Niko Massaly
@MassalyNiko
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Assistant Professor @UCLA Pain~Negative Affect~Opioids. Bring the pain - I will bring the fromage. Dog/Cats daddy. Record spinner. he/him
Los Angeles, CA
Joined December 2016
New Year Resolution: I will share 1 paper & 1 LP / week Let’s start this right for 2024 Paper : LP :
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Seems like a good time to remind everyone that the return on investment for federally funded research at NIH is $2.64 in economic activity for every dollar invested.
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This is going to ruin us. Indirect costs are used to finance our bills and the supportive teams ESSENTIAL to our research objectives. Screw this
Last year, $9B of the $35B that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) granted for research was used for administrative overhead, what is known as “indirect costs.” Today, NIH lowered the maximum indirect cost rate research institutions can charge the government to 15%, above what many major foundations allow and much lower than the 60%+ that some institutions charge the government today. This change will save more than $4B a year effective immediately.
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Great review from @RenataMarchette Leandro Vendruscolo and George Koob on Dynorphin/KOR system in substance use disorders and hyperkatifeia Give it a read 👇
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Federal health agencies (NIH CDC FDA etc) are directed to pause external communications including scientific reports, updates to websites and advisories
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One week ‘til #WCBR2025! Who is going to be there? Looking forward to seeing all of you there Also we have 2 fully funded postdoc positions in my lab on pain affect circuits -> feel free to contact me (, and come and chat with me at the conference !
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@Dr_Paulevj @NeuroTejeda @NIMHgov @IRPatNIH @NIH @NeuroTejeda for the win. The least they can do to reward the outstanding work and mentorship. Congrats my friend
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DAMN. Another hit. Beautiful work by Blake Kimmey (no bird account?) in @FlyBottleEscape lab. Paper link here too for easy access
1/ 🧠 Excited to share our new preprint: Convergent state-control of endogenous opioid analgesia We uncover how cognitive + contextual factors—like injury, fear, and placebo—modulate pain through dynamic opioid signaling in the periaqueductal gray (PAG)
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RT @AustinAColey: Check out my new preprint: Predicting Future Development of Stress-induced Anhedonia From Cortical Dynamics and Facial Ex…
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