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British Pharmacological Society 🌎💊 Global pharmacology community with ~4,000 members from 60+ countries.

We provide support via networking, funding, publishing, education, career development, engagement & more!

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📌 This week’s Editors’ Pick!🧬“Extracellular vesicles in pharmacology: Innovations in drug delivery and therapeutic appli...
12/10/2026

📌 This week’s Editors’ Pick!

🧬“Extracellular vesicles in pharmacology: Innovations in drug delivery and therapeutic applications in cancer” by Evangelia Pantazaka, Georgios Sivvas, Evangelia Papadimitriou and Constantinos M. Mikelis.

This review explores the emerging role of extracellular vesicles (EVs) as innovative tools for drug delivery and cancer therapy. Secreted by nearly all cell types, EVs play a key role in cell-to-cell communication and are increasingly being investigated as therapeutic and diagnostic platforms.

💊 The authors highlight how EVs can be engineered to deliver chemotherapeutic agents, nucleic acids and gene-editing tools with greater specificity and reduced systemic toxicity. The review also examines their applications across a range of cancers, including breast, lung, colorectal, pancreatic and prostate cancers, as well as glioblastoma.

🔬 Alongside their therapeutic potential, EVs show promise as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers, offering new opportunities for earlier cancer detection and monitoring treatment response.

👏 Congratulations to the authors on this insightful contribution to cancer pharmacology and drug delivery research.

📖 Read the article here: https://bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.70616

✅ Safer treatments, enhanced efficacy, and cost-effectiveness are just some of the benefits of pharmacogenomic testing. ...
12/10/2026

✅ Safer treatments, enhanced efficacy, and cost-effectiveness are just some of the benefits of pharmacogenomic testing. Start learning how you can implement pharmacogenomics into your practice with the free CERSI-PGx eLearning platform. It provides targeted, bite-sized learning to support the real-world implementation of pharmacogenomics (PGx) in clinical practice. 🧬

Start learning today: https://portal.bpsassessment.com/cersi-pgx-elearning-portal/

💷 Need funding for your PhD next year? Apply for the BPS PhD Funding Programme, worth over £100,000!The programme includ...
12/10/2026

💷 Need funding for your PhD next year? Apply for the BPS PhD Funding Programme, worth over £100,000!

The programme includes both the AJ Clark Studentship and the Sir David Jack Scholarship. It provides funding to students who already hold a degree in pharmacology or a related discipline and intend to carry out research in pharmacology and/or therapeutic innovation, which will result in a PhD degree.

The PhD Funding Programme supports up to five students each year.

Applications for 2027 awards are now open and close 31 October 2026.

Find out more and apply: https://www.bps.ac.uk/news/article/relaunching-our-phd-funding-programme-for-2027/

The British Pharmacological Society (BPS) will be exhibiting at ELRIG's Drug Discovery 2026 event in London next week, f...
09/10/2026

The British Pharmacological Society (BPS) will be exhibiting at ELRIG's Drug Discovery 2026 event in London next week, from 14-15 October 2026: https://elrig.org/portfolio/drug-discovery-2026/

Meet the friendly BPS team at Stand J22 to learn about:
💚 The benefits of BPS membership, including our free Undergraduate Membership and discounted Early Career Membership
💷 Funding and recognition through awards, prizes, grants and bursaries.
🤝 Networking opportunities.
🗓️ Discounts to BPS events and selected partner events.
💼 Career development opportunities.
⭐ This year's annual conference, , taking place in Manchester in December
🙋 Volunteering opportunities.
📚 The benefits of publishing in our community-led journals:
The British Journal of Pharmacology
The British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
Pharmacology Research & Perspectives
➕ And much more!
See you there!

💷 Our PhD Funding is now open for awards in 2027!The programme includes both the AJ Clark Studentship and the Sir David ...
07/10/2026

💷 Our PhD Funding is now open for awards in 2027!

The programme includes both the AJ Clark Studentship and the Sir David Jack Scholarship. It provides funding to students who already hold a degree in pharmacology or a related discipline and intend to carry out research in pharmacology and/or therapeutic innovation, which will result in a PhD degree.

The PhD Funding Programme supports up to five students each year, with over £100,000 awarded to each recipient over three years.

Applications for 2027 awards are now open and close 31 October 2026.

Find out more and apply: https://www.bps.ac.uk/news/article/relaunching-our-phd-funding-programme-for-2027/

06/10/2026

💡 Got a great public engagement idea?

The BPS Engagement Grant provides funding of up to £2,000 to support projects that inspire, involve and engage the public with pharmacology.

Whether you're planning an outreach event, workshop, exhibition or creative engagement activity, this funding could help turn your idea into reality.

💷 Grants of up to £2,000 🔗 https://www.bps.ac.uk/membership-community/prizes-awards-grants-bursaries/prizes-awards-grants/article/engagement-grants/

📌 This week’s Editors’ Pick!🧬 “The Relationship Between (Endo)cannabinoids, the Microbiome and Melanoma” by Farideh A. J...
05/10/2026

📌 This week’s Editors’ Pick!

🧬 “The Relationship Between (Endo)cannabinoids, the Microbiome and Melanoma” by Farideh A. Javid, Marin Golčić, Anja Harej Hrkač and Andrej Belančić.

This review explores the complex relationship between the endocannabinoid system, the microbiome and melanoma, highlighting how these interconnected systems may influence disease progression and responses to treatment.

🔬 The authors examine growing evidence surrounding cannabinoids, including non-psychoactive compounds such as cannabidiol (C*D) and cannabigerol (CBG), and their potential role in melanoma therapy. The review also considers how interactions between the microbiome and immunotherapy may affect patient outcomes.

🩺 With treatment resistance and adverse effects continuing to present challenges in melanoma care, this article discusses future opportunities for cannabinoids as adjuncts to existing therapeutic approaches.

👏 Congratulations to the authors on this insightful contribution to pharmacological and cancer research.

📖 Read the article here: https://bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/prp2.70304

📣 A message from one of our sponsors at Covalent Modulation in Drug Discovery | 7-8 October: Danaher Life Sciences'Excit...
05/10/2026

📣 A message from one of our sponsors at Covalent Modulation in Drug Discovery | 7-8 October: Danaher Life Sciences

'Excited to be attending Covalent Modulation in Drug Discovery | 7-8 October!

Stop by our booth to meet the team and learn how Danaher life sciences solutions are helping researchers accelerate drug discovery and development.

Don't miss Tom Ruane's presentation, "Acoustic Ejection Mass Spectrometry and High-Throughput Proteomic Strategies for Covalent Binder Discovery," on 8 October from 14:40-15:00.

We look forward to connecting with you about advancing the future of drug discovery.'

📢 Less than 3 weeks to go until the President's Lecture!Join us in Glasgow on 21 October for an inspiring evening with P...
02/10/2026

📢 Less than 3 weeks to go until the President's Lecture!

Join us in Glasgow on 21 October for an inspiring evening with Professor Lorraine Work (University of Strathclyde), as part of one of the British Pharmacological Society's flagship events.

🎟️ Secure your place.
https://www.bps.ac.uk/events/event/presidents-lecture/

01/10/2026

Looking for funding to kick-start your public engagement idea?

The BPS Seed Fund offers grants to undergraduates, of up to £250 to support innovative public engagement activities that connect pharmacology with wider audiences.

Whether you're planning a workshop, outreach event, or creative engagement project, this funding could help bring your idea to life.

💷 Up to £250 available per project 🔗 https://www.bps.ac.uk/membership-community/prizes-awards-grants-bursaries/prizes-awards-grants/article/engagement-grants/

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