Pharmacology and potential therapeutic uses of some cannabinoids

Roger Pertwee speaks to Jennifer Straiton, Assistant Editor, at the BNA 2019 Festival of Neuroscience (14–17 April, Dublin, Ireland), where he gave a talk titled ‘Pharmacological actions and potential novel therapeutic uses of certain plant and synthetic cannabinoids’. Roger Pertwee is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Aberdeen (Scotland, UK), where he has been active in scientific research since 1974. He began his research career at the University of Oxford (UK) where he gained three postgraduate degrees: an MA in biochemistry, a DPhil in pharmacology and a DSc in physiological sciences. His research focuses on the pharmacology of cannabinoids, both on their mechanisms of action and on their potential therapeutic uses. He has held major roles in multiple major discoveries in the field including; the discovery of a cannabinoid CB1 receptor allosteric site, the pharmacological characterization of various phytocannabinoids as well as the co-discovery of endocannabinoids and the co-discovery and characterization of novel synthetic cannabinoids.

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The research career of Richard B. Stein (1940–)

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology ◽

10.1139/y04-063 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 82 (8-9) ◽

pp. 531-540 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

D G Stuart

Keyword(s):

Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽

Research Career ◽

Faculty Position ◽

Postdoctoral Training ◽

University Of Alberta ◽

University Of Oxford ◽

Research Collaborations ◽

Active Researcher ◽

Institute Of Technology ◽

The University

This report reviews the research and mentoring career of Richard B. Stein (1940–). In 1962, he completed a B.S. degree in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, and thereafter an M.A. (1964), Ph.D. (1966), and postdoctoral training (1966–68) at the University of Oxford, UK. He subsequently assumed a faculty position at the University of Alberta (Canada), where he is currently an active researcher and mentor. To this point in 2004, Stein has trained and collaborated closely with over 160 scientists, largely neuroscientists and biomedical engineers, from 27 countries. He and his former trainees and collaborators have made important contributions on topics that span the cellular-to-behavioral spectrum of movement and rehabilitation–prosthetics neuroscience. His mentors, trainees, and collaborators include scientists whose countries of origin are: Australia, 2; Austria, 1; Belgium, 1; Bulgaria, 1; Canada, 64; China, 6; Denmark, 1; Germany, 1; Great Britain, 16; Hong Kong, 4; India, 5; Iraq, 2; Italy, 2; Japan, 10; Kenya, 1; New Zealand, 4; Pakistan, 1; Palestine, 1; Poland, 1; Romania, 1; South Africa, 1; Sri Lanka, 1; The Netherlands, 1; Turkey, 1; Uruguay, 1; USA, 21; and Yugoslavia, 6. In all instances, Stein's research collaborations and mentoring have advanced the careers of his trainees and junior collaborators, a well-deserved and important compliment to a stellar movement neuroscientist.Key words: movement neuroscience, rehabilitation neuroscience, prosthetics.

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Sir Rex Edward Richards. 28 October 1922—15 July 2019

Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society ◽

10.1098/rsbm.2020.0039 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 70 ◽

pp. 387-407

Author(s):

David G. Gadian

Keyword(s):

Biological Sciences ◽

Research Programme ◽

Research Career ◽

Non Invasive ◽

University Of Oxford ◽

The Arts ◽

Vice Chancellor ◽

Invasive Method ◽

Novel Applications ◽

The University

Rex Richards was renowned for his research in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Very early on, in the late 1940s, when NMR was in the domain of physicists, he foresaw that the technique might play an important role in chemistry. He embarked on a highly successful research career in which he combined the design and development of new NMR spectrometers with novel applications, initially in chemistry and subsequently in the biological sciences. One major outcome was the establishment of the Oxford Enzyme Group's NMR research programme. Another was the development of 31 P NMR spectroscopy as a non-invasive method of probing the biochemistry of intact biological tissue. Rex was an outstanding teacher and mentor. He also had highly impressive administrative skills, as recognized through successive appointments at the University of Oxford as head of the Physical Chemistry Department, then warden of Merton College and finally vice-chancellor. He was subsequently appointed director of the Leverhulme Trust and became widely respected in the arts world, as reflected by his remarkable array of committee memberships at the National and Tate Galleries.

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