Spring 2027

Molecular and Cellular Principles in Pharmacology

In-depth introduction to molecular and cellular pharmacology focusing on drug mechanisms, signaling pathways, second messengers, kinase cascades, and gene transcription regulation.

offering recorded4 credits
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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.75 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Recognize the fundamental principles of drug actions at their target sites (e.g. receptors, enzymes, etc.)

  • Recognize the various mechanisms by which drugs can mediate their pharmacological effect.

  • Describe how drugs mimic or modify physiological function, including the various actions and clinical uses.

  • Describe the major classes of therapeutic drugs that affect the primary systems within the body.

  • Choose a relevant experimental system to test experimental hypotheses (e.g. in vitro or in vivo; animal species, etc.)

  • Design experiments which are properly controlled and which use appropriate statistical methods of data analysis.

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Declared in Pharmacology and Toxicology BS,BIOCHEM 508,PATH 404, and (ANAT&PHY 335, 435, or BIOCORE 486)

PHMSCI 581

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.75 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Mechanisms of drug and small molecule action in cells
  • Downstream signaling pathways, second messenger systems, and protein kinase cascades
  • Regulation of gene transcription
  • Major classes of therapeutic drugs affecting primary body systems
  • Experimental systems for testing pharmacological hypotheses

Skills

  • Recognizing drug action principles and mechanisms at molecular targets
  • Describing drug effects on physiological functions and therapeutic classes
  • Choosing experimental systems and designing controlled experiments with statistical analysis

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PHMSCI 581 · Spring 2027

Molecular and Cellular Principles in Pharmacology

Recorded 2026-10-14
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