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Colloque Body Awareness - Strasbourg 18th & 19th November 2026

The research team in sports and social sciences (E3S) from EURIDOL consortium organizes an international and interdisciplinary conference in human and social sciences on the theme of body awareness!

18 19 November 2026

9h 18h

Research

Call for participants - EMPAPREM!

Take part in a neuroscience study aiming to evaluate the link between very preterm birth, empathy, and the cognitive and emotional aspects associated with pain.

The French Pain Research Network Symposium successfully held in Strasbourg!

The French Pain Research Network Symposium took place on March 26th & 27th, 2026 in Strasbourg. The event gathered 171 participants, including researchers, clinicians, early-career scientists and students, fostering discussions on the latest advances in pain research. The symposium provided a dynamic platform for interdisciplinary exchange,…

Research

Call for participants - DoMotiCog!

Take part in neuroscience research on cognitive function & motivation in people suffering from chronic back pain.

10th Neonatal Pain Symposium: From Multi- to Transdisciplinarity

How can we better understand and relieve pain in newborns? What if the answer lay in a multidisciplinary approach?

Translation and Validation of the Pain Resilience Scale in a French Population Suffering From Chronic Pain.

Objective: the study aimed to translate and validate the French version of the Pain Resilience Scale (PRS) that was initially created and validated within English-speaking populations.

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Conférence "J’ai mal à mon ver : les planaires pour découvrir de nouveaux antidouleurs ?" - H. Cadiou

Abstract La douleur est une expérience sensorielle et émotionnelle désagréable, liée à une lésion réelle ou potentielle. Elle résulte de…

Addiction Days in Strasbourg: A Successful First Edition

The event brought together outstanding speakers and a rich diversity of perspectives, spanning sociology, clinical research, and preclinical…

Podcast "Recherche et soin unis face à l’addiction aux opioïdes"

Les mécanismes qui conduisent à l’addiction sont pernicieux, car les substances incriminées parviennent à détourner durablement des circuits neuronaux…

Research

Call for participants - EMPAPREM!

Take part in a neuroscience study aiming to evaluate the link between very preterm birth, empathy, and the cognitive and emotional aspects associated…

The French Pain Research Network Symposium successfully held in Strasbourg!

The French Pain Research Network Symposium took place on March 26th & 27th, 2026 in Strasbourg. The event gathered 171 participants, including…

Research

Call for participants - DoMotiCog!

Take part in neuroscience research on cognitive function & motivation in people suffering from chronic back pain.

Congratulation to Dr Angeliki Gkiouzeli for this work published in Br J Pain!

See below the recently published article : a review to synthesise evidence from populations with chronicpain on the relationships among ACEs,…

"Pain in the arts" - The opportunity to better understand the burden of these various painful conditions!

As part of the “PIA - Pain in the Arts” course at the European People's University, first-year master's students in “Interdisciplinary Training in…

10th Neonatal Pain Symposium: From Multi- to Transdisciplinarity

How can we better understand and relieve pain in newborns? What if the answer lay in a multidisciplinary approach?

Translation and Validation of the Pain Resilience Scale in a French Population Suffering From Chronic Pain.

Objective: the study aimed to translate and validate the French version of the Pain Resilience Scale (PRS) that was initially created and validated…

The so many roles of our hormones… Dr. Mélanie Kremer on 36.9° !

Mélanie Kremer, an EURIDOL researcher working in the CNRS group of Dr. Ipek Yalcin, was recently invited to appear on 36.9° to talk about the…

Congratulations to the 2025 EURIDOL doctors in neuroscience !

It is our pleasure to congratulate those who have successfully defended their doctoral theses, marking an important milestone in their scientific…

EURIDOL PhD student rewarded for excellence in research!

EURIDOL celebrates the successes of its students: Clémence Denis was recently recognized for the quality of her scientific work at a congress!

Brixham Foundation Prize Awarded to Ipek Yalcin!

Her work on chronic pain and anxiety-depression disorders earned her the Brixham Foundation Award.

The call for projects for EURIDOL “Support for laboratories” funding is open until January 16, 2026!

This call for projects concerns research support (€10,000) for teams associated with EURIDOL.

The 2024 Axel Kahn Prize is awarded jointly to Michel Barrot and Ipek Yalcin

Congratulations to Ipek Yalcin and Michel Barrot, team EURIDOL - Graduate School of Pain for the prize which rewards their remarkable work to…

Events

Colloque

Colloque Body Awareness - Strasbourg 18th & 19th November 2026

The research team in sports and social sciences (E3S) from EURIDOL consortium organizes an international and interdisciplinary conference in human and…

18 19 November 2026

9h 18h

The 26th edition of the SFETD congress is coming soon!

