Dr. Sandrine Géranton is a Lecturer at University College London (UCL), UK. Her research focuses on the understanding of the molecular biology of pain states. Currently, research in her lab is organised around 2 themes: 1. the role of epigenetic mechanisms and environmental influences in the development of chronic pain conditions and 2. the role of the stress regulator FKBP51 in the maintenance of long term pain states. Dr. Géranton and her team have recently uncovered an important role for FKBP51 in the control of chronic pain states and the outcome of their research was published in Science Translational Medicine.

Dr. Géranton studied organic chemistry and biochemistry at the “Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier” in France. She then went to the UK where she obtained an MSc in biotechnology at the University of the West of England. After a short visit to the Complutense University in Madrid, Spain, where she acquired basic molecular techniques, Dr. Géranton joined UCL where she carried out a PhD in the then department of Pharmacology. She went on learning about pain mechanisms as a post-doctoral researcher with the London Pain Consortium, under the supervision of Prof. Stephen Hunt. Dr. Géranton has always been keen on applying her multidisciplinary background to further her understanding of the molecular biology of pain states. She has been at the forefront of the investigation of the role of epigenetic mechanisms in the development of pain states, a field for which she has been asked to write numerous reviews.