education, training and communication for scientists
"Principles of Pharmacology"
Detailed Information
For life-scientists or chemists or non-scientists.
Understand the basics of how drugs work and key terms and concepts in pharmacology, e.g. agonism, antagonism, efficacy, affinity, selectivity, specificity.
This is available as an introduction - a two-hour workshop incorporating active learning techniques to embed the new knowledge. Suitable for those who need just the basics.
Also available as a six-session course for those wanting to go into more depth. The concepts will be illustrated with some commonly known drugs. Key concepts include agonist, antagonist, allosteric modulator, affinity, pA2, efficacy, potency, types of receptors, sensitivity, selectivity. The material is delivered in a lively manner, with plenty of time for interaction and active learning. Highlights include:
- The different types of receptors illustrated with the latest diagrammatic views of their molecular structure
- What is affinity? Why it is important. How can it be measured? What do the terms pA2, pKb, Ka etc mean?
- How can different cells give a different response using the same receptor?
- What is the relevance of receptor subtypes and drug selectivity?
- what is efficacy? Why is it important for drug discovery?
Each topic is illustrated with examples from the scientific literature and consolidated with active learning techniques.
The material is adapted for the target audience to ensure it is highly relevant.
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