Department of Pharmacology | University of Cambridge
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Focused on research and education, as part of the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Cambridge.
Congratulations all 👏
A new #PainResearch paper from us at @phar.cam.ac.uk 😃 Led by Luke Paine from the Bulmer Lab, supported by @javimmunopain.bsky.social & others, & it’s all about acid; not the hallucinogenic kind, but rather H+ www.cmghjournal.org/article/S235...
GPR68, a proton-sensing GPCR, mediates acid-induced visceral nociception
Localised acidification from immune cell infiltration and heightened glycolysis contributes
to colitis pathology by activating acid-sensing receptors such as GPR68, a proton-sensing
GPCR expressed on ...
www.cmghjournal.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Congratulations all 👏
Great to see connections being kept 😀
Great to meet up with former visiting student Guangbing,give a talk, & discuss research at Tongji University - another day of great hospitality!
November 3, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Great to see connections being kept 😀
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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
October 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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
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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
This is one of the questions Hughes Research Fellow, @drsarapensa.bsky.social, considers in her research.💡
youtu.be/9pzHa4tuMsQ?...
@phar.cam.ac.uk
Dr Sara Pensa
Research Stories: Remarkable people, groundbreaking work, global impact.
In this series, our researchers talk about their work and the difference it is making around the world, from tackling climate…
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October 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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
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 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
October 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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 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
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
October 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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
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
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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
AAV-mediated overexpression of Prdm12 in knee-innervating afferents reduces inflammatory joint pain and neuronal hyperexcitability in mice
Inflammatory joint pain features in numerous musculoskeletal disorders that affect millions globally. The Prdm12 gene encodes a conserved zinc finger transcriptional regulator expressed selectively in...
www.biorxiv.org
October 16, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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
Apply here: phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs
October 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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
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 speaker will be Prof Sarah Teichmann, whose talk is on Translating the Human Cell Atlas 🧬
More info here: bit.ly/3S4p4Ww
October 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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 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
Our first speaker will be Prof Tuomas Knowles, whose talk is on Protein Phase Transitions 🧪
More info here: bit.ly/3S4p4Ww
October 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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
Our first speaker will be Prof Tuomas Knowles, whose talk is on Protein Phase Transitions 🧪
More info here: bit.ly/3S4p4Ww
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#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
@psalmotoxin.bsky.social
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October 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
#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
@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
Please note that each studentship has an individual deadline, with the deadlines within 31 October - 2 December
#Studentship #Research #Phd
October 2, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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
Please note that each studentship has an individual deadline, with the deadlines within 31 October - 2 December
#Studentship #Research #Phd
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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!
September 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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
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
September 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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
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
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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
The GBM Compact - Focus on Condensate Biology poster session has 5 winners: Miriam Linsenmeier (FEBS Open Bio award), Patrick McCall and Michal Kacper Bialobrzewski (sponsored by De Gruyter Brill). Two book vouchers from Wiley were awarded to Saskia Hutten and Nora Haanaes! Congratulations!
