The Pain Genetics Lab at McGill University, headed by Dr. Jeffrey S. Mogil, is working towards explaining individual differences in the sensitivity to pain, pain inhibition by analgesic drugs, and susceptibility to chronic pain pathologies. Experiments are designed to identify and characterize both genetic and environmental contributions to such individual differences, and their interaction. Major sub-themes of the lab's activities include sex differences in and social modulation of pain processing, which we have found to interact with genetic background.
The Lab is located on the 7th floor of the Stewart Biology Building on the campus of McGill University in downtown Montreal, and comprises 2,500 square feet of newly renovated space, with a full complement of state-of-the-art behavioural and molecular equipment. The Lab is affiliated with the McGill Centre for Research on Pain and the Quebec Pain Research Network. Currently, there are approximately 15 lab members, including postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, lab technicians and undergraduates.
