Ardem Patapoutian
@ardemp.bskyverified.social
Scripps Research Professor. HHMI Investigator. Nobel Prize Physiology or Medicine 2021. Opinions are my own and do not reflect those of my employer.
I didn’t expect to show up in a political cartoon this year, but I’m grateful. @chappatte.bsky.social ’s work has always stood out for its wit and courage, and his series “USA: Those Who Resist” captures this moment perfectly. How good is your French?
November 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I didn’t expect to show up in a political cartoon this year, but I’m grateful. @chappatte.bsky.social ’s work has always stood out for its wit and courage, and his series “USA: Those Who Resist” captures this moment perfectly. How good is your French?
“It could always be worse” somehow cheers me up (don’t judge my coping mechanism). It feels especially relevant while watching this administration mess with health policies and NIH funding. Things are bad, but they’ll get worse if we don’t stay united and keep resisting.
October 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
“It could always be worse” somehow cheers me up (don’t judge my coping mechanism). It feels especially relevant while watching this administration mess with health policies and NIH funding. Things are bad, but they’ll get worse if we don’t stay united and keep resisting.
Football ⚽️ in San Diego. Impressive fan base in San Diego FC’s inaugural season. A fun playoff win against Portland last night.
October 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Football ⚽️ in San Diego. Impressive fan base in San Diego FC’s inaugural season. A fun playoff win against Portland last night.
Fantastic seminar today by Vanessa Ruta from Rockefeller. Anton Maximov and I took advantage of our 1:1 time to talk science outdoors!
October 22, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Fantastic seminar today by Vanessa Ruta from Rockefeller. Anton Maximov and I took advantage of our 1:1 time to talk science outdoors!
Great lab outing today! What a great group of trainees.
October 17, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Great lab outing today! What a great group of trainees.
October 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
we are almost booked! Only a handful of openings left. So, please do attend if you register. Also, here is the poster!
October 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
we are almost booked! Only a handful of openings left. So, please do attend if you register. Also, here is the poster!
Nice job, SD Padres!
October 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Nice job, SD Padres!
I ❤️ vaccines!
September 27, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I ❤️ vaccines!
Got my invitation to the Nobel Prize Ceremony and Banquet. Curious who will be recognized this year in Physiology or Medicine and in Chemistry. Looking forward to celebrating with the amazing scientists. Announcements are coming up October 6 and 9.
September 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Got my invitation to the Nobel Prize Ceremony and Banquet. Curious who will be recognized this year in Physiology or Medicine and in Chemistry. Looking forward to celebrating with the amazing scientists. Announcements are coming up October 6 and 9.
A favorite sight in Munich is watching the river surfers. I wonder how San Diego surfers would handle these waves.
September 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A favorite sight in Munich is watching the river surfers. I wonder how San Diego surfers would handle these waves.
Conformity and refusal: a reminder!
September 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Conformity and refusal: a reminder!
Irrefutable evidence for the labeled line theory of sensory coding. At least, that’s how it feels to the brilliant illustrator
@christophniemann.bsky.social
@christophniemann.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Irrefutable evidence for the labeled line theory of sensory coding. At least, that’s how it feels to the brilliant illustrator
@christophniemann.bsky.social
@christophniemann.bsky.social
One of the best arguments I have read about DEI:
Gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/o...
Gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/o...
September 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
One of the best arguments I have read about DEI:
Gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/o...
Gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/o...
Boston area on September 17? Come to "The Brain Body Dialogues in Health and Disease Symposium." A lineup of Boston stars, with a few of us outsiders sprinkled in. Plus, free lunch!
brain.harvard.edu/hbi_events/t...
brain.harvard.edu/hbi_events/t...
September 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Boston area on September 17? Come to "The Brain Body Dialogues in Health and Disease Symposium." A lineup of Boston stars, with a few of us outsiders sprinkled in. Plus, free lunch!
brain.harvard.edu/hbi_events/t...
brain.harvard.edu/hbi_events/t...
Eerie how timeless this quote is. Came across it while walking in downtown San Diego.
September 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Eerie how timeless this quote is. Came across it while walking in downtown San Diego.
Go Padres! Nothing like a day game.
August 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Go Padres! Nothing like a day game.
Nice catching up with @alexchesler.bsky.social while sporting Piezo hats.
August 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Nice catching up with @alexchesler.bsky.social while sporting Piezo hats.
Rest in peace, Jim. The father of mechanotransduction. This photo is from the April @hhmi.org meeting. Despite battling aggressive cancer, all he wanted to do was talk about science.
August 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Rest in peace, Jim. The father of mechanotransduction. This photo is from the April @hhmi.org meeting. Despite battling aggressive cancer, all he wanted to do was talk about science.
Today is my 12-year anniversary as an @hhmi.org Investigator.
A mentor of mine once compared HHMI to heroin: at first, the rush is overwhelming, then you grow tolerant, and when it’s taken away, the withdrawal is brutal. (I would not know personally, just quoting my mentor.)
Grateful for the ride!
A mentor of mine once compared HHMI to heroin: at first, the rush is overwhelming, then you grow tolerant, and when it’s taken away, the withdrawal is brutal. (I would not know personally, just quoting my mentor.)
Grateful for the ride!
August 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Today is my 12-year anniversary as an @hhmi.org Investigator.
A mentor of mine once compared HHMI to heroin: at first, the rush is overwhelming, then you grow tolerant, and when it’s taken away, the withdrawal is brutal. (I would not know personally, just quoting my mentor.)
Grateful for the ride!
A mentor of mine once compared HHMI to heroin: at first, the rush is overwhelming, then you grow tolerant, and when it’s taken away, the withdrawal is brutal. (I would not know personally, just quoting my mentor.)
Grateful for the ride!
UCSD is holding a town hall with @repscottpeters.bsky.social this Wednesday to urge him to oppose proposed research funding cuts in the FY2026 budget, set for a vote in September. Please RSVP below and share widely. Everyone is welcome.
form.laborbase.org/251675765832...
form.laborbase.org/251675765832...
August 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
UCSD is holding a town hall with @repscottpeters.bsky.social this Wednesday to urge him to oppose proposed research funding cuts in the FY2026 budget, set for a vote in September. Please RSVP below and share widely. Everyone is welcome.
form.laborbase.org/251675765832...
form.laborbase.org/251675765832...
Had a great time yesterday discussing music, touch, and proprioception with the humblest of world-famous divas, Renée Fleming. Thanks also to Connor Kim for his blindfolded performance highlighting proprioception. Tonight, heard Renée sing with incredible musicians at La Jolla’s SummerFest.
August 6, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Had a great time yesterday discussing music, touch, and proprioception with the humblest of world-famous divas, Renée Fleming. Thanks also to Connor Kim for his blindfolded performance highlighting proprioception. Tonight, heard Renée sing with incredible musicians at La Jolla’s SummerFest.
These days I wake up, glance at the news, and immediately wish I hadn’t.
July 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
These days I wake up, glance at the news, and immediately wish I hadn’t.
Congrats to Levon Aronian, the Armenian-American super grandmaster, for winning the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour! He earned the title by defeating Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, and Hans Niemann. Here he is, mercilessly humiliating me back in 2022.
July 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Congrats to Levon Aronian, the Armenian-American super grandmaster, for winning the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour! He earned the title by defeating Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, and Hans Niemann. Here he is, mercilessly humiliating me back in 2022.