The Pain Beat (Episode 13) – Nobel Prize: A Conversation with David Julius and Michael Caterina

08/19/22 • 36 min

This 13th episode of The Pain Beat is the first of a three-part series discussing the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine – awarded to David Julius, University of California, San Francisco, USA and Ardem Patapoutian, Scripps Research, California, USA – for their work on molecules important for somatosensation (see PRF related interview here, and PRF related news story here). In this episode, The Pain Beat spoke with Nobel Prize laureate David Julius and Michael Caterina, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Maryland, USA, to discuss their discovery of TRPV1. The conversation provides insight regarding their thought processes and problem solving, the enduring challenges of scientific discoveries, and the fun they had along the way.

Podcast participants include:

David Julius, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Michael Caterina, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Maryland, USA
Tayler Sheahan, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, USA (Host)

Podcast participants include:

David Julius, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Michael Caterina, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Maryland, USA
Tayler Sheahan, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, USA (Host)

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The Pain Beat (Episode 12) - A Tribute to Stephen McMahon

The twelfth episode of The Pain Beat is dedicated to Stephen McMahon, PhD, FMedSci (1954-2021). Stephen, affectionately known as “Mac,” was a world class pain researcher, lecturer, and inspiration to many. Our podcast guests pay homage to “Mac” with stories that illustrate his influence on the pain research field, and those in it. He will be remembered not only for his seminal contributions to our understanding of pain, but also for his generous and enthusiastic personal spirit which has left an indelible mark.

Podcast participants include:

David Bennett, MB, PhD, University of Oxford, UK
Gary Lewin, PhD, Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
Irene Tracey, DPhil, University of Oxford, UK
Franziska Denk, DPhil, King’s College London, UK (Host)

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The Pain Beat (Episode 14) – Nobel Prize: A Conversation with Ardem Patapoutian and Bertrand Coste

This 14th episode of The Pain Beat is the second of a three-part series discussing the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine – awarded to David Julius, University of California, San Francisco, USA and Ardem Patapoutian, Scripps Research, California, USA – for their work on molecules important for somatosensation (see PRF related interview here, PRF related news story here, and part one of this series here). In this episode, The Pain Beat spoke with Nobel Prize laureate Ardem Patapoutian and Bertrand Coste, Aix-Marseille University, France, to discuss their discovery of mechanically sensitive ion channels – Piezo1 and Piezo2.

Podcast participants include: