@goldpainlab.bsky.social
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NIH is ramping up efforts to fill a huge slate of vacant leadership positions.
Onlookers worry the process is being rushed and will depart, as it already has in one case, from the long-standing practice of drawing on advice from academic scientists to find candidates. https://scim.ag/47HraVv
Onlookers worry the process is being rushed and will depart, as it already has in one case, from the long-standing practice of drawing on advice from academic scientists to find candidates. https://scim.ag/47HraVv
Is NIH cutting corners as it rushes to fill leadership positions?
Unlike in the past, agency searches appear to exclude help from outside academic researchers
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November 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
NIH is ramping up efforts to fill a huge slate of vacant leadership positions.
Onlookers worry the process is being rushed and will depart, as it already has in one case, from the long-standing practice of drawing on advice from academic scientists to find candidates. https://scim.ag/47HraVv
Onlookers worry the process is being rushed and will depart, as it already has in one case, from the long-standing practice of drawing on advice from academic scientists to find candidates. https://scim.ag/47HraVv
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“Forming leadership search committees consisting of only NIH staff “is the same as not doing a real search,” says neuroscientist and psychiatrist Joshua Gordon of Columbia University, a former director of NIMH”
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“Forming leadership search committees consisting of only NIH staff “is the same as not doing a real search,” says neuroscientist and psychiatrist Joshua Gordon of Columbia University, a former director of NIMH”
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UPDATE: @murray.senate.gov, who pressed NIH director Bhattacharya on not retaliating against signers of the Bethesda Declaration in a June hearing, calls for answers
November 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
UPDATE: @murray.senate.gov, who pressed NIH director Bhattacharya on not retaliating against signers of the Bethesda Declaration in a June hearing, calls for answers
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I can further confirm that @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social is experiencing retaliation by “Free speech” Jay and the Trump administration.
@standupforscience.bsky.social stands with her and will continue to support public servants who speak out against the harms of this administration.
@standupforscience.bsky.social stands with her and will continue to support public servants who speak out against the harms of this administration.
NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say.
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
November 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I can further confirm that @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social is experiencing retaliation by “Free speech” Jay and the Trump administration.
@standupforscience.bsky.social stands with her and will continue to support public servants who speak out against the harms of this administration.
@standupforscience.bsky.social stands with her and will continue to support public servants who speak out against the harms of this administration.
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Oregon represent! 👊 @wyden.senate.gov and @repdexteror.bsky.social speak out against RFK Jr.’s mishandling of HHS and demand he resign or be removed.
We won’t stop until Congress impeaches the Quack! Take action with Stand up for Science at the link in our bio. 🔗
#impeachrfk #standupforscience
We won’t stop until Congress impeaches the Quack! Take action with Stand up for Science at the link in our bio. 🔗
#impeachrfk #standupforscience
November 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Oregon represent! 👊 @wyden.senate.gov and @repdexteror.bsky.social speak out against RFK Jr.’s mishandling of HHS and demand he resign or be removed.
We won’t stop until Congress impeaches the Quack! Take action with Stand up for Science at the link in our bio. 🔗
#impeachrfk #standupforscience
We won’t stop until Congress impeaches the Quack! Take action with Stand up for Science at the link in our bio. 🔗
#impeachrfk #standupforscience
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Remember when Congress controlled the budget?
Cute. 😏 That was so 1791.😉
Now it’s executive-branch roulette 🎰 with community health grants.
Public health isn’t supposed to depend on who’s behind the desk at OMB, currently Russ Vought.
Cute. 😏 That was so 1791.😉
Now it’s executive-branch roulette 🎰 with community health grants.
Public health isn’t supposed to depend on who’s behind the desk at OMB, currently Russ Vought.
November 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Remember when Congress controlled the budget?
Cute. 😏 That was so 1791.😉
Now it’s executive-branch roulette 🎰 with community health grants.
