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bioZone @thebiozone.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you don't already know what optogenetics is, check out our short explainer video on YouTube! 👉 youtube.com/shorts/lm-on... #optogenetics #scicomm

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Optogenetics: turning on genes with light 🧬🔦 #shorts

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bioZone @thebiozone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Ricin works by irreversibly inactivating ribosomes, the cellular machinery responsible for making proteins, which do almost everything in our bodies. 😱 Find out more about this deadly protein by watching our first spooky short of the year 👉 youtube.com/shorts/ywv4M...

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spooky science: ricin, a deadly poison ☠️ #shorts

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bioZone @thebiozone.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Check out the last of this summer's TECBio shorts on "Tardigrade Superpowers" by Emma, here! youtube.com/shorts/dSeGG...

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Tardigrade Superpowers #shorts

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✨Malaika ✨ @maliqa.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

My neighbors thanked me for the research I do & it reignited why I became a scientist. We don’t often get to see the direct impact of our work on society, so it meant so much to be reminded that, even early in my career, my work can offer hope & possibility of a better future to those suffering.

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bioZone @thebiozone.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

TECBio REU student, David Anthony, guest-wrote our recent short on how the ocean could become our secret weapon in the flight against climate change - check it out here! 👉 youtube.com/shorts/mVIZp... #scicomm

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The ocean is about to become our secret climate weapon #shorts #science #ocean #climatechange

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Ya’el Courtney, PhD @scienceyael.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

HHMI released the official 2027 Gilliam Fellowship details, and a lot changed. Deadline's earlier this cycle: Oct 27. Int'l & MD-PhD students now eligible. Stipend up to 50K. New postdoc pathway adds up to 7 yrs of support. No Journal names!!!! www.yaelcourtney.com/resources-an...

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2027 HHMI Gilliam Fellowship: New Deadline, Eligibility, and Award Changes — Ya'el Courtney

HHMI's 2027 Gilliam Fellowship guide is out. What changed: an earlier October 27 deadline, expanded eligibility, a higher stipend, and a new postdoc pathway.

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bioZone @thebiozone.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Ever wonder about the real-life inspo behind Pokémon? Check out today's video on Sandshrew! Thanks for collaborating with us @kellyrabbit.bsky.social ! youtube.com/shorts/rcBWv... #pokemon #scicomm

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Deadly Poisons: Palytoxin #shorts

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Jess Cardin @jess-cardin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Do brain circuits really sit in a 'soup' of neuromodulators? Are neurons like soggy bits of bread soaked in signaling factors? Is the whole brain just squelching around in one big pool of warm modulators?

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bioZone @thebiozone.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Let's talk about things that can kill you! #palytoxin #scicomm youtube.com/shorts/rcBWv...

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Deadly Poisons: Palytoxin #shorts

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✨Malaika ✨ @maliqa.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I still remember first learning about optogenetics while shadowing a neuro research lab in undergrad. The idea that we could control neurons with light completely blew my mind and honestly helped spark my path into neuroscience research

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bioZone @thebiozone.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Did you know that you can turn on genes with light??? Check out bioZone's new short on optogenetics 👉 youtube.com/shorts/lm-on... #scicomm

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Optogenetics: turning on genes with light 🧬🔦 #shorts

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bioZone @thebiozone.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Do you own a dog? Do you know it's breed? If you're unsure, consider testing your dog's DNA - you could be contributing to the next scientific breakthrough! #scicomm youtube.com/shorts/XmEn_...

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Heterochromia in dogs 🐶 👁️🧿 #shorts

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Lindsay🧠 @neuromelody.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Thrilled to share my feature on @sfn.org “Future of Neuroscience” series!! In this interview, I reflect on why I chose to study neuroscience, share some of my PhD research, and discuss some of the benefits and challenges of sharing neuroscience content online. www.sfn.org/publications... #scicomm

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Future of Neuroscience: Lindsay Ejoh

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bioZone @thebiozone.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Do you know about the real-life inspiration for Caterpie? 🐛Find out about the Asian Swallowtail Butterfly Larva & its similarities to a beloved Pokémon in our recent short! Thanks to @kellyrabbit.bsky.social for guest-writing this script! youtube.com/shorts/kJOrH... #scicomm #biozone

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Real-life Pokémon: part 5 Caterpie #shorts #scicomm #animals #pokemon #biology

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Ross Williamson @rswilliamson.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Excited to share a new paper from our lab, just in time for Easter, where we characterize how arousal modulates different excitatory cell-types in the auditory cortex! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Pupil-linked arousal heterogeneously modulates cell-type–specific sensory processing

Two-photon imaging and pupillometry reveal how arousal modulates excitatory neuron subtypes in auditory cortex.

