Malaika

TEDx Speaker • A scientist in the making • @thebioZone narrator • @Rutgers_Camden • @Penn • @PittTweet • Creator of neurosci-themed movie posters 🎭🎬

[Malaika @Maliqa_M]

I DID A TEDx TALK!! This is something Ive been waiting to do & Im excited to finally share it! Thank you to @TEDxRUCamden for making this happen! https://t.co/VGVr9XROKR .
Feel free to share and help the idea spread :)
@TEDx @TEDTalks @AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #Science

[bioZone @thebiozone]

Do you know the real-life inspiration for Caterpie? 🐛Find out more about the Asian Swallowtail Butterfly Larva & its similarities to a beloved Pokémon in our recent short! https://t.co/DJanvR8BBj
#scicomm #biozone

[bioZone @thebiozone]

Did you know that Drowzee is based on the Tapir? Find out more from our recent short from our real-life Pokémon series! https://t.co/PZLmq5IRrv

[Malaika @Maliqa_M]

This is an amazing breakdown and resource page for NSFGRFP!!

[Ya'el Courtney, PhD @ScienceYael]

Wrote up a plain-language guide to the NSF GRFP — eligibility, what it pays, what changed in FY2026, and how the application actually works. Will update when the FY2027 solicitation drops.

If you're considering applying this fall, start here:

https://t.co/WoxKbTuR32

[bioZone @thebiozone]

Snap, Crackle, Pop - Check out our recent short on real-life applications of higher order derivatives! 🎢🥣https://t.co/jV9qv1trQH

[bioZone @thebiozone]

Happy winter from bioZone! ❄️ Did you know that deer antlers are one of the fastest growing animal tissues?? 🦌 learn more from our new short video here! 👉 https://t.co/WEdqbxFD9t

[The Yttri Lab @YttriLab]

Hot off the @Nature press! A-SOiD behavior library developed specifically for pain studies quantifies a new chemogenetic gene therapy that targets opioid circuit in ACC without addictive properties
@FlyBottleEscape @CmuScience @cmuneurosci
https://t.co/81jphkV5dk

[Malaika @Maliqa_M]

We’ve been teasing this one FOREVER & it’s FINALLY OUT!!!

Beyond grateful to hv been part of this incredible work as a tech & to hv worked w/ such talented scientists!

This project changed the direction of my scientific journey & inspired me to continue pursuing pain research

[⚡️GREG_CORDER⚡️ @FlyBottleEscape]

🧠⚡️💊New @Nature publication !

Mimicking opioid analgesia in cortical pain circuits

We built a brain-behavior framework to decode spontaneous chronic pain in mice—and to biologically mimic morphine with a synthetic opioid gene therapy

https://t.co/YqvBzdEqEL

@PennMedicine

[The Transmitter @_TheTransmitter]

“I will die on the hill that population coding is the relevant level of encoding information in the brain.” In the latest “This paper changed my life,” Nancy Padilla-Coreano discusses a paper on mixed selectivity neurons.

https://t.co/Jqf2MuYSBh

[Malaika @Maliqa_M]

🩹The cut is in your skin.
❤️‍🩹But the ache—that lives in your story.

🧠The brain decides when you hurt—and when you don’t.

💢It can turn agony into silence,
or invent pain where no wound exists.

📖Either way… Pain begins as biology, and ends as meaning.

[bioZone @thebiozone]

Check out our new short video on understanding pain in the brain! 🧠https://t.co/PiEo05fdp3

[bioZone @thebiozone]

Happy Halloween from bioZone! 🎃
Check out today's spooky short on the "kissing bug", which causes Chagas Disease, on youTube! 🪳💋
https://t.co/GgRKWYoDHZ

[Malaika @Maliqa_M]

It’s that time of the year! Spooky science szn 👻

[bioZone @thebiozone]

spooky science : deadly rabbit disease #shorts 🐇🩸
check it out on youtube: https://t.co/Lh90G7AZUx

[bioZone @thebiozone]

spooky science : deadly rabbit disease #shorts 🐇🩸
check it out on youtube: https://t.co/Lh90G7AZUx

[bioZone @thebiozone]

vampire squids are real

watch on YouTube to support us 👇
https://t.co/PgTj3IN8Yk

[Pain Research Forum @PainResForum]

Has anyone performed a tone-pain conditioning task, specifically using a laser, in mice? If so, please answer this question on #PainResearcher https://t.co/eyLvYrk789 #PRF https://t.co/pBVetHirp1

[Cientifico Latino, Inc. @cientificolatin]

✨ Applying for fellowships?

Check out 40+ successful sample applications from:
NSF-GRFP, PD Soros, HHMI Gilliam, Ford, NIH F31 …and more!

Get inspired and strengthen your own application by learning from winners in your field.
🔗 https://t.co/QCc1AkZoDc

[bioZone @thebiozone]

Colon cancer is on the rise in younger adults, and recent research suggests a microbe may be partially to blame🦠

watch on YouTube to support us 👇
https://t.co/52o2rXliYe

[⚡️GREG_CORDER⚡️ @FlyBottleEscape]

I’m going to present on LUPE — our deep-learning system for automated pain behavior analysis — and the Affective-Motivational Pain Scale (AMPS) model for quantifying complex pain patterns.

📄 Preprint: https://t.co/BpDeTI008C
💻 Analysis package: https://t.co/OeqoMX46RO

[bioZone @thebiozone]

Here are three ways that you can access scientific research for free!

and check out the next tweet for links to resources with lots of open research 👇

[Malaika @Maliqa_M]

@ScienceYael @LehtinenLab @stshuken @NatureNeuro Frame it ✨🙌🏽!!

[Project SHORT @ProjectShort]

Mentee apps are NOW OPEN for the 2025-2026 graduate school application cycle!

⏰ Mentee applications close on August 25th, 2025 ⏰

✨ APPLY HERE: https://t.co/noRrtjaKnd ✨

Questions? Email us: [email protected]

#gradschool #phd #gradadmissions