Tayler Sheahan
@taylersheahan.bsky.social
Neuroscientist, runner, mom • Assistant Professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin • pain, itch, and neuropeptides • first gen • she/her • opinions my own • sheahanlab.com • taylersheahan.com
Had a lot of fun chatting about The Science of Itch and the research my lab is doing at MCW on @620wtmj.bsky.social's Afternoon News yesterday. Thanks so much for having me in-studio!
July 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Had a lot of fun chatting about The Science of Itch and the research my lab is doing at MCW on @620wtmj.bsky.social's Afternoon News yesterday. Thanks so much for having me in-studio!
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This month’s "Launch" newsletter features @fleabrained.bsky.social and Maribel Patiño’s essay on trainee-led initiatives in career mentoring, and Q&As with Thomas Elston and @taylersheahan.bsky.social about their new labs. Plus, job openings and more. Subscribe now: bit.ly/4cy8cRX
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April 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This month’s "Launch" newsletter features @fleabrained.bsky.social and Maribel Patiño’s essay on trainee-led initiatives in career mentoring, and Q&As with Thomas Elston and @taylersheahan.bsky.social about their new labs. Plus, job openings and more. Subscribe now: bit.ly/4cy8cRX
Thanks for the opportunity to share a bit of what it is like to start a new lab @thetransmitter.bsky.social, @franciscorr25.bsky.social! Lots of good advice from early investigators in these Q&A's
In this month’s “Liftoff,” Thomas Elston talks about the need for new PIs to develop their ability to cultivate others' thinking, and @taylersheahan.bsky.social explains how opening a lab is a lot like early parenthood.
By @franciscorr25.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
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By @franciscorr25.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
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Liftoff: New lab alerts
Learn about early-career scientists starting their own labs.
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April 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Thanks for the opportunity to share a bit of what it is like to start a new lab @thetransmitter.bsky.social, @franciscorr25.bsky.social! Lots of good advice from early investigators in these Q&A's
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Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.”
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger | CNN
Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a concerted...
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April 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.”
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
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More, or should I say, less pain at NIH...
Dismemberment of the Office of Pain Policy and Planning office
www.statnews.com/2025/04/08/n...
Dismemberment of the Office of Pain Policy and Planning office
www.statnews.com/2025/04/08/n...
Unique pain research office eliminated in HHS purge
Pain is the most costly chronic health problem in the U.S. In latest RIFs at NIH, an entire division devoted to pain research was closed down.
www.statnews.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
More, or should I say, less pain at NIH...
Dismemberment of the Office of Pain Policy and Planning office
www.statnews.com/2025/04/08/n...
Dismemberment of the Office of Pain Policy and Planning office
www.statnews.com/2025/04/08/n...
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The BEAR Lab will be opening it's doors in July at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and we are looking for our first Research Tech! This position will help with funded MRI studies looking at the brain and alcohol use. More info: bearlab.science/contact/ #neuroscience #psychology #sciencejobs
Contact
We are actively recruiting a Research Technologist! (start date ~7/1/25) Job ad is coming soon. This position will primarily assist with funded studies examining brain function in people who drink …
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March 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The BEAR Lab will be opening it's doors in July at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and we are looking for our first Research Tech! This position will help with funded MRI studies looking at the brain and alcohol use. More info: bearlab.science/contact/ #neuroscience #psychology #sciencejobs
Despite all of *waves around*, the Sheahan Lab is putting one foot in front of the other and is looking for a research technician. A great position for someone interested in gaining more neuroscience experience in itch & pain before applying for grad/med school: shorturl.at/DW3fU 🧠 #PainResearch
Research Technologist I
Medical College of Wisconsin - Research Technologist I - Milwaukee WI 53201
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March 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Despite all of *waves around*, the Sheahan Lab is putting one foot in front of the other and is looking for a research technician. A great position for someone interested in gaining more neuroscience experience in itch & pain before applying for grad/med school: shorturl.at/DW3fU 🧠 #PainResearch
It has been a rollercoaster starting a new lab in late 2024. Amidst all the stress and uncertainty surrounding science, the Sheahan Lab has had a few victories that I want to celebrate:
March 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It has been a rollercoaster starting a new lab in late 2024. Amidst all the stress and uncertainty surrounding science, the Sheahan Lab has had a few victories that I want to celebrate:
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The bill, which was approved today by the U.S. House of Representatives and heads next to a Senate vote, includes 20 percent less BRAIN Initiative funding than last year.
By @avaskham.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/u-s-...
By @avaskham.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/u-s-...
