NYU Pain Research Center
@nyupainresearch.bsky.social
The New York University Pain Research Center is dedicated to mechanistic and translational research on the neurobiology of chronic pain.
Website: https://dental.nyu.edu/research/pain-research-center.html
Huge thanks to everyone who joined the #PRC Lunch at #SfN — inspiring conversations and incredible research collaborations emerged! 🙌🧠 #PRCmembers #SfN #SanDiego #circleJLabs @sfn.org @sdavidson.bsky.social @pazduran.bsky.social @elisadamo.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Huge thanks to everyone who joined the #PRC Lunch at #SfN — inspiring conversations and incredible research collaborations emerged! 🙌🧠 #PRCmembers #SfN #SanDiego #circleJLabs @sfn.org @sdavidson.bsky.social @pazduran.bsky.social @elisadamo.bsky.social
The NYU PRC is excited to welcome Farnaz Shamsi as one of our newest associate members! 🎉 Farnaz studies the neuroimmune regulation of energy balance and adipose tissue function, exploring how these systems shape metabolic health and contribute to obesity and related diseases.
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The NYU PRC is excited to welcome Farnaz Shamsi as one of our newest associate members! 🎉 Farnaz studies the neuroimmune regulation of energy balance and adipose tissue function, exploring how these systems shape metabolic health and contribute to obesity and related diseases.
🎉 Join us for the 1st NYC Area Pain Research Meet-Up!
🗓 Fri, Dec 5 | 3–6 PM
📍 NYU Pain Research Center, 433 1st Ave
Don’t miss Dr. Steve Davidson’s keynote: “Humanizing Pain Neurobiology for Translational Gain” — plus great company & treats!
See you there! 💫 #PainResearch #NYCScience #Neurobiology
🗓 Fri, Dec 5 | 3–6 PM
📍 NYU Pain Research Center, 433 1st Ave
Don’t miss Dr. Steve Davidson’s keynote: “Humanizing Pain Neurobiology for Translational Gain” — plus great company & treats!
See you there! 💫 #PainResearch #NYCScience #Neurobiology
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
🎉 Join us for the 1st NYC Area Pain Research Meet-Up!
🗓 Fri, Dec 5 | 3–6 PM
📍 NYU Pain Research Center, 433 1st Ave
Don’t miss Dr. Steve Davidson’s keynote: “Humanizing Pain Neurobiology for Translational Gain” — plus great company & treats!
See you there! 💫 #PainResearch #NYCScience #Neurobiology
🗓 Fri, Dec 5 | 3–6 PM
📍 NYU Pain Research Center, 433 1st Ave
Don’t miss Dr. Steve Davidson’s keynote: “Humanizing Pain Neurobiology for Translational Gain” — plus great company & treats!
See you there! 💫 #PainResearch #NYCScience #Neurobiology
PRC PI Research Talks for the win! 🎉
Our guest speakers — Brian L. Schmidt, Edwin Rosado-Olivieri, and Nestor Jimenez — shared powerful research insights and sparked thoughtful discussion across the PRC community. A huge thank you to each of them for inspiring the work we do!
Our guest speakers — Brian L. Schmidt, Edwin Rosado-Olivieri, and Nestor Jimenez — shared powerful research insights and sparked thoughtful discussion across the PRC community. A huge thank you to each of them for inspiring the work we do!
October 31, 2025 at 9:16 PM
PRC PI Research Talks for the win! 🎉
Our guest speakers — Brian L. Schmidt, Edwin Rosado-Olivieri, and Nestor Jimenez — shared powerful research insights and sparked thoughtful discussion across the PRC community. A huge thank you to each of them for inspiring the work we do!
Our guest speakers — Brian L. Schmidt, Edwin Rosado-Olivieri, and Nestor Jimenez — shared powerful research insights and sparked thoughtful discussion across the PRC community. A huge thank you to each of them for inspiring the work we do!
The Cancer Neuroscience Program at MD Anderson invites you to attend the International Cancer Neuroscience Symposium happening February 18–20, 2026, in the TMC³ Collaborative Building. mdanderson.cloud-cme.com/course/cours...
October 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The Cancer Neuroscience Program at MD Anderson invites you to attend the International Cancer Neuroscience Symposium happening February 18–20, 2026, in the TMC³ Collaborative Building. mdanderson.cloud-cme.com/course/cours...
PRIMED Speaker Blake Kimmey (UPenn) Paging the PAG: Pain, Opioids & Relief. Epic talk on Periaqueductal gray opioid circuits for pain aversion & relief. Blake broke down how brain circuits in the PAG decide what hurts and what doesn’t. Stress, booze, and opioids all play a part!
October 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
PRIMED Speaker Blake Kimmey (UPenn) Paging the PAG: Pain, Opioids & Relief. Epic talk on Periaqueductal gray opioid circuits for pain aversion & relief. Blake broke down how brain circuits in the PAG decide what hurts and what doesn’t. Stress, booze, and opioids all play a part!
