Chronic itch and inflammation: casualties in the battleground between the immune and nervous systems

Diana Bautista (left) is a Professor at the University of California, Berkeley (CA, USA) and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (MD, USA) Investigator. In researching the interplay between immune cells and sensory neurons for chronic itch, pain and inflammatory conditions, Diana’s work has exposed several layers of complexity in what was previously seen to be a simple one-way system. We caught up with her at Neuroscience 2022 (12-16th November) to discuss her work and her “Meet the expert” session at the event. Read on as she reveals the key techniques used to examine this relationship and provides advice for conducting...