We are no longer accepting applications for this Workshop as all places have now been  taken.

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A WORKSHOP FOR YOUNG PHARMACOLOGISTS

     NO REGISTRATION FEE
     ACCOMMODATION AND MEALS PROVIDED BY THE BRITISH PHARMACOLOGICAL       SOCIETY
     PRIZE FOR BEST POSTER

This Workshop will focus on modern methods in cardiovascular pharmacology, from single cell fluorescence and electrophysiology to myography and whole heart dynamics. It is aimed at scientists at an early stage in their careers, primarily postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows within 3 years of starting their first post. The programme will include lectures, poster presentations and practical demonstrations of related techniques. Applicants are required to submit an abstract and present a poster, based on their own work. ADInstruments are kindly sponsoring prizes for the best poster (which must also be presented at the main EPHAR meeting) and 2 runners up. All lectures, posters and discussions will be in English.

 

     David Beech (Leeds, UK)
     Fabien Brette (Manchester, UK)
     Mark Boyett (Manchester, UK)
     Halina Dobrzynski (Manchester, UK)
     Kim Dora (Bath, UK)
     Ian Fearon (Manchester, UK)
     Rodolphe Fischmeister (Paris, France)
     Alison Gurney (Manchester, UK)
     Per Hellstrand (Lund, Sweden)
     Kath Hinchliffe (Manchester, UK)
     Holly Shiels (Manchester, UK)

 

Demonstrations to small groups of participants will include:

     SMALL VESSEL WIRE MYOGRAPHY
     PRESSURE MYOGRAPHY
     FLUORESCENCE IMAGING
     ISOLATED PERFUSED HEART
     PATCH CLAMP OF MYOCYTES
     CELL ISOLATION TECHNIQUES