Sign in

Joshua Emrick

@jjemrick.bsky.social
58 followers 119 following 27 posts

Sensory biologist and dentist.

PostsRepliesMedia
Joshua Emrick @jjemrick.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
We have a newly opened search for a tenure track position in our department at UM School of Dentistry! We are excited to see your application - please note the posting for key criteria for eligibility including a PhD and BDS/DDS/DMD. apply.interfolio.com/183598
apply.interfolio.com
Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio
001
Joshua Emrick @jjemrick.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
1/ Why do rodents gnaw on everything? 🐭🪵 It’s not just because their teeth keep growing or that hard foods trim the teeth. Our new paper in Neuron shows that gnawing itself is rewarding to the brain. doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
131
Reposted by Joshua Emrick
University of Michigan News @umichnews.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
University of Michigan Literature, Science, and the Arts researchers discover a complete skin-to-brain neural circuit for temperature sensing, a finding that could help spur medical innovations such as new treatments for temperature-associated pain. t.co/52eXzMfKJX
031
Reposted by Joshua Emrick
Bing Ye @byneuron.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
🧵 I’m excited to announce that the 2025 LabGym Symposium & Tutorial will be held online via Zoom on Friday, August 22, 2025. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about cutting-edge AI-based behavioral analysis! www.lsi.umich.edu/events/2025-... 1/
lsi.umich.edu
LabGym Symposium
LabGym is a free software suite for automated video analysis and quantification of animal behavior. LabGym has now been downloaded over 55,000 times from GitHub in just about two years. The 2024 LabGy...
133
Joshua Emrick @jjemrick.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Pulp fiction: the sensory innervation of the tooth exists only to cause us pain and grief. My research group helped dispel this notion with our latest publication in Cell Reports: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... I encourage the read...
doi.org
Redirecting
240