ADDRESSDepartment of Pharmacology,University of Cambridge,Tennis Court Road,CambridgeCB2 1PDUK
CONTACTe: mh2186@cam.ac.ukt: 01223 334176
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Undergraduate Pharmacology teachingMark provides Part I Pharmacology lectures on Inflammation, including aspects of innate immunity.Mark delivers a Part II Pharmacology course on Antibodies against infectious disease-Ab discovery, Successful antibodies (HIV, RSV, coronaviruses, C. difficile), Ab pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics, Ab-drug conjugates (ADCs) and enhanced release approaches including a supervision on enhancing epidemic preparedness through antibodies, vaccines and government policy.Mark will also be advising on Drug Review Projects, Part II practical projects and Part II dissertations.Graduate students in the group sometimes like to get involved in teaching in Practicals for Medics, Vets and Natural Science students.Postdoctoral members of the group are able to gain experience by delivering tutorials and helping to supervise Part II practical projects.Pharmacology-related music playlistGraduate Pharmacology teachingMark coordinates the Next Pharma Phenomenon event on Intellectual Property, Start-up funding and how to make a pitch for investment.In two events over a fortnight, audience members learn entrepreneurship skills, come up with biotech company ideas, and then practise pitching and investing with their 1.33 million Biobucks, through support from Cambridge Enterprise and other founders.Outreach activity“Protein superglue to build vaccines” files to download:Info sheet on running and preparing activityHandout for visitorsPoster with scary virus picturesPoster showing 10 potential pathogensStructural BiologyYou may be interested in seeing some of the diversity of protein folds via the Protein Alphabet.Fluorescent imaging and Single Molecule ApproachesMark was previously teaching 3rd year undergraduate Biochemistry students on Fluorescence Microscopy and Single Molecule Approaches to Biochemistry.Mark was also lecturing for graduate students and postdocs on Fluorescent probes and on Single Molecule Imaging in the Oxford Advanced Light Microscopy Course. Mark taught the advanced undergraduate seminar on fluorescence imaging in biology at MIT with Anthony Leung, under the supervision of Prof. Robert Horvitz. The course is also on MIT OpenCourseWare.