September 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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
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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
Read more about the event here: buff.ly/QgJr1DK
@phar.cam.ac.uk @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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
Read more about the event here: buff.ly/QgJr1DK
@phar.cam.ac.uk @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social
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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
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September 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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
@phar.cam.ac.uk @pdncambridge.bsky.social @campsydept.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social
We are advertising for a Research Associate (Fixed Term) with the Merkle Group, to develop models of insulin and leptin resistance 💊
Apply here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs
Apply here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs
September 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We are advertising for a Research Associate (Fixed Term) with the Merkle Group, to develop models of insulin and leptin resistance 💊
Apply here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs
Apply here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs
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At our next hybrid Bradford Hill Seminar, @dannydorling.bsky.social of the University of Oxford will discuss:
The politics of epidemiology and public health in the UK
📅 Wed 15 October, 1 PM (UK)
Register at buff.ly/wblZfOx
@dphpc.bsky.social @mrc-bsu.bsky.social @phgfoundation.bsky.social
The politics of epidemiology and public health in the UK
📅 Wed 15 October, 1 PM (UK)
Register at buff.ly/wblZfOx
@dphpc.bsky.social @mrc-bsu.bsky.social @phgfoundation.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
At our next hybrid Bradford Hill Seminar, @dannydorling.bsky.social of the University of Oxford will discuss:
The politics of epidemiology and public health in the UK
📅 Wed 15 October, 1 PM (UK)
Register at buff.ly/wblZfOx
@dphpc.bsky.social @mrc-bsu.bsky.social @phgfoundation.bsky.social
The politics of epidemiology and public health in the UK
📅 Wed 15 October, 1 PM (UK)
Register at buff.ly/wblZfOx
@dphpc.bsky.social @mrc-bsu.bsky.social @phgfoundation.bsky.social
We have openings for Research Assistants and Research Associates in the following groups:
- Khaled Group
- Wilson Group
- Rahman Group
Apply here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs
- Khaled Group
- Wilson Group
- Rahman Group
Apply here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs
September 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
We have openings for Research Assistants and Research Associates in the following groups:
- Khaled Group
- Wilson Group
- Rahman Group
Apply here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs
- Khaled Group
- Wilson Group
- Rahman Group
Apply here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs
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We have an opening for a Research Assistant with the Rahman Group
Opening closes on the 15 September
Apply here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Opening closes on the 15 September
Apply here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
August 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We have an opening for a Research Assistant with the Rahman Group
Opening closes on the 15 September
Apply here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Opening closes on the 15 September
Apply here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
We have an opening for a Research Assistant with the Rahman Group
Opening closes on the 15 September
Apply here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Opening closes on the 15 September
Apply here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
August 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We have an opening for a Research Assistant with the Rahman Group
Opening closes on the 15 September
Apply here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Opening closes on the 15 September
Apply here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
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When my RA (Dr. Ellis Wilde) isn’t busy in the lab or chasing after a toddler, she is contributing new articles to @chemistryworld.com www.chemistryworld.com/news/molecul... Well done Ellis!! @phar.cam.ac.uk
Molecular motor stitches together catenane rings
The light-powered system produces interlocked rings, without the need for templating strategies
www.chemistryworld.com
August 16, 2025 at 7:21 AM
When my RA (Dr. Ellis Wilde) isn’t busy in the lab or chasing after a toddler, she is contributing new articles to @chemistryworld.com www.chemistryworld.com/news/molecul... Well done Ellis!! @phar.cam.ac.uk
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Interested in cancer prevention and vaccine development?
Join the Khaled Group as a Research Assistant/Associate!
This role is a rare opportunity to contribute to cancer interception science, with strong translational potential.
Apply here: bit.ly/3OX6aR7
#Recruiting #Cambridge #HR #Research
Join the Khaled Group as a Research Assistant/Associate!
This role is a rare opportunity to contribute to cancer interception science, with strong translational potential.
Apply here: bit.ly/3OX6aR7
#Recruiting #Cambridge #HR #Research
July 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Interested in cancer prevention and vaccine development?
Join the Khaled Group as a Research Assistant/Associate!
This role is a rare opportunity to contribute to cancer interception science, with strong translational potential.
Apply here: bit.ly/3OX6aR7
#Recruiting #Cambridge #HR #Research
Join the Khaled Group as a Research Assistant/Associate!
This role is a rare opportunity to contribute to cancer interception science, with strong translational potential.
Apply here: bit.ly/3OX6aR7
#Recruiting #Cambridge #HR #Research
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The Experience Postgrad Life Sciences programme 2025 is underway!! ❤️ So proud to be involved with this @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk
We are delighted to welcome summer students to the Experience Postgrad Life Sciences programme!
The group met the 2025 interns from various university summer programmes at an event hosted by Corpus Christi College.
Read more about the programme: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/expe...
The group met the 2025 interns from various university summer programmes at an event hosted by Corpus Christi College.
Read more about the programme: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/expe...
August 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The Experience Postgrad Life Sciences programme 2025 is underway!! ❤️ So proud to be involved with this @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk