TOBeATPAIN Newsletter First Edition

TOBeATPAIN Research presented at Neuroscience Conference in Chicago  19-23 October 2019

Professor Dr. Frank Richter attended the Society for Neuroscience Conference in Chicago and showed a poster presentation of the research work of his student Fátima Gimeno Ferrer.

The conference focussed on the current hypothesis and approaches in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer´s and other neurodegenerative diseases. The most important fact was the putative role of neuroinflammation during the early stages in the development of these diseases. This is of particular interest for the EU funded TOBeATPAIN project which aims to explain if the mechanisms involved in neurodegenerative diseases are related to the ones manifested in pain and which role neuroinflammation and subsequent neurodegeneration play during manifestation.

Fátima’s poster entitled “Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) influences cortical spreading depolarization (CSD) in adult rats – Could this be important in brain pathophysiology?” (F. Gimeno-Ferrer¹, F. Richter¹, R. Bauer², A. Lehmenkuhler³, H.-G. Schaible¹; ¹Inst. of Physiol. I, ²Inst. of Mol. Cell Biology, CMB-Center for Mol. Biomedicine, Univ. Hosp. Jena, Jena, Germany; ³Pain Inst., Düsseldorf, Germany; 2019) presented and extended the results regarding the neuroinflammation model compared to the previous poster in DPG 2019 meeting in Ulm (Germany) (See the associated news for more info).

98th German Physiological Society, Ulm

30th September to 2nd October 2019

Prof. Richter and Fátima Gimeno-Ferrer gave a poster presentation entitled “Amplitudes and propagation of cortical spreading depolarization (CSD) in adult rats are influenced by Clacitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)”

Review by Fátima Gimeno-Ferrer

TOBeATPAIN Early Stage Researcher 8

‘Intellectual Property (IP) and commercial exploitation’ presented by Michele Dubbini from EURICE

During the TOBeATPAIN training the early stage researchers (ESRs) had the opportunity to gain understanding of legal terms and regulations regarding IP and IPR as well as relevant clauses of the ITN’s grant agreement. Michele Dubbini, an IP and innovation advisor from EURICE, helped the ESRs develop insight into their obligations and rights established by the grant agreement.

Review by Zerina Kurtovic

TOBeATPAIN Early Stage Researcher 5

European Researchers Night 27^th September 2019

The National History Museum

This year the European Researchers’ Night in London was hosted by the National History Museum. I was excited to take part in the event as it was a great opportunity to communicate with the public and share some information about our TOBeATPAIN Horizon2020 EU funded research at King’s. One of the activities which took place during the event, was the ‘EU Pub’.

Review Joana Lama

TOBeATPAIN Early Stage Researcher 2

Pain in Europe XI – The 11^th Congress of the European Pain Federation (EFIC) Valencia (Spain)  4^th-7^th September 2019

Prof Marzia Malcangio and Prof Eva Kosek presented their work on the role of the immune system in pain and on pain modulation, neuroinflammation, and periphery-to-central nervous system inflammatory cross-talk in patients with musculoskeletal chronic pain.

Review by Silvia Fanton

TOBeATPAIN Early Stage Researcher 3

World Parkinson’s Day 12th April 2019 King’s College London Parkinson’s Centre of Excellence

On 12th of April a celebration for World Parkinson’s Day 2019 was hosted by the Parkinson Foundation Centre of Excellence at King’s and Professor K Ray Chaudhuri (TOBeATPAIN Horizon2020). The event showcased the width of translational and people-based Parkinson’s research that is being carried out in the campus within King’s Health Partners.

Review by Joana Lama

TOBeATPAIN Early Stage Researcher 2

“Experimental Design and Practical Data Analysis in Positron Emission Tomography (PET)”

This first TOBeATPAIN scientific workshop was hosted by Professor Federico Turkheimer, Dr Mattia Veronese and other members of the molecular neuroimaging group at the Department of Neuroimaging at King’s College London (KCL).

The first Transferable Skills Training course was given by Dr Aiofe Kiely from the Alzheimer’s Organisation entitled “Knowledge communication: Public engagement, fundraising and CSR”.

Review by Georgios Sideris Lampretsas

TOBeATPAIN Early Stage Researcher 1

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