Felix Viana @neuroviana.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A must read for anyone interested in pain mechanisms! Sex-specific mechanisms of chronic pain | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgSex-specific mechanisms of chronic painFor decades, we have known that women, especially younger women, are disproportionately affected by pain disorders, including irritable bowel syndrome, endometriosis, menstrual migraines, fibromyalgia... 041
Reposted by Felix VianaAriel Levine @ariellevine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Reminder that the abstract deadline for the Pre-SfN Motor symposium is October 5! Please use this link (forms.gle/Czs4S6NP8vxB...) to register and submit abstracts.forms.gleMotor Symposium 2026 RegistrationWe’re delighted to invite you to the 19th Annual Pre-SfN Motor Symposium, to be held Friday, November 13 at Georgetown University. Meeting Scope: This meeting has a traditional focus on spinal and b... 073
Felix Viana @neuroviana.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Relaxing #caturday after a brief period of introspection 0100
Felix Viana @neuroviana.bsky.social · 16/08/2026My childhood playground #RiasBaixas #IllasCies #Monteferro #IllasEstelas 020
Felix Viana @neuroviana.bsky.social · 12/08/2026To watch the #solareclipse we drove 3 h to Molezuelas de la Carballeda (47 inhabitants according to census) in #Zamora Seeing the progress through a cardboard pinhole telescope was great. The sudden drop in light and #temperature #ThermoTRPs was magical 030
Felix Viana @neuroviana.bsky.social · 06/08/2026We enjoyed a full day of comtemporary art with my dear sister in law, Claudia Costanzo, invited artist for the ART’IN LIMA 2026 exhibition Her installation in the Capela das Pereiras is really magical 030
Reposted by Felix VianaDavid Díez del Molino 🇪🇸🇸🇪🏳️🌈 @indianadiez.bsky.social · 31/07/2026En la Edad de Hielo, los mamuts lanudos hembra eran el producto más codiciado www.elmundo.es/ciencia/2026...elmundo.esEn la Edad de Hielo, los mamuts lanudos hembra eran el producto más codiciadoSi la exitosa película de animación Ice Age -La Edad de Hielo- se grabara hoy, es posible que al mamut lanudo, uno de sus protagonistas, ya no le pusiera voz un hombre, sino una... 143
Felix Viana @neuroviana.bsky.social · 31/07/2026We are hiring!! Offering a 4-year position to pursue a PhD in Neuroscience 🧠 in @neuroalc.bsky.social Our lab studies cellular and molecular mechanisms of chronic pain: strong focus on ion channels and receptors. Expected starting date is March 2027. #neuroscience #doctorate #pain #ion_channels 022
Reposted by Felix VianaSENC @senc-neurociencia.bsky.social · 31/07/2026📰Un estudio del @painchannels.bsky.social (@neuroalc.bsky.social) identifica que #Piezo2, una proteína presente en las neuronas sensoriales, desempeña un papel fundamental en la hipersensibilidad mecánica asociada al dolor neuropático. @neuroviana.bsky.social 🔗 in.umh-csic.es/es/articulos...in.umh-csic.esPiezo2 mediates mechanical sensitivity and injury-induced hypersensitivity in MrgprD-expressing nociceptors. - Instituto de Neurociencias de AlicanteUn estudio del Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH identifica un mecanismo clave del dolor crónico causado por lesiones nerviosas • El trabajo demuestra que la proteína Piezo2 desempeña un papel esenc... 133
Reposted by Felix VianaDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Facing federal science budget cuts, biologist Daniel Blumstein resorted to uploading marmot videos to OnlyFans to raise funds for his marmot research. However, when he uploaded his driver’s license for verification, OnlyFans informed him that his appearance didn’t match the marmots in the videos.nytimes.com‘OnlyMarms’: Marmots Are on OnlyFans to Raise Money for Research (Gift Article)A team of scientists uploaded videos of the squirrel-like rodents in the wild on the adult-content site OnlyFans to raise money amid government budget cuts. 172298681
Reposted by Felix VianaTitania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 25/07/2026The world needs more bookish gargoyles and grotesques 10654521068
Felix Viana @neuroviana.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Relaxing summer #Caturday grants and manuscripts have been reviewed, experiments went well this week, students are discovering new things, I visited the same 🐙 5 times this week Talking Heads are good 050
Felix Viana @neuroviana.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Best wishes and my dearest sentiment to all my Belgian friends Leçon de politesse / Lesson in politeness 1957 (René Magritte) 021
Felix Viana @neuroviana.bsky.social · 15/06/2026The IN Progress Report Workshop is a great opportunity to hear about exciting work by other colleagues and to receive feedback from our own work. Thank you @morantelab.bsky.social for organizing 021
Reposted by Felix VianaDerek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 28/05/2026An unapologetically angry post about what’s being done to US science:science.orgThe Current Crisis: What's Happening to Science in America 10518249
Felix Viana @neuroviana.bsky.social · 21/05/2026𝗠𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 workshop hosted by @neuroalc.bsky.social Great start with the @embo.org 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 by Prof. Gary Lewin from the Max Delbrück Center in Berlin. #mechanobiology #mechanotransduction #piezochannels #ELKIN1 #woundhealing #cadherins #MECHANO2026 062
Felix Viana @neuroviana.bsky.social · 16/05/2026This Friday we had the privilege of hosting Dr. Wenqin Luo at @neuroalc.bsky.social. It was great to learn about the transcriptional profiling of human DRG & TG neurons 🙏 Dr. Ana Gomis @painchannels.bsky.social for organizing. Very interesting discussions afterwards. #pain #transcriptomics #itch 020
