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Our Department has been busy publishing high-quality research across various journals. We have compiled all the publications released from January 2025 to April 2025 for your reading pleasure.Agonist efficacy at the β2AR is driven by the faster association rate of the Gs protein - Cell Signalling GroupTargeting Bacterial Cells with DNA Nanostructur…

New role posted: Assistant/Associate Professor Closing Date: 16 May Applications are invited for an Assistant or Associate Professor position in the Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge with effect from 1 September 2025, or as soon as possible thereafter. The Department offers excellent facilities for teaching and research, and has…

On Friday 28 March, our Postgrad and Postdoc Committee and WIDER Committee collaborated to host our first ever Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon!This event aimed to edit, expand or create Wikipedia pages for people who have made significant contributions to science, but who have been overlooked on Wikipedia so far due to their gender, race, or any other margin…

The Department of Pharmacology is hosting a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for Women’s History Month on the theme of Women in STEM, supported by the Postgraduate and Postdoc Committee, WIDER and Wikimedia UK.This event aims to edit, expand or create Wikipedia pages for people who have made significant contributions to science, but who have been overlooked o…

To mark International Women's Day, the Department has produced another interview featuring one of our women researchers.This interview focuses on Dr Ionanna Mela, group leader of the Mela Group. You can read her interview here: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/women-pharmacology-dr-ioanna-melaWhat is International Women's Day?"IWD is a specific day dedic…

Are you curious about how the daily life of someone who works at the Department is like?We've started a Day in the Life series! Our first person is Sergio Tomey Garcia:

To mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the Department has produced another interview featuring one of our women researchers.This interview focuses on Dr Catherine Wilson, group leader of the Wilson Group. You can read her interview here: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/women-pharmacology-catherine-wilsonWhat is International Day of Wom…

The Roving Researcher Scheme supports researchers on leave, particularly female scientists on maternity leave. The Scheme aims to maintain research momentum, benefiting both individuals and host labs. The current 2 Roving Researchers are already receiving good feedback. The problemThere are many reasons for medium or long-term periods away from res…

The Cambridge Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) symposium, held on 1 August 2024 at St. John’s College, brought together diverse PhD research presentations, insightful keynote speakers, and valuable networking opportunities. An organising committee, including Pharmacology PhD student Rowda Dahir, managed this major student event.The Ca…

In 2024, various members were recognised for their achievements via promotions, awards or honours. Here are a few notable awards from last year:The British Pharmaceutical Society awarded Dr Matthew Harper the Rang Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching and appointed him to a Fellowship within the Society.UKRI awarded Dr Alecia-Jane Twigger a…

Cambridge researchers, led by Paul Miller and Laura Itzhaki, have launched the "MAST: Modular Activator and Silencer Therapeutics" project, developing therapeutic protein platforms to combat disease. Funding has also been secured to establish a facility for screening protein binder libraries, enhancing research capabilities. This initiative aims to…

Our Department has been busy publishing high-quality research across a wide range of journals. We have compiled all the publications released from October 2024 to December 2024 for your reading pleasure. Direct observation of small molecule activator binding to single PR65 protein - Itzhaki Group,https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39830999/Quantitat…

Who are Bananapharma?2024 saw the creation of the Pharmacology Department Band. This initiative was spearheaded by members of the Postgraduate and Postdoctoral Committee, who initially put out posters advertising for musicians in the Department. They were amazed and delighted with the many talented people who got in touch, with instruments ranging …

As part of our Alums outreach effort, we met up with Fiona Marshall, a former student at the Department of Pharmacology.Fiona Marshall is President of Biomedical Research at Novartis, where she leads approximately 5,300 scientists and associates across six research sites dedicated to discovering high-value medicines for patients.Before starting her…

The Department of Pharmacology is proud to welcome two new research groups, bringing the total number of groups to 18.Group 1: Dr Alecia-Jane TwiggerDr Twigger leads the Cambridge Lactation Lab, which focuses on developing innovative lab-grown and computational models of human lactation to study milk production.They collect data on human milk sampl…