Join us for a friendly online taster lecture to support your current studies and find out what it might be like to study pharmacology/chemistry at university.
Session time: Wednesday 18 March, 3.45-4.30pm
In this Pharmacology session, Mark Searcey, Professor in the School of Chemistry, Pharmacy and Pharmacology at University of East Anglia, will run an interactive talk for students on PROTACs – Understanding the Science & Potential in Drug Development.
Making new medicines is tough. Companies spend millions on trying to make something that will have an effect on the disease they are trying to target and can make thousands of molecules before they come up with one that is a drug.
What if we could use the machinery in a human cell to do the work for us? What if we could get the cell itself to prevent the disease it is suffering from? That is the basis of a new approach to drug design – new drugs that are called PROTACs or PROteolysis TArgeting ChimeraS.
We will talk about the drug discovery process in general, what it involves, how long it takes and what most drugs in the clinic target. Then we’ll see how the approach to making PROTACS is changing the way we think about drugs.
Suitable for: Aged 16+ pre-university students studying, or with a possible interest in studying, Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacology and related disciplines. Student groups as well as students and teachers joining individually are very welcome.
For details and to book your place, visit: https://www.channeltalent.co.uk/event/pharmacology-protacs-understanding-the-science-potential-in-drug-development-with-professor-mark-searcey-from-university-of-east-anglia/