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Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt #TobRegSky

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he/him Prof @dukemedschool.bsky.social Anesthesiology. Immigrant. Fights against chemicals that hurt you. Research on chemosensation, pain, TRP channels, toxicology & tobacco control. Views my own. #TobRegSky feed. 🇺🇸🇩🇪🇺🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱🟧

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Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt #TobRegSky @sejordt.bsky.social · 17d

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Great reporting by Leslie Liang for @theexamination.org on the risk of nicotine analogues creeping into consumer products such as e-cigarettes and oral pouches. Thanks for the interview !

‘Nicotine-free’ vapes and pouches promise a buzz without the downsides. Health concerns remain.

Outlaw Dip, Spree Bar and other nicotine alternatives aren’t regulated in many countries. Researchers warn about health risks and misleading marketing.

www.theexamination.org

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Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt #TobRegSky @sejordt.bsky.social · 9h

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10h

An EPA report found that the forever chemical PFNA interferes with human development and likely causes damage to the liver and male reproductive systems.

The agency has sat on the report for months. “Scientifically, it was done,” said one scientist.

By @fastlerner.bsky.social

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

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Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt #TobRegSky @sejordt.bsky.social · 11h

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More than half of CDC staffers recently fired by Trump administration have been reinstated

More than half of CDC staffers recently fired by Trump administration have been reinstated | CNN

Hundreds of staff fired from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late Friday have been reinstated, according to the American Federation of Government Employees.

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Alex Kwan @alexkwan.bsky.social · 12h

This one hits close to home. Jim is my office neighbor. Absolutely devastating.

NPR @npr.org · 12h

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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Max Boykoff @maxboykoff.bsky.social · 21h

We're hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in Dept of Environmental Studies at University of Colorado Boulder with expertise in energy & environmental policy, and emphases on sustainability & decarbonization. The job ad is here, apply by the Nov 14 deadline! jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

Assistant Professor in Environmental Studies

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Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt #TobRegSky @sejordt.bsky.social · 1d

Big fail ! They should have hired @mnitabach.blackskycomra.de as style advisor.

Dressing a Yale professor in crisis: The designer behind Julia Roberts’ outfits in Luca Guadagnino’s new film.

Dressing a professor in crisis: The designer behind Julia Roberts’ outfits in Luca Guadagnino’s new film ‘After the Hunt’ | CNN

From working on the latest film costumes for Julia Roberts and Ayo Edebiri, to designing for French luxury label Celine, Giulia Piersanti has a strong hand in clothing some of the world’s most stylish...

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt #TobRegSky @sejordt.bsky.social · 1d

“The report is typically one of the first places where information about U.S. disease outbreaks is disseminated. “

Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt #TobRegSky @sejordt.bsky.social · 1d

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The next pandemic will not be televised.

“Almost the entire staff behind the CDC’s flagship publication, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, have been fired.“

www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

‘It’s a massacre’: CDC battered by government shutdown firings

The White House’s mass firing of CDC staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease, according to four people familiar with t...

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taz @taz.de · 1d

In „Amrum“ wird auch Nordfriesisch gesprochen. Damit rückt der neue Film von Fatih Akin eine Minderheitensprache ins Zentrum, die in Deutschland gerne überhört wird. 👉 taz.de/!6118499/

„Wenn eine Sprache, in der ein Mädchen ‚foomne‘ und ein Backofen ‚oonk‘ heißt, ein Dialekt des Deutschen sein soll, dann kann Niederländisch auch gleich für Deutsch erklärt werden.“

taz-Autor Gunnar Hinck liebt Fatih Akins neuen Friesen-Film und sagt: Friesisch ist kein Dialekt des Deutschen, sondern eine eigene Sprache
Eine Mutter steht mit ihren beiden Kindern auf einem Feld. Die Familie ist ländlich gekleidet. Die Mutter hält ein Pferd an der Leine fest, während alle drei den Blick in die Ferne richten.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 2d

RIFed:
Office of Science (OS) - MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)

MMWR is crucial to quickly disseminate info about infectious disease.

Like the famous MMWR in 1981 about an outbreak of pneumocystis pneumonia among gay men in LA. That was the first mention of what is now known as AIDS

June 5, 1981—The First Report of AIDS in the U.S.

