New!!A self-activating orphan receptor or “onanistic orphan” !!nature.com/articles/d4158…

GPR84, an understudied GPCR, could be a promising target for modulating the immune response in a range of disorders - find out more in the latest Target watch article from the NIH Illuminating the Druggable Genome programme go.nature.com/2SJv9ub DruggableGenome

The habenular G-protein–coupled receptor 151 regulates synaptic plasticity and nicotine intake pnas.org/content/early/…

Drum roll, please: You voted on names for our #Mars2020 rover. Find out which was selected! Our newest Mars rover's name — & the student behind it — will be announced Thurs., March 5 at 1:30pm ET. Watch live: go.nasa.gov/2IfJ999 Explore the mission: go.nasa.gov/2Ijbds9

All right now, baby, it’s all right now! My twin, Voyager 2, is back to normal operations. The five science instruments turned off by the spacecraft's fault protection routine are back on and returning data. Solid. go.nasa.gov/38O37mC

Caught in 2015, frozen in ethanol in the -20C freezer for 4.5 years and somehow STILL alive.

How’s this for 2020 vision? Over the holidays, I took a series of high-res photos of my hometown on #Mars. This panorama is made up of a crisp 1.8 billion pixels. It’s my most detailed view to date. Zoom in: go.nasa.gov/3ap38hB

This week... 🔴 A new name for our next Mars rover: ARCHIVED - NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover 🐉 SpaceX's #Dragon launches with supplies for International Space Station 👩🏽‍🚀 Applications open to #BeAnAstronaut These stories and more: youtu.be/79q1UGH5xS0

A handful of genetic and structural analyses have identified a key feature of #COVID19 — a protein on its surface — that might explain why it infects human cells so readily. go.nature.com/3aGqFdQ

Everyone wants a piece of this cosmic pi 💁‍♀️ This #PiDay, learn more about pi and how it helps us explore the universe! go.nasa.gov/2Qf43cy

Self-isolation in Sicily

You are made of star stuff. Hydrogen, helium, nitrogen – these and other elements were formed in the stars. And they make up our bodies. The next time you gaze at the night sky, remember: you are star material.✨ Explore more beautiful space imagery: go.nasa.gov/2UcD9nb

Our Hubble Space Telescope recently captured one of the most energetic outflows ever witnessed in the universe. They emanate from extremely remote celestial objects and tear across interstellar space like tsunamis, wreaking havoc on galaxies: go.nasa.gov/2JbSaQS

Cat vs Dog challenge

Your front-row seat to my Mars landing is here. Watch how we did it. #CountdownToMars

Starship to Mars simulation m.youtube.com/watch?v=-Oox2w…