Meet the 15 PIANO Early-Stage Researchers

ESR1 is Stefan Jackson

Project: The preparation, characterisation and testing of different biomaterials

Host Institution: University of Camerino (Italy)

Enrollement in doctoral programme at University of Camerino (Italy)

ESR3 is Zuzanna Samol

Project: Hydrogel patches for pain relief drug delivery

Host Institution: Polipure SA (Norway)

Enrollement in doctoral programme at University of Stavanger (Norway)

ESR5 is Saniya Salathia

Project: Neuroregeneration and Neurotransplantation

Host Institution: University of Camerino (Italy)

Enrollement in doctoral programme at University of Camerino (Italy)

ESR6 is Sofia Figoli

Project: GABAergic signalling in peripheral sensory ganglia and its role in pain processing

Host Institution: Leeds University (United Kingdom)

Enrollement in doctoral programme at Leeds University (United Kingdom)

ESR7 is Nicholas Bossons

Project: The gating mechanism of TRPV2: a quest towards effective modulator

Host Institution: ChemPrecise FG (Portugal)

Enrollement in doctoral programme at Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal)

ESR8 is Marco Bertolini

Project: The chemical modulation of in vivo macrophage functions at DRG sites

Host Institution: University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom)

Enrollement in doctoral programme at University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom)

ESR9 is Angela Lamberti

Project: Thermo TRP ion channels as a key molecular and functional landmark for neuropathic pain transduction in subsets of somatosensory neurons

Host Institution: Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche (Spain)

Enrollement in doctoral programme at Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche (Spain)

ESR10 is Georgia Goutsiou

Project: The synthesis of inhibitors that selectively target sodium ion channel subtypes

Host Institution: Universita’ del Piemonte Orientale (Italy)

Enrollement in doctoral programme at Universita’ del Piemonte Orientale (Italy)

ESR13 is Francesca Picco

Project: The use of exosomal cargo to investigate sensory neuron to macrophage communication after nerve trauma

Host Institution: King’s College London (United Kingdom)

Enrollement in doctoral programme at King’s College London (United Kingdom)

ESR15 is Yanzi Zhou

Project: Reversal of oxidative DNA damage by nanoparticle-based stimulation of DNA repair pathways to induce anti-nociceptive effects in models of neuropathic pain

Host Institution: University of Edindurgh (United Kingdom)

Enrollement in doctoral programme at University of Edindurgh (United Kingdom)