Name

Faculty

Head

Research groups

• Analytical Biochemistry (prof.dr. R.P.H. Bischoff)
• Biomonitoring and Sensoring (prof.dr.ir. B.H.C. Westerink)
• Pharmaceutical Analysis (prof.dr. E.M.J. Verpoorte)
• Pharmaceutical Biology (prof.dr. W.J. Quax)
• Pharmaceutical Gene Modulation (prof.dr. H.J. Haisma) 
• Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy (prof.dr. H.W. Frijlink)
• Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics (prof.dr. L.T.W. de Jong-van den Berg)
• Pharmacokinetics, Toxicology and Targeting (prof.dr. G.M.M. Groothuis)
• Pharmacotherapy and Pharmaceutical Care (prof.dr. J.R.B.J. Brouwers)
• Medicinal Chemistry (prof.dr. B.H.C. Westerink)
• Molecular Pharmacology (prof.dr. H. Meurs)

Research fields / themes

• Molecular aspects of drug design and drug action;
• Unraveling of drug signal transduction routes, in relation to pathophysiology;
• Development of relevant in vitro disease models;
• In vitro technologies for the evaluation of human drug metabolism and toxicity;
• Drug discovery on the basis of medicinal chemistry (synthesis of drugs) and natural products;
• Biotechnological production of drugs, including protein engineering and gene engineering;
• Protein analysis and medical proteomics;
• Pharmaceutical, biomacromolecular and toxicological analysis;
• Bioanalytical and biosensoring techniques, including biomonitoring and microdialysis;
• Advanced technologies for programmed drug delivery and drug absorption;
• Cell selective (pro)drug and gene targeting research;
• Pharmaceutical manipulation of gene expression;
• Pharmaceutical technology for the development of innovative drug dosage forms and their production process;
• Pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacoeconomics and drug use studies;
• Social pharmacy and patient information;
• Pharmacotherapy and pharmaceutical patient care.

Keywords: metallodrugs,  protein interaction