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

How can we use information on changes that occur before cancer actually forms in order to develop early diagnostic and preventative therapies?🔬 This is one of the questions Hughes Research Fellow, @drsarapensa.bsky.social, considers in her research.💡 youtu.be/9pzHa4tuMsQ?... @phar.cam.ac.uk

Our next Seminar Series talk is this Friday, at 13:00! Our speaker is Dr Natalie Krahmer, whose talk is on Elucidating the Cell Architecture of Metabolic Liver Disease via Spatial Proteomics 💊 More info here: bit.ly/3S4p4Ww

Our next Seminar Series talk is this Friday, at 13:00! Our speaker will be Prof David Hodson, whose talk is on Interrogating GPCRs from the Single Molecule to the Whole Animal🫏 More info here: bit.ly/3S4p4Ww

New pre-print from @phar.cam.ac.uk & Bellefroid lab at ULB! Led by @mayadannawi.bsky.social w support from @interlukein.bsky.social & more! We investigate impact of overexpressing the zinc finger transcriptional regulator Prdm12 on sensory neuron function / joint pain. #neuroskyence #PainResearch

We are advertising for a Research Associate with the Howarth Group, to engineer a range of protein superglues 🔬 Apply here: phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs

Our next Seminar Series talk is this Friday, at 13:00! Our speaker will be Prof Sarah Teichmann, whose talk is on Translating the Human Cell Atlas 🧬 More info here: bit.ly/3S4p4Ww

Our Seminar Series returns this Friday, at 13:00! Our first speaker will be Prof Tuomas Knowles, whose talk is on Protein Phase Transitions 🧪 More info here: bit.ly/3S4p4Ww

#New in #OAC ! The sphingolipid sphingomyelin 34:1 is upregulated in the synovial fluid of those with OA. Work from @phar.cam.ac.uk shows that SM34:1 causes inflammatory pain in mice, inducing neuronal hyperexcitability. @psalmotoxin.bsky.social @interlukein.bsky.social @mayadannawi.bsky.social

The Department has posted a range of new funded studentships on the Departmental website: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate... Please note that each studentship has an individual deadline, with the deadlines within 31 October - 2 December #Studentship #Research #Phd

We're seeking a motivated postdoc to help us and NovoNordisk generate cutting-edge human cellular models of metabolic disease. For details & to apply (by 6th Oct), see: cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc.... If you think someone in your network might be interested, please share. Thank you!

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

Super proud of Nora, our amazing PhD student, for being awarded a poster prize at the GBM Compact 2025 conference "Focus on Condensate Biology"!! Congrats to all the awardees! @phar.cam.ac.uk @lauraitzhaki.bsky.social

Members from the MRC Toxicology Unit, Department of Pharmacology and the Gurdon Institute took part in the Chariots of Fire event, a charity race that takes a scenic route through central Cambridge. Read more about the event here: buff.ly/QgJr1DK @phar.cam.ac.uk @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social

Today meet the leadership team for our Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Research Theme! New lead Lucy tells us her thoughts on the Research Themes - find out more bio.cam.ac.uk #BiologicalSciences @phar.cam.ac.uk @pdncambridge.bsky.social @campsydept.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social