These great research institutions in red states are slated to lose about $1B in NIH research dollars

Need to include @WUSTL as well which provide lots of jobs in Missouri State

A US judge has blocked a policy that would have, beginning today, slashed billions of dollars of funding annually for US research institutions, including universities and hospitals. The action is in response to a lawsuit filed by 22 US states earlier today contending that the

🚨📃New Wassum Lab Paper📃🚨 Jackie Gio discovered brain pathways that support agency and habit and how chronic stress disrupts them to rob of us our agency and cause us to form rigid habits 🧵👇 nature.com/articles/s41... Free full text: rdcu.be/eaxEv

Female sex hormone protects against opioid misuse, rat study finds – WashU Medicine. And here is WashU ⁦WashU Office of Neuroscience Research⁩ ⁦WashU Medicine Neuroscience⁩ press release! medicine.washu.edu/news/female-se…

Nice to see this highlighted in the spanish news, and also in the catalan news: heraldo.es/noticias/salud… ara.cat/societat/salut…

Our research on alternative treatments for fentanyl overdoses using peripheral restricted opioid antagonists is highlighted in this podcast by Cambridge University. This work was conducted by the outstanding postdoc Brian Ruyle thenakedscientists.com/articles/inter…

Read this #EditorsPick from #PapersoftheWeek from Jessica Higginbotham et al. and Neuron showing evidence that estradiol protects against fentanyl use in male rats through suppression of fentanyl-evoked VTA dopamine bit.ly/4bGLgjd #PRF

Researchers at @WashUmedicine have discovered a new way to reverse fentanyl overdoses without triggering severe withdrawal. This study, led by Jose Moron-Concepcion. & Brian Ruyle, targets opioid receptors outside the brain, offering a safer alternative to naloxone. anesthesiology.wustl.edu/researchers-di…

Jessica Higginbotham, postdoc in the Jose Moron-Concepcion. Lab, shared research on how estradiol protects against pain-facilitated fentanyl intake at the NIDAnews Women & Sex Differences Workgroup yesterday! Learn more about Jessica Higginbotham's work via WashU Medicine: medicine.washu.edu/news/female-se…

A great summary by Shansky Lab on our recent study led by Jessica Higginbotham on sex-dependent effects of pain on fentanyl intake. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

So honored to have our work highlighted in The Scientist. the-scientist.com/female-sex-hor… Jessica Higginbotham

Check out our preprint!! Here we show the relationship between #pain #AffectiveStates #opioids in chronic pain patients. Opioid misuse is mediated by affective states in chronic pain patients medrxiv.org/content/10.110… Thanks to Plan Nacional Sobre Drogas Agencia Estatal de Investigación Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l'Alimentació BIOTECMED

Estrogen curbs fentanyl intake by suppressing brain’s reward response psypost.org/estrogen-curbs…

Our new paper in collaboration with Bill Carlezon and Erik Musiek on the effects of pain on sleep architecture is now out at Neuropsychopharmacology . Work done by the amazing Dominika Burek and Nisa Ibrahim nature.com/articles/s4138…

Just published.

Great talk by Jessica Higginbotham @inrc2025 ⁦Jessica Higginbotham⁩ #sexmatters #bologna❤️

Highly recommended 👇