John Furness Furness Lab and Kim Barrett perfectly summarize #NIPGIT2023 in a single slide. We still have much more to work out regarding the neuroimmunophysiology interactome. Can’t wait for the next meeting!

Kicking off ANGMA with a stellar line-up of public lectures about gut feelings! Great talks highlighting the importance of the gut microbiome 👏 Prof. Nick Talley Sunny Wong Emad El-Omar

Check This - Translational Perspective on Mitchell’s paper showing GHSR/ D2R functional interaction in the defecation centre Mitchell Ringuet UniMelb MDHS Journal of Physiology physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP…

The Florey's Professor John Furness from Furness Lab has teamed up with Bionics Institute and Austin Health for a world first. A bionic device has been implanted in a patient with Crohn's disease to stimulate a nerve to prevent inflammation. Read more: florey.edu.au/news/2023/12/f…

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Excited! Our work #dopamine & #ghrelin #GPCR signalling pathway interaction on BioRxiv: molecular basis for voluntary defecation co-regulation tinyurl.com/yj59d2ty & tinyurl.com/bddxp87t Furness Lab collab led by Farhad Dehkhoda, Mitchell Ringuet biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Great translational perspective highlighting the potential significance of #ghrelin and #dopamine GPCR interactions in spinal defecation centres and broader autonomic functions Furness Lab Dr. Sebastian Furness physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP…

Huge congratulations to the PhD students in our lab, Mitchell Ringuet and Xin-Yi Chai who have graduated 🎓 🍾 and Madeleine Di Natale who has submitted her thesis! Absolutely brilliant 👏 🥳 Happy Holidays from our team to yours also! UniMelb MDHS The Florey

📣Check out our latest paper which provides a detailed mapping of nerve transmission to the circular muscle of the rat stomach! Showing nerve-mediated electrical events are different between regions! 📰➡️doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.… Madeleine Di Natale SPARC.science UniMelb MDHS

👩‍🔬 To celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we recognise the achievements and mentorship of girls and women in STEMM – our students and staff - and share how we continue to work together to inspire future generations. Read more 👉 unimelb.me/3HP1Lvg

A new sympathetic reflex! Via sympathetic prevertebral ganglia connecting adjacent segments of intestine. Sympathetic efferent neurons differ from those controlling motility, fluid secretion or blood flow. Activated by threats to intestinal integrity. 📰⬇️ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38226653/

John Furness named ASAN Inaugural President🥳 John is honoured by the Inaugural Presidency of this new society, initiated by Vaughan Macefield 👏#AustralianAutonomic #autonomicneuroscience Check out the society below ⬇️🎆 australasianautonomic.org

Check out the latest AJP-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology 'Got Guts' podcast with our very own Madeleine Di Natale! 👏🎙️

What an honour to receive the Mendelsohn Student Lecture Award (Fundamental) 2023 and present my PhD research at the awards ceremony. Congratulations to Vignan Yogendrakumar for winning the Clinical Award 👏 🏅 Furness Lab UniMelb MDHS The Florey

Phenomenal oration from Tess Coles today, detailing enteroendocrine cells and plasticity of the gut! 🤩 Congratulations🥳one step closer, now onto thesis submission! UniMelb MDHS #phdlife Lincon Stamp Rachel M McQuade

🆕🔥Characterization of idiopathic chronic #diarrhea & associated intestinal #inflammation & preliminary observations of effects of #VagalNerveStimulation in #NonHumanPrimate Furness Lab👏 ⚡️#VNS⬇️#diarrhea & bowel #Inflammation‼️ 👉onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nm… ANMS ESNM.eu