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Blake Kimmey

@bakspace.bsky.social

Postdoc at Penn | Corder Lab Opioids and pain in the midbrain

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Huge thanks to the NYU PRC for the invitation to speak at PRIMED! Really enjoyed meeting everyone and hearing about the outstanding science happening there. Awesome community and event!

11.10.2025 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ§ πŸ’°K99/R00 NoA day!

Huge congrats to Dr Blake Kimmey … #GameOn πŸ”₯πŸΎπŸ™ŒπŸΌ

Gonna brag on this guy and say he’s on job market this year and he can bring this kinda cutting-edge placebo / pain / addiction systems-circuit neuro research to your department: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39803541/

07.05.2025 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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On behalf of my BSky-less student, Lisa Wooldridge:

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"Thrilled that my PhD work is on bioRxiv! I study how central amygdala (CeA) neurons contribute to opioid effects, but how specific CeA cell types drive this process remains unclear"

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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

26.02.2025 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Hey everybody, I want to share a few things about my recent #preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Take a break β˜• for some cool #neuroscience on #nocebo, #ACC, #PAG, and #CCK in mice to take your mind off of the goings on πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬

26.02.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Clue: funding sources for many labs 
Answer: federal grants

Clue: funding sources for many labs Answer: federal grants

Me: trying to take my mind off the bad news

The NY Times crossword: no

(um *spoiler alert*)

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28.01.2025 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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1/ 🧠 Excited to share our new preprint:

Convergent state-control of endogenous opioid analgesia

We uncover how cognitive + contextual factorsβ€”like injury, fear, and placeboβ€”modulate pain through dynamic opioid signaling in the periaqueductal gray (PAG)

biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

04.01.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5

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