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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 05/10/2026

Was thrilled to hear this news! A light-sensitive protein from green algae became one of the most important tools in neuroscience. Congratulations to Karl, Peter, and Georg. @deisseroth.bsky.social: glad the artist captured the unshaved look! Enjoy the moment.

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 22/09/2026

We are thrilled to announce that molecular biologist and neuroscientist Catherine Dulac of @harvardmcb.bsky.social is the 2026 winner of Rockefeller's Pearl Meister Greengard Prize! Register now for the award ceremony on Oct 20. #WomenInScience 🔗: bit.ly/3V2pZMA

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 21/09/2026

undecideds even more perplexing... not enough information out there to decide?

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 18/09/2026

I love this photo! It's not every day that my son displays affective touch...🤣

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Scripps Research @scripps.edu · 16/09/2026

Congrats to Hannah Tam, one of six 2026 International Birnstiel Award laureates! A postdoctoral fellow in Ardem Patapoutian's lab, Tam’s doctoral research at Harvard University found in preclinical models that skin regeneration after birth is not lost but blocked. More: ow.ly/jhYs50ZO1CC

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 11/09/2026

The whole brain is overrated 🫣! check out our no-brainer conference at Janelia: www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...

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No Brainer: Functional Mapping of the Peripheral Nervous System

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 31/08/2026

NIH's Aug 2026 proposal would scrap exact scores and percentiles for three broad bins (top = top 25%). With funding rates at 5% or lower, too much then rides on administrative discretion. It devalues peer review and is a deterrent to engage. Tell NIH before Oct 13. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

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NOT-OD-26-088: Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review NOT-OD-26-088. NIH

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 27/08/2026

I did ask @nobelprize.org to join the friendly neighborhood of @bsky.app, and I'm glad they have. But perhaps I should have had a haircut and trimmed my beard for this segment.

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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 25/08/2026

The only laureate to have been awarded two Nobel Prizes in two different scientific categories. The first Nobel Prize laureate to receive two prizes. The first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize. Her name was Marie Skłodowska Curie and she made history.

Portrait of Marie Skłodowska Curie. She sits in a chair, posing for a formal portrait. She is wearing a dark dress with a detailed, patterned collar. The backdrop is a softly blurred interior setting with draped curtains.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 25/08/2026

A fantastic work on PIEZO2 from @alexchesler.bsky.social lab, with contributions from my lab. An impressive scope: from human genetics to animal models, electrophysiology to single-molecule imaging, extending our knowledge of how these ion channels are activated: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42636812/

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 24/08/2026

Glad to see @nobelprize.org has started posting on Bluesky. Welcome!

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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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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

who knew?

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Julia Belk @juliabelk.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Gaining therapeutic access to the human brain is one of the biggest unsolved problems in biomedical science. Today @nature.com, we uncover a massive influx of immune cells into the human brain during aging, revealing that the brain is more accessible than previously thought. 1/

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Somatic mutations reveal the ontogeny of microglia in human aging - Nature

Nature - Somatic mutations reveal the ontogeny of microglia in human aging

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Ritu Raman @rituraman.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

We can now steer blood vessels with dynamic forces and even re-direct vessels as they're growing! Great MIT News feature on our new paper in PNAS, outlining how a chance encounter with @ardemp.bskyverified.social helped us identify the role of PIEZO1 in this process: news.mit.edu/2026/mit-eng...

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 03/07/2026

New @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social manuscript from the lab. Ryan Pak, who just left the lab and starting his postdoc, developed a new screening strategy to find sensory cation channels using CRISPRa. He shows how easy it is to find TrpA1 (just a positive control here 🙂). biorxiv.org/content/earl...

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A novel screening method using CRISPRa and FM 1-43 to identify cation channels

The discovery of sensory ion channels, such as thermosensitive transient receptor potential (TRP) channels and mechanosensitive PIEZOs, have transformed our understanding of mammalian sensory biology....

