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Kara Marshall

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Neuroscientist studying mechanical interoception. Views are my own.

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Valeria Vásquez R @valeriavasquez.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
If you’re in the Houston area, the Astros are hosting a donation drive TODAY until 7 pm to support those affected by the devastating earthquake in Venezuela 🇻🇪 Items include first aid and medical supplies, Diapers, Baby food Please consider stopping by the stadium www.instagram.com/reel/DaQrQeE...
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omarvizquel13 on Instagram: "Tomorrow! HELP Venezuela at Daikin Park Union StationView all 52 comments"
Tomorrow! HELP Venezuela at Daikin Park Union Station
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Spent time today with students going over proposed rule changes from OMB, nicely summarized in this link. Anyone can do this, and students appreciated it! Remember this is open for public comment! We also shared ideas about explaining this to friends and family. open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule
Russell Vought is going to destroy American Science
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Heidi B. Hammel @hbhammel.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
The Planetary Society built an interactive side-by-side "track changes" comparison for the proposed OMB rules. They show exactly what the current rules say versus what the proposed rules would change, section by section, across all *399* affected provisions. dashboards.planetary.org/rules-change/ 🧪🔭
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Federal Grant Rule Comparison
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
thank you!
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Thank you!
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
thanks so much!
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
thanks Ardem!
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Extra thanks to all co-authors. This was a huge collaborative effort, spanning in vitro, in vivo and human genetics approaches!
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Excited to share a new preprint, led by @yasmeen-hamed.bsky.social! It describes a mechanism and potential therapeutic avenue for treating the aging bladder! Thanks to the amazing collab from the Beyder lab, as well as @valeriavasquez.bsky.social, Lichtarge labs! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Make blusesky fun again. Please discuss how a population of macrophages could possibly signal directionality!?
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Wild! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Homing pigeon navigation relies on superparamagnetic macrophages under overcast conditions
Birds use a variety of navigational strategies, including the geomagnetic field, especially when other cues are not available, such as under overcast or nocturnal conditions. Magnetite particles in th...
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HHMI @hhmi-science.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
You asked, we answered — this time for our united #FreemanHrabowski Scholars and #HannaGray Fellows programs. A warm welcome into who's eligible, how the programs connect, and more, from our very own Science Program team members Mary Bonds & Lucy Corcoran. Applications open 11/3! bit.ly/fhs26 🧪
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Recent joy: getting to take half the lab to CSHL! It was so fun to finally have them meet and hear from all these scientists I admire, and for the field to meet them. We all learned so much!
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
We definitely should make the pre-meeting sunset walk a tradition.
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Thank you so much for coming and enriching the meeting!
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Great to see you- thanks for coming and sharing your fantastic work!
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Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @brainbodylab.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
It was an absolute pleasure attending, presenting and learning at the @cshlnews.bsky.social Brain–Body Physiology meeting, organized by @karalmarshall.bsky.social , @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social, and Asya Rolls. An amazing conference bringing science of brain–organ interactions together in one place.
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
So happy to have you there!
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
What an awesome effort! Great job!
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
What a fantastic effort! Sorry to have missed it, but congrats on a great event!
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Congratulations!
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
What an inspiring week at CSHL at the inaugural Brain Body Physiology meeting. Thanks to speakers and attendees for sharing incredible science! Thanks also to the best co-organizers around, @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social and Asya Rolls. Mark your calendar for next time, 5/ 16-20,2028!
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Taking a break for on here, maybe for now, or for good. Please text or email (and retry in case it gets buried). Let's catch up in real time! I want to see your typos and phrasing, gaze at your office art as you fumble with the share button on zoom, and hear about fun science and your life.
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Carlos Ribeiro @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Deadline today! Submit and abstract and join us to discuss science in the exciting brain body interaction field!
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Please consider joining us for a wonderful meeting on Brain Body Physiology at Cold Spring harbor this summer, organized with @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social and Asya Rolls. In CSHL tradition most talks are chosen from submitted abstracts. Abstracts due this Friday! meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...
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Brain Body Physiology
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meetings & Courses -- a private, non-profit institution with research programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, genomics, bioinformatics.
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
So cool that your DRG has the mitral valve too!
