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lxiv Annual Report of the Delegacy Research Unit Institute of Education Dr Kogut was convenor of the audio-visual aids sub-committee of the Board of Studies in Microbiology An important development in the undergraduate teaching activities of the department was the admission for the first time of first year Sc students specialising in Biochemistry New courses were instituted to meet the requirements of these students and those of the School of Biological Sciences Two of the new courses 'Enzymes' and 'Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis' are being given jointly with the Depart- ment of Biophysics Dr Nunn rejoined the department as lecturer after two years at the University of Texas His research interests are concerned with the neurotoxicity of certain amino acids and he is investigating the mode of action of a-amino- J-methylaminopropionic acid special departmental apparatus grant of £6 636 from the Medical Research Council which is gratefully acknowledged enabled the department to acquire several much needed items of equipment including low background counter and Chromoscan scanner DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY Number of Students 255 ni Y3 ifoi1n b0ia 3ώ ο gqb ψ Φ ο ο ψΫ ράι Sc Intercollegiate Postgraduate Departmental Notes Professor Brownlee examined at the University of the West Indies where he gave series of lectures Research interests continued with investigation of the location release and properties of humoral transmitters and of autacoids The development of suitable instruments and methods now allows changes to be observed in other normally occurring substances found to accompany or follow the release of the transmitters Some of these events are evanescent and the design of the experiment is critical These methods which are of general application to smooth or skeletal muscle or brain were applied by Dr Carlyle to an examination of the nature of the transmitter in the oral sphincter of the sea anemone Professor Brownlee and Mr Jacyk investigated the metabolism of the alpha-adrenergic blocking agent thymoxamine and the pharma- cological activity of its metabolites The specificity of salbutamol for β2