The research activities of the Cornell Pharmacology Program faculty cover broad areas of modern pharmacological sciences. Faculty carry out research in cancer pharmacology, neuropharmacology, cardiovascular pharmacology, drug metabolism, toxicology, proteomics, molecular pharmacology, receptors and signal transduction, and drug design. A major mission of the Pharmacology Program faculty is to provide research training to Ph.D. students and to postdoctoral fellows that is thorough, intense and exciting.

A strength of the Pharmacology Program at Cornell is that the research of many of the faculty is focused on therapies for a variety of diseases, and several faculty have clinical responsibilities or close association with clinical faculty at Cornell Medical Center and/or Memorial Sloan-Kettering. This allows students and fellows in the Pharmacology Program to perform research which will result in better or new therapies for diseases such as cancer, epilepsy, and heart disease.

The goal of the Pharmacology Program is to produce scientists who possess knowledge of pharmacology, as well as a foundation of understanding of biochemistry, molecular biology, chemical biology, and cell and organ physiology. Students and postdoctoral fellows also have ample opportunities to improve their scientific communication skills, both by writing research papers and by presenting their research data at laboratory meetings, at the Pharmacology Program Retreat, and at national scientific meetings. Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows have the option of teaching, but this in not a required part of the program. We want our students and fellows to be prepared for productive research careers in academia, government or industry. Lectures about various career paths are presented regularly to assist students and fellows in planning for their futures. Finally, the program provides students and fellows with a group of supportive, helpful and spirited colleagues who enjoy their work and each other.

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News Bulletin

Come learn about the Pharmacology Program at the Weill Cornell Graduate School Open House for Prospective Students on Saturday, October 25, 2008, from 11:30 am to 3:00 pm.  Location: 1300 York Avenue, Weill Auditorium, 2nd Floor, New York, NY.

Dr. Marcus Reidenberg will be speaking on how the foods we eat and the medications we take can and do interact with each other. 1:30 pm on October 14, 2008, at the Scarsdale Woman's Club.  Event is free, but you must register by calling 914-723-3281.

Dr. Marcus Reidenberg has been invited to serve on the next World Health Organization Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines, March 23-27, 2009, at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland!

Congratulations to Tal Nuriel, who received a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institute on Aging! 

Dr. Michael Cohen has been awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the Life Sciences Research Foundation. Congratulations!

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Pharmacology Research Seminar Series

Tuesdays at 4:00pm, unless noted.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 (A-250)

Craig T. Jordan, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine, James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, University of Rochester Medical Center

"Characterization and Targeting of Leukemia Stem Cells"

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