Triple success at British Pharmacological Society
Published: 9 January 2014
Staff and students from the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences (MVLS) have been awarded prestigious prizes by the British Pharmacological Society.
Staff and students from ICAMS in MVLS have been awarded prestigious prizes by the British Pharmacological Society.
Ivona Ruseva was awarded the BPS BSc Pharmacology Undergraduate Prize. Ivona gained a First Class Honours in Pharmacology in 2013. The BSc Pharmacology Prize is awarded by the BPS to final year students who have completed a lab-based Honours project in Pharmacology and have achieved outstanding academic results in the final year of their studies. Her project focused on studying the mechanisms of PDE10A regulation in Huntington’s disease.
Professor Mandy MacLean was awarded the AstraZeneca Prize for Women in Pharmacology for 2013. This is awarded annually to a woman who has made an outstanding research contribution to pharmacology. Mandy delivered a prize lecture at the 2013 Winter meeting of the BPS. She described her career path, challenges and successes, and her current research into the role of oestrogens and gender in the development of pulmonary hypertension.
Anne Katrine Johansen won the GSK Prize for Young Investigators at the 2013 BPS Winter meeting. The GSK Prize is awarded to the best oral communication presented in the basic pharmacology section by a Student Member. Anne Katrine was a PhD student with Mandy MacLean and presented her work on oestrogen metabolism in pulmonary arterial cells.
First published: 9 January 2014
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