✨Malaika ✨
@maliqa.bsky.social
TEDx talk: https://youtu.be/tpAYrz940L0
• @bioZone Narrator
• @PainResearchForum Early Career Contributor
• Rutgers > Penn > Pitt
• A scientist in the making 🧠
• Creator of neurosci themed movie posters🎭🎬
• @bioZone Narrator
• @PainResearchForum Early Career Contributor
• Rutgers > Penn > Pitt
• A scientist in the making 🧠
• Creator of neurosci themed movie posters🎭🎬
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Did you know that puppies from the same litter can have different dads?!
Find out more on YouTube! 👉 youtube.com/shorts/dte8_...
Find out more on YouTube! 👉 youtube.com/shorts/dte8_...
You are BOTH the father #shorts #superfecundation
YouTube video by bioZone
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November 17, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Did you know that puppies from the same litter can have different dads?!
Find out more on YouTube! 👉 youtube.com/shorts/dte8_...
Find out more on YouTube! 👉 youtube.com/shorts/dte8_...
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short and sweet new preprint from the lab showing that the vaginal microbiome is a key driver of endometriosis pain! 🦠🩸
more details coming soon but very excited to be working on this criminally understudied chronic pain condition.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
more details coming soon but very excited to be working on this criminally understudied chronic pain condition.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The vaginal microbiome drives endometriosis pain
Despite being one of two cardinal disease symptoms, endometriosis pain is poorly understood. Using a validated mouse model, we demonstrate that endometriosis-associated vaginal dysbiosis is sufficient...
www.biorxiv.org
August 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
short and sweet new preprint from the lab showing that the vaginal microbiome is a key driver of endometriosis pain! 🦠🩸
more details coming soon but very excited to be working on this criminally understudied chronic pain condition.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
more details coming soon but very excited to be working on this criminally understudied chronic pain condition.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🩹The cut is in your skin.
❤️🩹But the ache—that lives in your story.
🧠The brain decides when you hurt—and when you don’t.
💢It can turn agony into silence,
or invent pain where no wound exists.
📖Either way… Pain begins as biology, and ends as meaning.
❤️🩹But the ache—that lives in your story.
🧠The brain decides when you hurt—and when you don’t.
💢It can turn agony into silence,
or invent pain where no wound exists.
📖Either way… Pain begins as biology, and ends as meaning.
Check out bioZone's new short video on understanding pain in the brain! 🧠 👉 www.youtube.com/shorts/F0SuD...
Pain in the Brain 🧠 #chronicpain
YouTube video by bioZone
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November 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
🩹The cut is in your skin.
❤️🩹But the ache—that lives in your story.
🧠The brain decides when you hurt—and when you don’t.
💢It can turn agony into silence,
or invent pain where no wound exists.
📖Either way… Pain begins as biology, and ends as meaning.
❤️🩹But the ache—that lives in your story.
🧠The brain decides when you hurt—and when you don’t.
💢It can turn agony into silence,
or invent pain where no wound exists.
📖Either way… Pain begins as biology, and ends as meaning.
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happy belated halloween from bioZone!
have you watched our final short from this year's spooky series yet? Check it out here!! 🪳💋😘🩸 --> youtube.com/shorts/dNPFW...
have you watched our final short from this year's spooky series yet? Check it out here!! 🪳💋😘🩸 --> youtube.com/shorts/dNPFW...
spooky science : the kissing bug #shorts
YouTube video by bioZone
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November 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
happy belated halloween from bioZone!
have you watched our final short from this year's spooky series yet? Check it out here!! 🪳💋😘🩸 --> youtube.com/shorts/dNPFW...
have you watched our final short from this year's spooky series yet? Check it out here!! 🪳💋😘🩸 --> youtube.com/shorts/dNPFW...
It’s that time of the year! Spooky science szn 👻
October 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It’s that time of the year! Spooky science szn 👻
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spooky science: deadly rabbit disease #shorts
YouTube video by bioZone
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October 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Colon cancer is on the rise in younger adults, and recent research suggests a microbe may be partially to blame 🦠
youtube.com/shorts/YDmRu...
youtube.com/shorts/YDmRu...
Colon cancer is on the rise in younger adults #shorts
YouTube video by bioZone
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August 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Colon cancer is on the rise in younger adults, and recent research suggests a microbe may be partially to blame 🦠
youtube.com/shorts/YDmRu...
youtube.com/shorts/YDmRu...
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bioZone isn't just the name of your favorite educational youTube channel, its also an important strategy for geologists
watch on YouTube to support us 👇
youtube.com/shorts/lBfg6...
watch on YouTube to support us 👇
youtube.com/shorts/lBfg6...
August 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
bioZone isn't just the name of your favorite educational youTube channel, its also an important strategy for geologists
watch on YouTube to support us 👇
youtube.com/shorts/lBfg6...
watch on YouTube to support us 👇
youtube.com/shorts/lBfg6...
