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I hope many of you reading this were among the 1,200 people who joined us in December for Pharmacology 2018, our annual meeting. Thanks to everyone who attended, presented, and helped us organise such a successful and enjoyable event. If you visited our stand, you may well h...

Mitochondria are the sites in our cells responsible for making the energy needed to sustain life. They are involved in controlling the function of cells but also in determining how cells die. Mitochondria dysfunction underpins diseases like cancer, neurodegeneration and diabe...

It all began with the 1962 hit novelty song, Monster Mash by Bobby “Boris” Pickett. In 2009, Dr Steven Rossington from the University of Salford, UK used a Biochemical Society Scientific Outreach Grant to create a giant 3D molecular modelling workshop for schools. When bemuse...

Our new name is not the only change, as Dr Aidan Seeley begins his term as Chair of ECPAG. Previously, Aidan was the Trustee (Early Career Pharmacologist) on Council. Aidan and ECPAG would like to extend their thanks to our previous Chair, Professor Clare Stanford, for her ha...

The Glasgow Pharmacological Society (GPS) has had a busy year hosting some fascinating and inspiring lectures! The GPS is led by students and staff from Glasgow’s three universities: Glasgow Caledonian University, the University of Glasgow and the University of Strathclyde. T...

Since our  last article  in Pharmacology Matters, the Early Career Pharmacologists Advisory Group (ECPAG) have been through a number of changes – we have welcomed some new and enthusiastic members and have said goodbye and thank you to some long-serving members who have helpe...

Each year the British Pharmacological Society, the Physiological Society and the Biochemical Society come together to support Early Career Researchers (ECRs) in organising a Young Life Scientists’ (YLS) symposium. Our organising committee was made up of members from the Unive...

The recent history of pharmacology in Brazil The medicinal potential of the biodiversity in Brazil was known several centuries before the ‘discovery’ of our land by the Portuguese conquerors. Native Brazilians had long treated illness with extracts from nature. The migration...

Animal (or in vivo) experiments play an important role in biomedical research. They are essential to support the development of innovative medicines which can ultimately improve human and animal health. But for these studies to be scientifically valid, laboratory animals mus...

Psychoactive substances are becoming increasingly available to individuals for treating mental health disorders and enhancing cognition, as well as for purposes of creativity, inner exploration, and enjoyment. A new review published in the British Journal of Pharmacology ...