• MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY HOME

    Welcome to the Molecular Pharmacology Division of ASPET. The division is actively involved in developing programming and sponsoring symposia and colloquia at the Annual meetings of ASPET at Experimental Biology. We also sponsor other meetings of interest to Molecular Pharmacology Division members. On this website you will find information on activities, Student and Postdoctoral awards, and the people involved in governing the division and more.


    Recent News and Announcements...

  • ASPET Members Achieve! - William A. Catterall

    William CatterallASPET recognizes members who been recognized by the scientific community for the major contributions they have made to the discipline. Click on the above link for a feature on William A. Catterall (University of Washington) of the Division for Molecular Pharmacology.


    2013 Election Results
    Dr. Roger K. Sunahara, Associate Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Michigan Medical School, has been elected Chair-Elect of the Division. Dr. Quin Wang, Associate Professor at the University of Alabama-Birmingham Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, has been elected Secretary/Treasurer-Elect of the Division. Sunahara and Wang 

    2012 Great Lakes GPCR Retreat Poster Award Winners

    The winners of the poster awards, sponsored by The Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry along with Robarts Research Institute.

    EB 2012 Award Winners and Photos

    /uploadedImages/Divisions_and_Chapters/ASPET_Divisions/Molecular_Pharmacology/Photos_from_EB2012/EB2012 032.jpgAward winners, mixers and group photos.

    Pictured right: Molecular Pharmacology Division President Dr. Randy Hall has the crowd on their feet!

     

    2012 Election Results

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    John J. Tesmer, Associate Research Scientist at the Life Sciences Institute of the University of Michigan, has been elected Chair Elect of the Division for Molecular Pharmacology.  Rennolds S. Ostrom, Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the University...

    2012 Great Lakes GPCR Retreat to be held Oct. 17-19

    The 2012 Great Lakes GPCR Retreat will be held October 17-19. Registration information can be found here: http://www.gpcr-retreat.com/.

    Molecular Pharmacology of GPCRs, 2012 to be held Dec. 6-8

    The Molecular Pharmacology of GPCRs 2012 meeting will be held December 6-8 in Melbourne, Australia. Further information on the meeting and registration can be found at: www.gpcrmeeting.com.

     

  • About the Division...

    The ASPET Division for Molecular Pharmacology serves members applying approaches of biochemistry, biophysics, genetics, and molecular biology to study molecular mechanisms of drug action, regardless of the class of drug. Areas of interest include (but are not limited to): drug receptor-effector coupling and its regulation (e.g. receptor- structure and function, G proteins, kinases, phosphatases, and second messenger synthesis and degradation), voltage- and ligand-gated ion channels, antimicrobial and antineoplastic drug action, steroid and growth factor receptors, gene regulation, and identification of molecular targets for drugs.