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Read more at: New Women in Pharmacology Interview - Dr Sarah Holloway

New Women in Pharmacology Interview - Dr Sarah Holloway

8 March 2024

For this year's International Women's Day , we interviewed Dr Sarah Holloway , for our Women in Pharmacology series! You can find her interview, and our previous interviews, on our Women in Pharmacology page . International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political...


Read more at: Pharmacology secures funding through the UKRI Engineering Biology Mission Awards!

Pharmacology secures funding through the UKRI Engineering Biology Mission Awards!

21 February 2024

A therapeutic research project led by Pharmacology has received £1.4M in funding through the UKRI Engineering Biology Mission Awards, alongside three other School of Biological Sciences projects for a total of £5.4M. The award aims to develop transformative technologies across biomedicine and clean growth. Antibodies for...


Read more at: Pharmacology at the Cambridge Festival!

Pharmacology at the Cambridge Festival!

13 February 2024

We are happy to announce that we are taking part in the Cambridge Festival 2024! Come visit our stall during Family Weekend, where you can learn all about how we develop medicines! We plan to run four activities: Colouring Sheets 3D printed models of proteins and drugs A poisons and medicine matching game A Simulation...


Read more at: Professor Khaled co-leads new research initiative on Ageing funded by UKRI

Professor Khaled co-leads new research initiative on Ageing funded by UKRI

12 February 2024

The MRC National Mouse Genetics Network has received UKRI funding for research on age-related biological changes in model organisms as part of a national collaboration. UKRI funding of £3 million is awarded today to support a new research cluster, as part of the MRC National Mouse Genetics Network (MRC NMGN) , focused on...


Read more at: New Women in Pharmacology Interview - Dr Vasiliki Mavridou

New Women in Pharmacology Interview - Dr Vasiliki Mavridou

9 February 2024

Ahead of this year's International Women and Girls in Science Day this Sunday 11th , we have interviewed Dr Vasiliki Mavirdou for our next Women in Pharmacology interview series! You can find her interview, and our previous interviews, on our Women in Pharmacology page . The International Women and Girls in Science Day...


Read more at: ASTP 2024 applications now open!

ASTP 2024 applications now open!

22 January 2024

We are proud to announce our participation in The Gurdon Institute's 2024 Aspiring Scientist Training Programme! The ASTP is designed to give A-level biology students a chance to experience what a career as a biologist entails, from bespoke workshops with experts in the sector, to networking opportunities with scientists...


Read more at: New paper co-authored by the Marti-Solano group

New paper co-authored by the Marti-Solano group

5 January 2024

The Marti-Solano Group recently published a co-authored paper on " Molecular determinants of ligand efficacy and potency in GPCR signaling " in Science . This paper was an international collaboration between co-authors at St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Manbir Sandhu, and the University of Marburg, Franziska...


Read more at: New paper from the Mela and Miller Groups

New paper from the Mela and Miller Groups

13 December 2023

The Mela Group recently published a paper on " Molecular Mechanisms of Cationic Fusogenic Liposome Interactions with Bacterial Envelopes" in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. This paper looked at the interactions between liposomes, bacteria and how they merged together. Read the paper here: https://pubs.acs.org...


Read more at: In memoriam: Professor Robert Henderson

In memoriam: Professor Robert Henderson

11 December 2023

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Professor Robert Henderson. He died peacefully at home on Sunday the 10th of December after a short illness. Robert obtained his first degree from Queen Mary University of London and his PhD from the London Hospital Medical College. He spent four years at Yale...


Read more at: Congratulations to Dr Alecia-Jane Twigger - UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship awardee

Congratulations to Dr Alecia-Jane Twigger - UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship awardee

4 December 2023

We proudly announce that Alecia-Jane Twigger , a Research Associate working with Walid Khaled has been awarded a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship. The award offers a minimum of 4 years of full funding (with an optional 3 years’ further funding) to Dr Twigger to start her research group at the Department of Pharmacology...