The IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology was represented at the recent BPS Pharmacology 2018 meeting (London, UK, 18-20 Dec 2018).
Tuesday 18th Dec
On Tuesday we had two significant presentations. Firstly, a late-breaking poster on the IUPHAR/MMV Guide to Malaria Pharmacology. This is an under-development extension to the database to curate in anti-malarial ligands and Plasmodium targets for approved drugs.
Poster: Introducing a new resource: the capture of drugs, leads and targets in the IUPHAR/MMV Guide to MALARIA PHARMACOLOGY (Presented by Dr. Chris Southan & Dr. Simon D. Harding)
Secondly, Dr. Southan presented on the challenges and tribulations of curating peptides in the Guide to Pharmacology. His slides are available below.
Thursday 20th Dec
On the Thursday by three more presentations. Firstly, Dr. Harding presented a flash presentation and poster on new features and updates to the Guide to Pharmacology in 2018, which was awarded the daily flash poster prize.
Poster: The IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY in 2018: new features and updates
Also during the poster session Dr. Southan presented his second poster looking at how we can identify the most pharmacologically significant proteins.
Poster: Will the real pharmacologically significant proteins please stand up?
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