The IUPHAR-Ed Section is organising an Education Satellite Meeting. Hosted at Strathclyde University, Glasgow, just before WCP2023, it will bring together pharmacology educators from across the globe, to share ideas, expertise, resources, and innovations. my.bps.ac.uk/events/details…

The University of Otago will adopt a new brand from May 2024. Our name - University of Otago - will sit alongside a new tohu (symbol) and a new Māori name, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka. For more info, please visit: tuakiritaka.otago.ac.nz

📷 Don't forget to take a photo with your clip-on koala in your hometown for the chance to win a FREE registration to WCP2026 in Melbourne, Australia. Share on any platform and tag #WCP2026 to enter! 🎉 #WCP2023 #Pharmacology #ClinicalPharmacology ASCEPT IUPHAR

A perspective on In vitro developmental neurotoxicity test assay results: an expert panel review sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

#WBW2023 #AtTheEquatorUG I doubt I would have progressed in academia without good maternity, adoption & parental leave policies + supportive colleagues & supervisors. I want all my female colleagues to enjoy such policies. Breastfeeding + work can work! University of Liverpool livUni_ICAT

🎉 Exciting News! 🎉 McMaster University Department of Pediatrics research teams have been awarded $2.1M in new CIHR funding to support our groundbreaking work! 🚀 New studies will explore the effect of Cannabis use during pregnancy; as well as new treatments to help teens managing obesity. 1/2 🧵

Of 69 drugs from World Health Organization (WHO) treatment policies for #TB, #Malaria & #NTDs, there is lactation #PK data on 15. Given these drugs are used in regions where breastfeeding is the only #AFASS option, this is not good. How can we improve? Read the paper! University of Liverpool Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University Wellcome

An engaging plenary from Nicola J Smith at the ASCEPT NZ forum meeting in Queenstown about novel work on orphan GPCRs. ASCEPT UNSW

Can Virtual Reality Improve Pharmacology Education in Medical Students? jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/385/S3…

Director of world-famous Dunedin Study professor Richie Poulton dies, aged 61 stuff.co.nz/national/30098…

Pharmacokinetic data in pregnancy is critical to inform dosing and understand fetal exposure, but the data is extremely limited and often reported with insufficient detail for analysis.

Nice paper Carl…

Disabilities Following Childhood Bacterial Meningitis 🇸🇪36230 participants w/up to 35 years follow-up. Those w/ meningitis (1987-2021) had a significantly⬆️risk of developing 7 neurological disabilities." Pneumococcal meningitis w/worst outcomes. #VaxUp jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Thinking about drug action at the molecular and macro levels and switching between them is hard! This paper looks at a similar problem in epigenetics. visual representations of epigenetics at different levels of biological organisation. Thybery et al buff.ly/3VkXd87

Clinical research professionals, A great contribution from the Joint Task Force (JTF) for Clinical Trial Competency: a multidisciplinary, international group of experts. Aggregating and refining competency standards for clinical research professionals.buff.ly/49h3WTF

Effective and evolving tool for teaching clinical pharmacology - buff.ly/4d0Tq6i