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@danasmall.bsky.social
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Professor and Canada Excellence Research Chair in Metabolism and Brain, McGill University

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danasmall.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A great line-up of speakers including Misha Ahrens, Mark Andermann, Amber Alhadeff, and Sophie Steculorum and Michael Krashes can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Neurobiology of Appetite Control | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Neurobiology of Appetite Control, January 2027, in Keystone, with field leaders!
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danasmall.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Here is a new paper from My group that originated from an NIH workgroup led by Luke Stoeckel. I can now recommend a cognitive test to predict outcomes on a behavioral weight loss program. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Identification of cognitive factors that predict behavioural weight-loss intervention outcomes - International Journal of Obesity
International Journal of Obesity - Identification of cognitive factors that predict behavioural weight-loss intervention outcomes
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danasmall.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Great conversation with Pete Wells and Ed Levine on the merits of pleasure in eating healthy. Out on the Special Sauce podcast in the near future.
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danasmall.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Ancient red cedar in Tofino.
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SSIBsociety @ssibsociety.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Abstract submissions are open for SSIB's 33rd Annual Meeting! www.ssib.org/2026/abstrac... The annual meeting will be from August 5-9, 2026 in Philadelphia, PA. Travel Awards Available to support students, post-docs, and new and international investigators: www.ssib.org/web/awards.php
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SSIB 2026 | Philadelphia, PA
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SSIBsociety @ssibsociety.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Looking forward to our MARS Speakers at the 33rd Annual SSIB meeting this year! We will be hearing from Corby Martin, @camillanord.bsky.social, Randy Seely, and Daniela Cota. Join us August 5-9 in Philadelphia, PA!
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danasmall.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
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Can vitamins shape appetite?
What whole foods do—and ultra-processed foods quietly undo.
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danasmall.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
MDPRC retreat 2025
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Cell Press @cellpress.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
"The interoceptive origin of reinforcement learning" dlvr.it/TPHbz0 Frederike H. Petzschner, @danasmall.bsky.social & colleagues @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social #SfN2025
The interoceptive origin of reinforcement learning, Trends in Cognitive Sciences
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 14/11/2025
Is overeating driven by hedonism? @danasmall.bsky.social &co argue that the pleasure of eating food is not a driver of the #obesity epidemic, but rather the regular consumption of an unhealthy diet blunts sensitivity to interoceptive signals that drive food reward #neurosky 🧪 plos.io/4nTlHQc
Photograph of a half-eaten jam doughnut. Image by Alexander Fox | PlaNet Fox from Pixabay.
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Lisa Beutler @lbeutler.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Amid lots of uncertainty, anger, and exhaustion I am excited to share this work from my incredibly talented MSTP and @nuincomm.bsky.social student Haley Province. In it we explore the fascinating and powerful anti-aversive properties of GIPR agonists
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Diabetologia @diabetologiajnl.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
The GLP-1RA/GIP agonist tirzepatide increased risk of early worsening of diabetic #retinopathy in #T2D, similar to effects of GLP-1RA treatment but conversely had a protective effect against new retinal complications in those without retinopathy link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🔓
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Early worsening of diabetic retinopathy in individuals with type 2 diabetes treated with tirzepatide: a real-world cohort study - Diabetologia
Aims/hypothesis Early worsening of diabetic retinopathy (EWDR) has been described during treatment with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists including subcutaneous semaglutide. Whether EWDR occur...
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danasmall.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
One third of kids 12-17 in the US have pre-diabetes. gis.cdc.gov/grasp/diabet...
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Spotlight - United States Diabetes Surveillance System
Diabetes Atlas(maps) of national, county and state-level data and trends
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Jeremy Day @daylab.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Double-blind placebo controlled trial (led by UAB faculty Dr. Timothy Garvey) demonstrates >20% weight loss with co-administration of cagrilintide (which targets amylin receptors) with semaglutide (which targets GLP-1 receptors). www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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danasmall.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I think Mark is onto something with this one. Totally agree that there is something wrong with onions. open.substack.com/pub/markscha...
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Something is Wrong with Onions
They are getting less irritating and less pungent, which means they’re losing flavour. That isn’t good.
