Paul Marvar

Resolving boredom through our incessant attention to our devices has, according to New York Times bestselling author @arthurbrooks, also brought an end to our willingness to let our minds wander – inhibiting abstract thinking and making us vulnerable to anxiety and depression. He talks about his new book, "The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness," and why constant distraction gets in the way of our ability to be fully alive.

After 50 yrs in science, former #HHMIInvestigator David Clapham’s advice is simple: “You have to see problem-solving as fun.” From training w/Nobel laureates to deepening our understanding of ion channels & leading at HHMI, he retires with a lasting legacy hhmi.news/3O3kYj

First proof-of-concept for engineered T cells as a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease @jonykipnis @boskovic_p @PNASNews @justsaysinmice pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

And so it continues – please enjoy more parking spot savers and signs spotted around town - PoPville popville.com/2026/01/parkin…

What a wonderful day yesterday to give a talk at GWU and to have some pretty inspiring chats with faculty and students of the Dept of Pharmacology and Physiology🤩 Thanks again, Paul @ravrampj for the invitation! @GWtweets #EvolutionaryGlialBiology

“Too many kids today are afraid of failure.” - Doug Collins Failure isn’t the end. It’s the lesson. It’s how you grow, learn, and get tougher. Every champion has failed; they just refused to stay there.

Representations of social experience in hippocampal circuits Review by Rachel S. Clein (@grad_rachel) & Elizabeth Gould Free access before December 11: tinyurl.com/37zzkv4x

A hypothalamus-brainstem-heart circuit regulated by oxytocin on heart rate variability. Another cool brain-body work! nature.com/articles/s4159…

An amazing collection of brain-body interaction articles in this special issue. Love the beautiful vagus nerve on the cover by Andreas Vesalius cell.com/current-biolog…

RIP Dr. Nolan R. Williams (1983-2025) professor at Stanford University. He was a pioneer in the treatment of depression and a friend. I read this Substack eulogy on him this morning, and I thought it really captured both the man and his brilliance. He lost his life to the very disease he was dedicated to studying. Nolan, thank you for your friendship and for inspiring all of us. thefrontierpsychiatrists.substack.com/p/a-eulogy-for…

@Griffs_OG68 RIP ❤️🙏my friend, teammate, roommate and Griffs QB mentor.

Our hearts break for Jason and his family. Jason passed away unexpectedly on 10/6/25. He was great man and teammate who will be forever missed. Please keep Jason and his family in your thoughts and prayers.

Those who found the words to remember Amherst High School football coach Jason Beckman this week say they will miss a friend who was known for his work ethic, his strong character and for being the man who players wanted to rally around. buffalonews.com/sports/high-sc…

Neurons can communicate via hidden network of nanotubes, study finds | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

And Thanks @ByMHarrington for the generous article (despite the loss), which recently emerged from an old scrap book - much appreciated this and your @Griffs_OG68 support back in the day 😊🙏💪❤️ - 30 years ago this week 🫣

@Griffs_OG68 Thanks @Griffs_OG68 - trip down memory lane 😊! Buffalo News 1995

Paul Marvar #11 played Quarterback for the Golden Griffins Football Team from 1993-96. 6'1, 185 Lbs. Hometown: Cicero, HS: Bishop Grimes.

Interesting molecular parallel to our human ISO findings: β-adrenergic and GABAergic modulation engage posterior insula, but using these states to guide action triggers zif268 plasticity in anterior insula. eneuro.org/content/12/8/E…

Postdoc job alert! I’m looking for someone with a PhD in neuroscience/psychology, psychiatry, biomed engineering, computational modeling or a related field to join my NIH-funded team at UCLA studying the neural & computational mechanisms of #interoception in anorexia nervosa 1/2

A daughter berghoff-foundation.org/blog/f/a-daugh… RIP David Gergen, who served as a presidential adviser to four presidents of both parties and educated generations of Americans about leadership and civic engagement. He was 83.

The #RegPep25 final program is LIVE!