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Health Professions Week
ASPET is pleased to participate in Health Professions Week 2017 - a virtual outreach event for high school and undergraduate students.
Submit Your Annual Meeting Abstracts
Submit your abstracts by Thursday, December 7, 2017 for EB 2018.
The Pharmacologist September 2017 Issue
The September issue of ASPET's The Pharmacologist is now available.
ASPET Travel Awards to WCP2018 Kyoto
Apply now for a travel award to the 18th World Congress of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology taking place in Kyoto, Japan from July 1-6, 2018

The Latest

November 08, 2017

ECNP Preclinical Data Network Prize

The €10,000 prize, aimed initially at neuroscience research, is to encourage publication of data where the results do not confirm the expected outcome or original hypothesis.
November 06, 2017

Scholarly Publishers Join Forces to Launch Scientific Society Publisher Alliance (SSPA)

Initiative Aims to Promote Awareness and Support of Society-Sponsored Journals
November 01, 2017

ASPET NewsBrief — November 1, 2017

See ASPET at CNPHARS, ABRCMS, SfN, and BPS this fall, Health Professions Week is coming soon, annual meeting updates, and more.

Important Dates

November 6 – 10, 2017 Health Professions Week
Health Professions Week is an exciting, free, week-long virtual event for high school and college students interested in learning more about careers in health professions.
December 1, 2017 WCP2018 Kyoto Travel Award Application Due
As a sponsor, ASPET will send a delegation of members to the meeting and offer travel awards to young scientists.
December 7, 2017EB 2018 Abstract Submission Deadline
We encourage submission of abstracts to ASPET topic categories in all areas of pharmacology detailing your latest work.

Advocacy

- Statement
November 08, 2017

ASPET and the research community call on Congress to raise spending caps in FY 2018

ASPET signed on to a letter with the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research calling on congressional leadership to reach an agreement for NIH funding.
- Statement
October 18, 2017

ASPET joins scientific community to express concern over President Trump’s immigration policies affecting foreign students in U.S.

ASPET signed on to a letter today that urges President Trump to review his administration’s visa and immigration policies so that foreign students will face fewer obstacles to enrolling in U.S. science and engineering programs.
- Statement
September 14, 2017

ASPET Joins 69 Organizations Urging Congress to Pass Permanent Legislation for Health Professionals with DACA Status

ASPET signed onto a letter today urging Congress to ensure that all members of the health care workforce with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status are able to continue their employment, education, training, and research.

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Latest Journal Updates

Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Model Predictions of Panobinostat (LBH589) as a Victim and Perpetrator of Drug-Drug Interactions [Articles] Drug Metabolism and Disposition
November 8, 2017

8-Aminoguanosine Exerts Diuretic, Natriuretic, and Glucosuric Activity via Conversion to 8-Aminoguanine, Yet Has Direct Antikaliuretic Effects [Gastrointestinal, Hepatic, Pulmonary, and Renal] Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
November 8, 2017

Correction to "Novel Small Molecule JP-153 Targets the Src-FAK-Paxillin Signaling Complex to Inhibit VEGF-Induced Retinal Angiogenesis" [ERRATUM] Molecular Pharmacology
November 7, 2017

International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. CII: Pharmacological Modulation of H2S Levels: H2S Donors and H2S Biosynthesis Inhibitors [Review Articles] Pharmacological Reviews
October 4, 2017