Dates: 18 to 20 November 2026 Place: Lille - Grand PalaisAll information about the programme will be available soon at this link All…

18 20 November 2026

11h50 21h42

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... the EURIDOL Brochure

The first edition of the EURIDOL Brochure is now available!

Publications

The neural circuits and signalling pathways of opioid use disorder

Abstract The increasing prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD) represents an important global public health crisis, often referred to as the ‘opioid…

Incubation of social deficit during morphine abstinence in male mice using a novel unbiased and automatized method.

Abstract Introduction: Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a chronic relapsing condition caused by prolonged opioid exposure, which triggers adaptive…

Super-potent opioids could be safer-than-expected alternatives to conventional painkillers

Modified nitazenes, opioids 1,000 times stronger than morphine, show remarkably few adverse effects in rodents, renewing the potential of these drugs…

Translation and Validation of the Pain Resilience Scale in a French Population Suffering From Chronic Pain

ABSTRACT Objective: The present study aimed to translate and validate the French version of the Pain Resilience Scale (PRS) that was initially…

Douleur neuropathique : les limites des prédictions de la pharmacologie cellulaire

La douleur neuropathique, conséquence d’une atteinte du système somatosensoriel, concerne jusqu’à 8 % de la population et demeure difficile à traiter.…

January 2026 – New publication from the EURIDOL team “GPCRs, Pain & Inflammation” led by Mr. Simonin.

Available here!

January 2026 – Three new publications from the EURIDOL team “Opioid System, Nociception & Pain” led by Ms. Massotte.

The “Opioid System, Nociception & Pain” team, led by Dominique Massotte, begins 2026 with three major publications in the field of pain neuroscience: …

New scientific publication by a EURIDOL post-doctoral researcher: Impact of aging on pain tolerance

We are pleased to announce that Julia Devanne (PhD), clinical neuropsychologist and postdoctoral researcher with the Life Adversity and Pain team led…

New contribution from EURIDOL in Le Figaro Santé!

The February–March–April 2026 issue of Le Figaro Santé features a special report on pain. Pierrick Poisbeau, a team leader at EURIDOL - Graduate…

EURIDOL experts featured in the latest edition of Science & Vie!

The special edition of Médecine de Science & Vie (March 2026) features an exceptional report on pain: biological mechanisms, therapeutic innovations…

Publication: Médecine de la douleur

Edited by Pierrick POISBEAU and Meggane MELCHIOR. Physiological and pathological mechanisms of pain and analgesia.

Publication in eLife: a study by an EURIDOL team!

EURIDOL is pleased to announce the publication in the journal eLife of the article entitled “Affinity-guided labeling reveals P2X7 nanoscale membrane…

Identification of bacterial lipopeptides as key players in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

"Objectives Clinical studies revealed that early-life adverse events contribute to the development of IBS in adulthood. The aim of our study was to…

Modulation of GABAergic Synaptic Transmission by NMDA Receptors in the Dorsal Horn of the Spinal Cord

"The dorsal horn (DH) of the spinal cord is an important structure involved in the integration of nociceptive messages. Plastic changes in the…

The Human SCN9AR185H Point Mutation Induces Pain Hypersensitivity and Spontaneous Pain in Mice

"The voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.7 is encoded by SCN9A gene and plays a critical role in pain sensitivity. Several SCN9A gain-of-function (GOF)…

Evidence of Sexual Dimorphism in Pain: A Dialogue Between Macrophages and Sensory Neurons via the IL-23/IL-17A/TRPV1 Axis Is a Prevalent Generator of Mechanical Allodynia in Females

"Chronic pain is a very disabling disease, which statistically affects women more than men. More and more studies are looking at this sexual…

EURIDOL - The Graduate School of Pain

The Graduate School of Pain (EURIDOL) is one of 5 excellence initiatives of the University of Strasbourg, creating French-style Graduate Schools (Ecoles Universitaires de Recherche). EURIDOL was founded in 2018, based on a partnership between the University of Strasbourg, the CNRS and the Inserm. Its main objective is to train young people to become the future generation of leaders in pain research.

EURIDOL is one of the three pillars of the Interdisciplinary Thematic Institute of Neuroscience of the University of Strasbourg (ITI NeuroStra).

The Graduate School is funded for ten years (2018-2027) by the Investments for the Future Programme via the National Agency for Research, ANR (3.4 million euros).