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

Great to see our Department represented at the annual @camneuro.bsky.social conference 😀

We're recruiting for a Research Assistant/Associate in DNA Nanotechnology! 🔬 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 🔖

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! 📚️ 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 🤖

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 🤦🏻‍♀️)

Our Seminar Series returns this Friday! We're hosting Prof David Ron to talk about: How is Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Recognised? 🎊 Seminar starts at 1 pm, in person only. More info here:https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/department-pharmacology-seminar-series

💡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.🔬 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 🔬 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 💻 More info here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/department-p...

Did you know that research is often a global collaboration? 🌏 Recently, Dr Sara Pensa and Prof Nusrah Afolabi-Balogun joined forces on a successful project to improve early HPV detection in Nigeria! 🔬 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 💊 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 🔬 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) 📖 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 📆 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) 📖 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 📆 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 Lab🔬 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

We are advertising for a Technician in Mammalian Cell Culture (Pharma collaboration) with the Merkle Group, to help generate and characterise human cellular models of obesity💊 Apply here: phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs

Apply now for the #MPhil in Therapeutic Sciences at the University of #Cambridge, starting Oct 2026! 1-year full-time course with a 6-month research placement, combining world-class academic & industry training. Developed with the Cambridge Academy of Therapeutic Sciences. 🔗 bit.ly/3KdJrk9

Our BBSRC-DTP iCASE studentship with AstraZeneca closes today! Make sure you submit your application before the deadline to be considered.

Our next Seminar Series talk is this Friday, at 13:00! Our speaker is Prof Hugh Robinson, whose talk is on Ion Channels, Electrical Activity and Energy Consumption in Neuroendocrine Cancer Cells 🦠 More info here: bit.ly/3S4p4Ww

We are advertising for a Research Assistant (Fixed Term) with the Khaled Group, to contribute to cancer interception science 💊 Apply here: phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs

We are advertising for a Technician in Mammalian Cell Culture (Pharma collaboration) with the Merkle Group, to help generate and characterise human cellular models of obesity💊 Apply here: phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs

Our next Seminar Series talk is this Friday, at 13:00! Our speaker is Prof Nikita Gamper, whose talk is on Peripheral Gate in Somatosensory System💊 More info here: bit.ly/3S4p4Ww

Looking for reliable, high-quality biological sample processing and storage services? The MRC Epidemiology Unit BioRepository has a dedicated team & state-of-the-art facilities at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and Research Park. 📨 For a quote: [email protected] buff.ly/59J0cNp

Congrats to the Merkle Group, who recently received funding to help launch an anti-obesity drug spin-out company 🎊 More information here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/news/congrat...

Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (5th December, 1 pm GMT) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (all are welcome to come and listen). @rcollepardo.bsky.social and Yvonne Nyathi will be our speakers. @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social

Announcing our flagship David James Seminar speaker for 2026: Professor Lotte Bjerre Knudsen 👏 Date and Time: Friday 16 January, 13:00. Reception to follow at 14:00. Registration is required to attend. To register, please send us a direct message.

At 13:00 our @phar.cam.ac.uk lab will be live @sfn.org! Poster N3 sees @mayadannawi.bsky.social presenting on overexpression of Prdm12 in the adult sensory nervous system Poster O6 sees @interlukein.bsky.social presenting on loss of Piezo2 in colonic sensory neurons with age Please drop on by 😃

Happy International Day of LGBTQIA+ People In STEM! How are you celebrating it? #LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM

Our next Seminar Series talk is this Friday, at 13:00! Our speaker is Prof Helen Walden, whose talk is on Understanding Parkin’s E3 Ligase Activity💊 More info here: bit.ly/3S4p4Ww

Had a great time at our @sfn.org #PainResearch symposium yesterday, talks covering a whole range of pain states & roles of non-neuronal cells, review article for more reading: www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4... Thanks to @cherylstucky.bsky.social, @mdburton.bsky.social & Anne-Marie Heegaard!

We are advertising for a Research Associate in Anti-Obesity Target Discovery & Validation with the Merkle Group, to support the development of a spin-out company focused on anti-obesity target discovery and drug development 💊 Apply here: phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs

The funded studentship "Experimental and computational framework for optimising dosing strategies to mitigate T-cell exhaustion in T-cell engager therapies" will close this Friday, 14th November. Please ensure that you submit your application before the deadline.

Congratulations all 👏

Great to see connections being kept 😀

So proud of Chris Ng who successfully defended his PhD thesis recently!! Thank you to his examiners Alex Borodavka & Paolo Arosio. It’s been such a fun journey and we wish Chris great success with his new job ❤️ @lauraitzhaki.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk #biomolecular #condensates