Department of Pharmacology | University of Cambridge

Pharmacology Seminar Series: PDRA Talk, Dr Maria Zacharopoulou and Dr Belkis Merve Akis Yildirim - Friday 30 November, 12:15 Our next seminar is this Friday! This is our termly Postdoctoral Researcher talk. Dr Maria Zacharopoulou and Dr Belkis Merve Akis Yıldırım will present.

Pharmacology Publications: August - October 2026 Our Department has been busy publishing high-quality research across various journals. We have compiled all the publications released from August 2026 - October 2026 for your reading pleasure. Have a look here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/news/pharmac...

Our next Seminar is on Friday the 23rd October! Featuring Prof. Christiane Berger-Schaffitzel, her talk is on Engineering Next-Generation Antivenoms: Recombinant Snake Venom Metalloproteinases, Ribosome Display and ADDomer Nanoparticles More info: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/department-p...

2nd Year Talks - Michaelmas 2026 Yesterday, we held our annual 2nd Year Talk event! This is a half-day of talks in which students in the 2nd year of their PhD programme present their research to their peers. Read more here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/news/2nd-yea...

Black History Month Talk - Nina Chhita, Monday 26 October, 13:00 In celebration of this year’s Black History Month, we have invited Nina Chhita as our speaker for a talk on The Healers of Harlem: The Black Women Who Changed Medicine Forever More info: talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/2...

More Funded PhD Studentships posted We have added to our list of studentships on our website, have a look! www.phar.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate...

We're proud to announce that Emma Farquhar, a master's student at Dr Alecia-Jane Twigger's lab, won the SPARK 2.0 incubator programme for her start-up “Lactosense”. Read more here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/news/spark20...

Our next Seminar is on Friday the 16th October! Featuring Prof. Andrew Tobin, he will be speaking on Targeting GPCRs in disease - from fundamental understanding to novel medicines. More info: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/department-p...

Today, our new postgraduate students attended their induction to the Department! 23 new postgraduates join us, of which 4 are MPhil students, and 19 are PhD Students. If you are curious about postgraduate life at the Department, please visit: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate

A reminder that our next Seminar, featuring Prof. Richard Morimoto, is this Friday! More info: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/department-p...

Our PA role closes tomorrow! Make sure to submit your application before the closing date to be considered For more information, please visit: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/pa-to-t...

Our next Seminar is on Friday the 9th October! Featuring Prof. Richard Morimoto, he will be speaking on Safeguarding the Proteome in Aging and Disease: Pharmacological Strategies Against Neurodegenerative Protein Misfolding. More info: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/department-p...

Recruiting: Research Assistant/Associate, closes 4th October Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position in DNA nanotechnology for the targeted delivery of fibrinolytics to activated platelets, in the Mela and Harper Groups.

Today, Professor Ewan St. John Smith begins his new role as the Head of Department! He succeeds Professor Laura Itzhaki, who departs from the position after six years in the post. Read more: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/news/pharmac...

Did you know that the Twigger Group has recently been featured in a deep-dive article in The Sunday Times? Dr Twigger's research on breastfeeding and lactation was covered by Melissa Denes, whose article is available here: www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a... Congratulations! 🎊

On Friday, 25th September, we hosted a Macmillan Coffee Morning Bake-Off event!Congratulations to Ellis Wilde, whose Passionfruit Cake won! We raised £153.75. This will help Macmillan continue to provide invaluable support to people living with cancer and their families 🎂

Recruiting: PA to the Head of Department and Departmental Administrator, closes 6th October We're looking for a PA to join the Department! For more information, please visit: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/pa-to-t... #Cambridge #Jobs #Recruiting #PA #Administration

As part of #PainAwarenessMonth, we're showcasing pain research across the School of Biological Sciences. Today, meet Prof Ewan St John Smith, who studies how the body detects pain and how those signals are processed. ➡️ www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/Smith @phar.cam.ac.uk @psalmotoxin.bsky.social

New Funded PhD Studentships posted We have started to list new studentships on our website. Currently, the Miller and Merkle groups are accepting applications. More info here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Seminar - 23 September. Dr Nandan Haloi We are hosting our first Michaelmas seminar on Wednesday, 23, featuring Dr Nandan Haloi. In person only, external guests welcome to attend. Talk title: Bridging Molecular Simulation, Cryo-EM and AI to Understand Protein Dynamics

We had a great Away Day on Monday! Hosted at St. Catharine's College, we welcomed 11 speakers and 22 poster presenters. We also celebrated our department members' contributions via our Recognition Scheme Ceremony, before closing the day with a team-bonding activity.

Meet Paul Miller, a new Theme Lead in Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour. Paul develops novel pharmacological approaches for central nervous system disorders, such as neurodegenerative disease. Learn more about our #ResearchThemes: www.bio.cam.ac.uk #BiologicalSciences @phar.cam.ac.uk

Study Opportunity: MPhil in Therapeutic Science Applications are open for the MPhil in Therapeutic Sciences, starting in October 2027. An 11-month full-time course with a 6-month research placement. Apply here: www.ats.cam.ac.uk/mphil-therap...

