Editor’s note: Welcome to the 11th episode of The Pain Beat! Launched and supported by a generous grant from the MAYDAY Fund, with additional funding from the Rita Allen Foundation, The Pain Beat brings together the world’s leading pain investigators with the purpose of sparking dialogue and debate around important ideas in pain research. Guided by Rebecca Seal, scientific director of The Pain Beat, the podcasts feature open and spirited discussions about the hottest topics in pain and how the field moves forward.
For its 11th episode, The Pain Beat brought together experts to discuss the biological evolution of nociceptors, their subtypes, and plasticity as part of the Gulf Coast Consortium’s #Pain2021 Webinar Series. These experts study nociceptors across a variety of animal models, including Drosophila, C. elegans, cephalopods, rodents, and humans. The discussion focused on how an evolutionary perspective brings novel insights into the role and function of nociceptors and if, why, and how organisms experience pain.
Podcast participants include:
- Greg Neely, PhD, University of Sydney, Australia
- Edgar T. Walters, PhD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, US
- Robyn Crook, PhD, San Francisco State University, California, US
- Ewan St. John Smith, PhD, University of Cambridge, UK
- Ted Price, PhD, University of Texas at Dallas, US (Moderator)
- Peter Grace, PhD, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, US (Host)
Listen below and consider leaving a comment on the podcast at the bottom of this page. (All The Pain Beat podcasts are also available on Apple Podcasts here and on Spotify here.)
Podcast participants
PRF thanks Gary Hobish for providing the audio mastering for this podcast, and Kevin Seal for creating the music.
The Pain Beat was launched and is supported by a generous grant from the MAYDAY Fund, with additional support from the Rita Allen Foundation.