Speakers

Francis McGlone is Visiting Professor in Neuroscience at Manchester Metropolitan University UK & Aalto University, Finland, and Director of the neuro-consulting company NeuroSci Ltd -  http://neurosci.co.uk/

He has a long-term interest in the function of the different classes of sensory nerves innervating the skin, and particularly those that code for pain, itch (for which an Ig-Nobel prize was awarded), and a more recently discovered class of sensory nerves that code for the ‘pleasure’ of touch. Techniques used in his research span single-unit recordings with microneurography, psychophysical measurements, functional neuroimaging, behavioural measures (rodents and humans), and psychopharmacological approaches.  He is co-director of the International Association for the Study of Affective Touch (IASAT) https://iasat.org/