Felix Viana @neuroviana.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Hike #5 6 km circular route between Benimaurell and Fleix in the beautiful Laguar Valley of #MarinaAlta Alicante. Together with my colleagues of @painchannels.bsky.social and the Neurobiology of Pain and Inflammation Program at @neuroalc.bsky.social 1100
Reposted by Felix VianaSociety for Neuroscience @sfn.org · 20/04/2026Tomorrow is the day! Get ready for #SfN26 and review all the basics of organizing a “nano” in this free webinar on Neuronline. Reserve your spot now. 🔗 vist.ly/4z4us #neurosky #neuroskyence #academicchatter 031
Felix Viana @neuroviana.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Hike #4 From Favaritx Lighthouse to Cala Presili and Cala Tortuga (6 km round trip) Part of #CamiDeCavalls tour in #Menorca #hiking 070
Felix Viana @neuroviana.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Hike #4 From Favaritx Lighthouse to Cala Presili and Cala Tortuga (6 km round trip) Part of #CamiDeCavalls tour in #Menorca #hiking 030
Felix Viana @neuroviana.bsky.social · 19/04/2026A room with a constantly changing view. #Menorca #EsCastell 010
Felix Viana @neuroviana.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Hike #3 From Cala Alcaufar to Punta Prima beach (6 km round trip) Part of #CamiDeCavalls tour in #Menorca 030
Felix Viana @neuroviana.bsky.social · 15/04/20263 full days of #Mechanobiology in 😎 Alicante Only 5 weeks left! @garyrlewin.bsky.social @embo.org Lecture Information and registration: 𝐡𝐭𝐭𝐩://𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐨𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔.𝐮𝐦𝐡.𝐞𝐬/ mechano2026@manners.es mechano2026@umh.es #Piezochannels #IonChannels #Mechanosensation #Hearing #Integrins #Wound_repair 130
Reposted by Felix VianaKarolin Luger @nucleosomepolice.bsky.social · 11/04/2026this 👇🧪👇🧪👇🧪👇🧪👇🧪 agree 💯 04212
Reposted by Felix VianaCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 10/04/2026This is all good and well but does it work on congressmen?nature.comFemale mice grow testes after this single DNA tweakSmall changes in the non-coding part of the genome have a key role in sex determination. 1435664
Felix Viana @neuroviana.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Nothing matches being home for the holidays. Rías Baixas, Galicia, Spain 150
Felix Viana @neuroviana.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Great pics of Kilimanjaro taken by our fantastic guide and driver James Kahore Karibe #Amboseli #Kenya #safari #naturephotography 030
Felix Viana @neuroviana.bsky.social · 28/03/2026If you travel to Nairobi, you should not miss the National Museum of Kenya, specially the room with replicas of many famous skulls and skeletons from early hominids, including Lucy and the Turkana boy! 010
Felix Viana @neuroviana.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Today, in Masai Mara 🇰🇪 we spent quite a bit of time observing several large families of savanah elephants while sleeping, eating, drinking. A fascinating experience #elephants #wildlife #MasaiMara 020
Felix Viana @neuroviana.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Masai Mara is the largest animal reserve in Kenia. You need weeks to explore it in detail. We had some great sightings on our first day SE of Keekorok #Kenya #wildlife #lions 040
Felix Viana @neuroviana.bsky.social · 23/03/2026If you travel to Amboseli NP in 🇰🇪 you hope to come across big herds of elephants and have a good view of Mt. Kilimanjaro. We had plenty of both! #Kenya #safari #elephants 010
Felix Viana @neuroviana.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Engage with top international Mechanobiology researchers this May in 🌞🌞Alicante Fantastic lineup of speakers covering the brain and CNS, hearing, gut, skin, cardio and reproductive systems. We have room in the program for a few talks to be selected among early registrants! 𝐡𝐭𝐭𝐩://𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐨𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔.𝐮𝐦𝐡.𝐞𝐬/ 020
Reposted by Felix VianaArdem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 06/02/2026Excited to co-host this conference with @marissascavuzzo.bsky.social and Steve Liberles focused on the peripheral nervous system -- No Brainer! Check out the amazing list of speakers and apply for one of the spots for this small, interactive meeting on the beautiful Janelia Campus at HHMI. 12311
Reposted by Felix VianaInstituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Today we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Alwin Köhler from @maxperutzlabs.ac.at at our #SeminarsIN with his talk: “Fat Matters: How Nuclear Envelope Lipids Regulate Cell Function”. A fantastic lecture, thank you! 👏👏 @csic.es @dicv.csic.es @umh.es @morantelab.bsky.social 042
Felix Viana @neuroviana.bsky.social · 03/02/2026I am used to explain the basics of thermosensation and thermoregulation in English or in Spanish. It was great fun to contribute to an article published in French on this topic. Merci au @cnrs.fr pour l'invitation 000
Reposted by Felix VianaMatthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 01/02/2026One of the most extraordinary documents ever created by humans. The 12 volume manuscript "General History of the Things of New Spain", created in 1577 by the Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahagún and a group of Nahua elders, authors, and artists, it describes the culture of indigenous Mexico.florentinecodex.getty.eduDigital Florentine CodexThe Getty Research Institute provides global access to the Florentine Codex, considered the most important manuscript of early colonial Mexico 1116
Felix Viana @neuroviana.bsky.social · 28/01/2026La lumière, nouvelle méthode antidouleur chez les animaux. It was great to collaborate with Guillaume Sandoz @univcotedazur.bsky.social @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social and other colleagues on this exciting project www.nature.com/articles/s41... 0125