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Dr. Ramin Raouf is a Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience at King's College London, affiliated with the Wolfson Sensory, Pain and Regeneration Centre (SPaRC) within the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience. His research focuses on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying chronic pain, particularly using microfluidic culture models to study neuronal injury and pain signaling.
Education: Dr. Raouf holds a PhD in Neuroscience from McGill University (2006) and an MSc from the University of Toronto (1999). His career includes roles as a Research Associate at University College London (2006–2010) and Group Leader at Pfizer KCL Pain Lab (2010–2013).
Research Interests: His lab develops microfluidic systems to model pain pathways, aiming to reduce reliance on animal testing. Key topics include axonal injury, ion channel regulation (e.g., ANO1, Nav1.8, Kv9.1), and prostaglandin-mediated pain mechanisms. Collaborations include Professors Stephen McMahon and John Wood.
Grants/Projects: He leads projects funded by NC3Rs (2015–2018) and MRC (2013–2016), focusing on in vitro pain models and TRPM3 channels in chronic pain. Recent work highlights prostaglandin E2's role in sensory axon depolarization and synaptic transmission after axotomy.
Labs/Teams: Based in the Wolfson SPaRC, his lab integrates in vivo and in vitro approaches to study pain mechanisms. Key publications include work on ANO1's role in heat sensation (2012), annexin A6's inhibition of mechanotransduction (2018), and microfluidic synapse models (2024).
