For the second year in a row, four academic institutions will offer summer short courses in Integrative and Organ Systems Pharmacology. Michigan State University, the University of California, San Diego, the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will each offer unique training experiences that will include the use of intact organ systems and in vivo models to illustrate the principles of pharmacology. Studies of this kind are critical in bridging the understanding between what goes on at the molecular level, and what goes on in the organism as a whole. Studying physiological changes that result from drug treatment and other causes will be of critical importance in developing safe and effective new disease treatments. With funding provided by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, these programs are open to students at the graduate, postdoctoral and faculty levels from academia, industry and the government. For more details on the individual courses including 2006 dates, go to: http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Training/IOSP.htm
To learn more about the courses in person from instructors and past participants, come to a workshop being held at the 2006 Experimental Biology meeting (Monday, April 3, 12:30 PM, Moscone Convention Center) by the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.