ktownsendlab.com Neuroscience 🧠 PhD; PI- Neurobiology & Energy Balance Lab ⚖️ & Professor at Ohio State Dept Neurosurgery, formerly faculty UMaine & Joslin Diabetes; @neuroadipo all platforms ; opinions ownhttps://bsky.app/profile/neuroadipo.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/neuroadipo.bsky.social/post/3mvafrxc5e223Studying up for my son’s fifth grade science test. Hard agree w the “important characteristics of a scientist” 😂🤩 🧪🧪11 Sep 2026 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:p4lepu5dhjdcnlalhdluv6gr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvafrxc5e223https://bsky.app/profile/neuroadipo.bsky.social/post/3mufxlnlass2zNew paper from the lab - a deeper dive into what happens in subcutaneous white adipose with sympathetic denervation, including multi-omics data. Plot twist: sensory goes UP! ⬆️ 🧪 https://dom-pubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dom.7125131 Aug 2026 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:p4lepu5dhjdcnlalhdluv6gr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufxlnlass2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/neuroadipo.bsky.social/post/3msglmcj5fs2sInterested in targeting PNS nerves w AAV tools? Not so simple; adipose PNS tropism is trickier than brain. Our team led by Jake Willows and our collaborators at CLOVER and CPP optimized a system & tested DREADD, tetbow and shRNA. Out now @cp-cellrepmethods.bsky.social 🧪https://tinyurl.com/5pd5xwmd 🧪06 Aug 2026 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:p4lepu5dhjdcnlalhdluv6gr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msglmcj5fs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/neuroadipo.bsky.social/post/3mrrvifdedk27Interested in learning more about neuromodulation as therapy for peripheral neuropathy? In this review, Larson, Dalm, and I cover the modalities, the data already in the literature and the need for more research beyond pain mitigation. 🧪 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurology/articles/10.3389/fneur.2026.1892683/full29 Jul 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:p4lepu5dhjdcnlalhdluv6gr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrrvifdedk27https://bsky.app/profile/neuroadipo.bsky.social/post/3mrawmpw5ts23Memory lane while organizing my office! This was summer 2001, with a formative mentor, the late Dr David Towle, dissecting the green crab endocrine organ for genetic analysis as an undergrad. 🧪Great memories of my time @mdibl.org and how important UG research is!22 Jul 2026 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:p4lepu5dhjdcnlalhdluv6gr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrawmpw5ts23https://bsky.app/profile/neuroadipo.bsky.social/post/3mqzonebvi223The Bark app is now on my teen’s new iPhone. (We did the “wait ‘til 8” - 8th grade). It prompted us to take a quiz on the euphemisms for drugs the “kiddos” might use. Disturbed to find that the 🧪🧪 symbol we all use here @bsky.app for science posts is apparently meth?? Sigh.19 Jul 2026 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:p4lepu5dhjdcnlalhdluv6gr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzonebvi223https://bsky.app/profile/neuroadipo.bsky.social/post/3mqzohpkutk23Science is international and that’s one of its best things 💚 (seen in my building last week) 🧪🧪19 Jul 2026 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:p4lepu5dhjdcnlalhdluv6gr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzohpkutk23https://bsky.app/profile/neuroadipo.bsky.social/post/3mq57td4uy22yGreat Medscape piece on recent mouse imaging approaches that reveal again that obesity promotes broad neuropathy across the body, with potential clinical implications that warrant more research. Quotes from me included. #adipose #neuropathy https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/new-ai-imaging-detects-striking-obesity-related-neuropathy-2026a1000mzo?ecd=a2a 🧪🧪08 Jul 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:p4lepu5dhjdcnlalhdluv6gr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq57td4uy22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/neuroadipo.bsky.social/post/3modct2d76k2jCongrats Jake Willows on winning the Peripheral Nerve Society cover image competition! 2yrs of membership awarded and a full year on the Journal of PNS cover. We accepted the award for him today at the annual mtg. 