Inspiring week & wonderful encounters at the Pain Mechanisms & Therapeutics Conference in Verona!💡✨#painmechanisms26 From ion channels to the brain, genes to humans - amazing science throughout. 🧬🧠 Loved presenting our ongoing work at CNAP too. Excited for what’s ahead! #PainResearch #Neuroscience

A lab visit to Hamburg so engaging I forgot to take photos except for a last-minute selfie. 😄🤳 Grateful to @christianbuchel.bsky.social, @olegolt.bsky.social, and lab for the warm welcome and inspiring discussions. 🧠 Leaving one’s own bubble. Immersing in critical, generous exchange. Science. 💛

My smile (notably at 1 AM CEST 😅) says it all: I had loads of fun co-organizing and moderating this ECR event hosted by @iasp.bsky.social Early Career Network #IASPECN! 🥰 Thanks to IASP, my co-moderators, and all participants - I’m sure we sparked some new global connections! 🌎 #ECR #Networking

International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)@iasp.bsky.social · last yr.

Last week’s #IASP ECN Digital Networking Event brought together Early Career Researchers from Brazil to the Philippines, Turkey to Australia, the US to India. Huge thanks to all participants, moderators & the Communication Committee for making it a success. #Networking #PainResearch

🚀 Less than one week to go! 🤩 We, the @iasp.bsky.social Early Career Network (ECN) Communication Committee, are hosting a Digital Networking Event on Sept 16, 2025. 💻 👉 Session 1 is almost full – save your spot now or join Session 2! 🤗 Let‘s connect with peers worldwide! 🌍✨ #IASP #IASPECN #ECR

International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)@iasp.bsky.social · last yr.

Register for the 16 September Digital Networking Event hosted by the Early Career Network. Join us for a fun online networking event where you will grow your international network in a relaxed, supportive environment. Session One: bit.ly/4lI6sZv Session Two: bit.ly/4geEB21

Register for the 16 September Digital Networking Event hosted by the Early Career Network. Join us for a fun online networking event where you will grow your international network in a relaxed, supportive environment. Session One: bit.ly/4lI6sZv Session Two: bit.ly/4geEB21

Published open access- European Journal of Neuroscience! 🤓 My second PhD paper is a secondary analysis of the peak alpha frequency (PAF) 🧠 and pain relationship in a repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) 🧲 intervention for experimental pain. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 1/5

Peak Alpha Frequency Is Not Significantly Altered by Five Days of Experimental Pain and Repetitive Transcranial Stimulation of the Left Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex

This study explored whether the pain-relieving effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in an NGF-induced sustained pain model are associated with changes in peak alpha frequenc...

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Still amazed - my friend‘s gift for my PhD defense on the cover of @painthejournal.bsky.social by @iasp.bsky.social. 🥹 It’s on the July issue where part of my PhD work is published. 📄 What a way to connect two parts of life that I love - my friendships and science. 💛 #PAIN #Research #PostdocLife

Thanks @iasp.bsky.social and @painthejournal.bsky.social for featuring our figure! 🫶 A potential explanation for the reduced excitatory/inhibitory balance in the PAG in individuals with chronic pain. ⚖️🔴 Inspired by amazing work from R. Kuner, V. Neugebauer, P.Sheets, and more. 🙌✨ #PAIN #research

International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)@iasp.bsky.social · last yr.

In this week’s #PAIN Featured Image, @laurasirucek.bsky.social‬ et al. present clinical evidence for altered amygdala-medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC)-PAG connectivity patterns in chronic pain and potential consequences for PAG-driven descending pain inhibition bit.ly/4l2P2H1

Time to get used to more rye bread 🍞, wind 😅🌬️, and hygge 🕯️☕🛋️🧣 here in 🇩🇰! In October 2025, I’ll be starting my own 2-year project at CNAP focusing on: 🧠💥 Medial prefrontal cortex excitability in chronic pain supported by the @snf-fns.ch Postdoc.Mobility Fellowship. #PostdocLife #PainResearch

In our new study published in @imagingneurosci.bsky.social, Batu Kaya and others resolve a monosynaptic trigeminal-lateral parabrachial-central amygdalar circuit in humans. direct.mit.edu/imag/article... Now to see if it does in humans what was observed in rodents.

Delineation of the trigeminal-lateral parabrachial-central amygdala tract in humans

Abstract. The parabrachial nucleus (PBN) relays interoceptive and exteroceptive information to limbic brain regions. In particular, lateral PBN projections to the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA)...

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This one means so much to me. 🥹 My PhD "baby" - out now online ahead of print in @painthejournal.bsky.social. 🌟 We poured in so much thought, work, sweat, tears, diligence, thoroughness, and passion. Grateful for the fantastic team and journey behind it. 🙏 dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pa...

