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Successful dissertation defense by Dr. Vishal Sudha Bhagavath Eswaran
The Institute of Neurophysiology would like to congratulate Dr. rer. nat. Vishal Sudha Bhagavath Eswaran for successfully defending his thesis at on November 18, 2025, with the highest grade, summa…
The 2nd Worldwide Sodium Channel Conference took place February 2026 in Grindelwald
The 2nd successful Worldwide Sodium Channel Conference, organized by Prof. Angelika Lampert (Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Germany) and Prof. Hugues Abriel (University of Bern, Switzerland), took place from…
“Paper of the Month” Award for New Study on Spontaneous Activity in Sensory Neurons
Dr. Esther Eberhardt and Prof. Angelika Lampert, together with colleagues from several research institutions, have published a new study in the Journal of the International Association for the Study…
Scientists Build a "Rosetta Stone" to Decode Chronic Pain Neurons
Researchers from the Institute of Neurophysiology at Uniklinik RWTH Aachen and the Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics at CAMH and University of Toronto, have deciphered the molecular signature of…
Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Angelika Lampert appointed Co-Chair of the “Global Year on Neuropathic Pain”
The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) has appointed Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Angelika Lampert, Director of the Institute of Neurophysiology at Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, as Co-Chair of…
Successful Defense by Dr. Sophia Kriegeskorte!
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Sophia Kriegeskorte successfully defended her medical doctoral thesis at the Institute of Neurophysiology on October 2, 2025, earning the highest distinction,…
MESISIG Poster Prize of the International Congress on Neuropathic Pain goes to PhD Student Lennart Müller
Lennart Müller, M.Sc., PhD student at the Institute of Neurophysiology, received the MESISIG Prize for Excellence and Trustworthiness poster award at the 9th International Congress on Neuropathic Pain…
Second Worldwide Sodium Channel Conference 2026
Following the great success of the first Worldwide Sodium Channel Conference in Grindelwald in 2024, Prof. A Lampert (Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Germany) and Prof. Abriel (University of Bern,…
Inaugural Symposium of the Scientific Center for Neuropathic Pain Aachen
The Scientific Center for Neuropathic Pain Aachen (SCNAACHEN) is pleased to invite to its Inaugural Symposium, taking place from 2nd to 3rd of September 2025, at Roemonder Str. 110, Aachen.
At this…
The Power of Metaphor in Scientific Discourse
Metaphorical language is deeply embedded in the life sciences, shaping how concepts are communicated and understood. From genetic blueprints to molecular gates, these metaphors influence scientific…
Functional signatures of human somatosensory C-fibers described by microneurography
How can we better understand and treat pain? An important question that many people ask when they suffer from chronic pain. An answer could lie in the characterization of different types of pain…
Important milestone: Inaugural Symposium marks the launch of the Scientific Center for Neuropathic Pain Aachen SCN-AACHEN at Uniklinik RWTH Aachen
The Scientific Center for Neuropathic Pain Aachen SCNAACHEN was recently established at Uniklinik RWTH Aachen. Under the joint leadership of Prof. Dr. Angelika Lampert and Prof. Dr. Ralf Hausmann, the…
