Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry
Seamlessly blending chemistry, biology and computational science to discover new therapeutic agents and targets
The Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry (CBMC) is engaged in the education and research of the principles of drug discovery with a focus on identifying new therapeutic agents and targets.
Faculty
Our faculty is comprised of the creators of three FDA-approved drugs, NIH study section members, entrepreneurs, editorial board members, and authors of hundreds of scholarly works.
Teaching
CBMC is training the next generation of researchers specializing in drug discovery, and a clear strength is the cadre of young scientists comprising our graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
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Research
CBMC has research strengths in the synthesis and structure-activity characterization of pharmaceutically relevant small molecules and natural products; bioorganic and chemical biology studies of the properties of designed small-molecule ligands and their cognate drug targets, including proteins, nucleic acids, and glycoconjugates; combinatorial biochemistry and proteomics for the identification of novel signaling pathways and drug targets; structural biology and biomolecular dynamics of drug-protein interactions; chemo- and bioinformatics; and molecular modeling.
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Contacts
David Lawrence
Chair
lawrencd@email.unc.edu
(919) 966-5587
Albert Bowers
Vice Chair
abower2@email.unc.edu
(919) 962-4336
Qisheng Zhang
Director of Graduate Studies
qszhang@email.unc.edu
(919) 966-9687
Ain Mason
Graduate Studies Coordinator
amason12@email.unc.edu
(919) 843-8113
Nate Hathaway
Director of Graduate Admissions
natehat@email.unc.edu
(919) 445-9327
Adriana Munoz
Executive Assistant
adrianam@unc.edu
919) 966-2680
For general questions regarding the Phd program, write to pharmacy_admission@unc.edu.