There are currently 25 research groups in our school and areas
of research in Biochemistry include membrane proteins, enzymology, folic acid biochemistry, structural
biology, tRNA
biology, neurochemistry, neurodegeneration, metabolism, systems
biology, cancer
biology, molecular parasitology,
apoptosis and drug discovery.
PromoKine offers a wide range
of well proven products for cell
biology research such as kits and reagents for cell analysis,
apoptosis research, cell transfection, fluorescent labeling, gene cloning & expression, mycoplasma detection and elimination as well as numerous antibodies, ELISAs, cytokines and growth factors.
Stephen Alexander, UK - Cannabinoid receptors, transporters, endocannabinoid turnover, hydrogen sulphide turnover Arthur Christopoulos, Australia (GPCRs Liaison)- G protein - coupled receptors; analytical pharmacology; allosteric modulation; biased agonism; drug discovery; neuropharmacology John Cidlowski, USA (NHRs Liaison)- Glucocorticoid receptor signaling;
apoptosis and the immune system Anthony P. Davenport, UK (Chair Evolving Pharmacology, GPCRs Liaison) Doriano Fabbro, Switzerland - Kinases and their
biology, kinase inhibitors, drug discovery, pharmacology
of drugs (kinase inhibitors) in the indication oncology,
biology of oncology Kozo Kaibuchi, Japan Yoshikatsu Kanai, Japan - Transporters, amino acid signals, epithelial function, cancer
biology Francesca Levi - Schaffer, Israel - eosinophils and mast cells as effector cells in allergic inflammation: characterization
of new receptors / ligands, hypoxia / angiogenesis and eosinophils, asthma, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, immunopharmacological modulation
of allergic diseases by bispecific recombinant antibodies, bacteria interactions with eosinophils and mast cells, the allergic effector unit, mast cell derived tumors: new antibody based treatment, the allergic inflammation and the resolvome, non IgE - mediated mast cell activation in diseases Eliot H. Ohlstein, USA (Editor)- Drug discovery and development, urogenital
biology, cardiovascular / metabolic medicine John A. Peters, UK (LGICs Liaison) Alex Phipps, UK - Oncology, Clinical Pharmacology, Biologics and Immunotherapy Joerg Striessnig, Austria (VGICs Liaison)- Physiology, pharmacology and pathophysiological role
of voltage-gated calcium channels
«Programmed cell death, or
apoptosis, is very important, particularly in the hematopoietic (blood forming) system, where inhibition
of cell death leads to leukemias,» says Whitehead Institute Founding Member Harvey Lodish, who is also a professor
of biology and a professor
of bioengineering at MIT.