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Modeling Withdrawal States in Opioid-Dependent Mice with Machine Learning https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.29.667254v1
July 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Modeling Withdrawal States in Opioid-Dependent Mice with Machine Learning https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.29.667254v1
Science is by the people and for the people—yet so many don’t know they can access research papers for free!
Help spread the word beyond the science world 🌍📚
Help spread the word beyond the science world 🌍📚
Here are three ways that you can access scientific research for free!
watch on YouTube to support us 👇
youtube.com/shorts/GzGHL...
and check out the next tweet for links to resources with lots of open research
watch on YouTube to support us 👇
youtube.com/shorts/GzGHL...
and check out the next tweet for links to resources with lots of open research
July 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Science is by the people and for the people—yet so many don’t know they can access research papers for free!
Help spread the word beyond the science world 🌍📚
Help spread the word beyond the science world 🌍📚
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This is an absolute masterpiece and a must read if you care at all about amygdala function bsky.app/profile/flyb...
⚡️🧠A nociceptive amygdala-striatal pathway modulating affective-motivational pain
Now published on the cover of Science Advances @science.org
Check it out 👇
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Now published on the cover of Science Advances @science.org
Check it out 👇
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
July 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This is an absolute masterpiece and a must read if you care at all about amygdala function bsky.app/profile/flyb...
Hot off the press 🔥 Big congrats to @jesswoj.bsky.social on her newly published paper — and for landing the cover ✨!! So proud to have been part of this ground breaking science!!
⚡️🧠A nociceptive amygdala-striatal pathway modulating affective-motivational pain
Now published on the cover of Science Advances @science.org
Check it out 👇
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Now published on the cover of Science Advances @science.org
Check it out 👇
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
July 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Hot off the press 🔥 Big congrats to @jesswoj.bsky.social on her newly published paper — and for landing the cover ✨!! So proud to have been part of this ground breaking science!!
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Victoria Abraira reflects on a paper from Charles Zuker’s lab that made her wonder which aspects of somatosensory circuits are hardwired, which are plastic and how we can change them, in our latest “This paper changed my life.”
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/this-paper-c...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/this-paper-c...
This paper changed my life: Victoria Abraira on a tasty link between circuits and behavior
The findings from Charles Zuker’s lab put the taste system on the map, revealing that some fundamental principles of behavior are hardwired.
www.thetransmitter.org
July 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Victoria Abraira reflects on a paper from Charles Zuker’s lab that made her wonder which aspects of somatosensory circuits are hardwired, which are plastic and how we can change them, in our latest “This paper changed my life.”
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/this-paper-c...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/this-paper-c...
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Here's our June progress!
July 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Here's our June progress!
What a great all in one resource for all pain related research (clinical, translational, and basic)!!! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
The Pain Research Forum will advertise pain-related openings for jobs at all levels (e.g. postdoc, faculty, technician) for free. Register at PRF and post your job at painresearchforum.org
July 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
What a great all in one resource for all pain related research (clinical, translational, and basic)!!! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Check out our new, interactive website for preclinical and clinical pain researchers! Webinars, podcasts, interviews, job listings, meeting announcements, funding opportunities, Papers of the Week and more! painresearchforum.org
July 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Check out our new, interactive website for preclinical and clinical pain researchers! Webinars, podcasts, interviews, job listings, meeting announcements, funding opportunities, Papers of the Week and more! painresearchforum.org
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Are you excited to see our new, user-friendly PRF site? We are unveiling our new website TOMORROW where you can leave comments on any PRF content, including #news, #meetings, and #PapersoftheWeek!
July 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Are you excited to see our new, user-friendly PRF site? We are unveiling our new website TOMORROW where you can leave comments on any PRF content, including #news, #meetings, and #PapersoftheWeek!
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Did you know that there are real animal versions of Pokemon? Dragalge is based on the Leafy seadragon ❗
watch on YouTube to support us
youtube.com/shorts/1ewUI...
Thanks to Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick for guest writing this script Follow Kelly @kellyrabbit.bsky.social or on Ig @ russokm1105
watch on YouTube to support us
youtube.com/shorts/1ewUI...
Thanks to Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick for guest writing this script Follow Kelly @kellyrabbit.bsky.social or on Ig @ russokm1105
July 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Did you know that there are real animal versions of Pokemon? Dragalge is based on the Leafy seadragon ❗
watch on YouTube to support us
youtube.com/shorts/1ewUI...
Thanks to Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick for guest writing this script Follow Kelly @kellyrabbit.bsky.social or on Ig @ russokm1105
watch on YouTube to support us
youtube.com/shorts/1ewUI...