Yesterday I had so much fun talking about my favorite topic “Epigenetics” 🧬! Its involvement in nature 🐝🐀 ♊️ and pain 😖💥! I had the opportunity to present for @pintofscience.uk in Aalborg, DK🇩🇰 #pint25 Informal and friendly environment is the best for talking science !!! 🧬 science 🧪

Laura Sirucek@laurasirucek.bsky.social · last yr.

Better eat your royal jelly if you want to be queen! 🐝👑 Fun facts and cool science about epigenetics, environmental influences (jelly matters!), and its role in pain by @mirocco.bsky.social topped with tasty beer at yesterday‘s @pintofscience.uk festival in Aalborg! 🍻🧪 @sammy-millard.bsky.social 👀

Better eat your royal jelly if you want to be queen! 🐝👑 Fun facts and cool science about epigenetics, environmental influences (jelly matters!), and its role in pain by @mirocco.bsky.social topped with tasty beer at yesterday‘s @pintofscience.uk festival in Aalborg! 🍻🧪 @sammy-millard.bsky.social 👀

🎉HAPPY ANNIVERSARY CNAP! 🎉 Last week, we celebrated an incredible group of people and the impressive work they have achieved over the past 10 years. Happy and proud to be part of this amazing CNAP family.💛🩶 Although… judging by the group photo, I might only be half part of it.😅 Can you spot me?😉🔍

Greetings from Lyon! IASP Early Career Network members Vandana Shree Vedartham Srinivasan, Ginevra Sperandio, Daniela Rosenberger, and Laura Sirucek from the ECN Communication Committee say ‘hello’ from #EFIC2025 – Pain in Europe XIV.

Wonderful time attending my first @efic.bsky.social conference in beautiful Lyon! Some highlights: 1) sharing and getting feedback on my two posters 🧠 2) inspiring talks integrating the psyc and social aspects of pain 🤓 3) connections with research friends across the world 🗺️ 4) exploring Lyon 🇫🇷

#EFIC2025 — another invaluable opportunity for both scientific and personal growth. 🌱🌿 Huge thanks to @efic.bsky.social for curating such inspiring content and for fostering a space to reconnect with old friends and create new, meaningful connections — all in stunning Lyon. 🇫🇷 A few snapshots…

Day two! @efic.bsky.social #EFIC2025 👏 Come to my poster, II-B.40, on a slightly different topic than usual for me 🤓 Resilience or vulnerability to pain in climbers: A survey exploring the relationships between psychological flexibility, psychological inflexibility, and pain catastrophizing 🧗‍♀️🧠

Fun first day yesterday at @efic.bsky.social #EFIC2025! 🤩 1️⃣ Conference mode on 2️⃣ Poster #1 on conditioned pain modulation (CPM) - more below 3️⃣ Cheering for ⭐️ @sammy-millard.bsky.social 4️⃣ First congress as CNAP member 💛 🔜 Poster #2 on pressure algometry with flat vs. round tip on Sat, III-C.18

Hey Early Career Pain Researchers/Professionals, who's going to the @efic.bsky.social #EFIC2025 in Lyon next week? 😊 As a member of the @iasp.bsky.social #IASPECN, I am particularly looking forward to some exciting activities just for us ECRs! Program: tinyurl.com/3x2dpx2p See you there?😎

Hello, IASP Early Career Members! The Early Career Network (ECN) is working with IASP to support you with exciting initiatives. We want your input to help shape the ECN and ensure your voice is heard. Share your ideas, concerns, and wishes with us at earlycareer@iasp-pain.org! #IASP #ECN

I thought this might be a fitting first post 🦋 After officially completing my PhD with the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) early in 2024, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to celebrate my graduation back in Australia to close out 2024! 🎓🧪👩‍🔬

Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️ So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality? We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary #WomeninSTEM www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... 🧵 1/

Guess it's time to share some research! 🔎 In our most recent publication in Pain Reports, we aimed to differentiate PERIPHERAL, SPINAL, and SUPRASPINAL SENSITIZATION in patients with chronic low back pain using quantitative sensory testing. For that ... 🧵1/6 journals.lww.com/painrpts/ful...

Indication for spinal sensitization in chronic low back... : PAIN Reports

study conceptualized the most painful area (MP) of patients with nonspecific CLBP as primarily affected area and assessed signs of peripheral, spinal, and supraspinal sensitization using quantitative ...

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Kickstarting my @bsky.app #painresearch profile by sharing my biggest life change of 2024: Started a #postdoc at the Center for Neuroplasticity and Pain #CNAP at Aalborg University #AAU - fantastic decision! 🤩 Follow if you're interested in #pain #neuroplasticity. #research #neuroscience #brain