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Read more at: Congratulations to Cathy Wilson and Paul Miller

Congratulations to Cathy Wilson and Paul Miller

17 June 2024

We are proud to announce that Professor Cathrine Wilson and Professor Paul Miller have been promoted to Associate Professor, as part of this year's Academic Career Pathways exercise! The purpose of the Academic Career Pathways scheme is to recognise and reward outstanding contributions and celebrate academic achievement...


Read more at: Pharmacology EDI Committee's Photo Competition Results

Pharmacology EDI Committee's Photo Competition Results

11 June 2024

Every year, our Department runs events to commemorate Mental Health Awareness Week. We also take this time to run a Photo Competition! This competition gives our members a creative outlet for their photography skills outside of research, particularly as the majority of photos and images produced is for research. This year...


Read more at: May 2024 Publications

May 2024 Publications

3 June 2024

Our research groups have been hard at work over the last few months. We've collected all the latest publications for your reading enjoyment here. You can also find a regularly updated RSS publication feed on this page . Proactive vaccination using multiviral Quartet Nanocages to elicit broad anti-coronavirus responses Mon...


Read more at: New vaccine effective against coronaviruses that haven’t even emerged yet

New vaccine effective against coronaviruses that haven’t even emerged yet

3 May 2024

The Howarth Group, and their international collaborators, have developed a new vaccine technology that has been shown in mice to provide protection against a broad range of coronaviruses with potential for future disease outbreaks - including ones we don’t even know about. This is a new approach to vaccine development...


Read more at: Creating Pharmacology’s 3D printed exhibition models

Creating Pharmacology’s 3D printed exhibition models

1 May 2024

During the 2024 Cambridge Festival, we had quite a lot of interest in our 3D-printed models! Many people came over and mentioned how interesting our models were. This was a very good outcome for our small models! We had a variety of models, all related to our exhibitions or pharmacology in general. A few examples are: T4...


Read more at: Prof Ewan St. John Smith visits Xiangya Hospital, China

Prof Ewan St. John Smith visits Xiangya Hospital, China

17 April 2024

From April 9-11th, Prof. Ewan St. John Smith of the Sensory Neurophysiology and Pain Lab visited the Xiangya Hospital – Central South University (CSU), China. For a week, hosted by Prof. Chang-Qing Gao of the Animal Laboratory Center, he gave a series of talks and had the opportunity to discuss collaborative opportunities...


Read more at: March 2024 Publications

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...


Read more at: 2024 Young Pharmas - another success!

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...


Read more at: Another successful Cambridge Festival!

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...


Read more at: ‘Exhausted’ immune cells in healthy women could be target for breast cancer prevention

‘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 -...