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SUMMARY:Postdoctoral Researcher Talks - Dr Javier Aguilera Lizarraga\, Dr 
 Anwit Pandit
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CONTACT:Daniel Paolo Juan
DESCRIPTION:Venue: Department of Pharmacology\, Seminar Room\, Level 2\n\n
 Dr Javier Aguilera Lizarraga \nResearch Associate\, Smith Group\nIntestina
 l nociceptive signalling beyond gut pain and the strength of the ‘naked
 ’ mucosal barrier\n\nBiography: Javier obtained his BSc and MSc in Biote
 chnology in Health Sciences at the University of Lleida\, in Spain\, and t
 hen moved to Belgium to perform his doctoral studies at KU Leuven. In 2019
 \, he completed his PhD in Biomedical Sciences and continued his postdocto
 ral training in the same lab in Belgium. During his PhD and first postdoc\
 , Javier investigated the impact of immune mediators on afferent nerves as
  a mechanism underlying the development of visceral pain. In June 2022\, h
 e joined the group of Ewan St. John Smith at the University of Cambridge a
 s a postdoctoral scientist to work on the Advanced Discovery of Visceral A
 nalgesics via Neuroimmune Targets and the Genetics of Extreme human phenot
 ypes (ADVANTAGE) consortium\, as part of the MRC Advanced Pain Discovery P
 latform (APDP). Furthermore\, he has continued to study neuro-immune mecha
 nisms in the context of pain\, expanded his research to investigate the (p
 atho)physiological consequences of pain-sensing neuron activation in the g
 ut microenvironment\, and also explored the gastrointestinal tract of nake
 d mole-rats.\n\nDr Anwit Pandit\nResearch Associate\, Sawarkar Group\nTitl
 e TBC\n\nBiography: Anwit completed his Bachelors in Microbiology from the
  University of Pune and Masters in Microbiology from The Maharaja Sayajira
 o University of Baroda in India. After gaining some research experience in
  mammalian cell biology at the Indian Institute of Science\, Bangalore\, h
 e joined the Sawarkar Lab at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and
  Epigenetics\, Freiburg im Breisgau\, Germany funded by the CIBSS Centre F
 or Integrative Biological Signalling Studies in 2019. Anwit is a part of t
 he Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM). Anwit moved to 
 the MRC Tox Unit\, Cambridge along with the lab in 2021\, where he is cont
 inuing his PhD.\n\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room (Level 2)\, Dept of Pharmacology 
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