Drug Design and Delivery Research

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Drug Design and Delivery Research

Several of our faculty are involved in areas of drug design and delivery.

  • In the area of drug development, faculty use kinetic and cell based assays (Nakayama) or molecular recognition principles for drug development (Schramm).
  • Others, inspired by naturally occurring biological molecules, biopolymers and protein-lipid assemblies, are engaged in designing novel transport and drug delivery vehicles (Shon, Slowinska), including the investigation of biomimetic transition metal nitrosyl complexes that have the potential to act as an NO-donor drug and/or to be delivered to a biological target (Li).
  • In a complementary in silico approach, Molecular Dynamics simulations and docking calculations are employed to examine the structure, stability, and dynamics of biological molecules (Nakayama, Sorin), which confers a powerful predictive power to the drug development program.

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Prof. Lijuan Li

Dr. Lijuan Li

Professor (1998)
Department Chair

Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Nanomaterials
Lijuan.Li@csulb.edu

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Michael Schramm

Dr. Michael Schramm

Professor (2007)
Supramolecular Chemistry and Molecular Recognition
Michael.Schramm@csulb.edu


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Jason Schwans

Dr. Jason Schwans

Associate Professor (2012)
Enzymology
Jason.Schwans@csulb.edu


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Kasha Slowinska

Dr. Kasha Slowinska

Professor (2004)
Vice Chair

Analytical, Bioanalytical, and Bioengineering
Katarzyna.Slowinska@csulb.edu


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Eric Sorin

Dr. Eric Sorin

Associate Professor (2007)
Computational Biochemistry and Biophysics
Eric.Sorin@csulb.edu