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The Society’s Education and Training Committee met on 16th June 2020, where we discussed preparations for the academic year 2020-21 as we emerge from the COVID-19 lockdown. This blog summarises that discussion, with a view to recording useful insights and solutions that a...

A great deal of work goes into the ‘behind the scenes’ of publishing academic papers. Editorial Boards are vital to the process – but who are these editors? What does being an editor involve? And what are the benefits of being an editor? Editors working on the Society’s...

Pharmacology Matters editor, Dr Aisah Aubdool, interviews Professor Susan Brain about her academic career, her achievements in the field of pharmacology, and her advice for early career researchers. Hello Professor Susan Brain, and welcome to Pharmacologist in Phrame! ...

Selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are first-line treatments for major depressive disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but SSRIs and related therapeutics take weeks to produce therapeutic effects, if at all, and treatment resistance is not uncommo...

Nanthana Gunathilagan is the runner up for the 2024 ECP Writing Prize. Judges felt her detailed article on bioprospecting put a spotlight on an important topic. Introduction Imagine you are on a journey in which every plant, animal and creature you see could potentia...

The Society, as part of the Clinical Pharmacology Skills Alliance (CPSA), welcomes the UK-wide government vision -  Saving and improving lives: the future of UK clinical research delivery - that aims “to create a patient-centred, pro-innovation and digitally enabled cli...

As part of my role as a pharmacology and physiology teaching assistant at the University of Aberdeen, I co-delivered two public engagement activities in March of this year. The first was a hybrid event in which senior secondary school pupils conducted a drug screening practic...

The following Committees are looking for new members. If you are interested in getting involved, we would love to hear from you. We encourage BPS members to apply. Non-members with a background or interest in pharmacology are welcome to apply. Find out more about each commi...

As things stand, the UK will exit the EU without a withdrawal agreement on 31 October. This ‘no deal’ scenario will be a precarious one for patients.  There is a real risk that border delays from customs checks could stop medicines getting to the patients who need them, when...

School of Pharmacy, Bloomsbury Square at the time I studied there (1952-55) My introduction to pharmacology was, in the 1950s, as a student at the University of London School of Pharmacy then located at 17 Bloomsbury Square, an attractive building which even had an ...