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 01/07/2026

Remarkable!! Would you peer review in 4 days if you got paid ~$300? “Paying reviewers … led to faster first editorial decisions — an average of 5.5 working days, down from nearly 38 for unpaid reviews”

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Molly Schumer @mollyschumer.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Last thing I did before vacation was submit a public comment on the destructive OMB proposal through @standupforscience.net and e-mail my reps again! Comments close July 13th

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Kay O. @k1970.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 29/06/2026

Early-career scientists would probably enjoy the better pay that some footballers get. But I wonder how they would react if they woke up one day and learned they had been traded to another lab in a different city or state.

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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

For those who don’t follow sports and haven’t really had the opportunity to get to know Canada men’s national football team head coach Jesse Marsch, he is probably one of the few Americans who addressed the insulting “51st state” rhetoric head-on since day one. ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️ 1/3 🧵

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The top frame is from 2015, when French meteorologists did a “forecast” from a #climate heated August 2050 - a warning on what could possibly happen in 35 years time. Bottom frame: well, it’s happened in barely a decade, only it’s already *much* worse than predicted. It’s a runaway train.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal Constitution

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 18/06/2026

Check out what Trump the deal-maker extraordinaire accomplished: “The United States of America undertakes with regional partners to develop a definitive, mutually agreed plan with at least U.S.D. 300 billion for the reconstruction and economic development of the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 17/06/2026

@thetransmitter.bsky.social asked what scientific paper has impacted me most. Hal Weintraub's discovery that MyoD alone can convert naive cells into muscle cells seemed like magic. I've been chasing that kind of magic ever since: www.thetransmitter.org/this-paper-c...

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This paper changed my life: Learning the molecular rules of cell identity

A 1987 Cell paper inspired Ardem Patapoutian to think about the molecular codes that define neuronal subtypes.

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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 · 31/05/2026

Awesome findings! Congrats to the whole team.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 31/05/2026

Congrats! Enjoyed reading it very much.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 31/05/2026

Classic case of a delusional narcissist!

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 31/05/2026

Basic proprioception can be intimidating …

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Jeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Microbiologist Jasmine Clark campaigned on her science background--and won. www.science.org/content/arti...

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Microbiologist wins Georgia primary for U.S. House seat

Jasmine Clark is set to become the first Black congresswoman with a science Ph.D.

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Ed Twomey @cryoet.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

🚨🧠🔬 Dopamine was discovered over a century ago, and has long been thought to only signal through metabotropic means. In our new preprint, we provide evidence that dopamine can directly signal through the "orphan" GluD ionotropic receptors. More to come! #iGluRs #neuroscience #dopamine #cryoEM

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Science Magazine @science.org · 13/05/2026

The U.S. government has recently convicted multiple postdocs from China for improper shipments of biological materials. Some see a replay of the 2018 China Initiative. scim.ag/4txj2hZ

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Chinese postdocs in U.S. hit with a wave of prosecutions and deportations

The U.S. government has recently convicted multiple postdocs for improper shipments of biological materials. Some see a replay of the 2018 China Initiative

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 08/05/2026

The United States is a constitutional federal representative democracy. Or is it?

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MagnoliaBouton @magnoliabouton.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Please take a moment to listen to the stories of early career researchers that have been negatively affected by this administration’s unruly decisions. Don’t forget their stories! ✊🩷 youtu.be/SvrAxKGniys?...

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Young Scientists Speak Out: Trump Grant Cuts and Chaos

YouTube video by Annika Horne

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Datta Lab @dattalab.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Excited to see our paper describing a stereotyped receptor map for smell (led by @davidhbrann.bsky.social ) out in the world! See below for short thread with open access link to paper www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/s...

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Scientists Unveil ‘Long Lost’ Map for Smell

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Sharing this screen grab from a friend at NIH (with permission). This is a checklist program officers have to complete before a grant can be awarded. The first question: "Is this grant All Clean/Clear in the NIH Text analysis Tool?" 🧵1/3

Screen grab of an NIH grants checklist showing the first question is: "1. Is this grant All Clean/Clear in the NIH Text analysis Tool?"

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 28/04/2026

And Jin-Quan Yu from Scripps Research in Chrmistry!!!

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 28/04/2026

Just got the news that Vanessa Ruta, Steve Liberles, and Uli Mueller are all elected to be members of the National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org. All 3 are incredibly well-deserved. Congrats to all the new members! 🎉

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