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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 30/01/2026
A wonderful piece by @callimcflurry.bsky.social on how mechanosensitive PIEZO ion channels are being used to explore how our bodies rely on pressure sensing. It is a thoughtfully researched article, with perspectives from many colleagues across the field. www.thetransmitter.org/interoceptio...
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PIEZO channels are opening the study of mechanosensation in unexpected places
The force-activated ion channels underlie the senses of touch and proprioception. Now scientists are using them as a tool to explore molecular mechanisms at work in internal organs…
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I save most of these kinds of posts for another site, but please talk to friends and family about what ICE is doing. This is all horrifying and your voice matters. Masked federal forces performing extrajudicial kidnapping and murder requires a groundswell of opposition from all corners.
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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
NATURE has done a terrific (if depressing) job of summarizing the devastating cuts to science during Trump's first year. At this point, only the willingness of the House and Senate to restore research budgets prevents scientific extinction. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains
A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
If anyone is looking for a summary outlining the encroaching fascism in the US, this collects it pretty well (despite the weak title). www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Trump Tests Presidential Power: Venezuela Operation, Iran Bombing and More (Gift Article)
A breakdown of the presidential powers President Trump has sought for himself, including what he did to obtain power and what’s next.
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Getting asked about how academics can continue to do science & inspire trainees even in the midst of a continued (escalated) assault on science, reason, truth, & human rights. I don’t have great answers. I would love to hear from mentors about advice they’re giving to trainees/ colleagues.
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Daniel Gorelick @danielgorelick.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
2025 was the year we stopped debating whether paying peer reviewers might work and started showing that it does.
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
this is delightful, as you are
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Creations:
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
It was so fun to celebrate a great year with the Marshall lab yesterday! We missed a few people, but we laughed, feasted, made onesies for Brandon’s sweet newborn, and discovered that our new lab member Cora is younger than Harry, my dog. It is a joy to work with these wonderful people!
Group photo, holding homemade onesiesHarry the dog is 18.5, and was born before Cora, a new undergraduate lab member. Cora is far more accomplished than Harry.A proud baby display to adoring onlookers.
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Got the same message and I didn’t know this. Thanks for info!
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Congrats Yvette!
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
So excited for @alexchesler.bsky.social and the future of pain therapeutics! I’m also sad for the huge loss for NIH and our academic field.
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
haha- that confused me too
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Lots of great news from lab lately: so proud of @brityag.bsky.social for an amazing score on her AHA fellowship!
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
When overwhelmed by scope of tragedy, specifics can be important. Here is just one story. Thinking of all those affected by this weekend's tragedies at Brown and in Sydney.
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Very proud that graduate student @yasmeen-hamed.bsky.social and Undergraduate @catcalhoun22.bsky.social got awards in the multi-institutional Cooley Neuroscience Poster Session last weekend! So nice to see their hard work recognized.
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
I guess I can only judge effectiveness by interest: it was a mixed audience politically, but it filled up so fast that I did I it twice. Everyone was very engaged and stayed for an hour of questions each time!
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
I think everyone can relate to the importance of science for healthcare, and I’ve been sharing these slides for people to use and adapt with their own stories! youtu.be/BY_SFgi-Cig
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Kara Marshall PHD-History of Science in America - Trilogy at Tehaleh 04/27/25
YouTube video by Steve Lawson
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
So proud of Yasmeen!
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Rose Z. Hill, Ph.D. @rose-hill.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Our story on mechanosensation in baroreceptor cells of the kidney is finally out! Well worth the wait on this project we began in 2020 that turned into a massive collaborative effort within the kidney field. 🫘 www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Congratulations Yudong!
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Please join us at CSHL May 12-16 to dig deeper into brain body interactions! Abstract deadline is in February, and in CSHL tradition, most talks will be chosen from abstracts. Link below.
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Check out this wonderful collection! Hanneke Verstegen and I contributed a review for anyone interested in how the brain senses and controls the bladder.
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Miriam B. Goodman, PhD @wormsense.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Application review launches on December 1, 2025. We want to read *your* application outlining a vision for a research program deciphering how membrane proteins collaborate to enable cell function, their biosynthesis, and the biophysics and structure of how membrane proteins change shape.
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