Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research

Curious about @DJuliusSF’s path to the Nobel Prize? What it felt like to for Michael Caterina to discover the capsaicin receptor? 🎧Tune into Episode 1 of The Pain Beat’s Nobel Prize Series! open.spotify.com/episode/2d6xmU…

Our latest preprint! We used 2p Ca2+ imaging coupled with pharmacological profiling to identify interneuron and spinoparabrachial populations in the spinal dorsal horn that mediate capsaicin-induced central sensitization. We used an ex vivo prep 1/ biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

If you haven’t checked it out already, @GoldPainLab and I published a paper this summer characterizing voltage-gated Ca2+ currents in human DRG neurons- it's chock full of interesting observations unique to human sensory neurons. bit.ly/3F0gGzp

Considering a PhD in Neuroscience? Come to our virtual open house to learn about our top-rate program at the University of Pittsburgh. We will answer all your questions and give you application tips! Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Our virtual #WorldCongressOnItch watch party is in full swing! We even had a couple of party crashers for @KSmithFive's talk :) @decouvriez @eileenknguyen @RubyAHolland and NIT Andrew Liu

Congratulations to the @UPMCHillmanCC Scientific Retreat Junior Scholar Award Winners! @RPatelMDPHD @TLHagan @ArbelyYael @hwbulls @KMBaileylab @nicole_scheff @PittHealthSci

What is pain & why do we experience it? Can researchers objectively measure pain? Why has the pain field been holding onto nociceptive measures so tightly? @TawfikLab @IshmailSaboor @MarkZylka & Carl Saab share insights in this episode of The Pain Beat! 🎧painresearchforum.org/forums/intervi…

A day to be thankful: this country gave me a chance with a great education and support for basic research. And for my labbies and collaborators for partnering with me. So glad @NancyAHong captured this "touching" moment. #PIEZO

"Sex differences are not just to be enjoyed but should be studied." Hear more about this on the latest Pain Beat podcast episode. painresearchforum.org/forums/intervi…. @Kevin_Seal @aecrpain @US_ASP @KateSadlerPhD @AnneZMurphy @IASPpain @UTDPainLab @PCPRpgh

In exactly ONE WEEK I will be giving my public, hybrid PhD defense! I'll be presenting on opioid balance in the brainstem and spinal cord for itch and pain. Here is the virtual location: pitt.zoom.us/j/94088671196 I would love to hear your feedback on our work!

Are non-peptidergic afferents actually nociceptors? We say no, not unless you are injured. See our new paper with Koerber, @CharlesWarwick7, @tayler_sheahan, @KSmithFive plus others journals.lww.com/pain/Fulltext/…

I successfully defended my dissertation last Friday! I'm so grateful for all of the people who helped me along this journey, especially my Twitter-less mentor Dr. Brian Davis. And I'm excited to announce I'll be joining @IsaacMChiu for my postdoc at @Harvard. #PhDone