The British Pharmacological Society hosted the 19th World Congress of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology on behalf of the International Union and Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR) in Glasgow, Scotland from 2 – 7 July 2023.
The call for abstracts for WCP2023 resulted in over 1,500 abstracts being submitted from 83 countries. The abstracts selected to be presented as either oral communications or posters at the congress can all be read in Volume 180, Issue S1 of the British Journal of Pharmacology: Abstracts of the 19th World Congress of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology 2023. The panel of 90 reviewers selected over 1,100 to be presented as posters throughout the six-day Congress. The 30 on-site judges reviewed the shortlisted posters and were all very impressed by the quality of work presented. The prizes were first announced at WCP2023 on Friday 7 July 2023, and were presented by the WCP2023 Secretary-General, Professor Amrita Ahluwalia.
We would like to thank everyone who submitted an abstract and presented a poster. Please join us congratulating the following winners and runners-up of the WCP2023 Poster Prizes:
Cancer Poster Prize
Winner: Maria-Francesca Nanì, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
‘Pharmacological targeting of NAPE-PLD impacts obesity associated colon cancer ‘
Runner-up: Yasmine Amin, USA
‘Simvastatin suppresses the in vitro proliferation of cholesterol-enriched MCF-7 cells along with tumor growth in an in vivo model of breast cancer’
Cardiovascular Poster Prize
Winner: Nicki Dyson, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Runner-up: Dr Nadine Godsman, Robert Gordon University, UK
Clinical Pharmacology Poster Prize
Winner: Ting Yang, School Of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Sun Yat-sen Uninversity, China
Runner-up: Dr Emma Magavern, William Harvey Research Institute at Queen Mary University of London, UK
Drug Discovery/Development Poster Prize
Winner: Carlos Villarroel, Institute Of Health Research-incliva at Hospital Clínico Universitario De Valencia, Spain
Education Poster Prize
Winner: Dr Nilushi Karunaratne, Monash University, Australia
GPCRs Poster Prize
Winner: Elaine Duncan, University of Glasgow, UK
Runner-up: Marwa Kenawy, University of Glasgow, UK
Inflammation, Immunology & Infection Poster Prize
Winner: Andrew Thorne, University Of Calgary, Canada
Runner-up: Dr Reya Shah, St George’s University London, UK
Natural products Poster Prize
Winner: Michael Ofori, Dr Hilla Limann Technical University, Ghana
Neuropharmacology Poster Prize
Winner: Manan Bhatt, University Of Insubria, Italy
Runner-up: Miss Nairong Liu, University of Bath, UK
Other Poster Prize
Winner: Dr Simone De Luca, RMIT University, Australia
Runner-up: Dr Krisztina Pohóczky, Faculty Of Pharmacy Department Of Pharmacology at University Of Pécs, Hungary
Pharmacogenomics Poster Prize
Winner: Dr Rossana Roncato, Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology at Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO) IRCCS, Italy
Runner-up: Abdullah Rahail N Al Matrafi, University Of Dundee, UK
Safety Toxicology Poster Prize
Winner: Dr Qingfeng He, Fudan University, Shanghai
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We hope you can join us at the next British Pharmacological Society annual meeting, Pharmacology 2024, taking place in Harrogate from 10 – 12 December 2024. Register your interest and we’ll let you know when you can submit poster and oral abstracts for the meeting, as well as when registration and symposia submissions open.
Make sure you also register your interest for the 20th World Congress of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (WCP2026), hosted in Melbourne, Australia by ASCEPT in 2026.
For the most up-to-date information about pharmacology-related events, visit the British Pharmacological Society’s events calendar and sign-up to their Meeting Updates mailing list.
Read BPS President, Professor Clive Page’s, blog where he reflects on WCP2023.
