Slingo Lecture Theatre, JJT Building (Talks) Pharmacy Clinical Suites 1&2, JJT Building (Breakout sessions) Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading The aim of the workshop is to bring together researchers from…Read More >
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Spreading the word about snakebite
While most of us were tucking into our Christmas dinners, Dr Sakthi Vaiyapuri was travelling around southern India teaching people how to avoid being bitten by venomous snakes. He talked…Read More >
Better cancer drug prescribing to help patients and doctors
Pharmacy student Daniel Mercer is one of two winners of Reading’s annual undergraduate research programme. We spoke to him about his research to improve prescription of cancer drugs and what…Read More >
Design competition helps local pharmacy spread the word about superbugs
A pharmacy in the Reading suburb of Woodley is hoping to tackle antibiotic-resistant bugs through prize-winning design – it’s hosting two separate installations masterminded by University of Reading typography and…Read More >
Alzheimer’s researcher invited to the Captains’ table in San Marino
A University of Reading researcher has been honoured with a reception in his home country of San Marino. On the 13th of August 2018, the Most Excellent Regent Captains of…Read More >
Medicines: is it time to challenge the throw away culture?
We throw away or destroy millions of unused medicines each year, at an estimated cost of £300m to the NHS. But could they be safely re-used? Reading’s Dr Parastou Donyai…Read More >
Discovering dopamine’s role in the brain: Arvid Carlsson’s important legacy
If it had not been for the discoveries of Arvid Carlsson we would have no drugs for Parkinson’s disease. In a recent post for The Conversation, Reading neuroscientist Dr Patrick Lewis explores the…Read More >
Cannabis oil for epilepsy – what you need to know
When Billy Caldwell’s medicinal cannabis oil was recently seized at Heathrow Airport, the drug was put back in the spotlight. Reading’s Professor Gary Stephens investigates the effects of cannabis-derived compounds…Read More >
DNA 65 years on: light switch molecules to diagnose disease
It’s 65 years since Watson and Crick published their world-changing paper on the structure of DNA – a discovery they and Rosalind Franklin made using a technique called X-ray diffraction. To…Read More >
Brain Glue- Sticking it to dementia
50 million people around the world are living with dementia and that figure is set to reach 152 million by 2050. Ahead of tonight’s public lecture, neuroscientist Dr Mark Dallas…Read More >