U.S. BRAIN Initiative set to lose $81 million this year
A government spending bill, approved today by the House of Representatives, allocates 20 percent less funding for the program than last year.
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March 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The bill, which was approved today by the U.S. House of Representatives and heads next to a Senate vote, includes 20 percent less BRAIN Initiative funding than last year.
By @avaskham.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/u-s-...
By @avaskham.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/u-s-...
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Wondering if your study section cancelled? I update this sheet daily. As of today, 56/124 study sections that should have met since Jan 2, 2025 have "not met as scheduled." docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
2025 Study section tracking
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February 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Wondering if your study section cancelled? I update this sheet daily. As of today, 56/124 study sections that should have met since Jan 2, 2025 have "not met as scheduled." docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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I've spent the day working with Reporter data... differences in number of funded applications from 1/20/24-2/21/24 and 1/20/25-2/21/25 by state. This is the picture (happy to share code):
February 23, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I've spent the day working with Reporter data... differences in number of funded applications from 1/20/24-2/21/24 and 1/20/25-2/21/25 by state. This is the picture (happy to share code):
What role does scratching play in an itchy rash? Congrats to Andrew Liu of the Kaplan Lab on a mammoth project, happy to have played a small role in this awesome story!
Why scratching makes a rash worse and a potential benefit to scratching--it reduced S. aureus on skin. Andrew Liu's paper from our lab is out now at #science #neuroimmune #immunology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Scratching promotes allergic inflammation and host defense via neurogenic mast cell activation
Itch is a dominant symptom in dermatitis, and scratching promotes cutaneous inflammation, thereby worsening disease. However, the mechanisms through which scratching exacerbates inflammation and wheth...
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February 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What role does scratching play in an itchy rash? Congrats to Andrew Liu of the Kaplan Lab on a mammoth project, happy to have played a small role in this awesome story!
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🚨 SAVE THE DATE! 🚨
2nd edition of the St. Louis Translational Pain Research Forum!
a joint effort between SLU, WashU and UHSP
🗓 Sept 26-27, 2025
🎤 Keynote: Dr. Cheryl Stucky
💡 Plenary: Dr. Patrick Dougherty
Register now ->🔗 stl-tprf2023.my.canva.site/stl-tprf2025
#PainResearch #Neuroskyience
2nd edition of the St. Louis Translational Pain Research Forum!
a joint effort between SLU, WashU and UHSP
🗓 Sept 26-27, 2025
🎤 Keynote: Dr. Cheryl Stucky
💡 Plenary: Dr. Patrick Dougherty
Register now ->🔗 stl-tprf2023.my.canva.site/stl-tprf2025
#PainResearch #Neuroskyience
February 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
🚨 SAVE THE DATE! 🚨
2nd edition of the St. Louis Translational Pain Research Forum!
a joint effort between SLU, WashU and UHSP
🗓 Sept 26-27, 2025
🎤 Keynote: Dr. Cheryl Stucky
💡 Plenary: Dr. Patrick Dougherty
Register now ->🔗 stl-tprf2023.my.canva.site/stl-tprf2025
#PainResearch #Neuroskyience
2nd edition of the St. Louis Translational Pain Research Forum!
a joint effort between SLU, WashU and UHSP
🗓 Sept 26-27, 2025
🎤 Keynote: Dr. Cheryl Stucky
💡 Plenary: Dr. Patrick Dougherty
Register now ->🔗 stl-tprf2023.my.canva.site/stl-tprf2025
#PainResearch #Neuroskyience
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It feels weird to be promoting myself in the midst of *gestures wildly*, but I've been working on this project for a while and I'm super proud of it! One possible answer to the question of "What to do about the low reliability of task fMRI?" a 🧵 #neuroskyence #fMRI #Neuroimaging (1/11):
Enhancing task fMRI individual difference research with neural signatures https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.30.25321355v1
February 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It feels weird to be promoting myself in the midst of *gestures wildly*, but I've been working on this project for a while and I'm super proud of it! One possible answer to the question of "What to do about the low reliability of task fMRI?" a 🧵 #neuroskyence #fMRI #Neuroimaging (1/11):
Bumping this for those new(ish) to Bluesky. 👇 Connect with pain and somatosensory researchers here. There is still space if you want to be added 🧠
I've joined the 🦋 migration! Here's a pain and somatosensory researchers starter pack. Comment or message me to be added #neuroscience #neuroskyence #pain 🧠 🔬 go.bsky.app/N3EmVKA
January 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Bumping this for those new(ish) to Bluesky. 👇 Connect with pain and somatosensory researchers here. There is still space if you want to be added 🧠
I couldn't agree more! Great science and great people. Thanks for bringing us together @doctheagrif.bsky.social! #WCBR2025
