IMB Centre for Pain Research, University of Queensland

The IMB Centre for Pain Research is a division of the Institute for Molecular Bioscience.

Scientists at the Centre for Pain Research are searching for new treatment options for pain. The diversity of researchers applying their skills to pain, covering the breadth of research from discovery to the clinic — combined with cutting-edge facilities that drive output — is hard to match internationally. The Centre for Pain Research is the only research centre to have successfully discovered a peptide and translated it to the clinic.

We approach the problem in three ways:

1.  We search for new painkillers in the natural world – screening chemical diversity for new opportunities. We identify weaknesses and modify the molecule to optimise its potential as a pain drug.

2. We uncover pain targets, illustrating how molecules behave within the pain pathways in our bodies. This knowledge improves the effectiveness of drugs and reduces unwanted side-effects.

3. We map the pain pathways within the body to determine how we feel pain and uncover new pain pathways for targeting.

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