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Identifying novel mechano-receptors in the sensory nervous system Congratulations to Viktor Lukacs who has been awarded £681.8k for a project to discover the novel receptors and receptor-adjacent signalling molecules involved in detecting tactile stimuli in sensory nerves. These molecules, likely involved in the detection of mechanical pain, promise to be future molecular targets for the development...
Divide and rule: localised Ca2+ signalling in sensory neurons’ Congratulations to Nikita Gamper (PI), Izzy Jayasinghe (Co-I, Sheffield University) and Shihab Shah (RCo-I) who received £577k for their project investigating the intricate molecular mechanisms underlying inflammatory signalling in pain-sensing (nociceptive) sensory neurons. Specifically, they will investigate junctions between the plasma membrane (PM) and endoplasmic reticulum (ER), which...
In a new study published in Nature Professor Netta Cohen's group provide the first complete spatial coordinates of the circuit diagrams for the nervous system of the nematode worm C. elegans. An adult worm has exactly 302 cells in its nervous system - by comparison, the human brain has around 100 billion cells. But almost two-thirds...
Nanoparticle-Based Imaging and Therapy of Chronic Pain in the Dorsal Root Ganglia (DRG)’ or PIANO Congratulations to Marzia Malcangio (KCL) the lead of the 15 member EU consortium who together received €4,093,424. Nikita Gamper is a lead of the ESR6 (GABAergic signalling in peripheral sensory ganglia and its role in pain processing), he is also...
In a new study published in Nature Communications, Dr. Delis collaborated with researchers at the University of Glasgow and Bielefeld University to study the neural mechanisms underlying the processing of incoming information from different senses. They showed that decision processes in the human brain drive improvements in perception and behaviour when multisensory information is available....
Congratulation to Dr Jamie Johnston for their recent award from the MRC (£0.78 m). This will support a project investigating the function of the olfactory bulb and how this circuit is regulated.
Congratulations to Dr Ioannis Delis who received funding from the Royal Society for a project on Neural origins of modularity in human motor control
Prof. Gamper's lab identified a peripheral gate in pain pathways and has received prestigious funding from the Wellcome Trust to follow up this discovery. Peripheral nerves respond to changes at the surface or inside our body, the brain then interprets these responses as tactile or visceral sensations, such as heat, touch or pain. It has been thought...
Congratulation to Dr. Beatrice Filippi for being awarded a very prestigious MRC Career Development Award (£1.4m). This will support her research for the next 5 years investigating how the brain senses insulin and controls glucose metabolism and feeding behavior.
Neuroscience labs had two fun filled days in the Yorkshire dales with lots of talks, walks and exploring caves.