Aisah Aubdool
Professor Sue’s Brain Lab Kings College London, UK

https://doi.org/10.36866/pn.97.18

4 October 2014,
Kings College London, UK

The Young Life Scientists’ Symposium 2014 (YLS2014) was held at King’s College London on October 2014, with the theme The Physiology & Pharmacology of TRP channels. The symposium was supported by The Physiological Society, the Biochemical Society and the British Pharmacological Society in addition to King’s College London, and was sponsored by various biotechnology companies.

The symposium attracted about over a hundred national and international early-career researchers, and held vivid discussions on the cutting-edge research on the physiology, pharmacology and biochemistry of TRP channels. Additionally, YLS2014 incorporated engaging workshops on the future of publications (F1000) and outreach opportunities, including Dr Julie Keeble’s experience with the Mission Discovery programme to send experiments to the International Space Station.

Achievements were celebrated with numerous prizes from F1000 and the organising committee. The symposium was concluded with a ‘Spicy TR(i)P’ to Masala Zone for some classic activation of TRP channels. Congratulations to all the winners and a huge thank you to all the judges for their time and assistance in reviewing the entries.

We’d like to thank all of the speakers (Professor Susan Brain, Professor Maria Belvisi, Dr Scott Earley, Dr David Andersson, Dr Anthony Albert, Dr Peter Cox & Dr Eva Amsen) and delegates for making this symposium such a success.