🎉🎉 #dorsalrootganglia #peripheralnerves 🧪🧪15 Jun 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:p4lepu5dhjdcnlalhdluv6gr/app.bsky.feed.post/3modct2d76k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/neuroadipo.bsky.social/post/3mnxai73rss2uCloth posters are the BEST invention for international conferences. No wrinkles, high resolution even for fluorescent images, and lightweight in a carry on. 🎉 looking forward to re-connecting with this great PNS community 🎉 #PNSociety #PNS2026 🧪🧪10 Jun 2026 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:p4lepu5dhjdcnlalhdluv6gr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnxai73rss2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/neuroadipo.bsky.social/post/3mnf6b76g3k2h🧪 Inspiring first annual Women’s Health Summit yesterday - women’s health talks and discussions among industry, investors, patients, scientists and clinicians - organized by Pillar in Boston. Energizing optimism in the room all day! #womenshealth03 Jun 2026 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:p4lepu5dhjdcnlalhdluv6gr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnf6b76g3k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/neuroadipo.bsky.social/post/3mmxbjh2frs2mHuge congrats to newly minted Dr Jake Willows (yesterday) & Dr Tianyi Tao (today)!! Fantastic job! As tough as things are in science right now, it’s the PEOPLE who make it all worth it. 🎉🎉 🧪🧪29 May 2026 00:24 +0000at://did:plc:p4lepu5dhjdcnlalhdluv6gr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmxbjh2frs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/neuroadipo.bsky.social/post/3mmheduuxvk2l🧪 Sometimes you just need to knock-out a gene in adipose tissue. Not whole body, not a certain cell type driven by a cre-line. We share our novel approach employing light-inducible cre to target gene knockout to inguinal sc adipose https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21623945.2026.267155822 May 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:p4lepu5dhjdcnlalhdluv6gr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmheduuxvk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/neuroadipo.bsky.social/post/3mmhecewal22l🧪Sharing negative data & technical challenges w the research community is hugely important. Issues w Rax-Cre in adult KO were shared at conferences, but we show our findings here in print. Thank you @faseborg.bsky.social for a journal outlet for this type of finding! tinyurl.com/2t5htaz5 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13108591/22 May 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:p4lepu5dhjdcnlalhdluv6gr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmhecewal22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/neuroadipo.bsky.social/post/3mkmwmhohf223Happening today! We hope to see you there 🧪🧪 https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SyTNhtc3SUugc8Kv0q85rg#/registration29 Apr 2026 10:52 +0000at://did:plc:p4lepu5dhjdcnlalhdluv6gr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkmwmhohf223https://bsky.app/profile/neuroadipo.bsky.social/post/3mkcxws5fok2vAlways been a fan of lifelong learning and adult learner programs at universities. Just learned about the national OLLI program when I gave a talk for OLLI Denver last week. Wow!! More here and see if one is near you: 🧪🧪https://www.osherfoundation.org/olli.html25 Apr 2026 11:49 +0000at://did:plc:p4lepu5dhjdcnlalhdluv6gr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkcxws5fok2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/neuroadipo.bsky.social/post/3mjowi2lhwk2cOverdue but excited to see this! [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:p4lepu5dhjdcnlalhdluv6gr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjowi2lhwk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/neuroadipo.bsky.social/post/3mjdd2hiqcc2zThe somatic signals impacting consciousness…entering the mainstream with @michaelpollan.bsky.social 🧪 🧠 https://youtu.be/hYrgLn7pWp8?start=2100&end=229412 Apr 2026 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:p4lepu5dhjdcnlalhdluv6gr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjdd2hiqcc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/neuroadipo.bsky.social/post/3mhjijua74c23More evidence that neuropathy is widespread - here sympathetic neuropathy of the aged thymus. 🧪 [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Mar 2026 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:p4lepu5dhjdcnlalhdluv6gr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhjijua74c23