Tibor Rohacs
@rohacstibor.bsky.social
Scientist working on TRP and Piezo ion channels, trying to understand their roles in health and disease. rohacslab.org
Orban consolidated power by making the electoral system less proportional and gerrymandering districts of very unequal sizes. That gave Orban supermajorities when the opposition was divided and less popular—but it turned an opposition landslide into a supermajority that can now dismantle the regime
Szabolcs Panyi@szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 4mo ago💥🇭🇺With 95% of votes counted, Hungary’s map shows the opposition Tisza party crushing Fidesz 94–12 in constituencies. Péter Magyar has secured a 2/3 majority, asked President Tamás Sulyok and other Orbán loyalists to resign immediately, and announced his first visit to Warsaw.
Super-proud of my amazing wife @ksusztak.bsky.social, a real trailblazer scientist, a newly-elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, and the recipient of the Homer W Smith award from the American Society of Nephrology. It was great celebrating with you in Houston at #KidneyWk.
The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UTHealth Houston has an open search for a tenure-track faculty position. If you are ready (or know someone that is) to start looking for positions, this will be a great opportunity to join the Texas Medical Center. See flyer below. 1/2
The Rutgers Brain Health Institute @rutgersbhi.bsky.social is looking for an accomplished scientist to serve as the Director of the new Rutgers Center on Research in Pain and Pain Therapeutics. Feel free re-post and/or reach out to me if you have any questions jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/225...
Director of Center on Research in Pain and Pain Therapeutics at Rutgers Brain Health Institute
We seek an accomplished scientist, at the Professor or Associate Professor level, to join the Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI) and The Rutgers School of Dental Medicine (RSDM) as Director of the n...
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Interested in applying to a PhD program? It is still not too late to register to our virtual open house next Tuesday (5:30-6:30PM) - where you can hear about our Multidisciplinary PhD program in Biomedical Sciences rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Rutgers SGS Newark - RBHS
We are the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) on the Newark Health Sciences Campus. SGS is part of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences. Our graduate programs at the Master's and Ph.D. levels as well ...
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Just finished my kidney physiology lectures to medical students. Time to prepare for my talk at the Budapest Nephrology School in the summer. Excited to visit my old hometown and my alma mater – Semmelweis University.
“The preliminary plan would slash the National Institutes of Health’s budget by more than 40% ….” if this happens, it will destroy the US Biomedical Enterprise. I hope Congress will not let it happen. www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/p...
Internal Trump administration document reveals massive budget cut proposal for federal health agencies | CNN Politics
The Trump administration is formulating plans to cut roughly a third of the federal health budget, eliminate dozens of programs and vastly whittle down health agencies, according to an internal docume...
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Sensing warm temperatures is complex, and the temperature-sensitive TRPV1 and TRPM2 #ionchannels play different roles: doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Diverging roles of TRPV1 and TRPM2 in warm-temperature detection
Different aspects of thermal stimuli, such as speed and intensity, are detected by distinct TRP channel-based mechanisms, with TRPV1 and TRPM2 playing unique roles in warmth perception and thermal dec...
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TRPA1 and TRPM3 ion channels in central terminals of sensory neurons facilitate synaptic activity in the spinal dorsal horn physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
Activation of TRPA1 and TRPM3 triggers Ca2+ waves in central terminals of sensory neurons and facilitates synaptic activity in the spinal dorsal horn
Abstract figure legend Transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) and melastatin 3 (TRPM3) activation regulate pre- and postsynaptic Ca2+ concentrations and synaptic activity in the dorsal horn o...
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Cool new structures of KCNQ5 voltage gated K+ channels with PIP2 and CaM in the open and closed states. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40172963/
Great crowd in Pittsburgh Standing Up for Science. Thanks to all of the other great speakers sharing their stories!
Stand up for science rally in the Wisconsin Capitol ✊🏾
The Stand Up for Science 2025 rally has begun! Get fired up and fund basic science! #standupforsciencephilly
And here is one of the most pressing ones from today’s Stand up for Science: “what do we want ? - Peer review - when do we want it - Now !!!”
Some good-ish news from NIH “Federal Register notices for study sections run by CSR (but not those by ICs) will start being permitted again” As far as I know, the timing for this is not clear, but I will be checking the Federal Register.
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The Brain Health Institute at Rutgers is hosting a postdoc recruitment event April 22-23. Grad students and postdocs looking for postdoc positions, apply today to present your work, network with colleagues, and connect with potential mentors. brainhealthinstitute.rutgers.edu/2025-bhi-pos...
2025 BHI Postdoc Recruitment Event - BHI
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My all time favorite scientific abstract: concise and elegant.
I wrote some thoughts about why peer review matters It shapes scientific standards, maintains field coherence & trains new researchers Yes, it needs improvement—but it's the glue that holds scientific progress together briscoelab.org/2024/12/11/i...
In Praise of Peer Review
As an Editor of the journal Development, I often hear complaints about peer review. We all know the problems – from lengthy review times to requests for seemingly unnecessary experiments. I a…
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Very well done thesis work and defense, Congrats Dr. Gabrielle !
"Happy Saint Nicholaus Day! 🎅✨ (or Mikulas) for those of you who celebrate! Today we celebrate the spirit of kindness and generosity. May your shoes be filled with joy, love, and maybe a few treats too! 🥰🎁 #SaintNicholasDay #HolidaySeason
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How is life without TRPC channels ? Surprisingly, it is possible, at least in mice, which are viable and fertile after genetic deletion of all 7 TRPC genes. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Genetic evidence against involvement of TRPC proteins in SOCE, ROCE, and CRAC channel function | PNAS
Using genetically engineered mice and cell lines derived from genetically engineered mice we show that depletion of ER delimited Ca2+ stores activa...
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The deadline to apply to our Cell Biology, Neuroscience and Physiology (CBNP) PhD program is January 3 for in person interviews. Better to apply earlier as in person slots tend to fill up sooner. njms.rutgers.edu/sgs/prospect...
Cool paper on the role of overactive TRPM8 mutations in corneal pain after LASIK surgery: www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...
TRPM8 Mutations Associated With Persistent Pain After Surgical Injury of Corneal Trigeminal Axons | Neurology Genetics
Background and ObjectivesDespite extensive efforts, the mechanisms underlying pain after axonal injury remain incompletely understood. Pain following corneal refractive surgery offers a valuable human...
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Real science: 1. Is not correlated with the amount of funding 2. Progresses slowly, usually taking many years 3. Leads to more questions than it answers 4. Advances when we disengage & in improvisational discussions 5. Is too important a thing to be done in a non-playful way