BROWNE LAB, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
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NEURAL CIRCUITS FOR PAIN

Browne Lab

Hundreds of thousands of nerve endings lie under our skin, relaying sensory information to the central nervous system. These sensory neurons and their downstream neural circuits allow you to feel a gentle breeze or the lightest touch and they alert you if you accidentally step on a nail or touch a hot pan. Our lab studies how these neural circuits operate.

How do these circuits guide protective responses that are rapid yet appropriate? How are they transformed in disease and become non-protective?

We use optogenetics, two-photon microscopy, electrophysiology and other techniques to address these questions.
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Liam Browne
Group Leader
Ara Schorscher-Petcu
Postdoctoral Associate
Elisa Clemente
PhD Student
Jonathan Seaman
MSc Student
Denis Duagi
MSci Student
Kath Mazur
Summer Student (BSc Edinburgh)

Alumni

Flora Takacs
Sainsbury Wellcome Centre PhD Programme, UCL

News


September 2019: Jonathan wins "Best Project Prize" for his MSc - congratulations!
June 2019: Denis and Kath join the lab
October 2018: Jonathan joins the lab from UCSD for his MSc project
September 2018: Flora returns to start her MSci project in the lab
August 2018: Elisa joins the lab for her PhD funded by the BBSRC
February 2018: Flora is accepted into the Janelia Undergraduate Scholars Program - congratulations!
October 2017: Liam speaks at Oxford's Sherrington Society
July 2017: Paper published in Cell Reports revealing the complexity of fast protective behaviors (also see PRF coverage)
June 2017: Flora and George join the lab as summer students
September 2016: Ara joins the lab from Paris
July 2016: Liam invited to reception at Buckingham Palace

Funding

We are grateful to the Wellcome Trust and the Royal Society for supporting our research
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