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Molecular Pharmacology offers unique training in signal transduction and the molecular basis of drug

hairs Research in the Department is broad, and includes programs focused on cell and gene regulation, hormone
nd and biogenesis, caveolae, protein and phosphoinositide kinases and phosphatases, glycoproteins and lectin
ffice resistance and the development of activators, inhibitors and drugs. The Department has specialized re
acult facilities including: 1) A Chemical – Biology Laboratory that performs high throughput screens for novel dru
specific inhibitors (activators) of signal transduction pathways and 2) A Biodefense Proteomics Research
irecto whose goal is to identify and validate chemotherapeutic targets in protozoal parasites. All students have acc
y institutional research cores such as, state-of-the-art mass spectrometry, image analysis, and transgenic and
esear out mouse technologies. Target diseases studied in Molecular Pharmacology include: cancer, cardiac and
h pathogenesis, diabetes and muscular dystrophy. Research programs in the department train Ph.D. stude
reas independent research careers as well as other options. Students will present their research at national me
emin conferences and symposia.
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radu The department has 17 faculty members and a cadre of 70 graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, Instructo
te Associates, who participate in departmental activities. Numerous scientific collaborations are in process wit
rogra Department. This provides students with interactions with multiple faculty members, thus creating a d
m dynamic scientific environment. The Department sponsors a seminar series for visiting scientists that e
ews students to engage in dialogs with distinguished extramural investigators. Journal clubs, work-in-progress re
meetings, a weekly Department-wide seminar and a Friday afternoon "happy hour" promote scientific and
vents interactions among the students, fellows and faculty.

Graduates of the Department of Molecular Pharmacology are typically placed in postdoctoral positi
outstanding laboratories and have been the recipients of prestigious fellowships. Many of our Ph.D. graduate
permanent positions in universities, biotechnology/pharmaceutical companies, and government laboratories
National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration. The Department is proud
accomplishments of its graduates and welcomes new students to join us at a time of great potential and prog
science.

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