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Department of Medicinal Chemistry

  • Welcome to the Department of Medicinal Chemistry

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  • Explore our Ph.D. Graduate Program

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  • Gunda Georg May Have Co-created A Viable Male Birth Control Pill

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  • Gamechanger: Philip Portoghese

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  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

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  • A Leader in Drug Development

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  • Carrie Haskell-Luevano Named To Philip S. Portoghese Endowed Chair In Chemical Neuroscience

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  • The Department of Medicinal Chemistry consists of a diverse group of faculty members, Ph.D. graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and research scientists working at the interface of chemistry and biology. Areas of research focus in the Department include antiviral drug design, cancer drug discovery and chemoprevention, chemical biology, carcinogenesis, peptidomimetics, receptor modeling, drug metabolism, gene therapy, combinatorial biosynthesis, natural product chemistry and NMR and X-ray crystallography. Read more
  • Our Ph.D. graduate students receive a diverse educational experience in chemistry and biology that prepares them for the evolving multidisciplinary research in the pharmaceutical industry and the academic biomedical arena. Read more
  • Georg and colleagues from the University and the University of Kansas recently announced a potential male birth control pill, which the Food and Drug Administration will begin reviewing this summer. Photo by Amanda Synde Read more
  • Dr. Portoghese has made critical contributions to the understanding of pain management, addiction, and tolerance to morphine-like pain relievers.

    The international impact his findings continue to have is gamechanging in every sense of the word, but his dedication to science is what sets him apart from the pack. Read more
  • The Journal of Medicinal Chemistry publishes studies that contribute to an understanding of the relationship between molecular structure and biological activity or mode of action. See journal
  • The new book, From Digitalis to Ziagen, covers the history of the University of Minnesota’s Department of Medicinal Chemistry.

    Authored by Professor Yusuf Abul-Hajj and Richard Broderick, the book covers everything from the establishment of the College of Pharmacy and the department, to profiles of notable faculty members and the leadership role the department and its faculty played in drug development. Read more
  • The Philip S. Portoghese Endowed Chair was established to direct research that addresses neuroscience from a medicinal chemistry/chemical biology perspective.

    “We are very proud to have Dr. Haskell-Luevano join our faculty as the first Philip S. Portoghese Endowed Chair,” said Marilyn Speedie, dean. “She is a renowned scientist who will be a wonderful addition to our neurosciences research area.” Read more

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Preventing Cancer
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Research focused on chronic disease management through early detection, prevention and treatment—using cancer as the model to demonstrate the principles and feasibility of this combination approach.

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Department of Medicinal Chemistry
University of Minnesota
College of Pharmacy
8-101 Weaver Densford Hall
308 Harvard Street S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612-624-9919
medchem@umn.edu


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