Kara Marshall
@karalmarshall.bsky.social
Neuroscientist studying mechanical interoception. Views are my own.
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Kara Marshall PHD-History of Science in America - Trilogy at Tehaleh 04/27/25
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Gave a talk at my parents’ retirement community to describe how science is done, and what is at stake. There was a ton of interest, and anyone can do this. Get the word out about how science affects everyone. I’m happy to share slides with anyone who asks- just get in touch! youtu.be/BY_SFgi-Cig
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@hhmi.org Summer Undergraduate Research Experience - #CechFellows named in honor of Prof Tom Cech
Deadline to apply: 12/22/2025
Spend 9 weeks in a paid, mentored biomedical research experience in an HHMI lab. See you next summer!!!
www.hhmi.org/programs/cec...
Deadline to apply: 12/22/2025
Spend 9 weeks in a paid, mentored biomedical research experience in an HHMI lab. See you next summer!!!
www.hhmi.org/programs/cec...
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience | HHMI
The Cech Fellows Program is a paid, nine-week summer research experience empowering the next generation of scientific leaders.
www.hhmi.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
@hhmi.org Summer Undergraduate Research Experience - #CechFellows named in honor of Prof Tom Cech
Deadline to apply: 12/22/2025
Spend 9 weeks in a paid, mentored biomedical research experience in an HHMI lab. See you next summer!!!
www.hhmi.org/programs/cec...
Deadline to apply: 12/22/2025
Spend 9 weeks in a paid, mentored biomedical research experience in an HHMI lab. See you next summer!!!
www.hhmi.org/programs/cec...
This group is so incredible- amazing scientists and friends. An outstanding lineup of talks. What a legacy!
We had the most amazing 25 year lab anniversary today. Blown away by the science from my alumni and very proud of the current members. The community they have built is remarkable and it felt like a family reunion. The tacos, drinks, cake, and jazz were pretty great too.
November 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This group is so incredible- amazing scientists and friends. An outstanding lineup of talks. What a legacy!
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As @sfn.org kicks off, here is some guidance to help you get the most out of it—plus a request for principal investigators to train students in “soft skills.”
By @drnancypadilla.bsky.social
#SfN25 #neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
By @drnancypadilla.bsky.social
#SfN25 #neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
Tips to navigate SfN as a trainee
As the mammoth annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience kicks off, here is some guidance to get the most out of it—plus a request for principal investigators to train students in “soft skills.”…
www.thetransmitter.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
As @sfn.org kicks off, here is some guidance to help you get the most out of it—plus a request for principal investigators to train students in “soft skills.”
By @drnancypadilla.bsky.social
#SfN25 #neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
By @drnancypadilla.bsky.social
#SfN25 #neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
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Are you a researcher in #touch #pain #itch #somatosensation or #interoception? Come join us at the Somatosensation and Interoception social at #Sfn2025! Co-hosted with
@karalmarshall.bsky.social @sdavidson.bsky.social
@karalmarshall.bsky.social @sdavidson.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Are you a researcher in #touch #pain #itch #somatosensation or #interoception? Come join us at the Somatosensation and Interoception social at #Sfn2025! Co-hosted with
@karalmarshall.bsky.social @sdavidson.bsky.social
@karalmarshall.bsky.social @sdavidson.bsky.social
This is a nice interview with a good message! Supporting people from all backgrounds is essential for great science.
"Even Nobel Prize Winners Deal With Imposter Syndrome": Check this out @scifri.bsky.social: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/ard...
Even Nobel Prize Winners Deal With Imposter Syndrome
Neuroscientist Ardem Patapoutian immigrated to the US, found belonging in science, and did groundbreaking work on sense of touch.
www.sciencefriday.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is a nice interview with a good message! Supporting people from all backgrounds is essential for great science.
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Want to see the impacts of FY26 budget cuts to science on YOUR community?
Check out this incredible resource by @scienceimpacts.org which not only shows the current impact of the federal health research cuts, but also the implications for the new proposed cuts.
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
Check out this incredible resource by @scienceimpacts.org which not only shows the current impact of the federal health research cuts, but also the implications for the new proposed cuts.
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research
View Projected Impact of the FY2026 Budget Cuts to the NIH
scienceimpacts.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Want to see the impacts of FY26 budget cuts to science on YOUR community?
Check out this incredible resource by @scienceimpacts.org which not only shows the current impact of the federal health research cuts, but also the implications for the new proposed cuts.
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
Check out this incredible resource by @scienceimpacts.org which not only shows the current impact of the federal health research cuts, but also the implications for the new proposed cuts.
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
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Congrats to the winners! Its notable that Omar Yaghi was a refugee. Refugees and immigrants once again making American science great!
BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks”
Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize
Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize
October 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Congrats to the winners! Its notable that Omar Yaghi was a refugee. Refugees and immigrants once again making American science great!
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Actively hiring! Video made by Sora-2 but the job post is 100% real.
Apply here: hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
Apply here: hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
October 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Actively hiring! Video made by Sora-2 but the job post is 100% real.
Apply here: hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
Apply here: hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
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We’re hiring!
My new Gut–Brain Axis Lab at Northwestern is looking for a Research Technologist 2 to help build the lab and explore how the nervous system shapes gut health and disease.
🔬 Apply here: myhr.northwestern.edu/psp/hrnu/EMP...
My new Gut–Brain Axis Lab at Northwestern is looking for a Research Technologist 2 to help build the lab and explore how the nervous system shapes gut health and disease.
🔬 Apply here: myhr.northwestern.edu/psp/hrnu/EMP...
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September 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
We’re hiring!
My new Gut–Brain Axis Lab at Northwestern is looking for a Research Technologist 2 to help build the lab and explore how the nervous system shapes gut health and disease.
🔬 Apply here: myhr.northwestern.edu/psp/hrnu/EMP...
My new Gut–Brain Axis Lab at Northwestern is looking for a Research Technologist 2 to help build the lab and explore how the nervous system shapes gut health and disease.
🔬 Apply here: myhr.northwestern.edu/psp/hrnu/EMP...
Given the state of the world, sharing wins is important. I’m so happy to share the joyous news that Olivia Solomon, a postdoctoral trainee, is officially now an Assistant Prof at Prairie View A&M! It’s so exciting, and we are all so proud! What a gift to see people land their dream job.
September 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Given the state of the world, sharing wins is important. I’m so happy to share the joyous news that Olivia Solomon, a postdoctoral trainee, is officially now an Assistant Prof at Prairie View A&M! It’s so exciting, and we are all so proud! What a gift to see people land their dream job.
A thoughtful essay for scientists about using AI-driven tools for writing. “writing, for all its flaws, is one of the most potent thinking tools humans have developed.”
“Competent prose generated by a machine, I’ve come to realize, might not be what science actually needs.” ?
By Tim Requarth
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/from-bench-t...
By Tim Requarth
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/from-bench-t...
From bench to bot: Why AI-powered writing may not deliver on its promise
Efficiency isn’t everything. The cognitive work of struggling with prose may be a crucial part of what drives scientific progress.
www.thetransmitter.org
September 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A thoughtful essay for scientists about using AI-driven tools for writing. “writing, for all its flaws, is one of the most potent thinking tools humans have developed.”
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What an unprecedented and strong bipartisan voice to sound this alarm. Will the Republican Congress wake up and stop playing politics with the health of the American people?
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:21 AM
What an unprecedented and strong bipartisan voice to sound this alarm. Will the Republican Congress wake up and stop playing politics with the health of the American people?
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Here's a #GiftLink for those who want to read the full NYT obit of historian of science & gender, Margaret Rossiter. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s... #histSTM 🧪🗃️
August 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Here's a #GiftLink for those who want to read the full NYT obit of historian of science & gender, Margaret Rossiter. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s... #histSTM 🧪🗃️
This work is incredible.
Can't wait to read this preprint from Misha Ahrens and team. Calcium imaging in larval zebrafish, in every cell in the body! Amazing.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This work is incredible.
What a legacy Jim leaves. His brilliance and love of science was palpable and inspiring. He was an incredible scientist- I teach his groundbreaking work on careful measurements of mechano ion channels every year. I’ll miss him. Here is a good memory with 3rd gen @yasmeen-hamed.bsky.social.
August 19, 2025 at 3:56 AM
What a legacy Jim leaves. His brilliance and love of science was palpable and inspiring. He was an incredible scientist- I teach his groundbreaking work on careful measurements of mechano ion channels every year. I’ll miss him. Here is a good memory with 3rd gen @yasmeen-hamed.bsky.social.
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Over 20 years after Julius’s lab and mine cloned TRPM8, it is rewarding to see this science helping patients. The TRPM8 agonist Tryptyr treats dry eye by increasing tear production. A reminder that NIH-funded curiosity-driven research translates to medicines.
tryptyr.myalcon.com?gad_source=1...
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TRYPTYR (acoltremon ophthalmic solution) 0.003% eye drops | Alcon US
TRYPTYR is a prescription eye drop used for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease. See prescribing information, how to save, and more.
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August 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Over 20 years after Julius’s lab and mine cloned TRPM8, it is rewarding to see this science helping patients. The TRPM8 agonist Tryptyr treats dry eye by increasing tear production. A reminder that NIH-funded curiosity-driven research translates to medicines.
tryptyr.myalcon.com?gad_source=1...
tryptyr.myalcon.com?gad_source=1...
