Chemical Biology / Medicinal Chemistry Track

We develop and apply chemical tools to understand biological problems and to propose biomedical solution.  Our key research areas include:

• Chemical biology approaches to cancer and other diseases
• Total synthesis of biologically relevant target molecules
• Natural product discovery, biosynthesis and enzymology
• Structure-based drug design
• Computational approaches to drug discovery and analysis
• Formulation and delivery of drugs
• Nanotechnology as applied to medicine
• Development of new catalysts for the synthesis of active small molecules
• Metals in medicine and biology
• Enzymological synthesis and analysis of peptides and carbohydrates

Chemical Biology/Medicinal Chemistry Research Track Courses

1. Fundamentals of Drug Discovery & Design
2. Understanding Therapeutically Relevant Biomolecules

Below is a sample list of past electives taken by BCP first-year students:

CHEM 6740 Bioanalytical Chemistry
PH TX 7500 Macromolecular Therapeutics & Drug Delivery
PATH 6410 Molecular Virology
MBIOL 6480 Cell Biology I
PATH 7310 Host Pathogen Interactions
ONCSC 6500 Clinical & Molecular Cancer Biology

Please note: not all elective courses are taught every year.