Big congratulations to postdoc Sarah Najjar from the Margolis Lab on receiving a NIH K01 award to study serotonergic mechanisms of pain! 🌟 A huge step toward independence and groundbreaking discoveries ahead! 👏
September 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Big congratulations to postdoc Sarah Najjar from the Margolis Lab on receiving a NIH K01 award to study serotonergic mechanisms of pain! 🌟 A huge step toward independence and groundbreaking discoveries ahead! 👏
🎉 Congrats to Dr. Moayedi on receiving the Whitehead Fellowship! This project explores how sensory feedback from upper airway muscles supports voicing—unlocking neural pathways with big implications for treating airway disorders. 👏🧠💬
September 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
🎉 Congrats to Dr. Moayedi on receiving the Whitehead Fellowship! This project explores how sensory feedback from upper airway muscles supports voicing—unlocking neural pathways with big implications for treating airway disorders. 👏🧠💬
The PRC PRIMED team is on fire! 🔥
They recently hosted an incredible virtual seminar featuring Dr. Rhian Stavely, who delivered a fascinating talk titled:
"Understanding Enteric Neuroplasticity to Inform Regenerative Therapies."
Exciting insights and cutting-edge science—well done, team!
They recently hosted an incredible virtual seminar featuring Dr. Rhian Stavely, who delivered a fascinating talk titled:
"Understanding Enteric Neuroplasticity to Inform Regenerative Therapies."
Exciting insights and cutting-edge science—well done, team!
September 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The PRC PRIMED team is on fire! 🔥
They recently hosted an incredible virtual seminar featuring Dr. Rhian Stavely, who delivered a fascinating talk titled:
"Understanding Enteric Neuroplasticity to Inform Regenerative Therapies."
Exciting insights and cutting-edge science—well done, team!
They recently hosted an incredible virtual seminar featuring Dr. Rhian Stavely, who delivered a fascinating talk titled:
"Understanding Enteric Neuroplasticity to Inform Regenerative Therapies."
Exciting insights and cutting-edge science—well done, team!
Huge news! The Moayedi Lab has officially received their first R01 grant to study the neural mechanisms of astringency transduction and sensation! Can we get a whoop whoop hooray?! 🥳🎉🪩 @yaldamoayedi.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Huge news! The Moayedi Lab has officially received their first R01 grant to study the neural mechanisms of astringency transduction and sensation! Can we get a whoop whoop hooray?! 🥳🎉🪩 @yaldamoayedi.bsky.social
A warm #welcome to Dr. Jordyn M. Boesch, our newest PRC Associate Member! 🐾 A board-certified veterinary anesthesiologist at Cornell, she’s now diving into translational research to bridge animal and human pain relief. #OneHealth #PainResearch blogs.cornell.edu/comparativep...
September 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A warm #welcome to Dr. Jordyn M. Boesch, our newest PRC Associate Member! 🐾 A board-certified veterinary anesthesiologist at Cornell, she’s now diving into translational research to bridge animal and human pain relief. #OneHealth #PainResearch blogs.cornell.edu/comparativep...
What a blast with Dr. Zhen Wang at PRC PRIMED! 🎉 His amazing talk, "An Interorgan Neuroimmune Circuit Drives Visceral Hypersensitivity," had us all engaged and inspired. #NeuroImmune #PRCPrimed #ScienceRocks 👏👏👏
September 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
What a blast with Dr. Zhen Wang at PRC PRIMED! 🎉 His amazing talk, "An Interorgan Neuroimmune Circuit Drives Visceral Hypersensitivity," had us all engaged and inspired. #NeuroImmune #PRCPrimed #ScienceRocks 👏👏👏
PRC Highlight: Warm #welcome to Associate Member to the PRC! Kenny Chan, PhD studies how gut-brain-immune interactions under chronic stress drive depression and IBS—aiming to find targets to ease both neuropsychiatric and GI symptoms.
September 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
PRC Highlight: Warm #welcome to Associate Member to the PRC! Kenny Chan, PhD studies how gut-brain-immune interactions under chronic stress drive depression and IBS—aiming to find targets to ease both neuropsychiatric and GI symptoms.
Flashback Friday! The PRC PRIMED was thrilled to welcome back Dr. Thomas Myers, a candidate in Dr. Robin Krimm’s lab at the University of Louisville. His engaging presentation, titled “Genetic Identification of a Fungiform-Innervating Low-Threshold Mechanoreceptor,” was a hit with everyone!
September 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Flashback Friday! The PRC PRIMED was thrilled to welcome back Dr. Thomas Myers, a candidate in Dr. Robin Krimm’s lab at the University of Louisville. His engaging presentation, titled “Genetic Identification of a Fungiform-Innervating Low-Threshold Mechanoreceptor,” was a hit with everyone!