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bioZone @thebiozone.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Do NOT feed your dog grapes! 🍇🚫🐕 Here is why: youtube.com/shorts/RK_IX... #scicomm

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Why are grapes toxic to dogs? 🍇🚫🐕 #shorts #biology #scicomm

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bioZone @thebiozone.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

We're back with another one of our real-life Pokémon series! Thanks to @kellyrabbit.bsky.social for guest-writing this script on Drowzee! Check it out here 👉 youtube.com/shorts/3INKB...

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Real life Pokémon: part 4 Drowzee #shorts #nature #science #wildlife #scicomm #biology #pokemon

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bioZone @thebiozone.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Have you ever wondered how dogs can smell low blood sugar? Check out our recent short on diabetes service dogs! 👉 youtube.com/shorts/NWW3w... #scicomm

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How dogs smell low blood sugar #shorts #science #scicomm #biology #diabetes

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✨Malaika ✨ @maliqa.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Ahhhhh you are on fire 🔥🔥 💯 CONGRATS!!!!!! Very well deserved!!! 🥳

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✨Malaika ✨ @maliqa.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

That’s good advice! Thank you! It’s good to know how to handle these situations for anyone because unfortunately difficult people exist everywhere lollll but I’ve esp seen it in academia where this type of behavior seems more prolific and there’s no accountability

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✨Malaika ✨ @maliqa.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

How do you recommend handling situations where feedback is delivered in a way that feels unnecessarily rude or crosses professional boundaries—especially when it comes from senior people? What’s the best way to navigate that kind of environment?

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Let's talk about "grumpy lab person". Many labs have them. With an eye to keeping science at its most rigorous, they cross the line into criticism that's too harsh. They are the ones who risk killing your scientific spirit. They are reviewer 2. /1

Grumpy from Disney's Snow White and the 7 dwarves.

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✨Malaika ✨ @maliqa.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Loved this piece! But I want to add: We all start w an innate curiosity, but bad mentorship, neg experiences, & systemic barriers often wear it down—thru no fault of our own. I can’t help but wonder how many brilliant scientists we’ve lost simply bc that curiosity wasn’t nurtured.

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✨Malaika ✨ @maliqa.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

We’ve been teasing this one FOREVER, & the paper is FINALLY OUT!!!! Beyond grateful to have been part of this incredible work as a tech & to have worked alongside such talented scientists! This project changed the direction of my scientific journey & inspired me to continue pursuing pain research

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⚡️GREG_CORDER⚡️ @flybottleescape.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

✨New Corder Lab preprint 🧠⚡️ - from Dr Sophie Rogers ! Differential modulation of aversive signaling by expectation across the cingulate cortex We image the same ACC + RSC neurons over time during noxious fear learning to ask: who encodes aversion vs who predicts it 🔮 biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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StanfordPain @stanfordpain.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

There’s no biological reason women should suffer through pain at every stage of life—only a cultural one

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✨Malaika ✨ @maliqa.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Loved Everything is Tuberculosis! We read it in our book club and it’s was one of my favs! Very eye opening to how TB directly impacted our society and has made me think of diseases a little bit more differently

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Kenji Lee @kenjilee.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Same work accepted at Nature Comms but rejected at Cosyne in the same week! Science is so capricious!

