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

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)
Rob Lane (Neuropharmacology of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCRs) function and signalling)
Andrew Renault (Developmental biology)
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)
Uwe Vinkemeier (Neuroimmunology and cytokine-regulation of STAT transcriptional activity in the immune system)
Sally Wheatley (cell cycle, cell death and cancer)

Pharmacology and Drug Discovery MRes/Phd Supervisors

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