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Andy Bell

@belllab.bsky.social

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Pain researcher, veterinary anaesthetist. Interested in somatosensation, pain & pain management. Glasgow, Bonnie Scotland.

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Andy Bell @belllab.bsky.social · 5d

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Characterisation of cold-selective lamina I spinal projection neurons

Skin cooling is detected by primary afferents that express the Trpm8 channel, but how this information is conveyed to the brain remains poorly understood. We have previously identified a population of...

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Andy Bell @belllab.bsky.social · 5d

New preprint from the spinal cord group at Glasgow. Anatomical and functional characterisation of spinal circuits for cold, from sensory neurons to the brain…..https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.03.680240v1

Labelled axons of calb1+ spinal projection neurons innervate multiple brain targets associated with cold sensation and thermoregulation. Darkfield images of different brain areas including the postal parabrachial and periaqueductal grey are shown with axons of ascending cells in yellow.

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Andy Bell @belllab.bsky.social · Jul 2

Are you interested in omics approaches to pain and projection neurons? Why not join us? We’ve got a post-doc position available. Happy to discuss further with anyone who is interested. www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
#neuroskyence #neurosci #PainResearch

Research Associate

RESEARCH ASSOCIATECOLLEGE OF MVLSSCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE GRADE 7 We are looking for an enthusiastic Research Associate to employ RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics in combin...

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R. Brian Roome @rbrianroome.bsky.social · Mar 17

Check out my postdoc work at Ariel Levine’s lab, hot and fresh, describing how you build a dorsal horn!

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Andy Bell @belllab.bsky.social · Jan 17

Here’s a great opportunity for someone…..

UoG Spinal Cord Group @spinalcordgroup.bsky.social · Jan 17

Anyone interested in a PhD in pain research, we have a fully-funded position available in the Weir lab.
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Human sensory neuron and macrophage co-culture; developing a model to test agents capable of disrupting painful neuroimmune signalling at University of Glasgow on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Human sensory neuron and macrophage co-culture; developing a model to test agents capable of disrupting painful neuroimmune signalling at University of Glasgow, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Andy Bell @belllab.bsky.social · Jan 10

It's #fluorescencefriday so here are some lovely TRMP8-expressing cold-sensing sensory neurons in a mouse DRG. DAPI nuclei in green and TRPM8 mRNA in magenta.

Cells of the mouse dorsal root ganglion. Cold sensing sensory neurons are small cells and are stained with HCR in situ hybridisation probes against TRPM8 mRNA

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⚡️GREG_CORDER⚡️ @flybottleescape.bsky.social · Jan 4

1/ 🧠 Excited to share our new preprint:

Convergent state-control of endogenous opioid analgesia

We uncover how cognitive + contextual factors—like injury, fear, and placebo—modulate pain through dynamic opioid signaling in the periaqueductal gray (PAG)

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Andy Bell @belllab.bsky.social · Nov 21

Hi Ted. Great idea. Could you add me please?

Andy Bell @belllab.bsky.social · Nov 21

Seems like a good idea to move over to here! What better way to start than our new preprint.... Anatomy of a fascinating molecularly defined subset of spinal projection neurons......
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Anatomical characterisation of somatostatin-expressing neurons belonging to the anterolateral system

Anterolateral system (ALS) spinal projection neurons are essential for pain perception. However, these cells are heterogeneous, and there has been extensive debate about the roles of ALS populations i...

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