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Eelke Snoeren @eelkesnoeren.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Nothing beats the feeling when your research gets picked up by the media! 🎉 Our latest study is featured on NRK – so great to see science reaching a wider audience. 🔬📰 #ScienceCommunication #NRK www.nrk.no/trondelag/kj...
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Denne snacksen kan redusere nytelsen av sex og mat
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danasmall.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
For the past couple of years I met weekly with 3 amazing younger scientists @lilweb.bsky.social @debyee.bsky.social @rikepetzschner.bsky.social to share ideas and teach each other. No agenda. It was often the favorite part of my week. Then we started writing. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The interoceptive origin of reinforcement learning
Rewards play a crucial role in sculpting all motivated behavior. Traditionally, research on reinforcement learning has centered on how rewards guide l…
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Cell Press @cellpress.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
#ResearchRewind: "Habitual daily intake of a sweet and fatty snack modulates reward processing in humans" dlvr.it/TKpXYF @cp-cellmetabolism.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social
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danasmall.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
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It isn't carbs. It isn't fat. It's both.
A new body of research shows that the two nutrients are more powerful together than they are apart.
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Mark Andermann @markandermann.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
A drop of milkshake takes a wild ride as it passes through the body. Rachel and Kiersten and the team came up with cool strategies for visualizing food passing through the mouse GI tract and mapping the activity of the same 100s of brainstem neurons across weeks during feeding and other behaviors.
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danasmall.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
open.substack.com/pub/markscha.... As a former president of the society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior @ssib, I recommend this great read describing what we are up against
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The Ingredients' Ingredients
Is it possible for science to grasp the complexity of ultraprocessed foods?
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Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives @hbhlmcgill.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Join us for the next edition of Neurogenesis on March 26 at @theneuro.bsky.social, featuring @danasmall.bsky.social & @yasharneuro.bsky.social! Learn about their research on gut-brain connections and the aging brain & network with peers at the post-event reception.🧠 Register now: mcgill.ca/x/iw5
Neurogenesis Speaker Series. March 26, 2025, 4:30-5:30 p.m. at the Neuro ft. Dana Small and Yashar Zeighami
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Kate Wassum @katewassum.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
🚨📃New Wassum Lab Paper📃🚨 Out today, @jackiegio.bsky.social discovered brain pathways that support agency and habit and how chronic stress disrupts them to rob of us our agency and cause us to form rigid habits 🧵👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41... Free full text: rdcu.be/eaxEv
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A dual-pathway architecture for stress to disrupt agency and promote habit - Nature
Adaptive decision-making often requires an understanding of our agency in a situation; however, chronic stress can disrupt agency and promote inflexible, habitual behaviour by turning off a brain path...
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danasmall.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Please join us for the Neurobiology of Ingestive Behavior Keystone Conference in spectacular Pacific Grove. vimeo.com/1058375928/2...
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25D4-Event Promo-V2
This is "25D4-Event Promo-V2" by Keystone Symposia on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneurosci.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
2024 was the first full calendar year for Imaging Neuroscience @mitpress - 350 papers published. We're proud of how the brain imaging community enthusiastically embraced open access non-profit publishing. Our aim is to be *your* journal. Full size PDF: drive.google.com/file/d/1M170...
A collage of figures from the 350 papers published in Imaging Neuroscience in 2024.
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danasmall.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Looking forward to reading this one. www.cambridge.org/core/service...
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danasmall.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Very cool! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Identification of the subventricular tegmental nucleus as brainstem reward center
Rewards are essential for motivation, decision-making, memory, and mental health. We identified the subventricular tegmental nucleus (SVTg) as a brainstem reward center. In mice, reward and its predic...
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
The scientist who is responsible for driving GLP-1 drugs for the treatment of obesity and testing them for prevention of Alzheimer's disease—Lotte Bjerre Knudsen— tells her story in a remarkable conversation. Full transcript, or video, all free, no ads. erictopol.substack.com/p/lotte-bjer...
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Lotte Bjerre Knudsen: The Scientist Who Drove GLP-1 Drugs For Obesity and Alzheimer's
Facts, data, and analytics about biomedical matters.
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Nils Kroemer @nbkroemer.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Our manuscript was accepted for publication just before Christmas 🎁
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danasmall.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
One of the amazing wonders of South Pacific Costa Rica.
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danasmall.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Interesting new paper showing flavor nutrient conditioning is associated with D2R binding potential, intake and not pleasantness. Also conserved in obesity and after bariatric surgery. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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Postingestive reward acts through behavioral reinforcement and is conserved in obesity and after bariatric surgery
Obesity has been associated with altered reward-related eating behavior and brain changes that may be related to overeating. This behavioral and neuroimaging study shows that postingestive nutrient st...
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danasmall.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
New neighbors. Puntarenas Costa Rica.
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danasmall.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Curious to know more about the upcoming Keystone on the Neurobiology of Ingestive Behaviour? April 22-25 in California. Here is a video from lead co-organizer Daniela Cota. youtu.be/iQm1Y66b25Y.
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KSQA: Dr. Daniela Cota (Neurobiology of Ingestive Behavior)
YouTube video by KeystoneSymposia
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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 09/12/2024
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...
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danasmall.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
@mikekrashes.bsky.social on GLP-1.
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danasmall.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/... this is the better link
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Neurobiology of Ingestive Behavior | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Neurobiology of Ingestive Behavior, April 2025, in Pacific Grove, with field leaders!
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danasmall.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
www.keystonesymposia.org/digital-tool... Hope to see you all at this upcoming Keystone Meeting. Great list of speakers!
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Neurobiology of Ingestive Behavior | Keystone Symposia
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Nils Kroemer @nbkroemer.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
tVNS did not improve gastric interoceptive accuracy or alter water ingestion, but reduced food liking after the fullness phase of the water load. Work by Salaris & Azevedo in Psychophysiology #neuroscience #interoception onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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<em>Psychophysiology</em> | SPR Journal | Wiley Online Library
We investigated, for the first time, if transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) modulates gastric interoceptive accuracy and prospective dispositions to eat in different states of st....
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danasmall.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Fun pic of Alan Spector in Zurich
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Bubbe Wokestein 💙✡️🍁 @veggieto.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
To all my friends and followers, have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.
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danasmall.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Black bear came to visit. I was away when it happened but here is a fun video posted by husband.
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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
We have updated and expanded our database of fellowships for POSTDOCS in neuroscience/neurology/cog science. For each fellowship, we provide a description, $ amount, deadline, link, and eligibility criteria. Download our database freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-... pic.x.com/eEhXhlOzEj
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Very good, concise summary of the gut-brain axis of communication and interoception www.cell.com/current-biol... open-access
diagrams of gut-brain communication
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danasmall.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
This is a good opportunity for the right person. I can recommend it.
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Katrina Ray @heykatray.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
NEW in #NatureReviewsGastroHep! This Review on gut-brain axis & pain signalling in the gut By Kim Meerschaert & Isaac Chiu www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🔓 rdcu.be/d1dFo 🧪 #gastrosky #GIsky
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The gut–brain axis and pain signalling mechanisms in the gastrointestinal tract - Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Visceral pain is a major clinical issue, most commonly associated with gastrointestinal disorders. This Review discusses molecular mechanisms by which neurons are sensitized in the gut, outlining sign...
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danasmall.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 20/11/2024
Preprint dropped! Excited about this study by Yu Wang, a PhD student from Li Ye's lab and mine, now a postdoc in @deisseroth.bsky.social lab. It unveils an unexpected role for PIEZO2/mechanosensation in sensory neurons that innervate fat! What is it sensing in fat? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Dr. Rachel Lippert @rachellippert.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
“That is a really disgusting idea,” she said. “But we’re good at making things taste good.” 🙄 How long until the food industry devises new ultra processed foods that counteract GLP1R agonists? In this battle of pharma and food industry, I hope health wins. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/m...
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Ozempic Could Crush the Junk Food Industry. But It Is Fighting Back.
As revolutionary new weight-loss drugs turn consumers off ultraprocessed foods, the industry is on the hunt for new products.
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danasmall.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I had the opportunity today to give a short retrospective on “the chocolate study”, performed in the late 90s at the MNI using water bolus PET. Old photo of the authors taken at my PhD defense 23 years ago. Happy 40th to the McConnell Brain Imaging Center!
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danasmall.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
The Brain Imaging Centre (BIC) at the MNI 40th anniversary. Table and zoom of previous BIC directors. One of the first centers in the world and still at the forefront of research.
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