January 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I couldn't agree more! Great science and great people. Thanks for bringing us together @doctheagrif.bsky.social! #WCBR2025
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🧪Here's the script for your senators. If you're in WI, like I am, that's Johnson www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/office_locat... and Baldwin www.baldwin.senate.gov
Data by state on NIH impact: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
Data by state on NIH impact: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
![I am calling due to grave concerns with the freezing of communications at Federal agencies. Specifically, I am calling regarding HHS and the National Institutes of Health, including the indefinite suspension of council review meetings, review section, and travel. Currently, our state of [insert state here] benefits from over $654 million [WI data; insert data from your state here] in biomedical research funding from the NIH with a significant portion of that going to support jobs, innovation, and education, translating to $1.64 Billion in economic activity [WI data; insert data from your state here]. As a concerned local [citizen/resident/scientist/researcher/educator], I urge you to make sure that the money that has already been allocated for NIH extramural funding, including all training and workforce development grants remain committed. Having this funding removed would be disastrous for our local economy, important university biomedical research, and would lead to the loss of thousands of research training positions at the staff, postdoctoral, and graduate student level. NIH has always benefited from Congressional support across political ideologies, and continuing to commit to its funding and extramural projects ensures our country remains at the forefront of biomedical research efforts and innovations.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pj7rqr7fzl2qf4v7l7ygej6w/bafkreif2irkeiikyvwoqan3aksfsatisbkobnupftulco2gjy6reu2lfoa@jpeg)
January 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
🧪Here's the script for your senators. If you're in WI, like I am, that's Johnson www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/office_locat... and Baldwin www.baldwin.senate.gov
Data by state on NIH impact: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
Data by state on NIH impact: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
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📣 Calling fellow ECRs studying the contributions of GPCRs to pain and/or analgesia!
🧠 Interested in presenting at #SfN25 in San Diego in November?
🙏 Please drop me a message - looking for last few speakers for a mini symposium proposal!
#PainResearch #neuroskyance
🧠 Interested in presenting at #SfN25 in San Diego in November?
🙏 Please drop me a message - looking for last few speakers for a mini symposium proposal!
#PainResearch #neuroskyance
January 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
📣 Calling fellow ECRs studying the contributions of GPCRs to pain and/or analgesia!
🧠 Interested in presenting at #SfN25 in San Diego in November?
🙏 Please drop me a message - looking for last few speakers for a mini symposium proposal!
#PainResearch #neuroskyance
🧠 Interested in presenting at #SfN25 in San Diego in November?
🙏 Please drop me a message - looking for last few speakers for a mini symposium proposal!
#PainResearch #neuroskyance
Hot off the press from @johndr01.bsky.social and Lisa McIlvried et al.! 👇 Adaptive plasticity in sensory neurons. Congrats all, happy to have played a small role in this and to see how the project evolved!
hubs.la/Q02_YmnR0 It is finally out! Yes!!! Huge Thanks to
@robgereau for the support and guidance. Congratulations to all the co-authors. @jgenphysiol.bsky.social
@robgereau for the support and guidance. Congratulations to all the co-authors. @jgenphysiol.bsky.social
Intrinsic adaptive plasticity in mouse and human sensory neurons | Journal of General Physiology | Rockefeller University Press
In this study, McIlvried, Del Rosario, and colleagues show that mechanisms of adaptive plasticity are engaged in mouse and human sensory neurons after sust
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December 17, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Hot off the press from @johndr01.bsky.social and Lisa McIlvried et al.! 👇 Adaptive plasticity in sensory neurons. Congrats all, happy to have played a small role in this and to see how the project evolved!
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Very excited to announce that I received my Notice of Award from NINDS today for my F32 fellowship!! Thank you to all my mentors and especially @sarahross1.bsky.social for your support and guidance!! Looking forward to investigating spinal mechanisms of #chronicpain.
December 13, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Very excited to announce that I received my Notice of Award from NINDS today for my F32 fellowship!! Thank you to all my mentors and especially @sarahross1.bsky.social for your support and guidance!! Looking forward to investigating spinal mechanisms of #chronicpain.
I've joined the 🦋 migration! Here's a pain and somatosensory researchers starter pack. Comment or message me to be added #neuroscience #neuroskyence #pain 🧠 🔬 go.bsky.app/N3EmVKA
November 15, 2024 at 3:23 AM
I've joined the 🦋 migration! Here's a pain and somatosensory researchers starter pack. Comment or message me to be added #neuroscience #neuroskyence #pain 🧠 🔬 go.bsky.app/N3EmVKA