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Dave Hughes
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Neuroanatomist studying the neural basis of touch, acute pain, and chronic pain. http://davehugheslab.org/ at University of Glasgow. #JFT97 Made in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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Human dorsal root ganglia neuronal cell line to study nociceptive signaling: a new pipeline for pain therapy. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.27.674468v1
September 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Aberdeen is hiring - Neuroimmunology Lectureship! Really exciting opportunity to join our supportive, collaborative and multidisciplinary Institute to carry out cutting edge translation research. Not to mention the scenery in the North East of Scotland is amazing www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/vacanci...
Lecturer in Neuroimmunology, Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition (MED243A) | The University of Aberdeen
Browse and apply for current job openings at the University of Aberdeen across various schools, departments and roles, including admin and academic.
www.abdn.ac.uk
September 19, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Neuroscience PhD position on offer at the University of Nottingham

Deadline Imminent: Friday, July 18, 2025

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
The Gatekeepers of Pain: Shedding light on the role of projection neurons in osteoarthritic pain at University of Nottingham on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The Gatekeepers of Pain: Shedding light on the role of projection neurons in osteoarthritic pain at University of Nottingham, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
July 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Great opportunity here for someone with some pain behavioural experience/ immuno: short term (13 month) postdoc position based in Edinburgh currently being advertised – closing date 7th May.
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The University of Edinburgh
Discover Postdoctoral Research Fellow jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
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April 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Don’t miss #ISPP2025 in Glasgow (17-20 June) – a global gathering of multidisciplinary experts on pediatric pain. Learn from world-renowned plenary speakers like Katelynn Boerner, Bonnie Stevens, Lorenzo Fabrizi, and more! Early Bird ends today, 14 March: bit.ly/3UDnTjd #PediatricPain
March 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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March 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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2 beautiful cells expressing #GCaMP in #chicken retina via AAV-mediated retinal #transduction.
The dendritic fields of these cells are vast, beautiful and ordered, depicting how truly intricate #retina connectivity is. #Avian retina is remarkable.

My choice for today's #FluorescenceFriday image.
March 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Come join our lab as Postdoctoral Fellow! The project will investigate the maturation of spinal circuits and their plasticity within chronic widespread pain states.
Apply here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... until 11th April.
@ucllifesciences.bsky.social @uclnpp.bsky.social @jobrxiv.bsky.social
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
March 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Do you have a basic science background and are interested in doing a PhD at Oxford University? Fully funded UK studentship available for 2025 intake to study the role of B-cells in human neuropathic pain

To apply please see here:
www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/study-with-u...
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February 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Today, honor a King, not a Felon. #mlkday2025
January 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Just bumping this up for those who may have missed earlier announcements-- we have a new PI position in the Neuroscience & Mental Health program here at SickKids. Neural and glial mechanisms in cognition.
Scientist/Senior Scientist – Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto – Canadian Association for Neuroscience
can-acn.org
December 27, 2024 at 6:02 PM
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Interested in #PainResearch and/or mural cells (#pericyte #BloodBrainBarrier)? This one may be for you! Our latest #neuroskyence research suggesting that cells at the blood nerve barrier may be particularly replete with pain-inducing substances 🧪 #painscience: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A role for fibroblast and mural cell subsets in models of neuropathic pain
Neuropathic pain is a particularly intractable type of chronic pain that can result from physical nerve damage due to surgery or entrapment. Here, we present data which suggest that a particular subcl...
www.biorxiv.org
December 16, 2024 at 4:55 PM
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I joined 75+ @nobelprize.bsky.social laureates urging US Senators to oppose RFK Jr.'s confirmation as DHHS Secretary. If you’re in a state with GOP senators, PLEASE reach out to them! I’d deeply appreciate it if you amplified this post! 🙏
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...
December 9, 2024 at 11:19 PM
👉👀🔬 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿PhD Studentship Available with Prof Gareth Miles (University of St Andrews) and Prof Dave McLean (University of Edinburgh). PLEASE SHARE👀👈
EASTBIO: Beyond the connectome: neuromodulation of spinal network dynamics at University of St Andrews on FindAPhD.com
PhD Programmes, Research Projects & Studentships in the UK & Europe
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December 9, 2024 at 9:33 PM
👉👀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿PhD Studentship Available: “Defects in protein methylation in familial ALS: a therapeutic target of broad relevance?”
Dr Judith Sleeman and Prof Gareth Miles (University of St Andrews🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿)
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Defects in protein methylation in familial ALS: a therapeutic target of broad relevance? at University of St Andrews on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Defects in protein methylation in familial ALS: a therapeutic target of broad relevance? at University of St Andrews, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
December 9, 2024 at 9:29 PM
👉👁️👀🔬PhD studentship available at the University of Edinburgh in the lab of Carole Torsney - please share
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as part of SIDB PhD program
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SIDB
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December 9, 2024 at 9:21 PM
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New position at UCL!! Lecturer in Neuroscience in the Department of Imaging Neuroscience, home to the internationally renowned Functional Imaging Laboratory (FIL). Details are here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/.... 70% research, 30% teaching on a new BSc Neuroscience course.
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 28, 2024 at 1:18 PM
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Some of us in the ADVANTAGE visceral pain consortium (@denklab.bsky.social + others not on 🦋 yet) recently got together to talk about all thinks visceral pain courtesy of @rpseal.bsky.social who runs The Pain Beat podcast 😃 #neuroskyence #PainResearch

www.iasp-pain.org/publications...
The Pain Beat (Episode 17) – Experience, Study, and Treatment of Visceral Pain - International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
Manager’s note: Welcome to the 17th episode of The Pain Beat! Launched and supported by a generous grant from the MAYDAY Fund, with additional funding from the Rita Allen Foundation, […]
www.iasp-pain.org
November 25, 2024 at 1:21 PM
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Your reminder that many of the muscles, nerves and bones you use to hear and talk with correspond to gill structures in fish. 🧪 #evolution #paleontology
November 24, 2024 at 8:30 PM
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I love this.
November 24, 2024 at 1:46 PM
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We have updated and expanded our database of fellowships for POSTDOCS in neuroscience/neurology/cog science.

For each fellowship, we provide a description, $ amount, deadline, link, and eligibility criteria.

Download our database freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-... pic.x.com/eEhXhlOzEj
November 24, 2024 at 10:35 PM
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Our latest issue dropped. On the cover, the developmental biology of #dogs (and other mammal) noses!

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👉https://www.cell.com/current-biology/issue?pii=S0960-9822(23)X0023-2
November 19, 2024 at 4:17 PM
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New app and so many new followers, so I’ll do a quick skydive on my work over the years using automation and high speed imaging to improve the techniques we use to measure pain in rodents! #PainResearch #Neuroscience
November 22, 2024 at 5:32 PM
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**We are recruiting**

Seeking a postdoc to work on a Wellcome-funded cohort study focusing on social-cognitive processing in typically developing children and adolescents (aged 8-18 years) and children and adolescents with 22q11.1 deletion syndrome.

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49291/
Research Assistant/Research Associate (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Research Assistant/Research Associate (Fixed Term) in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
November 21, 2024 at 11:24 AM