CPH-5110

Learning Objectives

This credit will provide a clear understanding of pharmacological processes occurring at a cellular and molecular level. It will cover the principles of how drugs interact with cellular processes at a receptor level and elicit cellular responses.

Content

Advances in cellular and molecular pharmacology 
  Classification of drug receptors
  Receptor structures and conformations
  Signal transduction pathways
  Control of receptor expression
  Modulators of receptor function
 

Advances in experimental molecular pharmacology 
  Experimental approaches to studying receptor function
 

Genetics in pharmacotherapy 
  DNA polymorphisms and pharmacological responses
  Gene-based therapy

Assessment

Assignment (100%)

Lecturers

Mr. Anthony Fenech
Prof. Ian Hall