NIGMS Integrative and Organ Systems Pharmacology
Short Course
The next Michigan State University Short Course in Integrative and Organ System Pharmacology will be held in the summer of 2009, in East Lansing, Michigan. The course will be an intensive laboratory experience for 12 students with extensive interactions with faculty. Email for exact dates.
Teaching faculty have been selected from Michigan State University, University of Michigan, University of Iowa, Southern Illinois University, Wayne State University and The University of Texas and from the Southwest Foundation for Medical Research, Data Sciences International, Pfizer Inc Global Research & Development, and Instech Solomon.
Eight different laboratory exercises are planned with each student performing all of the preparations and the experimental interventions. The exercises will include laboratory exercises to study pharmacokinetcs, autonomic control of heart rate and blood pressure, renal function assessment, locomotor behavior, stimulated thirst behavioral tests, gastrointestinal motility assessment, neuromuscular junction measurements, in vitro vascular smooth muscle tests, and a computer modeling laboratory. In addition, there will be laboratory demonstrations that will include assessment of cardiac function, exercise training, and implantation and use of telemetric devices. Animal models of disease will be discussed for the cardiovascular, renal, neuromuscular, respiratory, central nervous, and gastrointestinal systems as well as models for oncology, behavioral, toxicological and infectious disease research. Finally, general lectures concerning fundamentals of pharmacology, good laboratory practice (GLP), drug administration and biological sampling, in vivo gene transfer technology, drug development, and safety pharmacology will be given.
Cost:
$500.00 payable immediately upon acceptance into the program. This charge is not refundable after June 6, 2009. Students are responsible for their travel and evening meals.
Housing:
Short course students will be housed in Owen Hall, a graduate student residence in the center of MSU’s campus: there is no cost to students for this accommodation. Students may arrange to stay elsewhere during the course at their own cost: there are several hotels with reasonable rates just off campus.
Application:
Students should submit a letter of application to include information on career history and goals, the objective of the prospective student in taking the course, a completed application form and a letter of recommendation (preferably from a work supervisor or research advisor). The deadline for applications is May 1, 2009.
Contact:
Dr. Peter Cobbett
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology,
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
cobbett@.msu.edu
Phone: (517)353-9619