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Jordan McCall

@jordacular.bsky.social
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Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Washington University in St. Louis. Half of a two-body solution with four kids and a dog.

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Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt #TobRegSky @sejordt.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
#PedSky #MedSky#EpiSky #addictionsci #neuroskyence #neurosci #PainResearch🛟💊🧪 🌍⚖️ Howard Fields was a giant in pain research and treatment at a time the field was literally in the dark ages. By @iasp.bsky.social In Memory of Howard L. Fields
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In Memory of Howard L. Fields - International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
IASP is deeply saddened to hear of the recent death of Honorary IASP Member, Prof Howard Fields, and we offer our condolences to his family, friends and colleagues. We are […]
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Sarah Ross @sarahross1.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
We’re hiring! The University of Pittsburgh is recruiting a tenure-track faculty member in pain research to join the Department of Neurobiology and the Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research—an outstanding and highly collaborative community. Please share. More here: cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Jeremiah Cohen @jeremiahycohen.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Delighted to share our discoveries about one of the brain's neurotransmitter systems: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Together with colleagues at the @alleninstitute.org, we have learned a lot about a tiny cluster of neurons in the brainstem locus coeruleus (LC) that releases norepinephrine (NE). 1
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
The data is in: the NIH goalposts have shifted. What were once almost certain fundable scores have become coin flips and what used to be likely grants have become aspirational, leading to fewer awards. Another manifestation of how HHS policies have led to fewer awards and less science.
Graph of award probability of R35 and R01 from NIH factbook as a function of review rank percentile. As is apparent, 2025 is a significant departure, with lower award probabilities at all scores <40 and significant departures from norm, where even being in the top 10% is no longer a nearly certain indicator of success.

Data source: https://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/report/302
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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
$300 Million in jet planes lost to a fuckup. That’s 83 five year NIH R01 grants burned in minutes due to error, aka poor execution of this unnecessary war which serves only to make the world more dangerous.
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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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Leah @leah.myatproto.social · 23/12/2025
Here's one I wrote: @washuartsci.bsky.social biologists mapped the "master clock" of our body. 80% sure Professor Erik Herzog and Nikhil are Timelords. 🧠🧪 source.washu.edu/2025/12/mapp...
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Mapping the dance of circadian synchrony
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have found a way to better track circadian brain signals that synchronize the body clocks.
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turrigiano.bsky.social @turrigiano.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Nothing like a good cry over my morning coffee as Wei heads out 💔. The US is crazy to not do everything possible to keep and treasure people like her. I know she will do wonderful things where ever she lands - this is our loss
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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 25/09/2025
How do you measure brain arousal? In a new study, #ShanahanFellow Ryan Raut uses dynamical systems theory to offer a fresh lens on how physical signs (like pupil dilation), behavior, and brain-wide activity are coordinated. 🧠📈 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
A comprehensive new 🔁 Rreview 🔁 from Dr. Peña explores postnatal maturation of the 🧠 epigenome, the relationship between the epigenome & postnatal sensitive periods & plasticity, and the impact of early-life stress on epigenetic development
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Epigenetic regulation of brain development, plasticity, and response to early-life stress
Neuropsychopharmacology - Epigenetic regulation of brain development, plasticity, and response to early-life stress
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Jordan McCall @jordacular.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Happy to share our recent work attempting to better understand the impact of early life maternal separation on locus coeruleus function. Super proud of first author (the now Dr.) Chayla Vazquez. She brought this idea when she joined in… March 2020… and she carried it through these rough few years!
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Jordan McCall @jordacular.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Some good news. Big congrats to @drbhooma.bsky.social, she is going to do amazing things with this new funding! 🎉
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Jordan McCall @jordacular.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Some good news on a Friday for once, introducing Dr. Chayla Vazquez!
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Dr. Michael D. L. Johnson @copperbae.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Well, maybe the children will have to live with two cures instead of 30 cures.
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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
University leaders need to understand: they are holding INCREDIBLY good cards. It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.
Graphic of Washington Post poll from April 18-22, 2025, showing "Majorities of Americans oppose various Trump proposals"

highlighting two lines in particular:
"Increasing the Federal Government's role in how private universities operate" - 28 percent support, 70 percent oppose
"Reducing federal funding for medical research" - 21 percent support, 77 percent oppose
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025
PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Bad news for all of us: champion for inclusion & excellence @ NIH/NINDS Dr. Michelle Jones-London is leaving NINDS.💔 She helped launch the career of countless cutting-edge neuroscientists & set the standard for training. Great news of course for where ever she goes next. 🧪🧠@jeremymberg.bsky.social
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Jordan McCall @jordacular.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Leaving behind a generation of biomedical researchers will not MAG nor H.
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Tomás de la Rosa @delarosat.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
🚨 New paper out! 👉A #systematicreview and #metaanalysis on the impact of neuropathic #pain models on anxiety- and depressive-like behaviors in rodents. #CIBER_SAM #univcadiz #INiBICA_IIS #OpenAccess Read more here ⬇️ doi.org/10.1016/j.bp...
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Serge Ahmed @sergeahmed.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Science Under Threat in the United States The NIH is a sound investment for the US taxpayer By my colleague Nicholas W Gilpin from Louisiana who has written this piece in his personal capacity due to the current institutional situation. elifesciences.org/articles/106...
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Science Under Threat in the United States: The NIH is a sound investment for the US taxpayer
Research funded by the National Institutes of Health is essential for improving the health of Americans and developing new drugs and treatments for a wide range of diseases.
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Tami Lieberman @contaminatedsci.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
It feels like the resumption of study section posting on the federal registrar, while continuing to block advisory council, was an attempt to quell the news cycle while still keeping funds frozen.
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Jordan McCall @jordacular.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
These terminations are a disgusting abuse of power that threatens the future of American science. 💔
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jmoronconcepcion.bsky.social @jmoronconcepcion.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
New work from the lab published at @cp-neuron.bsky.social. In this study we dissect the role of hormonal regulation in pain-induced enhanced opioid intake in males. Work conducted by the super talented @jessinbotham www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
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Estradiol protects against pain-facilitated fentanyl use via suppression of opioid-evoked dopamine activity in males
Higginbotham et al. show that inflammatory pain increases opioid-evoked dopamine neuron activity to promote fentanyl use selectively in males. Ovarian hormones offer females protection, but estradiol’...
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Jordan McCall @jordacular.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Thanks to @danai-lama.bsky.social for covering our preprint. I missed this when she posted it and now this place seems mostly for doomscrolling, so it’s nice to have our science highlighted to at least momentarily disrupt the gloom 💙
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Jordan McCall @jordacular.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
More of this please.
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Leah @leah.myatproto.social · 05/03/2025
St. Louis @standupforscience.bsky.social This Friday!!! And, if you're on the west side of the state, head to the Jefferson City event! Noon Friday.
A poster for Stand Up for Science 2025, March 7 from 12-3 at Mudd Field on the Danforth Campus or Biomedical Building Quad on the Med campus in St. Louis, MO.
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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
As someone who has spent the last 25 years studying sex differences in brain function and behavior and the last 10 advocating (loudly) for SABV and working to help my colleagues implement the policy into their work, this is utterly heartbreaking.
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Sadly true. Also expect that anything you have put in eRA Commons, NIH’s central grant application and review repository, will be used to train Musk’s AI. We should start asking Grok “what research work is <X NIH grant applicant> proposing to do” and see when confidential info starts popping up. 🧪
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Jordan McCall @jordacular.bsky.social · 26/09/2023
Jonah and I still trying to figure out this whole bsky thing, but important psychedelic imaging work here with Josh Siegel & Adam Bauer!
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