Publications

From freeze to function : optimised cryopreservation and mitochondrial analysis workflow for skeletal muscle biopsies

Wahid Maheen, Mackenzie Graeme, Rooney Liam M, Greig Justin C, McConnell Gail, Combet Emilie, Gray Stuart, Murray James T, Currie Susan, Gould Gwyn W, Cunningham Margaret R

BMC Methods Vol 1 (2024)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s44330-024-00017-0

Recounting the untold stories of breast cancer patient experiences : lessons learned from a patient-public involvement and engagement (PPIE) storytelling event

Cunningham Margaret R, Rattray Nicholas JW, McFadden Yvonne, Berardi Domenica, Daramy Karim, Kelly Patricia E, Galbraith Allison, Lochiel Isobel, Mills Lorraine, Scott Yvonne, Chalmers Susan, Lannigan Alison, Rattray Zahra

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice Vol 32, pp. 515-523 (2024)

https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpp/riae052

Bad to the bone : an RNA-sequencing study identifying a role for IKK-alpha in osteosarcoma cell division and progression

Tinto Kirsty, Bonfanti Marco, Cunningham Margaret Rose, Plevin Robin

The 6th European NFκB meeting (2024)

Altered regulation of Ca2+ handling proteins in an in vivo rat model of Angiotensin II-induced hypertension

Olatunji Zainab, BOSAKHAR Zainab Y H A H A, MacKenzie Graeme, Cunningham Margaret Rose, MacQuaide Niall, Currie Susan

Medical Science Forum Vol 27 (2024)

https://doi.org/10.3390/msf2024027003

Recounting the untold stories of breast cancer

Cunningham Margaret Rose, Rattray Zahra

Storytelling for health and wellbeing (2024)

Defining and unpacking the core concepts of pharmacology : a global initiative

Guilding Clare, White Paul J, Cunningham Margaret, Kelly-Laubscher Roisin, Koenig Jennifer, Babey Anna Marie, Tucker Steve, Kelly John P, Gorman Laurel, Aronsson Patrik, Hawes Martin, Ngo Suong NT, Mifsud Janet, Werners Arend H, Hinton Tina, Khan Fouzia, Aljofan Mohamad, Angelo Tom

British Journal of Pharmacology Vol 181, pp. 375-392 (2024)

https://doi.org/10.1111/bph.16222

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Teaching

I am the Biomolecular Sciences (BMS) Programme Director (2023-2027) and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) with a Postgraduate Diploma in Academic Practice.

I am a member of the International Union of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR) Core Concepts in Pharmacology Research Team.  I serve as the external examiner for the Applied Medical Sciences (AMS) degree programme at Swansea University. 

I am class coordinator for BM434 and BM941 Clinical Pharmacology and lead on the BM327 Pharmacology laboratories, in addition to delivering across many of the undergraduate and postgraduate courses we offer.

Research Interests

My field of expertise is G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR)-dependent regulation of cardiovascular function with particular interest in proteinase-activated receptors (PARs) and purinergic P2Y receptor families.  My research involves investigating the molecular mechanisms of GPCR, gap junction and damage-associated molecular pattern (DAMP) in the processes that underpin platelet function, cardiovascular inflammation and anti-cancer therapy-induced cardiotoxicity. 

 I currently co-lead the Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases research group with Dr Susan Currie.  

Professional Activities

Searching for biomarkers of tonsillar disease

Contributor

7/11/2023

Faculty of Science Breaking Barriers 2023

Contributor

24/10/2023

IUPHAR Education Satellite Meeting

Organiser

1/7/2023

Meet the Researcher 2023

Advisor

6/6/2023

Glasgow School of Art (External organisation)

Member

2023

Using storytelling to recount the untold narratives of breast cancer ​

Contributor

15/12/2022

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Projects

GLAS-CYTO: AN INTEGRATED FACILITY FOR THE BIOPHYSICAL ANALYSIS OF CELLULAR INTERACTIONS

Burley, Glenn (Principal Investigator) Chamberlain, Luke (Co-investigator) Chow, Shiao (Co-investigator) Corrigan, Damion (Co-investigator) Cunningham, Margaret Rose (Co-investigator) Faulds, Karen (Co-investigator) Jamieson, Craig (Co-investigator) Rattray, Zahra (Co-investigator) Tomkinson, Nick (Co-investigator) Taladriz Sender, Andrea (Research Co-investigator)

01-Aug-2024 - 31-Jul-2025

3D-printed transmissive adaptive optics for microscopy (BBSRC 23TRT)

Bauer, Ralf (Principal Investigator) Cunningham, Margaret Rose (Co-investigator) McConnell, Gail (Co-investigator)

01-May-2024 - 30-Apr-2025

SULSA Network Award - Global Pharmacology Mapping Network

Cunningham, Margaret Rose (Principal Investigator) Guilding, Clare (Principal Investigator) White, Paul (Principal Investigator) Tucker, Steve (Principal Investigator) Kelly-Laubscher, Roisin (Principal Investigator) Angelo, Tom (Co-investigator) Gorman, Laurel (Co-investigator) Kelly, John (Co-investigator) Keonig, Jennifer (Co-investigator)

The International Core Concepts of Pharmacology Education Project was established in 2021. This ambitious global network of pharmacologists aims to transform pharmacology education by helping students and educators to focus on the knowledge that matters. We have already produced a consensus list of core concepts of pharmacology education. We are now working together to develop approaches to teaching and assessing these concepts within transformative and inclusive concept-based curricula. Over 250 pharmacology educators from 21 countries across six continents have contributed to the project to date.

In support of the World Congress in Basic and Clinical Pharmacology meeting (WCP2023) which will take place in Glasgow (SEC) from 2nd to 7th July 2023, the network group have organised an International Union of Pharmacology (IUPHAR) Education Satellite Meeting with support from the British Pharmacological Society.
This will take place on 1st and 2nd July 2023 at University of Strathclyde in Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences (SIPBS).

The program will provide opportunities to meet and network with international colleagues, and engage in workshops, panel discussions, and oral presentations covering a broad range of pharmacology education topics.

01-Jun-2023 - 02-Jul-2023

Heart Damage Caused by Cancer and Anti-cancer Drugs (Vacation Scholarship)

Cunningham, Margaret Rose (Principal Investigator) Bauer, Ralf (Co-investigator) Currie, Susan (Co-investigator)

27-Jun-2022 - 19-Aug-2022

EPSRC IAA: Translating Low-Cost Super-Resolution Microscopy to the End-User: Mitochondrial-Dependent Cardiovascular Regulation, Cardio Protection and Cardiotoxicity

Cunningham, Margaret Rose (Co-investigator)

01-Apr-2022 - 31-Mar-2025

The International Core Concepts of Pharmacology Education Project

White, Paul (Principal Investigator) Guilding, Clare (Principal Investigator) Cunningham, Margaret Rose (Co-investigator) Gorman, Laurel (Co-investigator) Kelly-Laubscher, Roisin (Co-investigator) Tucker, Steve (Co-investigator) Angelo, Tom (Co-investigator) Koenig, Jennifer (Co-investigator) Babey, Anna-Marie (Co-investigator)

Launched in 2021, this ambitious project aims to transform pharmacology education by helping students and educators to focus on the knowledge that matters.

We have already achieved our first aim – to produce a consensus list of core concepts of pharmacology education. We are now working together to develop approaches to teaching and assessing these concepts within transformative concept-based curricula.

IUPHAR education section endorsed and adopted the Core Concepts of Pharmacology Education project in 2022.

01-Nov-2021

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