Molecular Pharmacology

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Biomedical research in the Molecular Pharmacology program is focused on molecular and cellular mechanisms of intracellular signaling using a combination of biochemical, molecular biological, biophysical, ultrastructural, and imaging approaches. Basic information on cellular communication in health and disease provides the basis for the development and testing of novel therapeutic agents. Applications of this common theme are directed toward research in molecular biology of cancer, neuropharmacology, drug discovery, and cell and organ system pharmacology. Formal interactions with the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, the Center for Neuroscience, the University of Pittsburgh Drug Discovery Institute, the University of Pittsburgh Structural Biology Imaging Center, and the Division of Clinical Pharmacology provide a broad multidisciplinary approach to training in modern molecular pharmacology.

Research
Research interests are mainly focused on signal transduction, the pharmacology of cancer, the pharmacology of the nervous system, drug discovery, and the pharmacology of cell and organ systems.

Cancer pharmacology
Pharmacology of Cell and Organ Systems
Drug Discovery
Neuropharmacology
Signal Transduction

Faculty
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Elias Aizenman [+]

Daniel L. Altschuler [+]

Susan Amara [+]

Christopher J. Bakkenist [+]

Lori A Birder [+]

Alessandro Bisello [+]

Robert A. Branch [+]

Thomas P. Conrads [+]

Dennis P. Curran [+]

Billy W. Day [+]

Donald B. DeFranco [+]

William C. deGroat [+]

Julie Eiseman [+]

John D. Fernstrom [+]

Bruce A. Freeman [+]

Peter A. Friedman [+]

Ferruccio Galbiati [+]

Jennifer Grandis [+]

Angela M Gronenborn [+]

Gregg E. Homanics [+]

John P. Horn [+]

Jeffrey Isenberg [+]

Edwin K. Jackson [+]

Yu Jiang [+]

Daniel E. Johnson [+]

Valerian E. Kagan [+]

Anthony John Kanai [+]

Lawrence Kane [+]

Judith Klein-Seetharaman [+]

Joan M. Lakoski [+]

John S. Lazo [+]

Edwin S. Levitan [+]

Michael T. Lotze [+]

Patrick Pagano [+]

Michael J. Palladino [+]

Ruth G. Perez [+]

Bruce R. Pitt [+]

Guillermo G. Romero [+]

James R. Roppolo [+]

Jill M. Siegfried [+]

Shivendra V. Singh [+]

Thomas E Smithgall [+]

Robert W. Sobol [+]

Richard A. Steinman [+]

Pei Tang [+]

Gonzalo E. Torres [+]

Ben Van Houten [+]

Qiming Jane Wang [+]

Zhou Wang [+]

Ronald Wetzel [+]

Peter Wipf [+]

Wen Xie [+]

Yan Xu [+]

Jack C. Yalowich [+]

Lin Zhang [+]

Michael J. Zigmond [+]