Public health isn’t supposed to depend on who’s behind the desk at OMB, currently Russ Vought.
Cute. 😏 That was so 1791.😉
Now it’s executive-branch roulette 🎰 with community health grants.
Public health isn’t supposed to depend on who’s behind the desk at OMB, currently Russ Vought.
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As Democrats offer to reopen the govt in exchange for keeping health insurance subsidies the same for one year, Trump orders his puppets in Congress to reject the deal as he flies back to Palm Beach for another weekend of golf and parties at his country club.
November 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
As Democrats offer to reopen the govt in exchange for keeping health insurance subsidies the same for one year, Trump orders his puppets in Congress to reject the deal as he flies back to Palm Beach for another weekend of golf and parties at his country club.
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Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
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Nice summary of the current state of affairs…get out and vote on Tuesday, if only for posterity.
Nice summary of the current state of affairs…get out and vote on Tuesday, if only for posterity.
I voted, as I wrote at the time, for compassion over fear, empathy over ignorance, humanity over mockery, hope over nihilism, progress over regress and decency over vulgarity.
pge.post-gazette.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Nice summary of the current state of affairs…get out and vote on Tuesday, if only for posterity.
Nice summary of the current state of affairs…get out and vote on Tuesday, if only for posterity.
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The science is clear - SNAP reduces food insecurity, improves health outcomes, and lower healthcare costs.
Although fed judges ruled the admin can NOT withhold SNAP disbursements, it appears they plan to do just that.
We’re mobilizing a national food drive - join here👇
zurl.co/BrvG5
Although fed judges ruled the admin can NOT withhold SNAP disbursements, it appears they plan to do just that.
We’re mobilizing a national food drive - join here👇
zurl.co/BrvG5
November 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The science is clear - SNAP reduces food insecurity, improves health outcomes, and lower healthcare costs.
Although fed judges ruled the admin can NOT withhold SNAP disbursements, it appears they plan to do just that.
We’re mobilizing a national food drive - join here👇
zurl.co/BrvG5
Although fed judges ruled the admin can NOT withhold SNAP disbursements, it appears they plan to do just that.
We’re mobilizing a national food drive - join here👇
zurl.co/BrvG5
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The latest work from our PRECISION Human Pain Center project is now up on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social led by Katherin Gabriel and @oliviadavis.bsky.social with a huge contribution from @allanhpool.bsky.social's lab and, of course, the Southwest Transplant Alliance: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A molecular map of the human spinal dorsal and ventral horn defines arrangement of neuronal types and glial sex differences
The spinal cord is the gateway for sensory information from the body as it ascends to the brain, as well as a major motor output center of the nervous system. It is also a key location for sensory-mot...
www.biorxiv.org
November 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The latest work from our PRECISION Human Pain Center project is now up on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social led by Katherin Gabriel and @oliviadavis.bsky.social with a huge contribution from @allanhpool.bsky.social's lab and, of course, the Southwest Transplant Alliance: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Seems like exactly the thing that MAHA folks would want to know about - environmental toxins that interfere with male reproduction. Why then would Zeldin not want it released? In a lot of ways there are conflicts between MAHA and MAGA.
An EPA report found that the forever chemical PFNA interferes with human development and likely causes damage to the liver and male reproductive systems.
The agency has sat on the report for months. “Scientifically, it was done,” said one scientist.
The agency has sat on the report for months. “Scientifically, it was done,” said one scientist.
Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...
www.propublica.org
November 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Seems like exactly the thing that MAHA folks would want to know about - environmental toxins that interfere with male reproduction. Why then would Zeldin not want it released? In a lot of ways there are conflicts between MAHA and MAGA.
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⏰ Abstract deadline tomorrow! Join us in Grindelwald, Feb 4–6, 2026 Worldwide Sodium Channel Conference!
