Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry

MPBC is a part of the Feinberg School of Medicine located in Chicago, Illinois. Interests here range from molecules to whole organisms with abalanced emphasis on chemistry, structure, and biology. The department's long-term research mission is to use the knowledge gained from basicscience investigations to discover and improve therapeutic strategies. Areas of expertise within the faculty include: signal transduction, drug design,cellular and molecular neuroscience, macromolecular structure, molecular toxicology, development genetics, and aging-related disorders.