Doesn’t this sound cool? Come join us at the Biosphere for the Gastronauts global symposium Oct 26-29! thinkgastronauts.com/biosphere2/
July 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Doesn’t this sound cool? Come join us at the Biosphere for the Gastronauts global symposium Oct 26-29! thinkgastronauts.com/biosphere2/
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Here's how Houston-area residents and those across the state and country can help the Central Texas flood victims and their families.
How Houston residents can donate, volunteer to help Texas Hill Country flood victims
Several Houston-area groups are organizing fundraisers and donation drives for victims of the deadly floods in Central Texas. Donations also can be made directly to those in the Hill Country.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
July 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Here's how Houston-area residents and those across the state and country can help the Central Texas flood victims and their families.
This is sort of flying under the radar, but check out this list of amazing scientists! So excited to have them join the FHS program, and they should be celebrated! www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...
The 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMI
Freeman Hrabowski Scholars are outstanding early career faculty who have the potential to become leaders in their research fields.
www.hhmi.org
June 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This is sort of flying under the radar, but check out this list of amazing scientists! So excited to have them join the FHS program, and they should be celebrated! www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...
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🚨BREAKING: 300+ NIH employees call out the harm of censorship & politicized science in scathing email to Bhattacharya, demanding an end to political interference, a lift on funding freezes, & rehiring of fired staff whose work saves lives.
This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
🧵(1/5)
This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
🧵(1/5)
June 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🚨BREAKING: 300+ NIH employees call out the harm of censorship & politicized science in scathing email to Bhattacharya, demanding an end to political interference, a lift on funding freezes, & rehiring of fired staff whose work saves lives.
This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
🧵(1/5)
This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
🧵(1/5)
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New powerful article up in the New York Times on cancelled and delayed grants
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Here Are the Nearly 2,500 Medical Research Grants Canceled or Delayed by Trump (Gift Article)
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
www.nytimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
New powerful article up in the New York Times on cancelled and delayed grants
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Talked to @KateZernike at @nytimes about my journey and the current moment for scientists in the U.S.
“Ardem Patapoutian’s story is not just the American dream, it is the dream of American science.”
Read the article here. No subscription required:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...
“Ardem Patapoutian’s story is not just the American dream, it is the dream of American science.”
Read the article here. No subscription required:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...
The U.S. Lit a Beacon for Science. Under Trump, Scientists Fear It’s Dimming
www.nytimes.com
June 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Talked to @KateZernike at @nytimes about my journey and the current moment for scientists in the U.S.
“Ardem Patapoutian’s story is not just the American dream, it is the dream of American science.”
Read the article here. No subscription required:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...
“Ardem Patapoutian’s story is not just the American dream, it is the dream of American science.”
Read the article here. No subscription required:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...
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Remember folks, the budget cuts for NSF and NIH *can still be stopped*. That is a luxury not granted to our agency science colleagues who have or could still lose their jobs from the top down. So - Fight! Speak up! Pay attention!
May 31, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Remember folks, the budget cuts for NSF and NIH *can still be stopped*. That is a luxury not granted to our agency science colleagues who have or could still lose their jobs from the top down. So - Fight! Speak up! Pay attention!
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The bipartisan framing of Chinese people as dangerous to the United States has been building up for years and has created this deeply racist and xenophobic opening for the Trump administration.
I stand with my Chinese colleagues and all of our Chinese students. 🧪
I stand with my Chinese colleagues and all of our Chinese students. 🧪
Trump administration to crack down on Chinese visas, applicants, Rubio says
Rubio said the State and Homeland Security departments will work to “aggressively revoke” visas of Chinese students in the United States, “including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Par...
www.washingtonpost.com
May 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The bipartisan framing of Chinese people as dangerous to the United States has been building up for years and has created this deeply racist and xenophobic opening for the Trump administration.
I stand with my Chinese colleagues and all of our Chinese students. 🧪
I stand with my Chinese colleagues and all of our Chinese students. 🧪
Defending universities is critical for democracy, because it is defending freedom of thought!
Texas legislators just passed a bill that
gives politically-appointed regents control over faculty curriculum, hiring, & governance. It does what they accuse academics of doing: privileging ideas, biases, & agendas on political grounds, & silencing those that do not follow their ideology.
gives politically-appointed regents control over faculty curriculum, hiring, & governance. It does what they accuse academics of doing: privileging ideas, biases, & agendas on political grounds, & silencing those that do not follow their ideology.
Political appointees would have more control over Texas universities’ courses and hiring under bill OK’d by House
Senate Bill 37 would give more power to university regents, who are appointed by the governor, to vet and veto new curricula and administrators.
www.texastribune.org
May 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Defending universities is critical for democracy, because it is defending freedom of thought!