Thanks to Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick for guest writing this script Follow Kelly @kellyrabbit.bsky.social or on Ig @ russokm1105
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Did you know many Pokémon are inspired by real animals? We’ve collaborated with ecologist Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick
@kellyrabbit.bsky.social to bring you a series of Pokémon videos.
Stay tuned for the next episode coming this Sunday!
Any guesses for our next featured Pokémon?
@kellyrabbit.bsky.social to bring you a series of Pokémon videos.
Stay tuned for the next episode coming this Sunday!
Any guesses for our next featured Pokémon?
July 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Did you know many Pokémon are inspired by real animals? We’ve collaborated with ecologist Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick
@kellyrabbit.bsky.social to bring you a series of Pokémon videos.
Stay tuned for the next episode coming this Sunday!
Any guesses for our next featured Pokémon?
@kellyrabbit.bsky.social to bring you a series of Pokémon videos.
Stay tuned for the next episode coming this Sunday!
Any guesses for our next featured Pokémon?
Pokémon’s in real life?! Check out video below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Did you know that there are real animal versions of Pokemon?
Shout out to Fareeda for narrating her first bioZone video!
And thanks to Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick for guest writing this script. Follow Kelly on ig @ russokm1105 or on bluesky @kellyrabbit.bsky.social
Shout out to Fareeda for narrating her first bioZone video!
And thanks to Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick for guest writing this script. Follow Kelly on ig @ russokm1105 or on bluesky @kellyrabbit.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Pokémon’s in real life?! Check out video below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Did you know that there are real animal versions of Pokemon?
Shout out to Fareeda for narrating her first bioZone video!
And thanks to Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick for guest writing this script. Follow Kelly on ig @ russokm1105 or on bluesky @kellyrabbit.bsky.social
Shout out to Fareeda for narrating her first bioZone video!
And thanks to Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick for guest writing this script. Follow Kelly on ig @ russokm1105 or on bluesky @kellyrabbit.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Did you know that there are real animal versions of Pokemon?
Shout out to Fareeda for narrating her first bioZone video!
And thanks to Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick for guest writing this script. Follow Kelly on ig @ russokm1105 or on bluesky @kellyrabbit.bsky.social
Shout out to Fareeda for narrating her first bioZone video!
And thanks to Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick for guest writing this script. Follow Kelly on ig @ russokm1105 or on bluesky @kellyrabbit.bsky.social
Reposted by ✨Malaika ✨
Did you know many Pokémon are inspired by real animals? We’ve collaborated with ecologist Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick @kellyrabbit.bsky.social to bring you a series of Pokémon videos. Stay tuned for the next episode coming this Sunday!
Any guesses for our next featured Pokémon?
Any guesses for our next featured Pokémon?
July 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Did you know many Pokémon are inspired by real animals? We’ve collaborated with ecologist Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick @kellyrabbit.bsky.social to bring you a series of Pokémon videos. Stay tuned for the next episode coming this Sunday!
Any guesses for our next featured Pokémon?
Any guesses for our next featured Pokémon?
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Huge congrats to Dr. Lisa Wooldridge!
She crushed her PhD defense on central amygdala circuits in opioid dependence
Incredible science, relentless rigor, and a fearless approach to tough questions
So proud to be part of your journey, Lisa!
🧠🔥🎓🍾
She crushed her PhD defense on central amygdala circuits in opioid dependence
Incredible science, relentless rigor, and a fearless approach to tough questions
So proud to be part of your journey, Lisa!
🧠🔥🎓🍾
July 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Huge congrats to Dr. Lisa Wooldridge!
She crushed her PhD defense on central amygdala circuits in opioid dependence
Incredible science, relentless rigor, and a fearless approach to tough questions
So proud to be part of your journey, Lisa!
🧠🔥🎓🍾
She crushed her PhD defense on central amygdala circuits in opioid dependence
Incredible science, relentless rigor, and a fearless approach to tough questions
So proud to be part of your journey, Lisa!
🧠🔥🎓🍾
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Did you know that there are real animal versions of Pokemon? The Nincada evolutionary line is inspired by cicadas ‼️
Thanks to Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick for guest writing this script. Follow Kelly on Instagram @russokm1105 or on Bluesky @kellyrabbit.bsky.social
Thanks to Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick for guest writing this script. Follow Kelly on Instagram @russokm1105 or on Bluesky @kellyrabbit.bsky.social
June 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Did you know that there are real animal versions of Pokemon? The Nincada evolutionary line is inspired by cicadas ‼️
Thanks to Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick for guest writing this script. Follow Kelly on Instagram @russokm1105 or on Bluesky @kellyrabbit.bsky.social
Thanks to Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick for guest writing this script. Follow Kelly on Instagram @russokm1105 or on Bluesky @kellyrabbit.bsky.social
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a 800-day weekend could fix me
June 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
a 800-day weekend could fix me