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We are delighted to announce that Mike Edwardson has been elected the Sheild Professor of Pharmacology...We are delighted to announce that Mike Edwardson has been elected the Sheild Professor of Pharmacology as from 1st December 2017. The Sheild Professorship of Pharmacology, established 1946, is named in honour of Marmaduke Sheild (1858-1922), who…

Marie has been nominated to attend the Global Young Scientist Summit 2018...We are pleased to announce that Marie has been nominated to attend the Global Young Scientist Summit 2018 which will be held in Singapore, 21 - 26 January 2018.

We are delighted to be able to offer 4 (4 year) AZ-funded PhD studentships with the Department of Pharmacology...We are delighted to be able to offer 4 (4 year) AZ-funded PhD studentships with the Department of Pharmacology. Studentships are fully funded covering University Composition Fee and Maintenance (currently £17,000 pa) with a start date of…

Welcome to our Part II students...Welcome to our Part II studentsThe Department is delighted to welcome our new Part II students. They have a busy and enjoyable year ahead!There will be a welcome reception for our new students (and anyone else new!) in the Tea Room on Thursday 5th at 3.30pm. We look forward to seeing you all there.

The Department would like to welcome Dr David Bulmer...David has joined us after working at Queen Mary University London

Laura Itzhaki and Ewan Smith were both promoted as part of this year's Senior Academic Promotions exercise....Laura Itzhaki and Ewan Smith were both promoted as part of this year's Senior Academic Promotions exercise- Laura to a Professorship and Ewan to a Senior Lectureship.Congratulations to them both!

Dr Ewan St. John Smith was interviewed on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire to discuss a recent study that was published in Science last week...Dr Ewan St. John Smith was interviewed on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire (01:53:20) to discuss a recent study that was published in Science last week on which he was an author: Fructose-driven glycolysis supports anoxia r…

Using a new display with flashing models and lots of drugs to test, designed and built by Dr Matthew Harper and Dr Jon Holdich, visitors explored the science behind beta blockers and many other drugs...A busy weekend for a team from the Department of Pharmacology at the Cambridge Science Festival! Visitors to the Hands-on at the Guildhall event joi…

Sixth-formers got to grips with hands-on science at the annual schemeClick for more

To promote and reward academic and scientific excellence among young researchers pursuing doctoral degrees in the UK, Association of British Turkish Academics (ABTA) announces 2017 ABTA Doctoral Researcher Awards...To promote and reward academic and scientific excellence among young researchers pursuing doctoral degrees in the UK, Association of Br…

After 13 weeks, 31 fine examples of baked goods and 21 participants, we have our Pharmacology Great British Bake Off winner - Owen Burbidge...Owen took 11 of the 14 votes cast for his Autumn Spice Cake show-stopper in today’s final. Gerard was runner-up with 3 votes for his Tiramisu.Thank you all for taking part and making it a fun competition, but…

A busy weekend for teams from the Department of Pharmacology at the Cambridge Science Festival!... A busy weekend for teams from the Department of Pharmacology at the Cambridge Science Festival!Visitors to the Department of Pharmacology took part in the Medicines Under the Microscope event where they got to fish for water fleas, examine their body …

Novel breast cancer gene found BCL11A is a triple-negative breast cancer gene with critical functions in stem and progenitor cells - Khaled, WT, Lee SC et al...A new study identifies a gene that is especially active in aggressive subtypes of breast cancer. The research suggests that an overactive BCL11A gene drives triple-negative breast cancer …