15 to hear from @willowcoyote.bsky.social @drcontrexin.bsky.social @corrylab.bsky.social and others 👇Thanks to our sponsors!

Just one month to go until the 2025 GRS/GRC in Molecular Pharmacology! Get ready for an extraordinary program packed with cutting-edge science and inspiring discussions. Full details here: www.grc.org/molecular-ph...

New paper‼️— from #PMB Griffith Lab! They show that sodium channels play unique roles in proprioceptive encoding. They also studied effects on skeletal muscle, and a dev dependent role for Nav1.6 in proprioceptive spinal circuits. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Thrilled to share the most recent pub from the Griffith Lab! We show that sodium channels play unique roles in proprioceptive encoding. We also found some really cool effects on skeletal muscle, and a dev dependent role for Nav1.6 in proprioceptive spinal circuits www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Congratulations to #BlackInBiophysics Founder @stevenssostre.bsky.social and #BIBPS Board Member @jjalston.bsky.social on this extraordinary accomplishment!!! 🥳🥳🥳 We are PROUD of you and wish you the best in your careers! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social

Está invitado para CIENCIA EN ESPAÑOL I am hosting an event where University of Arizona scientists will speak about their science in Spanish. It is meant to be a community event with a Zoom option, so share with family too! events.trellis.arizona.edu/en/f44lNu67/... #CIENCIAENESPAÑOL

How hard do bacteria-eating nematodes bite in order to break the bacterial cell wall? Check out our new paper, led by Jason Casar & collab with Jen Dionne, using pressure sensing beads that change color upon compression (bluetorial coming soon) rdcu.be/d5n7v

New: McIlvried, @johndr01.bsky.social, Gereau et al. show that mechanisms of adaptive plasticity are engaged in mouse and human sensory neurons after sustained depolarization. This phenomenon is reversible and involves alterations of voltage-gated sodium channel currents. https://buff.ly/41JuRY7

hubs.la/Q02_YmnR0 It is finally out! Yes!!! Huge Thanks to @robgereau for the support and guidance. Congratulations to all the co-authors. @jgenphysiol.bsky.social

“NIH reiterates that compliance with the Policy does not require the payment of an open access fee to a journal…free pathway to compliance can be achieved by depositing the Author Accepted Manuscript into PubMed Central for public availability upon the Official Date of Publication without embargo.“

Join our lab! We're hiring a research technician—a great opportunity for individuals with a Bachelor's degree who want to gain valuable research experience before heading to medical or graduate school. recruiting2.ultipro.com/SCR1003TSRI/...

Grad student/med student applicant protip: Don't use ChatGPT to write your statements.

It was my PROFOUND personal pleasure to invite my mentor Dr. Henry Colecraft to present his AMAZING research on ION CHANNEL DRUG DISCOVERY! Your talk was insightful and engaging! Thank you for visiting the CVRTI and the University of Utah.

I know @repadamschlff.bsky.social cial and @padilla.senate.gov enate.gov, my California senators, will oppose RFK's nomination. What about you? Please engage.

I joined 75+ @nobelprize.bsky.social laureates urging US Senators to oppose RFK Jr.'s confirmation as DHHS Secretary. If you’re in a state with GOP senators, PLEASE reach out to them! I’d deeply appreciate it if you amplified this post! 🙏 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...

In response to numerous requests from our community, we (Art Beyder and Valeria Vásquez) have extended the submission deadline for the Biophysical Journal @biophysj.bsky.social Special Issue: Advances in Mechanotransduction, Dedicated to Frederick Sachs to January 31, 2025. (1/2)

Registration and abstract submission is open for the 25th Annual International Worm meeting. June 28-July 2 2025 in Davis CA: genetics-gsa.org/worm-2025 #worm25

I value and enjoy science outreach. I founded The Justice for Underrepresented Scholars Training in Biophysics (JUST-B) program with the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social. We have a poster session yearly at the BPS meeting and hold a virtual seminar series as well. www.biophysics.org/education-ca...

I’ve officially deactivated my Twitter account. Happy to leave that toxic trash in the past, and figured as I move forward here it would be a good time to re-introduce myself ✨👩🏽‍🔬🧬📚🔬👩🏽‍🔬✨

Highly-respected non-profit journals like @dev-journal.bsky.social support scientific communities But after rejection at glam journals, it is tempting to avoid re-review by sliding through commercial ecosystems BUT WAIT! LOOK! “We will consider papers with reviewer reports from other journals” 😍

I curated a list of really smart scientists (and me) of Latin American and/or Hispanic background to follow… Still trying to figure out Bsky, so I apologize if there’s already one going around. Please help spread the word, and let me know if you’d like to be added. go.bsky.app/ReQgt2H

Curious about how to ace your graduate school interviews? Join us on NEXT WEEK on 12/10 at 12pm EST for a webinar held by Maria Mercedes, a current PhD candidate. This webinar will cover tips and resources for grad school interviews! ⁠ REGISTER HERE⬇️ eventbrite.com/e/how-to-ace...

Welcome to those of you just joining Biophysical Journal on Bluesky! Going forward, you can find content about the exciting science being published in the journal here!

Hey @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social, I think you need to add another icon here 🦋

I made a feed for glutamate receptor ion channels. It picks up anything with the tag #iGluRs and also AMPA and NMDA receptors. (Sorry KAR and delta fans, only three terms, forgive me) You can pin the feed and/or like it. bsky.app/profile/did:...

We had an outstanding lecturer yesterday!—Dr. Nancy Carrasco from Vanderbilt University shared her pioneering research on the sodium/iodide symporter (NIS)—a key protein in thyroid health and cancer treatment.🔬 At the PMB 2024 Carlson Lecture.

Any pharmacists, Pass through PBMs , health care professionals out there ? Time to grow the industry and take on big PBMs right here !