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

**Special Seminar**

Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 12:00 Noon (Room E-415)

Clemens Steegborn, Ph.D.

Junior Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum Medical School, Germany

"Molecular Signaling Mechanisms of Mitochondrial Sirtuins and cAMP/cGMP Forming Cyclases"

The Pharmacology Graduate Program would like to commend all the Pharmacology graduate students who presented their work during the 2008 Vincent du Vigneaud Symposium.  We would especially like to congratulate the following individuals who were awarded prizes for their presentations:

Lisa Placanica - du Vigneaud Award

M. Carrie Garceau - du Vigneaud Award

Judy Mesicek - Award of Excellence

Clare LeFave - Award of Excellence

Kymora Scotland - Award of Excellence

Elissaveta Petrova - Award of Excellence

Christina Crump - First-Year Award

During the 2008 Pharmacology Program Retreat, held at Skytop Lodge, Skytop, PA, Jeremy Paige and Vikram Kanda were awarded Best Poster prizes, while Best Talk prizes were awarded to Chad Shelton (1st place) and Eric Salazar (2nd place).  Great work!

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Pharmacology Program Research Seminar Series
Tuesdays at 4:00pm, unless noted.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 (Room A-250)

Katerina Akassoglou, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology,

University of California, San Diego

"Molecular Determinants of Neurovascular Communication"

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 (Weill Auditorium)

Arthur Hayes, M.D.

Former Commissioner, FDA

Former Dean, New York Medical College

TBA

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