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Congratulations to Dr Maria Zacharopoulou for receiving the Ernest Oppenheimer Research Fellowship

14 February 2023

Dr Maria Zacharopoulou, a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Itzhaki Lab, recently won the prestigious E rnest Oppenheimer Early Career Research Fellowship . This three-year fellowship will commence in October 2023, focusing on a collaboration project between the Itzhaki and Mela labs. The collaboration will focus on...

Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science

10 February 2023

The annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science (IDWGS) is set for Saturday 11th of February. Spearheaded by the United Nations , the day celebrates the vital contribution of women and girls in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). To coincide with this day, we recently interviewed Dr...

Congratulations to Dr Mark Waterhouse for winning an AZ award

4 November 2022

The department would like to congratulate Dr Mark Waterhouse from Khaled Lab on being selected as one of the six finalists for AstraZeneca’s R&D Postdoctoral Challenge . AstraZeneca recently held its R&D Postdoctoral Challenge with research positions for two years at one of the Company’s strategic R&D centres...

New PhD Studentships posted on the website

19 October 2022

We are excited to announce that we have five fully funded PhD studentships available in the Department, currently accepting applications. Please see our PhD Studentships and Jobs pages for more information.

Professor Mark Howarth will be our new Sheild Professor of Pharmacology

5 July 2022

We are delighted to announce that Professor Mark Howarth will be our new Sheild Professor of Pharmacology from October 2022. Mark is currently a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry Oxford, and we are very much looking forward to him joining us in the autumn.

In Memoriam - Arnold Burgen FRS MAE

6 June 2022

We were greatly saddened to learn of the death of Professor Sir Arnold Burgen FRS MAE, shortly after he celebrated his 100th birthday. Arnold Burgen was Sheild Professor of Pharmacology from 1962-1971 and was a greatly valued colleague and mentor. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1964 and was its Foreign...

Congratulations to Dr David Bulmer

21 December 2021

Congratulations to Dr David Bulmer, who has recently signed a 3-year collaborative research agreement with GlaxoSmithKline to look at the utility of drugs targeting orphan G protein coupled receptors for the treatment of digestive diseases.

Congratulations to Annabel Cardno and Adarsh Menon

30 November 2021

Congratulations to Annabel Cardno and Adarsh Menon. Annabel - now a PhD student in the Department – was recently awarded the British Pharmacological Society’s Undergraduate Pharmacology Prize for her outstanding results in Part II Pharmacology.

Dr Janet Kumita has been awarded an MRC Career Development Award

12 November 2021

Dr Janet Kumita has been awarded an MRC Career Development Award for her project entitled “Establishing a structure-function relationship between biomolecular condensates and protein degradation”.

Dr Graham Ladds awarded Royal Society Industry Fellowship

22 September 2021

Congratulations to Dr Graham Ladds on his award of a prestigious Royal Society Industry Fellowship in collaboration with AstraZeneca.

Congratulations to Dr Maria Zacharopoulou for receiving the Ernest Oppenheimer Research Fellowship

Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Congratulations to Dr Mark Waterhouse for winning an AZ award

New PhD Studentships posted on the website

Professor Mark Howarth will be our new Sheild Professor of Pharmacology

In Memoriam - Arnold Burgen FRS MAE

Congratulations to Dr David Bulmer

Congratulations to Annabel Cardno and Adarsh Menon

Dr Janet Kumita has been awarded an MRC Career Development Award

Dr Graham Ladds awarded Royal Society Industry Fellowship

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