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Introduction
The multidisciplinary nature of our department facilitates the employment of a range of expertise and state-of-the art equipment to examine the chemical and biological processes underlying disease and controlling drug action. Within our single department we have interests ranging from the molecular interactions of drugs with biological systems to the interactions between pharmacist and patient.
The Department holds a Grade 5*A rating from the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise carried out by HEFCE. This acknowledges the international excellence of the Department's research; the A rating shows that over 95% of the staff are active in research.
The work is supported by research grants and contracts with a current portfolio of £12 million. There are some 45 postdoctoral researchers and 60 postgraduate research students (PhD and MPhil) and the laboratories are extremely well equipped.
Main areas of research
- Pharmacy Practice
- Medicinal chemistry of receptors and signal transduction
- Anti-cancer drug design
- Chemical biology
- Pharmacy Practice
- Harm reduction and risk management
- Patient decision-making about medicines
- Pharmacoepidemiology
- New pharmacy services
- Continuing professional development and competence
- Communication and consultation skills
- Pharmacology
- Vascular pharmacology
- Inflammation and cell signalling
- Stem Cells and tissue engineering
- Neuropharmacology
- Pharmaceutics
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- Pharmaceutical technology
- Pharmaceutical microbiology and infectious diseases
- Drug delivery (including transdermal & nail drug delivery and pulmonary & nasal delivery)
- Pharmacokinetics (including dermatopharmacokinetics & noninvasive drug monitoring)
- Solar radiation biology
- Tissue engineering
Facilities and equipment
- 600 MHz, 400 MHz and 270 MHz NMR spectrometers with biological and multinuclear capability
- Micro TOF Mass Spectrometer
- Excellent tissue culture facilities
- Flow cytometers (FACS)
- Dual excitation/dual emission fluorimeter
- Confocal fluorescence microscopes
- Intravital imaging capabilities
- HPLC and FPLC facilities
- Extensive PCR facilities including real time PCR
- Intracellular and patch clamp electrophysiological facilities
- Behavioural pharmacology laboratories
- Well-fitted postgraduate workrooms
Other resources
- Comprehensive postgraduate training course and research seminar programm.e
International and industrial links
Host to Thai CRN postgraduate scholars; Egyptian Government scholars.
Collaborative links with numerous UK and international Pharmaceutical companies.