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NC-IUPHAR: Introduction
Last Updated 16 December 2010
"NC-IUPHAR" is the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology Committee on Receptor Nomenclature and Drug Classification. The mission for NC-IUPHAR was initiated in 1987 at the Xth International Congress of Pharmacology. In 1989, the Executive Committee of IUPHAR named Paul Vanhoutte (Hong Kong) as chairman of a revised and enlarged committee. This committee energetically expanded its activities and the number of subcommittees (to 33), eventually producing the first official compendium on the occasion of the XIIIth International Congress of Pharmacology at Munich in 1998. Robert Ruffolo (USA) was Chairman of NC-IUPHAR from 1998-2002. Michael Spedding (France) became Chairman in 2002 and was elected again in 2006 and 2010. For more information, please download the "NC-IUPHAR Role, Procedures and Goals" in PDF.
NC-IUPHAR has the mission of:
- Issuing guidelines for receptor and ion channel classification, and
addressing the main issues in pharmacology today,
- Classifying the major receptor and ion channel systems,
- Facilitating the interface between the discovery of new sequences from the
Human Genome Project and the designation of the derived proteins as
functional receptors and ion channels – also designating the receptor
polymorphisms which are functionally important,
- Setting up a website [ http://www.iuphar-db.org ] with access to data on all known receptor systems,
freely available to all scientists, anywhere in the world.
The publications of NC-IUPHAR are published in Pharmacological Reviews.
Chair
Michael Spedding, France
Vice Chairs
| Anthony Harmar, UK - Database Chairman |
| Eliot Ohlstein, USA - Editor |
| Anthony Davenport, UK - Chairman of Evolving Pharmacology |
Members
Tom Bonner, USA
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William Catterall, USA
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Philippe Delagrange, France
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Sir Colin T. Dollery, UK
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Steven M. Foord, UK
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Pierre Germain, USA
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Vincent Laudet, France
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Graeme Milligan, UK
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Rick Neubig, USA
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John Peters, UK
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Jean-Philippe Pin, France
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| David Searls, USA |
Corresponding Members
| Stephen Alexander, UK |
| Michel Bouvier, Canada |
| Ed Bullmore, UK (Clinical) |
| Stephen Charlton, UK |
| Moses Chao, USA |
| Arthur Christopoulos, Australia |
| Steven L. Colletti, USA |
| Graham Collingridge, UK |
| Robert Dow, UK (Clinical) |
| Franz Hofmann, Germany |
| Ad P. IJzerman, The Netherlands |
| Michael F. Jarvis, USA |
| Terry Kenakin, USA |
| Chris Langmead, UK |
| Alistair Mathie, UK |
| Ian McGrath, UK |
| Stefan Offermanns, Germany |
Richard Olsen, USA |
| Graeme Semple, USA |
| Michael A. Trevethick, UK |
| David Webb, UK (Clinical) |
| Alan Wise, UK |
Ex Officio
Patrick du Souich, Canada (Clinical) - IUPHAR President |
Sam Enna, USA - IUPHAR Secretary-General
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Urs Ruegg, Switzerland - IUPHAR Treasurer
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Joanna Sharman, UK - Database Developer
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Chido Mpamhanga, UK - Database Curator
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| Matt Wright, UK - representing HGNC |
Past Chairmen
Paul Vanhoutte, China
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| Robert Ruffolo, USA |
Membership as of January 2011
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