We are introducing our new Research Theme Leads! Meet Florian Merkle, a new lead in Molecules and Cells, who is aiming to uncover the mechanistic basis of neurological diseases. Learn more about our #ResearchThemes: bio.cam.ac.uk #BiologicalSciences @phar.cam.ac.uk @florianmerkle.bsky.social

Our opening below now closes on the 14th September! Send your applications in before the deadline to apply.

We were proud to host this year's Sutton Trust Summer School cohort yesterday! 11 students visited our labs for hands-on demos of research techniques💊 You can find out more about the scheme here: lnkd.in/ddGAv_r

Congratulations to everyone who received their GCSE results today! 🎊

Delighted to share our paper in @febsj.bsky.social establishing a live-cell platform for resolving autophagy dynamics in naked mole-rat cells. This work was led by our amazing MPhil student, Fangze Tong! @psalmotoxin.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk doi.org/10.1111/febs...

We're recruiting! The Khaled Group is looking for an Animal Research Technician (Fixed Term)! To apply, and find out more info, please visit our page: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/animal-...

We wish the best of luck for everyone receiving their A level results today!

Been a good #PainResearch day for our lab in @phar.cam.ac.uk with 2 papers out in Journal of Neuroscience: 1. Led by @mayadannawi.bsky.social focuses on the impact of Prdm12 overexpression in adult sensory neurons www.jneurosci.org/content/earl..., walkthrough 👉 bsky.app/profile/psal...

We're delighted to receive news that a former PhD student and postdoctoral researcher, Dr Saroj Kiran Velamakanni, PhD, FRSA has been knighted by Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, Head of the Portuguese Royal House in May! Read more about this honour here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/news/hendrik...

We're recruiting a Research Assistant! They will be working on a British Heart Foundation-funded translational project in the Wilson group. The goal of this project is to optimise a novel, transformative cardiac regenerative therapeutic 💊 Apply here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

PhD Opportunity: Regulation of neuronal excitability using IgG targeting of ion channels and GPCR Join the laboratory of Prof Ewan St. John Smith for a Maxion Therapeutics-associated PhD Studentship. More information: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate...

So nice to be involved with this review by @delladavid-lab.bsky.social & coworkers, examining the emerging landscape of the Extracellular Proteostasis Network & its challenges with age @proteostasisuk.bsky.social @babrahaminst.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Video up now on the @painresforum.bsky.social You Tube channel in case you weren't able to attend live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lalu...

I'm delighted to share our Current Opinion in Structural Biology review (led by Nora Haanaes) entitled "Tuning the physicochemical properties of rationally designed protein-based biomolecular condensate": authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... @phar.cam.ac.uk #condensates

Scholar-Elect John Wang talks about his PhD which will explore how to better target drug delivery to tackle antimicrobial drug resistance - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/h... @fitzwilliamcollege.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

🎙️ New podcast episode! We spoke with Dr Maria Zacharopoulou, Research Fellow at Lucy and @phar.cam.ac.uk about her journey from studying Natural Sciences in Athens to researching Parkinson's disease, cancer, and neurodegeneration. 🔊 Tune in: on.soundcloud.com/nely66YMVsYs...

Great news! The University of Cambridge has placed 1st in the Complete University Guide rankings for Pharmacology 🎊 Check out the full list here: www.linkedin.com/posts/univer...

PhD Opportunity: Regulation of neuronal excitability using IgG targeting of ion channels and GPCR Join the laboratory of Prof Ewan St. John Smith for a Maxion Therapeutics-associated PhD Studentship. More information: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate...

The Cambridge Protein Screening Facility has launched their new website! This facility, aims to enable the development of novel antibody binders for research, diagnostics and therapeutics using phage and yeast display. See our news post here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/news/announc...

10 days to go - New fully funded BHF PhD Programme in Cambridge. Please share widely www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/phd-stu...

Join us for the next Cambridge Lactation Network Summer Symposium on Friday, 12th of June 2026. Please register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/cambridge-... @cam-repro.bsky.social @pdncambridge.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk @cambiochem.bsky.social @aj-twigger.bsky.social @koulman.bsky.social

We are running a Postdoctoral Rsearch Associate talk this Friday! 12 pm, Pharmacology Department. All welcome - in person only, Speakers: Dr Laura Blenkarn, Dr Mateusz Jaskolowski

Excited to have this #PainResearch paper out from our @phar.cam.ac.uk lab: "Monoclonal antibody inhibition of PAR2 reduces phenotype severity and pain in murine inflammatory bowel disease" journals.lww.com/painrpts/ful...

Want to know what we got up to during the Cambridge Festival? Check out our news post about it here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/news/pharmac...

Will be speaking online at this free Protein Engineering festival- check out lots of cool #synbio talks: www.eusynbios.org/eusynbioscal... @eusynbios.org @phar.cam.ac.uk