TNQ Sciences

Apr 10 2024 56 mins

TNQ Sciences is a podcast connected with TNQ’s annual Distinguished Lectures. This lecture series aims to bring internationally renowned scientists face-to-face with the Indian scientific community. The podcast is in the form of an interview of each year’s speaker by a well-known Indian science journalist, Dr Ramaseshan Ramachandran. Each interview attempts to explore the story behind the work of these scientists and the impact of their scientific research.

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How We Sense Pain? Featuring Nobel laureate Professor David Julius

Apr 10 2024 56 mins

In this episode of TNQ Sciences, Professor David Julius, a physiologist and Nobel Prize laureate, talks about his work on molecular mechanisms for pain sensation and heat including the characterization of the TRP-V1 and TRP-M8 receptors that detect capsaicin, menthol, and temperature. We get to know why birds don’t respond to capsaicin, thresholds for TRP receptors and whether th

TNQ Sciences

By Maed in India

How We Sense Pain? Featuring Nobel laureate Professor David Julius