Pharmacology Matters

Pharmacology Matters is the Society's free digital magazine, with articles written by our members in which they share their opinions and perspectives on matters related to pharmacology (see what we did there?). Articles are selected, commissioned and edited by the Pharmacology Matters Editorial Board, which is made up of BPS members.

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Hi Dr Nilima Arun Kshirsagar and Welcome to “Pharmacologist in Phrame”! What inspired you to pursue an academic career?

I was always interested in…

Early career pharmacologists* (ECPs) are encouraged to submit articles to the fifth Pharmacology Matters Writing Competition.

We are looking for…

Selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are first-line treatments for major depressive disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),…

In support of the 19th World Congress of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology (WCP2023), the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology Education…

Running a research lab is a complex progress, but seeing the lab come to life is an amazing experience. In this issue of Pharmacology Matters, we are…

As part of my role as a pharmacology and physiology teaching assistant at the University of Aberdeen, I co-delivered two public engagement activities…

Proteolysis Targeting Chimeras (PROTACs) are heterobifunctional (two-headed) molecules that allow for highly selective targeted protein degradation…

It is an early Friday morning and no one, except security, is at the Advanced Research Centre at the University of Glasgow - just me and a few other…

The number of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approvals per $1bn spent on drug development halved every 9 years between 1950 and 2010 (Scannell et…

As researchers, we often invest countless hours in conducting research and analysing data. However, when it comes to sharing our findings with…

If there’s one thing that people remember from biology at school, it’s that mitochondria are the powerhouses of the cell. They’re not wrong – in fact,…

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The meeting “Binding Kinetics and Mechanistic PK/PD Modelling in Early Drug Discovery” took place on 27-8 March 2023 at the Møller Institute in…

The British Journal of Pharmacology (BJP) and the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (BJCP) award annual prizes for the best papers published by…

This piece by Marcus Ilg is a runner-up for our 2023 ECP writing competition. Judges enjoyed Marcus’ descriptive language, and ability to explain this…

This article is a runner-up in the 2023 ECP writing competition. Megan Jackson’s piece on apathy engaged the judging panel, who liked Megan’s style of…

‘A trip to West Africa: Gabon’s indigenous psychedelic’ is the winning article from the 2023 ECP writing competition. Authored by King’s College…

In July, the Society will host the 19th World Congress of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (WCP2023). The event, which will take place 2-7 July in…

On May 4th, 2022, the Education Committee of the Canadian Society of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (CSPT) launched a peer-reviewed, open access,…

Interviewed by Dr Aisah Aubdool on 16^th December 2022.

What inspired you to pursue an academic career?

I was in the final year of my undergraduate…

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Neurodiversity comprises a variety of learning differences including dyslexia, dyspraxia, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit…

Breast cancer impacts more than 4,000 women in Scotland per annum and remains one of the global leading causes of female cancer-related morbidity and…