News & Events

In the first eighteen months of the project lifetime, a number of important tasks have been achieved by all the partner institutes, at each clinical- & pre-clinical-site and through collaboration which will enable the completion of the objectives, tasks, milestones and deliverables of the project. A first executive summary provides an overview on the project’s context and objectives,...

18 months into the ncRNAPain project, the consortium gathered for a quick interim progress meeting at the University Medical Centre Mainz, Germany, on April 24, 2015. Work results as presented by the team members showed the remarkable progress made within ncRNAPain during the first project period. Achievements were actively discussed by the team and next steps to move forward towards the project...

Almost a year after the start of the ncRNAPain project, coordinator Michaela Kress, invited project partners from all over Europe to meet in Berlin in order to review the progress so far and to pave the way for a solid and workable basis to implement next steps of the ncRNAPain work plan. The meeting was hosted by management partner Eurice and took place at the Berlin premises of the company on...

On October 20, 2014 the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) announced the recent ‘Global Year against Pain’, a global information campaign aiming to raise international awareness for pain. During the next 15 months the initiative will focus particularly on neuropathic pain and its global implications. Please find IASP’s official press release as well as further information...

The ncRNAPain consortium will be represented prominently at the 2014 World Congress on Pain  of the International Association for the Study of Pain (ISAP) taking place in Buenos Aires on October 6 – 11, 2014. The biennial event is the most important congress in the field of research and and treatment of pain & attracts scientists from the field from all over the world. Members of the...

After the recent start of the ncRNAPain project on October 1, 2013, the partners will come together in Achenkirch/Austria on December 8 and 9 to officially kick off the project’s activities. About 40 researchers from all over Europe and Israel will discuss and further plan future cooperation aiming to improve patient care in the field of chronic pain syndromes by developing novel concepts and...

Research and innovation are key drivers for successful development in business and academics. The ncRNAPain project and its coordinator, Michaela Kress, were therefore invited by the Tyrolean business promotion agency to present in Vienna the outlines of one of Tyrolean’s recent flagship research projects, aiming at understanding the brain to relieve chronic pain. The ncRNAPain project brings...