Department of Engineering and Newnham College, University of Cambridge.
Research interests in materials engineering and sustainability.
Professor of Materials Science, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge
Professor of Observational Cosmology and Astrophysics, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge
Professor in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
Department of Pure Maths and Mathematical Statistics and First Bursar, King's College Cambridge
Professor of Mathematical Physics, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Clare College, University of Cambridge
Senior Lecturer, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
Professor of Image and Signal Processing, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.
Senior Lecturer and Curator, University Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge
Plant Virology & Molecular Plant Pathology Group, Department of Plant Sciences
Professor of Physical Chemistry
Professor of Molecular Modelling, Engineering Laboratory, University of Cambridge.
Department of Physics The Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Professor Emeritus Dept of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Clare College, University of Cambridge
Research interests in the development of the nervous system.
Professor of History of Science and Medicine, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
Associate Professor in Palaeobiology, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge
Deputy Head of School, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Anglia Ruskin University
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The sensation of pain is one which nearly everyone is familiar with, usually being considered an unpleasant experience. Wouldn’t a life without pain be better? Drawing on human genetics and the wider animal kingdom, we shall see that there are in fact benefits to pain, or rather nociception, the neural process encoding noxious stimuli. Pain is not however static. For example, following an accident, the injured part of the body becomes more sensitive, a phenomenon that usually resolves as the injury heals. Understanding the molecular processes by which pain functions and how the sensitivity in the system changes under different conditions is important for the development of novel therapeutics to treat the chronic pain, such as that associated with osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, endometriosis, and a wealth of other conditions. Looking to potential new therapeutic avenues, we will discuss what can be learned from studying human genetics and extremophile organisms, such as the naked mole-rat, as well what the future holds regard gene- and cell-based therapy.
Signals from the beginning of the universe
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