All the Society's publications are online only, and for the editorial board of Pharmacology Matters this seemed like an opportunity to encourage readers to engage with and discuss our articles through the Society's website. This blog will offer a sneak peak at the next issue, as we will be unveiling a few of the articles early online for comment, before the magazine itself is even published.
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22 Aug 2017
by David Kendall, Elizabeth Rosethorne, Niall Hyland
in Affinity groups
published August 2017
The Drug Discovery, Development & Evaluation (DDDE) Affinity Group aims to support members of the Society with interests in all aspects of pharmacology from drug discovery to prescribed use including target identification, drug development, safety pharmacology, conduct of medical research and clinical trials, approval and licensing. DDDE also serves members with interests in natural products and nutraceuticals. Key to this is integrating the interests of members across academic, clinical and industrial settings.
21 Aug 2017
by Niall Hyland, Susanne Schweda
in Meetings update
published August 2017
At our most recent Focused Meeting, the Society welcomed delegates to the University of Nottingham for a two-day conference organised by the Society’s Drug Discovery, Development and Evaluation Affinity Group co-chairs Professor David Kendall (Pharmnovo AB, UK) and Dr Elizabeth Rosethorne (University of Nottingham, UK).
15 Aug 2017
by Nicolas Monjotin
published August 2017
Each year the Society awards an annual prize of £1,000 for the best paper published by an early career researcher in an issue of the British Journal of Pharmacology (BJP) during the previous 12 months. The goal of the BJP Early Career Researcher Prize is to recognise outstanding work by young pharmacology investigators and to encourage them to submit their most exciting pharmacological work to BJP.
10 Aug 2017
by Simon Cleary, Joanna Clarke
published August 2017
Twice a year the British Pharmacological Society awards the Schachter Award to a postgraduate research student. Here, the two winners from 2016, Simon Cleary and Joanna Clarke, report on their Schachter Award visits and reflect on what they gained from their experiences.