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Thrilled to see our paper now published @Cell_Metabolism led by @FabianPassini: Piezo2 in sensory neurons regulates systemic and adipose tissue metabolism (1/5 🧵) cell.com/cell-metabolis…

Third year of celebrating Chinese New Year in the lab 🧧🐎
A slightly belated celebration this time, but no less festive Many thanks to Christina for bringing it all together, and to Eli for hosting Happy Year of the Horse 🐴✨

Congratulations to @RonVinestock on defending her PhD thesis today! A wonderful talk and a big milestone—so proud👩🏻‍🎓🎓👏🏻

It’s a wrap! 🎉 Well done to Bavat, Ron, and Christina for excellent talks and posters, fantastic representation of the lab 👏🏻 #FISEB #Ilanit2026

Nothing like fresh air and the coastal iris in bloom 🌸 #labtrip

Enjoying lunch in the warm January sun ☀️

Excited to share our study @CellCellPress introducing a novel class of macrophage-targeted immunocytokines (MiTEs) that engage myeloid, T and NK cells to boost anti-tumor immunity in solid tumors. Led by @MVLocquenghien, @PascaleZwicky & @CuriousKX (1/16) cell.com/cell/abstract/…

🏆👩‍🔬Big congratulations to our PhD student Elisheva for winning Best Poster at the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Symposium: Frontiers in Biomedicine! 🎉 Great recognition for outstanding science!

We're proud to share that the Weizmann Institute of Science has been ranked 6th in the world in the 2025 @cwtsleiden Ranking - a jump of four places from the 2024 ranking and our highest position since the ranking was introduced some two decades ago >> bit.ly/2025-Leiden-Eng

Great food, great company — and a warm welcome to our newest lab members 🍜

Exciting to see our work featured on Weizmann wonder wander! Congrats @FabianPassini

Celebrating Eli’s birthday with our traditional homemade poppyseed cake. Happy birthday, boss! 🍰🎉

We're so proud of our PhD student Elisheva Berent-Barzel for receiving an honorable mention for the 2025 Student Award for Volunteering and Diversity Promotion! We admire your dedication — to both science and community 👏👏

Great Preview by Dr. Tseng et al. on our back-to-back studies with the Patapoutian lab in Cell Metabolism! Both reveal how PIEZO2+ sensory neurons regulate fat by inhibiting sympathetic output—shedding light on adipose tissue surveillance & metabolism. 🔗 cell.com/cell-metabolis…"

Science is hard, but at least our outfits are peer-reviewed 🌶️

Exciting news! Our paper, "Piezo2 in sensory neurons regulates systemic and adipose tissue metabolism," was selected for the Editors' Choice section of @scisignal ! 🎉🔬 Check out the highlight here: 🔗 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… @FabianPassini

Huge thanks to all co-authors and collaborators: @BavatBornstein, @SarahRu63600780, @KupermanYael, Sharon Krief, @EviMasschelein, Tevie Mehlman, Alexander Brandis, @AddadiSefi, Shira Huri-Ohev Shalom, @proferikrichter, Tal Yardeni, Amir Tirosh, @BockKatrien and @ZelzerLab! (5/5)

This suggests a new model: Mechanoregulation by Piezo2 in sensory neurons prevents systemic hypermetabolism and adipose tissue thermogenesis. (4/5)

Thrilled to see our paper now published @Cell_Metabolism led by @FabianPassini: Piezo2 in sensory neurons regulates systemic and adipose tissue metabolism (1/5 🧵) cell.com/cell-metabolis…