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
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Great to see our Department represented at the annual @camneuro.bsky.social conference π
We're recruiting for a Research Assistant/Associate in DNA Nanotechnology! π¬
This closes on April 27 2026. Please click here to apply: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Applications for our Summer Studentships close in four days!
Pre-print Alert! Naked mole-rats hold secrets to healthy ageing that may be revealed if we can dissect their cellular mechanisms. Led by Fangze Tong (an amazing MPhil student), we report live-cell findings about NMR autophagy.
@phar.cam.ac.uk @psalmotoxin.bsky.social
biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
We have a new funded PhD Opportunity!
As part of the Bulmer Group, the PhD student will be working on a project titled "Can we inhibit rectal sensation to treat bowel urgency?"
More info here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate...
The Department will be hosting a stall at the Cambridge Festival's Family Weekend!
This will be from Saturday, 28th March to Sunday, 29th March. We will be running activities to showcase concepts related to our ongoing research.
Our next Seminar Series is this Friday!
We welcome Professor Yeun Joon Kim, for his talk on Culture Creation and Change in Medical Institutions: Stage 1 Findings at IMS-MRL π
We are open for applications for our new Robert Henderson Summer Internships!
The studentships are open to undergraduate students of any level (1, 2 and 3 years) across the UK, and are expected to last for two months.
Applications close on 30 March. Apply here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/outreach/rob...
We have two study opportunities closing this week:
Funded PhD Studentship: Regulation of neuronal excitability using IgG targeting of ion channels and GPCRs - Closes Thursday 26 February
MPhil in Therapeutic Science - Deadline: Thursday 26 February
Seminar Series: Our next speaker is Dr Ellen McDonagh, EMBL-EBI.
Her talk is on Variant interpretation at scale for safer and more effective disease treatment
In person only
We have two study opportunities closing this week! ποΈ
Funded PhD Opportunity: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Deadline Thursday 26 Feb
Masters/MPhil Opportunity: www.ats.cam.ac.uk/mphil-therap...
Deadline Thursday 26 Feb
Our Seminar Series continues this Friday!
This time, our speaker is Professor David Shorthouse, University College London. He will be speaking on AI (and robots!) for Accelerated Discovery in Pharmaceutical Science π€
This opportunity closes on Thursday, 26 February!
Make sure you submit your applications before the deadline.
We have two new job openings!
Business Administrator/Receptionist - closes 11 Feb
Research Laboratory Technician (Part Time) - closes 15 Feb
To apply, please visit our jobs page: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs
Another successful MPhil!! Well done Fangze Cherry Tong on her super thesis about NMR autophagy @psalmotoxin.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk. Thanks to her examiners, Oliver Florey @floreylab.bsky.social and Maria Jimenez-Sanchez for great discussions. (I forgot to get a photo π€¦π»ββοΈ)
Our Seminar Series returns this Friday! We're hosting Prof David Ron to talk about:
How is Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Recognised? π
Seminar starts at 1 pm, in person only. More info here:www.phar.cam.ac.uk/department-pharmacology-...
π‘Postdoc spotlight: Dr Vasiliki Mavridou
We caught up with Hughes Fellow Vasiliki to learn more about her academic journey and current research at the Department of Pharmacology.π¬
www.hughes.cam.ac.uk/about/news/p...
@leverhulme.ac.uk @phar.cam.ac.uk
This Friday at 13:00, our next Seminar Series speaker is Professor Clare Bryant!
Her talk is Pattern Recognition Receptor signalling in infection and sterile inflammation π¬
More info: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/department-p...
We have two new job openings!
Business Administrator/Receptionist - closes 11 Feb
Research Laboratory Technician (Part Time) - closes 15 Feb
To apply, please visit our jobs page: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs
Our next Seminar Series talk is this Friday! We are hosting Dr Evangelia Petsalaki, EMBL-EBI
Her talk is titled: From data towards Digital Twins of biological systems: Network-based approaches to study context-specific cell signalling π»
More info here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/department-p...
Did you know that research is often a global collaboration? π
Recently, Dr Sara Pensa and Prof Nusrah Afolabi-Balogun joined forces on a successful project to improve early HPV detection in Nigeria! π¬
Read more on the Cambridge Africa site: www.cambridge-africa.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-af...
Our next Seminar Series is this Friday! Professor Meritxell Canals Buj, from the University of Nottingham
Her talk is on Pharmacology, signalling and regulation of the mu-opioid receptor π
Talks are in person only.
We have a new funded #PhD opportunity available!
This is supervised by Prof. Ewan St. John Smith, titled Regulation of neuronal excitability using IgG targeting of ion channels and GPCRs π¬
The deadline to apply is on Thursday 26 February. Apply here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate...
A reminder that our first talk this month is on Friday 9 Jan:
The talk will be a Research Culture lecture, featuring Corinna Alberg, Sara Pensa (Cambridge Africa) and Lucy Woolhouse (University Library) π
Talks are in person only. More info here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/department-p...
A reminder that our Research Assistant (Fixed Term) role, with Dr Ong, closes on the 15 January π
Apply here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs
#Research #Cambridge #Recruiting
Our Pharmacology Seminar Series returns on the Friday 9 January
The talk will be a Research Culture lecture, featuring Corinna Alberg, Sara Pensa (Cambridge Africa) and Lucy Woolhouse (University Library) π
Talks are in person only. More info here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/department-p...
A reminder that our Research Assistant (Fixed Term) role, with the Khaled Group, closes on the 4 January π
Apply here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs
#Recruting #Cambridge #Research
We are advertising for a Research Assistant (Part time) with Dr Lay Ping Ong, to provide scientific and research support to Dr Ong within the Wilson Labπ¬
Apply here: phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs
Just back from our FANTASTIC conference in Sheffield! Well done Mateo for a great talk and Nora for a fab poster. It was nice to see friends and collaborators and to meet new people in the UK Biomolecular condensate community! @phar.cam.ac.uk