Experiments in fruit fly larvae show that epidermal cells can communicate with sensory neurons to drive responses to pain.

Feeling pain is crucial to survival. It helps us avoid dangerous situations and direct our attention to injured body parts, preventing further damage and promoting healing. Given the importance of ...

We try to understand regeneration mechanisms in newts, which are semiaquatic salamanders, and have the widest repertoire of regenerative abilities among vertebrates. We sequenced a gigantic newt ...

I am an Assistant Professor (biträdande lektor) at the Neuroscience Department of KI. I run the Somatosensation and Gargalesis lab (kiltenilab.org) and I am interested in touch and tickle sensations.