Calendar: 1969-1970 Page 456

XCIV Annual Report of the Delegacy First Degrees Sc Pharmacology New Regulations 1st Class Honours 2nd Class Honours Upper Division 2nd Class Honours Lower Division Departmental Notes Professor Brownlee lectured at Barking College of Technology and broadcast on the Overseas Service on 'Twenty years of medical progress' Dr Paterson lectured in the United States and to the British Optical Association Dr Birmingham lectured at Barking College of Technology and at Chelsea College of Science and Technology Professor Brownlee and Miss Goodchild continued investigations into the inhibition of biosynthesis of catecholamines in the brain Behavioural changes induced by nicotine were further investigated by Dr Clark Dr Paterson used the isolated sphincter muscle of the pupil to study sympathetic innervation and receptors Human smooth muscle obtained at operation was used by Dr Birmingham and Miss Ernest in comparative assessment of the actions of drugs in man and other animals Dr Carlyle continued his work on the identification and possible physiological role of pharmacologically active substances in the Sea Anemone Actinia Equina Mr Ramiz and Dr Paterson developed method for the estimation of the release and uptake of catecholamines in smooth muscle Mr Dixon used immunological methods in an attempt to isolate and identify sym- pathetic receptors The receptor identity in the stomach smooth muscle was investigated by Mr Heazell New developments in research involved the use of Beckman scin- tillation spectrometer for catecholamine uptake studies and Pye gas chromatograph for the identification and estimation of the distribution of drugs