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⚡️GREG_CORDER⚡️ @flybottleescape.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

🧠🐭💊 Check out our work on the role of Central Amygdala cell-types in opioid withdrawal ... Now published in Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social Open-access link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Central amygdalar PKCδ neurons mediate fentanyl withdrawal

Neuropsychopharmacology - Central amygdalar PKCδ neurons mediate fentanyl withdrawal

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bioZone @thebiozone.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Have you ever wondered how many sperm are typically incubated with one egg during IVF? Find out here! 👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3-T9eSK8wc&lc=UgxYzaI9HPaluBZ1P0N4AaABAg

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⚡️GREG_CORDER⚡️ @flybottleescape.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Now officially: Dr Rogers🎓✨ Unofficially: still the same Sophie.. with more letters + even more legend 🧠🍄💥 You crushed your thesis defense with equal parts science and soul. From psilocybin/psychedelics to pain + aversive processing in cortex you brought rigor, clarity and creative Congrats 🍾

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StanfordPain @stanfordpain.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

If the test is normal but the patient is still suffering, the work isn’t done.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 25/11/2025

Great story by @carlzimmer.com in @nytimes.com that nicely conveys the excitement for the emerging field of interoception. @dulaclab.bsky.social and others are featured, including my tattoo 😳! Gift article link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/s...

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✨Malaika ✨ @maliqa.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

A very thought provoking and exciting piece on interoception!!

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bioZone @thebiozone.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Did you know that puppies from the same litter can have different dads?! Find out more on YouTube! 👉 youtube.com/shorts/dte8_...

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You are BOTH the father #shorts #superfecundation

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Kate Sadler @katesadlerphd.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

short and sweet new preprint from the lab showing that the vaginal microbiome is a key driver of endometriosis pain! 🦠🩸 more details coming soon but very excited to be working on this criminally understudied chronic pain condition. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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The vaginal microbiome drives endometriosis pain

Despite being one of two cardinal disease symptoms, endometriosis pain is poorly understood. Using a validated mouse model, we demonstrate that endometriosis-associated vaginal dysbiosis is sufficient...

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✨Malaika ✨ @maliqa.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

🩹The cut is in your skin. ❤️‍🩹But the ache—that lives in your story. 🧠The brain decides when you hurt—and when you don’t. 💢It can turn agony into silence, or invent pain where no wound exists. 📖Either way… Pain begins as biology, and ends as meaning.

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bioZone @thebiozone.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

happy belated halloween from bioZone! have you watched our final short from this year's spooky series yet? Check it out here!! 🪳💋😘🩸 --> youtube.com/shorts/dNPFW...

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spooky science : the kissing bug #shorts

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✨Malaika ✨ @maliqa.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

It’s that time of the year! Spooky science szn 👻

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bioZone @thebiozone.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

spooky science : deadly rabbit disease #shorts 🐇🩸 youtube.com/shorts/ib4Nk...

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spooky science: deadly rabbit disease #shorts

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bioZone @thebiozone.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Colon cancer is on the rise in younger adults, and recent research suggests a microbe may be partially to blame 🦠 youtube.com/shorts/YDmRu...

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Colon cancer is on the rise in younger adults #shorts

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bioZone @thebiozone.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

bioZone isn't just the name of your favorite educational youTube channel, its also an important strategy for geologists watch on YouTube to support us 👇 youtube.com/shorts/lBfg6...

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Modeling Withdrawal States in Opioid-Dependent Mice with Machine Learning www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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✨Malaika ✨ @maliqa.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Science is by the people and for the people—yet so many don’t know they can access research papers for free! Help spread the word beyond the science world 🌍📚

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Vinny Costa @vincentcostaphd.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

This is an absolute masterpiece and a must read if you care at all about amygdala function bsky.app/profile/flyb...

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✨Malaika ✨ @maliqa.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Hot off the press 🔥 Big congrats to @jesswoj.bsky.social on her newly published paper — and for landing the cover ✨!! So proud to have been part of this ground breaking science!!

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Victoria Abraira reflects on a paper from Charles Zuker’s lab that made her wonder which aspects of somatosensory circuits are hardwired, which are plastic and how we can change them, in our latest “This paper changed my life.” #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/this-paper-c...

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This paper changed my life: Victoria Abraira on a tasty link between circuits and behavior

The findings from Charles Zuker’s lab put the taste system on the map, revealing that some fundamental principles of behavior are hardwired.

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bioZone @thebiozone.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Here's our June progress!

2 videos posted, 36 new subscribers, 6,163 total views and 4,987 minutes watched

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