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March 2024 Publications

8 April 2024

Publishing new research is a cornerstone of academic scientific research. Our research groups are regularly publishing their research in a variety of journals. Below is a list of articles released in March. You can also find a regularly updated RSS publication feed on this page . Digging deeper into pain: an ethological...

2024 Young Pharmas - another success!

5 April 2024

Last week, we hosted the last event for the 2024 Young Pharmas cohort. We hosted 16 sixth-form students from the following local colleges: Hills Road Sixth Form College Long Road Sixth Form College The Oaks/Netherhall Comberton Village College The Young Pharmas programme aims to introduce A-level pupils to University-led...

Another successful Cambridge Festival!

3 April 2024

From the 23rd - 24th of March, we returned to the Cambridge Festival! Our team had an intense weekend running our stall and engaging with families on drug discovery topics. The Cambridge Festival is an annual event coordinated by the University of Cambridge’s Public Engagement team. It is a multi-disciplinary festival with...

‘Exhausted’ immune cells in healthy women could be target for breast cancer prevention

28 March 2024

The Khaled Group and collaborators at the University of Cambridge have created the world’s largest catalogue of human breast cells, which has revealed early cell changes in healthy carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations. Everyone has BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, but mutations in these genes - which can be inherited -...

Pharmacology's Industry Engagement Day!

25 March 2024

On the 21st of March, we hosted 36 people at Corpus Christi College for a half-day of talks, networking and activities. We aimed to showcase the range of research and activities we undertake at the Department, while also giving Industry representatives space to demonstrate their company and interests. We heard from : Ewan...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

March 2024 Publications

2024 Young Pharmas - another success!

Another successful Cambridge Festival!

‘Exhausted’ immune cells in healthy women could be target for breast cancer prevention

Pharmacology's Industry Engagement Day!

New Women in Pharmacology Interview - Dr Sarah Holloway

Pharmacology secures funding through the UKRI Engineering Biology Mission Awards!

Pharmacology at the Cambridge Festival!

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

New Women in Pharmacology Interview - Dr Vasiliki Mavridou

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