By Erika Mills ~ In the June 5, 1981 edition of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the CDC described a rare lung infection among a group of gay men in Los Angeles. This article, titl…

circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov

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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 2d

Trump admin plans to RIF 1100-1200 HHS employees according to court filing

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 2d

Pres. Kornbluth articulates such moral clarity in this rejection of the proposed “compact”:

“the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone”

orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

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Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt #TobRegSky @sejordt.bsky.social · 2d

#PainResearch #neuroskyence

Anna Schreiber 🧠🧬 @annaschreiber.bsky.social · 2d

It’s #FluorescenceFriday !
iPSC-derived sensorimotor organoid with some neurons and microglia 🧠TUJ1 🟢, IBA1 🔴 and DAPI 🔵

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 2d

I can confirm EPA

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 2d

RIF UPDATE:

We @standupforscience.bsky.social are in communication with our network. So far, we have not heard of any actual RIFs, only Russ’ tweet.

To press—we will send a release and facilitate interviews if we do hear abt them taking place.

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Dutch Pendergrass @dutchpendergrass.bsky.social · 2d

Amazon has sold out of frog suits. Portland pivots to Yoshi instead.

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J. David Jentsch 🏳️‍🌈 @jdavidjentsch.bsky.social · 2d

The willingness of a University to capitulate to partisan criticism is sad and self-defeating. Universities like Texas A&M wlll suffer from situations like this...

www.chronicle.com/article/why-...

Why I Withdrew From My Dream Job

At Texas A&M, politicians, not professors, decide what is taught in classrooms.

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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 2d

Nobel-winning economists Duflo and Banerjee will leave the US for Switzerland

The University of Zurich said that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee, known for their work in development economics, will move from the US to Switzerland, amid Donald Trump's attacks on universities.

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Profit Greenly @profitgreenly.bsky.social · 2d

~40% of the ENTIRE corn crop of the US is used to make ethanol. This gets blended with gasoline to power well under 10% of our vehicle miles. If we converted 100% of our vehicles to EVs installing solar on a small fraction of the land this corn is grown on would power them all.

US domestic corn use graph from 1980 to 2020. The orange bar representing "Alcohol for fuel use" (aka ethanol) starts growing in early 2000s, explodes before 2010 and stays huge through the graphs 2022 end. This explains most of the increased corn production in the US.

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Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt #TobRegSky @sejordt.bsky.social · 2d

#MedSky #neuroskyence #PainResearch 💊 🧪🫁

Sensory nerves control progression of lung fibrosis

Bryan Yipp @bryanyipp.bsky.social · May 30

Our latest work on how nerves safeguard lung fibrosis. Congrats to Dr. Hiroki and collaborators. @cp-immunity.bsky.social @kavithascranton.bsky.social @hotchkissbrain.bsky.social @ucalgary.bsky.social @ucalgarymed.bsky.social @libininstitute.bsky.social

www.cell.com/immunity/abs...

Nociceptor neurons suppress alveolar macrophage-induced Siglec-F+ neutrophil-mediated inflammation to protect against pulmonary fibrosis

Sensory innervation impacts several lung diseases, but whether it influences pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is unclear. Hiroki et al. report that depletion of TRPV1+ nociceptors leads to worsening of inflamm...

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 3d

"Immigrants, we get the job done"

www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 2d

Check out our newest issue where we interview Amy Gladfelter, who studies how extreme cells are organized in space and time at Duke University. Read the interview to find out about Amy's greatest research ambitions and more! www.cell.com/current-biol...

Amy Gladfelter

Interview with Amy Gladfelter, who studies how extreme cells are organized in space and time at Duke University.

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Matthijs Dorst @mattneuro.bsky.social · 2d

Moving to Norway be like:

- Can't sign a rental agreement until I have a Norwegian bank account.
- Can't get a bank account without a Norwegian ID number.
- Can't get a Norwegian ID number without having a rental contract.

It is absolutely hilarious to me how some people think immigration is easy.

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Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt #TobRegSky @sejordt.bsky.social · 2d

Woohoo! Congrats, Ishmail!

Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt #TobRegSky @sejordt.bsky.social · 3d

#PedSky #MedSky #addictionsci #neuroskyence #PainResearch 💊🧪

Job: Director of Rutgers Center on Research in Pain and Pain Therapeutics !

Tibor Rohacs @rohacstibor.bsky.social · 4d

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...

jobs.rutgers.edu