Robert Stewart (Harvard) talks on Nav1.8 inhibition & new Nav blockers for pain 💥Accepted abstracts → special issue @jgp.org👉 sodiumchannelconference2026.org
#WSCC26 #SodiumChannels #PainResearch
Robert Stewart (Harvard) talks on Nav1.8 inhibition & new Nav blockers for pain 💥Accepted abstracts → special issue @jgp.org👉 sodiumchannelconference2026.org
#WSCC26 #SodiumChannels #PainResearch
November 1, 2025 at 8:21 AM
⏰ Abstract deadline tomorrow! Join us in Grindelwald, Feb 4–6, 2026 Worldwide Sodium Channel Conference!
Robert Stewart (Harvard) talks on Nav1.8 inhibition & new Nav blockers for pain 💥Accepted abstracts → special issue @jgp.org👉 sodiumchannelconference2026.org
#WSCC26 #SodiumChannels #PainResearch
Robert Stewart (Harvard) talks on Nav1.8 inhibition & new Nav blockers for pain 💥Accepted abstracts → special issue @jgp.org👉 sodiumchannelconference2026.org
#WSCC26 #SodiumChannels #PainResearch
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We are seeking a senior tenured professor in our Department working on affective and/or motivational neuroscience (defined in the ad, but pretty broad). The idea is that this person is going help lead our growth in this area alongside our excellent Centers. jobs.utdallas.edu/postings/30693
Associate/Full Professor - Affective Motivational Neuroscience
Position DescriptionThe Department of Neuroscience in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at The University of Texas at Dallas seeks a late-stage Associate or Full Professor faculty member to ...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We are seeking a senior tenured professor in our Department working on affective and/or motivational neuroscience (defined in the ad, but pretty broad). The idea is that this person is going help lead our growth in this area alongside our excellent Centers. jobs.utdallas.edu/postings/30693
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Have you been searching for data supporting interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation programs’ claims of longterm improvements in pain and functioning? Check Craner et al.’s study in #ClinJrnlPain and @drjerinmathew.bsky.social clinical #papersoftheweek picks now! bit.ly/4nhaVDa #PRF
October 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Have you been searching for data supporting interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation programs’ claims of longterm improvements in pain and functioning? Check Craner et al.’s study in #ClinJrnlPain and @drjerinmathew.bsky.social clinical #papersoftheweek picks now! bit.ly/4nhaVDa #PRF
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Alaska $25 million
Ballroom $300 million
Argentina $40 billion
Ballroom $300 million
Argentina $40 billion
October 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Alaska $25 million
Ballroom $300 million
Argentina $40 billion
Ballroom $300 million
Argentina $40 billion
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Welcome to the new Dark Ages. In one self inflicted blow the US is giving up on knowledge generation, technical innovation and medical advances for a generation or more. This is Trump and Vought. This is their doing.
The pipeline for Ph.D.s out of U.S. universities is shrinking www.axios.com/2025/10/26/p...
The pipeline for Ph.D.s out of U.S. universities is shrinking
America graduates more Ph.D.s than any other country. They go on to invent things, cure diseases and win Nobel Prizes. But admission slots are disappearing.
www.axios.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Welcome to the new Dark Ages. In one self inflicted blow the US is giving up on knowledge generation, technical innovation and medical advances for a generation or more. This is Trump and Vought. This is their doing.
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Tear gassing random residential streets is just absolutely psychotic behavior.
Video from today's first gas attack.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
October 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Tear gassing random residential streets is just absolutely psychotic behavior.
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"'I’m overwhelmed by the line,' said Oliver Carter, the pastor at No Limits Outreach Ministries and organizer of the event. 'I didn’t think we were going to have this many federal employees.'"
The Golden Age Of America!
The Golden Age Of America!
October 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"'I’m overwhelmed by the line,' said Oliver Carter, the pastor at No Limits Outreach Ministries and organizer of the event. 'I didn’t think we were going to have this many federal employees.'"
The Golden Age Of America!
The Golden Age Of America!