Discipline Areas of Research Strengths

Molecular Toxicology

Toxicology is the science of how chemicals and foreign substances cause unwanted, harmful effects in humans and animals. It is a diverse discipline, spanning the study of toxic substances made in nature (e.g. plant toxins), pharmaceutical agents (e.g. drug side effects), industrial chemicals, pollutants, and even substances made internally within the body (e.g. free radicals).

Molecular Toxicology concerns itself with studying the fundamental mechanisms whereby chemicals cause disease. It focuses on the interactions of chemicals (or their metabolites) with genes, proteins and cells.

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OXIDATIVE STRESS AND LIPID PEROXIDATION

CYANOBACTERIAL TOXICOLOGY

PHASE II DRUG METABOLISM AND TOXICITY