PRC Highlight: We are excited to #welcome Dr. Yuki Miura as an Associate Member to the PRC. Yuki’s work leverages stem cell–derived organoids and assembloids to model human neural circuits -level disruption contributes to neurological disorders and pain! 🧪🧑🔬 #YukiMiura #PRC
September 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
PRC Highlight: We are excited to #welcome Dr. Yuki Miura as an Associate Member to the PRC. Yuki’s work leverages stem cell–derived organoids and assembloids to model human neural circuits -level disruption contributes to neurological disorders and pain! 🧪🧑🔬 #YukiMiura #PRC
The PRC & Molecular Pathobiology Dept made a splash at the NYU Plenary! Great catching up with Jeff Love, Lillian Moran, Gretchen North, Dr. Sasan Rabieh, Dr. Denise Trochesset, Nuray Ozu, Dr. Davide Cuocolo, Candy Tobar & more! Till the spring
September 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The PRC & Molecular Pathobiology Dept made a splash at the NYU Plenary! Great catching up with Jeff Love, Lillian Moran, Gretchen North, Dr. Sasan Rabieh, Dr. Denise Trochesset, Nuray Ozu, Dr. Davide Cuocolo, Candy Tobar & more! Till the spring
PRC Highlight: #MargolisLab making strides again! Congrats to Chalystha Lee who received the 2025 ISSR Travel Award at the #ISSR2025 hosted in Vienna! With mentorship from Dr. Kara Margolis & Dr. Michael Gershon lighting the way. #mentorship #ISSR #womeninresearch @chalysthalee.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
PRC Highlight: #MargolisLab making strides again! Congrats to Chalystha Lee who received the 2025 ISSR Travel Award at the #ISSR2025 hosted in Vienna! With mentorship from Dr. Kara Margolis & Dr. Michael Gershon lighting the way. #mentorship #ISSR #womeninresearch @chalysthalee.bsky.social
Curtains down on AMPIRS! Dr. Nigel Bunnett, our MPB Chair, brought it home with closing remarks. Huge thanks to our amazing sponsors and a special shoutout to MPB for hosting AMPIRS & Welcoming the Pain Research Center into the fun! And now… cue the real research question: Wheres happy hour? 🍹😄
May 31, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Curtains down on AMPIRS! Dr. Nigel Bunnett, our MPB Chair, brought it home with closing remarks. Huge thanks to our amazing sponsors and a special shoutout to MPB for hosting AMPIRS & Welcoming the Pain Research Center into the fun! And now… cue the real research question: Wheres happy hour? 🍹😄
Round two- ding ding! 🥊 Time for an AMPIRS photo dump that’ll knock your lanyard off 😎🚨poster session 2 coming in 🤳📸 picture perfect!👌
May 31, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Round two- ding ding! 🥊 Time for an AMPIRS photo dump that’ll knock your lanyard off 😎🚨poster session 2 coming in 🤳📸 picture perfect!👌
🎤 BLINK AND YOU'LL MISS IT: FLASH TALKS AT THE 5TH ANNUAL AMPIRS! ⚡ This year’s Flash Talks were a whirlwind of brilliance 🎤one mic, infinite insight. And WOW, did our presenters deliver! 👏PRC representing! #PRCpride #violetpride #NYUDental #nyuniversity
May 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
🎤 BLINK AND YOU'LL MISS IT: FLASH TALKS AT THE 5TH ANNUAL AMPIRS! ⚡ This year’s Flash Talks were a whirlwind of brilliance 🎤one mic, infinite insight. And WOW, did our presenters deliver! 👏PRC representing! #PRCpride #violetpride #NYUDental #nyuniversity
🚨Sound the alarm- it’s an AMPIRS photo dump! 🚨Poster Session 1 brought the heat 🔥 Big shoutout to our amazing PRC members who rocked their posters! #NYUDental #nyuniversity #AMPIRS #Painresearchcenter
May 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🚨Sound the alarm- it’s an AMPIRS photo dump! 🚨Poster Session 1 brought the heat 🔥 Big shoutout to our amazing PRC members who rocked their posters! #NYUDental #nyuniversity #AMPIRS #Painresearchcenter
Happening Now! The 5th Annual Molecular Pathobiology Innovative Research Symposium is in full swing! Dazzling presentations 🎬 by the brilliant minds of Maria Fernanda, Zhiting Gong, and Chalystha Yie Qin Lee. Shoutout to Jean-Pierre N. Saint-Jeannet, PhD, for inspiring opening remarks. Stay tuned!
May 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Happening Now! The 5th Annual Molecular Pathobiology Innovative Research Symposium is in full swing! Dazzling presentations 🎬 by the brilliant minds of Maria Fernanda, Zhiting Gong, and Chalystha Yie Qin Lee. Shoutout to Jean-Pierre N. Saint-Jeannet, PhD, for inspiring opening remarks. Stay tuned!