For decades, animal models have played a crucial role in biomedical research and drug development. From understanding disease mechanisms to evaluating drug safety, studies involving animal work have…
It has become a recurring joke amongst regular attendees at Society meetings that whenever I show up, you are going to hear about something to do with worms!Back in 2018, I sat in the office of the…
Achievements In 1988, Gertrude received the Nobel Prize in Medicine together with her long-time boss and collaborator George Hitchings and Sir James Black ‘for their discoveries of important…
Achievements Axelrod shared the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the actions of neurotransmitters in regulating the metabolism of the nervous system ("discoveries…
Achievements Rand was the first to publish an account of serotonin’s pharmacological actions, following its identification as the substance released from platelets during the blood clotting…
Achievements Regarded as the “father of neuroscience”, Loewi was jointly awarded the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for demonstrating the chemical transmission of nerve action. He is…
Achievements Best known for his commitment to receptor theory, Steve's ground breaking paper in 1956, published in the British Journal of Pharmacology, was based on a study of the action of…
Achievements Clark was the leading UK pharmacologist during the 1930s, whose ideas underpin much of the modern development of pharmacologyHis enthusiasm for pharmacology came from his training in…
Achievements Eleanor — Nora to her friends — made substantial contributions in neuromuscular and cardiovascular pharmacology, and her work led to the development of methonium compounds and the…
