UNECOM Professor Ed Bilsky gives invited lecture at The Scripps Research Institute
Edward Bilsky, Ph.D., UNECOM professor and associate provost for research and scholarship, gave an invited talk at The Scripps Research Institute on Oct. 6, 2011. The presentation, entitled 鈥淎nimal Models of Pain: Back Translating from Veterinary and Human Clinical Pain States鈥 was presented to the chemistry and biology groups on the La Jolla, California campus.
The talk was part of a series of meetings Dr. Bilsky had with the laboratories of Drs. Dale Boger and Edward Roberts. Several members of the neuroscience group at the 高清不卡福利 of New England are working with these chemists in trying to develop novel analgesics for acute and chronic pain. Dr. Bilsky also attended the annual American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) meeting as part of ongoing efforts to improve animal care in biomedical research. The state of Maine was well represented at the meeting. In addition to UNE, Jackson Laboratories, IDEXX Laboratories and Clear H2O all had presentations or booths at the meeting.