Sea snail key to future of pain relief

 

 

Meetings
Meeting Schedule

Ten of the Best
The program Dissecting Pain Pathways awarded NHMRC 'Ten of the Best' for 2011

2012 Retreat on North Stradbroke Island
Group members at MBRS

Sea snail key to future of pain relief
Unique research at The University of Queensland could revolutionise the treatment of pain relief – thanks to a humble sea snail. ...

Lady Elliot Island Field Trip
A cone snail collection trip was conducted on Lady Elliot Island from 10th - 15th July 2006.

NHMRC Program Grant commences in 2010
 Professor Richard Lewis and collaborators (Prof. Paul Alewood, Prof David Adams and Prof. MacDonald Christie) have received $6.36 million to develop new drugs to treat chronic pain. The NHMRC Program grant ...

Inaugural Poster Prize Winner
Inaugural Poster Prize Winner - Lachlan Rash (Group Alewood)

2008 Retreat prize winners
Prizes were awarded for best poster and for best cone hunters!

2010 Poster Prize Winner
 Brid Callaghan won the 2010 prize for best poster, titled Biological activity of alanine-substituted analogues of α-conotoxin Vc1.1 on N-type calcium channels in rat sensory neuron...

Papua New Guinea Collecting Trip 2010
Nusa Island is located just off the coast of Kavieng, New Ireland Province, in Papua New Guinea. It has been voted one of the ten best beaches in the world, a perfect place to relax, unwind, chill out, experience Papua New Guinea - and collect Cone ...

2011 Retreat on North Stradbroke Island
Members of the Lewis, Alewood, Christie and Adams groups at the Moreton Bay Research Station

Cocos-Keeling Islands Field Trip
Pictures from our recent field trip to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

2007 Poster Prize Winner
Latest poster prize winner announced

Website Launch
The website for the NH&MRC Program Grant "Dissecting pain pathways using venom peptides" was officially launced on June 26th, 2006.