Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology brings together scientists undertaking world-leading interdisciplinary research into the nervous system, from molecules and synapses to circuits and e Department has an outstanding academic reputation and its links with other universities and industry provide strong support for our postgraduate research students’ networking and employment prospects. Research areas: Cellular, molecular and structural neuroscience: synaptic transmission and ligand-gated ion channels; transporters; G-protein coupled receptors and signalling pathways; voltage- and calcium-gated ion channels; Systems and translational neuroscience: neuronal network behaviour; pain; in vivo patch electrophysiology; optogenetics; Intercellular signalling: inflammation; cardiovascular system. Recent graduates have taken up research positions in academia, including at UCL; Imperial College London; Oxford University; Queen Mary, University of London; University of California, Los Angeles; Kuwait University; Rockefeller University, New York; or within organisations such as the Max Planck Society, Cancer Research UK and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. Others are employed as senior scientists or medical writers within industry, as teachers or as editors with publishers.