Pharmacology and Drug Discovery MRes/Phd Supervisors
Pharmacology Supervisors
- Richard Roberts (Cardiovascular pharmacology including the study of signal transduction pathways that mediate vasoconstriction)
- Steve Alexander (Endogenous cannabinoid system, with particular focus on inflammation and pain)
- Tomas Bellamy (Neuron-glial signalling, astrocyte biology and modelling of glial calcium kinetics)
- Steve Briddon (Molecular Pharmacology of G protein-coupled receptors and advanced fluorescence imaging)
- Meritxell Canals (G protein-coupled receptor signalling and drug-screening with a focus on inflammation and pain)
- Victoria Chapman (Lipid mediators of inflammation, the endocannabinoid system, and mechanisms in osteoarthritic pain)
- Gareth Hathway (Pain processing in early life, immune modulation of pain, and multi-electrode array electrophysiology)
- Ian Kerr(Mechanisms and structures of proteins involved in transmembrane flux)
- Madeleine King (How adverse early-life events or drugs of abuse impact on brain neurochemistry and contribute to cognitive and social dysfunction)
- Rob Lane (Neuropharmacology of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCRs) function and signalling)
- Ian Mellor (Naturally occurring toxins, ion channel pharmacology and electrophysiology)
- Marie Pardon (Stress, ageing and neurodegenerative diseases)
- Vera Ralevic (Endothelium; purines (P1 and P2 receptors); cannabinoids; vanilloids)
- Paul Smith (Ion channel pharmacology, lipid membranes and mathematical modelling of intrinsic cellular properties)
- Dmitry Veprintsev (Developing approaches for incorporation of protein and systems dynamics GPCRs into drug discovery)
Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Discovery Supervisors
- Steve Hill (Ligand binding; GPCRs)
- Steve Charlton (GPCRs; Identification of novel therapies to treat remodelling diseases)
- Jill Baker (Molecular pharmacology of GPCRs; How clinical drugs act, why side effects occur, to help discover molecules without these side effects)
Clinical Chemistry Supervisors
- Richard Roberts (Cardiovascular pharmacology including the study of signal transduction pathways that mediate vasoconstriction)
Cell Signalling Supervisors