Dissemination

During the last week of march (2026) we have received the visit of 4 students from the high school. This activity allows the students to have a first contact with the working experience.

During these 3 days the students have stayed in the research laboratories of the group having the oportunity to see how researchers work. We have made a demonstration of optogenetics with mice expressing channelrhodopsin under the control of the TRPV1 promoter using the new TRPV1 animal model that we have. A short video that we recorded with the students can be seen below.

Once again, this year we have organized one of the activities of the Universidad de Alcalá within the European Researchers' Night with the activity entitled "Suppress a tumor with pain molecules". A wide variety of audiences has attended to the activity , including children, high school students and university students. It has been a great experience that we have focused on explaining how some molecules present in common foods such as hot sauce, mustard and mint candies are capable of activate neurons of our somatosensory system directly, generating sensations of burning pain, irritation and cool.