I made it from the airport entrance to my gate in 7 minutes, including going through airport security. Tulsa airport is one of a kind.

I’m so glad I organize my writing in VR on ⁦Noda - Mind Map in VR⁩ instead of in the floor like I used to!

I was interviewing a candidate for a tech position today and at the end of the interview I asked if he had any questions left. He said he wanted to know what is my favorite brain region. I answered: "a lymph node" He probably was a bit disappointed...

Neutrophils are like “a chimp on coke with a bad temper and a machine gun” - best description of neutrophils EVER This Kurzgesagt book is a treasure

As always, Cory Doctorow NONCONSENSUAL BLUE TICK is here to make me think about things I previously knew little about.

Vaccines work, in two charts (data for New York City, March 2020 through December 2021, via The New York Times)

Tonight I recorded a podcast with Art of the Float and had the time of my life! We talked about everything from burlesque to hyper inflammatory bone marrow derived monocytes. I can’t wait until it’s posted!

Today is the 5 year anniversary of the first time I entered a flat tank! I had no idea of the journey I was beginning!

I’ve now lived in the USA more than in any other country (3 total) but I still feel like that monocyte that engrafts in the brain and no matter how close to (or even better than 😉) microglia it gets, it will never become a “real”microglia… #ForeverImmigrant

After six years, I can finally say that I have a PhD. Dr. Flux has FINALLY arrived.

Title for this years Float Conference: The Immune System Blues, or How I Came To Terms with the Limitations of Experimental Clinical Design and got a PhD

New research involving LIBR investigators and staff exploring the acute cardiovascular effects of Floatation-REST. Sahib Khalsa Ryan Smith (@rssmith.bsky.social) Dr. Flux

I’m giving the first keynote at this conference tomorrow! Tix are sold out but you can livestream the talks! I go on at 1:45 PM EST psychedelicsymposium.nyc/symposium

I gave a talk about sex, power, and psychedelic therapy at New York University a week and a half ago. The talk began with Janelle Monáe👽🚆🤖🚀🪐, obviously!

it makes sense that most media portrayals of therapy and therapists suck because 1. a lot of therapists suck 2. therapy scenes are usually used as narrative/exposition devices 3. good, proper therapy would be boring to watch most of the time

Can a novel non-pharmacological treatment help with body image and anxiety in anorexia nervosa? Our latest study of floatation-REST suggests that it can, offering a promising new treatment direction for eating disorders. 🧵 below thelancet.com/journals/eclin…

A big thank you to the participants, first authors Emily Choquette linkedin.com/in/emily-m-cho… and Michael Flux Dr. Flux, Scott Moseman & the Laureate Eating Disorders Program, Float Research Collective, Martin Paulus, & the Laureate Institute for Brain Research Laureate Institute for Brain Research for funding. 10/10

My friend Max was interviewed for Culture of Code - The Podcast For Indie Hackers and discussed his journey from academia to industry and his thoughts on the future of AI. I highly recommend giving it a watch/listen! youtu.be/8upmZAnhX68?si…

My dear friend Mara Wilson wrote a phenomenal article about why we find people annoying. I was able to weigh in on some of the psychology of emotion, and how we can behave in ways to make our frequently annoying world a bit more tolerable! theguardian.com/wellness/artic…

Check out my discussion of video pedagogy and layered instruction in the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast! teachinginhighered.com/podcast/layere…