ATLAS, a rationally designed transsynaptic tracer is out today! Plasmids will soon be available on @Addgene addgene nature.com/articles/s41592-0… Many thanks to first authors Jackie Rivera and Haoyang Huang, and to collaborators, @blsabatini @Kanoski_Lab @vincentw_weng @beherring

✨New paper from my lab out now in @CellCellPress ! We identified pathways for airway protective reflexes—swallowing and coughing—in mice, driven by rare throat chemosensory cells that signal vagal nerves via channel synapses. cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092…

SGP congratulates Dr. Huanghe Yang on receiving the 2025 Paul F. Cranefield Award for his outstanding paper, “Niclosamide potentiates TMEM16A and induces vasoconstriction” doi.org/10.1085/jgp.20231346…

Convergent Agonist and Heat Activation of Nociceptor TRPM3! Congrats to Juan and Wei and their team! @rigbylab biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Native GABAA receptor structures from the human brain! Amazing work! Huge congrats to Ryan Hibbs and his team! nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

Epitope tagging with genome editing in mice reveals that the proton channel OTOP1 is apically localized and not restricted to Type III “sour” taste receptor cells jneurosci.org/content/early/…

The @CIRMnews has awarded over $28M to Stuart Lipton and @xinjin for studies on pollution’s role in autism & psychiatric risk genes. Using S-nitrosylation pathways & advanced genomic screens, the projects seek new insights into neuropsychiatric disorders. ow.ly/FrmK50TN9Xa

After all the transphobia, witch-hunting, and the despicable and unsportsmanlike disrespect shown by a handful of athletes - let THIS image be the one that stays with you: After Imane Khelif won her gold medal bout her opponent, Yang Liu of China, embraced her with a smile.

Pan Zhanle: "Before the 4x100 relay on the first day, I greeted Chalmers [Australian swimmer] and he simply ignored me. Alexy of the US team, when we were training, splashed water on my coach; it just felt like they looked down on us." This man let the hate flow through him.

Last day of a fantastic week of science and networking at the #MembraneTransportProteins @GordonConf Huge thanks to my superstar co-chair @DrSusieLIngram1 Love this supportive community including our past, present and future chairs👇@madamscientist

Physiological temperature drives TRPM4 ligand recognition and gating | Nature doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-0…

Many people have no idea how these things work. For example, right now, as a Brazilian, I can't accept invitations to speak at conferences in Europe because my visa to work in the U.S. has expired. I am not illegal; I have a work contract with the University of California until 2027. Still, I must travel outside the U.S. and get a visa stamp on my passport to allow me to move freely to talk about science. I have to do this every single year I stay in the U.S. The costs of the visa, traveling, time lost, etc, are all on me. Not every international scientist can handle this.

Nature research paper: Bitter taste receptor activation by cholesterol and an intracellular tastant go.nature.com/3U7ZW3v

Nature research paper: Mechanical activation opens a lipid-lined pore in OSCA ion channels go.nature.com/43IlO8O

How a bonsai treee grows x.com/i/status/1774467139317…