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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 19/08/2026

Stuart Firestein's new book, It Could Be Otherwise, is out. It completes the trilogy that began with Ignorance and Failure. I read an early version and it is terrific. Firestein shows how science actually works, and he makes the case that uncertainty is a feature, not a bug.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 19/08/2026

Discover all the wonderful ways you can join the @hhmi-science.bsky.social, with opportunities ranging from undergraduate students to senior investigators. There will be no upper limit on career-stage eligibility for the Investigator program!

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 16/06/2026

Meeting-free Tuesdays are meant for hard thinking, but….

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 04/06/2026

A special seminar in Marseille, reuniting with two incredible lab alumni: Aziz Moqrich, my first postdoc, and Bertrand Coste, who identified PIEZOs in my lab. The students brought food from their home countries for lunch. How brilliant!

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 04/04/2026

Hey @odedrechavi.bsky.social, my not being recognized in scientific settings has become such a big perceived concern of my colleagues that for April Fools they made a T-shirt to address this fundamental problem 🤣🤣🤣. And check out the peacock-themed humble club logo. Thx, @liye-tsri.bsky.social!

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 27/03/2026

Congrats to all who were elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS), including @alexchesler.bsky.social and @dattalab.bsky.social! www.aaas.org/page/2025-fe...

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 20/03/2026

We spend under $50 billion a year on NIH…

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 29/01/2026

Had my first 1:1 lunch with a trainee. I have done these lunches before, and they are a great opportunity to discuss goals, careers, and for me to get input on how I am doing as a boss. @yunxiao-dr.bsky.social will start his own lab at Westlake University in China later this year. He will be missed.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 29/12/2025

I have to be honest. I never thought I would read a manuscript that discusses PIEZO2, the Big Bang, and wormholes in the same place. But here we are: www.researchgate.net/profile/Bala...

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 11/12/2025

I come back with a lot of gold 🏅for lab members!

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 11/12/2025

It was awesome to attend the @nobelprize.org ceremony as an alumnus. Wonderful to experience the celebration of the arts and sciences with @nancyhong.bsky.social. It feels especially important now when these fields are under attack.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 10/12/2025

Live from @nobelprize.org ceremonies. At the podium with some laureate alumni.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 08/12/2025

The @nobelprize.org concert is one of the highlights of Nobel week! Powerful and dramatic performances in the presence of the King & the Queen. We got to meet the 2025 Physiology or Medicine Laureates: Shimon Sakaguchi, Mary Brunkow, and Fred Ramsdell (not pictured).

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 08/12/2025

One of my Oxford visit highlights? I got to see these priceless slides that Ruffini sent to Sherrington of various sensory end organs. And yes, Ruffini had to excise these receptors from his own skin 😳🔬🧠

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 07/12/2025

At the Nobel Prize Museum you can find the phone Thomas Perlmann uses to call medicine laureates, including the call I assume that reached my 94 year old dad when I had do not disturb on. You can see the confidentiality steps taken by literature committee members. Even find PIEZO paraphernalia.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 07/12/2025

Mary Brunkow was generous in thanking her mentors during her The Nobel Prize lecture! Always good to look back and remember those who have made an impact in your career. She is among a long line of pre-med students who worked in a lab and fell in love with research and changed plans!

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 07/12/2025

Fred Ramsdell showed a photo of himself standing by a trailer labeled “Nobel Museum” and joked, “this is as close as I will get to a Nobel Prize.” Turns out he was wrong, and he is a recipient this year. He even thanked the mouse for the research. Love it!

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 07/12/2025

The Nobel Prize Physiology lecture about to start! www.nobelprize.org

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 04/12/2025

Have we lost some of the academic magic in the US? A true privilege to give the Sherrington Prize Lecture at Oxford. A wonderful audience, a fantastic dinner at Merton College, and even the Merton Choir. Special for me since Sherrington coined proprioception and interoception.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 27/11/2025

#PIEZO hat trick. OG grey, the 2021 one with the dynamite sign, and the new 25th anniversary edition. Given mostly to lab members, alumni, and a few colleagues.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 21/11/2025

The great Joshua White doing his thing. His rendition of “Summertime” was amazing! 🤩

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 21/11/2025

We had the most amazing 25 year lab anniversary today. Blown away by the science from my alumni and very proud of the current members. The community they have built is remarkable and it felt like a family reunion. The tacos, drinks, cake, and jazz were pretty great too.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 19/11/2025

So looking forward to our 25 year lab anniversary celebrations tomorrow. I love seeing alumni and current lab members mix and exchange ideas and stories. It will be an awesome day.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 15/11/2025

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

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 13/11/2025

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.’”

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 09/11/2025

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

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 01/11/2025

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?

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 28/10/2025

“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.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 28/10/2025

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

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 22/10/2025

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

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 17/10/2025

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

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 10/10/2025

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

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 07/10/2025

we are almost booked! Only a handful of openings left. So, please do attend if you register. Also, here is the poster!

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 25/09/2025

Got my invitation to the Nobel Prize Ceremony and Banquet. Curious who will be recognized this year in Physiology or Medicine and in Chemistry. Looking forward to celebrating with the amazing scientists. Announcements are coming up October 6 and 9.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 18/09/2025

A favorite sight in Munich is watching the river surfers. I wonder how San Diego surfers would handle these waves.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 13/09/2025

Irrefutable evidence for the labeled line theory of sensory coding. At least, that’s how it feels to the brilliant illustrator @christophniemann.bsky.social

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 05/09/2025

One of the best arguments I have read about DEI: Gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/o...

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 04/09/2025

Boston area on September 17? Come to "The Brain Body Dialogues in Health and Disease Symposium." A lineup of Boston stars, with a few of us outsiders sprinkled in. Plus, free lunch! brain.harvard.edu/hbi_events/t...

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 01/09/2025

Eerie how timeless this quote is. Came across it while walking in downtown San Diego.

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