@DamajLab

VCU Pain And neuropathy Research Program Neuropharmacology of drug addiction and pain- nicotinic Lab

 Virginia, USA
Joined June 2015
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Imad Damaj retweeted
IASP
@IASPpain2 Apr 2025
Check out this #PapersoftheWeek pick from @Edaksl14 and @ELSpharma’s Pharmacological Research about psychedelics psilocybin and DOI dose-dependently reversing pain-like behaviors through serotonergic receptor activity in mouse models of chronic pain bit.ly/4l2kRAj #PRF
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Belle B@BuzziBelle21 Jan 2025
A new paper characterizing our novel nicotine vapor self administration mouse model alongside great scientists! @LoisAkinola @DamajLab sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Harvard scientists are leaving academia for the private sector to fast-track biomedical breakthroughs. Michael Mina (eMed), Douglas Melton (Vertex), Stuart Schreiber (Arena Bioworks) cite funding delays & admin hurdles as key reasons. #BiomedicalResearch harvardmagazine.com/2025/01/…

Harvard Professors Leaving for Private Sector Research | Harvard Magazine

Three distinguished scientists on leaving academia to advance biomedical research

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Are you a psychedelic researcher? Consider attending and presenting your research at the upcoming meeting of the International Society for Research on Psychedelics (ISRP) in New Orleans! #psychedelics #serotonin isrpsych.org/
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Belle B@BuzziBelle14 Nov 2023
Feeling very grateful for the opportunity to talk at a press conference amongst other great scientists at #sfn23 !
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Maeso lab and collaborators at #SfN2023 - Mark your calendars for these posters and talks! @JasterAlaina @BuzziBelle @DamajLab
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From target discovery to clinical drug development with human genetics | Nature nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

From target discovery to clinical drug development with human genetics

Nature - This Review provides a perspective on the development of non-cancer therapies based on human genetics studies and suggests measures that can be taken to streamline the pipeline from...

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Imad Damaj retweeted
Belle B@BuzziBelle14 Jul 2023
New paper from our lab! sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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📢Woohoo!! Provisional paper acceptance @PNASNews.....stay tuned (need embargo to be lifted to talk about this one) Huge credit to co-first authors @Kimgmz6 and @HJStratton13 Congrats to my co-senior author @AubinMoutal 🙌 Thanks also to @DamajLab and team.
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The VCU gang at #RSA2023 having fun and sharing great science @mfmiles @DamajLab @jen5rva
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Yasu@Yasuyuki_Kihara13 May 2023
Microdeletion in a FAAH pseudogene identified in a patient with high anandamide concentrations and pain insensitivity bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0…

Microdeletion in a FAAH pseudogene identified in a patient with high anandamide concentrations and...

The study of rare families with inherited pain insensitivity can identify new human-validated analgesic drug targets. Here, a 66-yr-old female presented with nil requirement for postoperative...

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@DamajLab does chronic neuropathic pain impact nicotine withdrawal? Among mice expressing HIV-1 Tat, see lower pain threshold after 6 weeks. When in withdrawal, somatic symptoms were worse in Tat animals after 24 hrs and 7 days - no diff in nicotine metabolism. Next steps⬇️
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Highlighting @US_ASP programming focused on pain & addiction 📢🗣️ Next up: Nonopioid Substance Use and Pain: Human and Animal Studies - Thursday 4/13 from 2-3:30pm. @ankarkhanis @DamajLab @The_Gilp #usasp
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Enjoyed presenting some of my dissertation work with @DamajLab yesterday at #ASPO2023. I made some great connections and learned so much from my fellow researchers that attended 10/10 an amazing conference🙌🏾
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Imad Damaj retweeted
BryanRoth
@zenbrainest9 Jan 2023
Great review on #psychedelics psychologytoday.com/us/artic…

Why Psychedelics Are Therapy's Next Frontier

What psychedelics really feel like, and where they can take us.

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Please join @KhannaLabNYU and @DamajLab on Nov 30 as they moderate this important conversation on use of human tissues in research discovery between @restinpotential and @mattsapio as part of our @USASPBasicSci lecture series.
US Association for the Study of Pain@US_ASP14 Nov 2022
Join on November 30th at 12pm EST for the Basic Science SIG with Steve Davidson @restinpotential and Matt Sapio! @USASPBasicSci
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Happy to share our latest research article on a new choice procedure between cocaine and a nondrug reward. Briefly, rats were given another degree of freedom: they had volitional control over the timing of choice trials! 👏👏@VandaeleYouna & Eric Augier onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Cocaine falls into oblivion during volitional initiation of choice trials

Rats were offered volitional control over the occurrence of choice trials between cocaine and sweet water. To do so, they were trained to nosepoke in a hole to trigger the presentation of these two...

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How much alcohol is safe to drink? Recent research suggests there's really no “safe” amount of alcohol, and that even moderate drinking can impact your health. Check out my blog "At What Point Does Drinking Start to Hurt Your Health?" to find out more: loom.ly/hGFYZSg
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Bryan McKiver from @DamajLab telling us about AEG-1 and morphine antinociception and tolerance @CpdaConference 2022
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Imad Damaj retweeted
ASAM@ASAMorg31 Jul 2022
Criminalization of personal cannabis use possession has been an abject policy failure; legalization comes with risks.  Congress should adopt an approach that is compassionate & informed by science. Read now in @USATODAY: usatoday.com/story/opinion/t…

Legalizing marijuana? Stay wary of health risks and commercialization.

"Criminalizing drug use by someone suffering with addiction is inhumane," American Society of Addiction Medicine writes.

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