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Neurobiology Lab studying development, maintenance, and aging of the Enteric Nervous System.
Home of 'enfant terrible' of enteric neurobiology

https://www.enteric-neuron.com
@nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com are in a race to the bottom
November 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
How to deal with Reviewer 2
November 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Dedicated to those who continue to believe that biotech/pharma are wiser than academia and don't back projects that simply don't work...
Sarepta: Enough, For God's Sake
www.science.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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After the torture of Bobby Jindal, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Kash Patel, and even fricking Ro Khanna, what a relief and joy to have a righteous south Asian like Mamdani light up the horizon.
November 5, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Never thought the "Trust with Destiny" speech by #Nehru from 1947 in #NewDelhi will echo in #NewYork in 2025 #Zohran
November 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Bill Ackman can go fuck himself
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
How many times did Stuart bash academia non-stop while touting how Arena is the way to go?

Biomedical institute Arena BioWorks is shutting down
Arena BioWorks, an ambitious biomedical institute backed by billionaires, abruptly shuts down
Exclusive: Arena Bioworks, the buzzy research institute that launched with $500 million to support a decade of scientific R&D, is abruptly shutting down, STAT has learned.
share.google
November 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The actors are still the same, but with different names
How the 19th-Century Know Nothing Party Reshaped American Politics
From xenophobia to conspiracy theories, the Know Nothing party launched a nativist movement whose effects are still felt today
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Only place aging stops is at a funeral parlor
October 31, 2025 at 8:20 PM
#Massachusetts - a state where authorities get perverse pleasure from doing road repair at the worst time possible to cause more than usual traffic snarls and snafus
October 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The longer we keep using societies as clique groups and clubs for career advancement and lobby groups, the deeper we are going to sink into the abyss
Another society meeting, another massive, missed opportunity for public engagement.

The #science is A+, but the outreach imagination is F. We can't keep walling ourselves off from the public at these #conferences held in big cities and then complain that folks don't support funding for scientists
October 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Another society meeting, another massive, missed opportunity for public engagement.

The #science is A+, but the outreach imagination is F. We can't keep walling ourselves off from the public at these #conferences held in big cities and then complain that folks don't support funding for scientists
October 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Endothelin 3 and T-type Ca2+ channels drive enteric neural crest cell calcium activity, contractility and migration https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.23.684245v1
October 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
It is now legally obligated for all employers in MASS to show wage transparency

This goes for #academic hiring as well #ttjobs
www.mass.gov
October 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Yeah, no shit!!

Most people are unaware that there aint gonna be 'daily shit' in old age

Fund anti-aging science for gut function NOW

Give a shit now to get a shit later
‘People think they are invincible.’ Most Americans are unprepared for aging, studies show. - The Boston Globe
As Americans age, new research shows a widening gap between rich and poor for life expectancy and also finds that few are prepared for the care, services, and housing they will need.
www.bostonglobe.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
October 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
ACB's answer to the last Q is the best argument against a unitary executive that ACB vouches for earlier in the interview
#law
Opinion | Amy Coney Barrett Is Looking Beyond the Trump Era
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
October 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Noticing all the new faculty jobs being created on significant soft money - don't know whether to laugh or cry
October 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Next up on @nytimes.com

Your leg is broken, euthanasia can help fix it
Opinion | Academia Is Broken. Trump’s University ‘Compact’ Can Help Fix It.
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
When the industry themselves gives you the kill switch
From May 2025: Meta’s former head of global affairs said asking for permission from rights owners to train models would “basically kill the AI industry in this country overnight.”
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
www.theverge.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It only took about 8 years or so for our initial discovery of continual adult enteric neurogenesis to be shown to be clinically relevant in a major GI disorder
October 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM