Many thanks to Edmund Hollis for his seminar: "Microglia-like macrophages support sensory axon regeneration after nerve injury" - it was a full house!

Our Seminar series continued today with Sunny Du of the Hamilton-Whitaker lab hosting Mohit Dubey for his presentation on: “Sleep is a common driver for pathological electrical discharges in demyelinating circuits.”

Our researchers visited London Christian School in Southwark to demonstrate neurons in the brain using brain hats, pipe cleaners and models - thanks to the school for hosting us! @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social

Our latest outreach session brought us to St. Jude's Primary School where the students learned how the brain helps us dance when we hear music. Thanks for letting us visit!

Today's seminar was presented by Professor Tonia Vincent on 'Neurovascular remodelling in the development of OA pain', and was hosted by George Goodwin @gg9761.bsky.social. Thanks so much to both!

We have an exciting opportunity at Wolfson SPaRC for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join our work on the neurobiology of arthritis pain. A great role for researchers interested in neuroscience, advanced imaging, and collaborative science! www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/142825-...

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As part of our department's ongoing commitment to community outreach, our researchers visited Bygrove Primary School and taught the students about the brain, what a neuron is, and how human nervous system works. Professor SPaRC was there too! @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

Many Congratulations to Professor Karen Steel!

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Professor Karen Steel has been awarded the Grand Scientific Prize by Fondation Pour l'Audition, for her major contributions to the field of hearing and hearing loss. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/profess... #hearingresearch

Professor Karen Steel has been awarded the Grand Scientific Prize by Fondation Pour l'Audition, for her major contributions to the field of hearing and hearing loss. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/profess... #hearingresearch

Professor Karen Steel awarded Grand Scientific Prize by hearing foundation | King's College London

French hearing organisation, Fondation Pour l’Audition, awarded Professor Karen Steel their Grand Scientific Prize at a ceremony in Paris.

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@denklab.bsky.social leads an international consortium awarded €1.4m by @eraneuron.bsky.social to research causes and treatments for #NeuropathicPain. @mwklab.bsky.social @carolineospelt.bsky.social are also chief investigators. @nihrmaudsleybrc.bsky.social www.kcl.ac.uk/news/interna...

International Neuropathic Pain consortium awarded €1.4m grant | King's College London

DECIPHER, an international consortium on Neuropathic Pain led by King’s College London, has been awarded €1.4m by ERA-NET Neuron to research the role of connective tissue in neuropathic pain.

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Our latest seminar was delivered by Eloísa Rubio-Beltrán on the topic "Sex Hormones and Migraine: Implications for Pathophysiology and Treatment Response". Thank you so much!🧠

🦴 Living with arthritis pain? We’re starting a new project on arthritis pain and want to learn from your experience. 👉 Which movements trigger or worsen your pain? Please take a few minutes to complete our short survey: forms.office.com/e/qv0tx9LJ1L Your input will help guide our research.

Many thanks to Matt Swire for presenting his seminar on: Oligodendrocyte-driven plasticity: From Circuit Adaptation to Cognitive Resilience

With thanks to James Tribble on giving the department his Seminar: Targeting metabolic dysfunction and inflammation for neuroprotection: insight from glaucoma - it was a full house!

New job opportunity! We are looking for a Research Assistant to join the Wolfson SPaRC: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/137085-...

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Starting 2026 with a CommuniTEA event to let everyone to have a quick catch up - we're back!

A photo from the recent Wolfson SPaRC Christmas Party. Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday period and a Happy New Year!

The Mall School in Twickenham kindly hosted our researchers who were able to teach their students about the brain, neurons and the human nervous system. Read their report here: www.themallschool.org.uk/2025/12/11/h...

Many thanks to both Marzia Malcangio for hosting Pablo Brumovsky for his presentation on Translational Research in the Pursuit Of New Strategies to Control Pathological Pain. #WolfsonSPaRC

Happy to share our new preprint doi.org/10.1101/2025... We present a protocol to generate Parasympathetic neurons from hiPSC. They express key parasympathetic/autonomic markers, #ephys features and respond to nicotine. They can also form functional connections with hiPSC-atrial cardiomyocytes.

Generation of parasympathetic neurons from hiPSC that reproduce the electrophysiological properties of native neurons and modulate the activity of hiPSC-atrial cardiomyocytes

Peripheral parasympathetic ganglia lie adjacent to their target organs; their dysfunction contributes to diseases like atrial fibrillation. Due to their challenging accessibility for primary culture, ...

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Stuart Bevan and I are offering an exciting MRC DTP-funded PhD project exploring the mechanisms of pain in Long COVID. Find out more about the project here: 🔗 tinyurl.com/3caseacv Application deadline: 28th October @wolfsonsparc.bsky.social y.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social sioppn.bsky.social

Some scenes from this year's Work Experience event, where we hosted a group of A-Level students for a week and gave them a variety of demonstrations, hands-on experiments, and lectures.

I can never get bored of recording action potentials from my iPSC sympathetic neurons and the RMP was -70mV 😍 #patchclamp #ephys

A huge thank you to the Eva and Bradbury Lab members, @wolfsonsparc.bsky.social, and all the GRC CNS Injury and Repair attendees. So much fun, so much science and all top quality. A poster prize for Zahra to top it off! New ideas, collaborations, connections. As a great conference should be!

Hello Bluesky. Thrilled to finally share some exciting news: I’ve been awarded a 5-year Career Development Fellowship from @versusarthritis.bsky.social to investigate the role of silent nociceptors in arthritis pain. More info below in the PR.

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Dr George Goodwin receives @versusarthritis.bsky.social Career Development Award to study the role of silent nociceptors in #arthritis pain www.kcl.ac.uk/news/george-...

Many thanks to Harvey Davis for visiting us with their seminar: Capillary pericytes as instigators of reduced nerve blood flow during diabetic neuropathy @denklab.bsky.social

Honoured to have presented at the super cool Ephys Club⚡😎👩‍🔬 and thank you for all the constructive comments!

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Another successful Ephys Club! Pizza 🍕, refreshments 🥤 and an amazing talk from Laura Fedele, who set up a rig all by herself and managed to get successful recordings from iPSCs all in less than a year! Thanks to our sponsor Scientifica for making it possible!

Many thanks to Professor Daniel Bendor today for visiting us to give a talk on 'Time in the auditory cortex: from encoding to expectation'! @ucl.ac.uk

Congrats to the Eva lab for their participation in Wings for Life run to raise money for spinal cord research @richardevalab.bsky.social More info: www.wingsforlife.com/us/research/ Donate: app2.wingsforlifeworldrun.com/en/overlays/...

Elisa Martelletti Talks About In2Research @drelisamartelletti.bsky.social www.kcl.ac.uk/elisa-martel...

Elisa Martelletti Talks About In2Research

Ahead of hosting an In2Research student for the third consecutive year, Dr Elisa Martelletti from Wolsfon SPaRC shares her experience participating in the programme. In2Research supports students…

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