Our research centers and facilities at the UofSC College of Pharmacy provide access to the technology and collaborative knowledge necessary for significant pharmacy advancements and scientific breakthroughs.
Research Centers
The COBRE Center for Targeted Therapeutics aims to develop new and more effective classes of drugs against various diseases. The CTT supports three core facilities and research projects led by junior faculty members.
The SmartState Center for Translational Cancer Therapeutics at the UofSC College of Pharmacy seeks to discover new drug targets and develop novel drugs and approaches for cancer treatment.
The SmartState Center for Medication Safety at the UofSC College of Pharmacy studies ways to make drug information more consumer-friendly and creating new training tools for health care providers.
The Diagnostic Genomics Laboratory at the UofSC College of Pharmacy currently conducts saliva-based testing for COVID-19 and operates as a clinical outlet for discoveries in pharmacogenomics.
The Drug Design and Synthesis Core at the UofSC College of Pharmacy advises and assists researchers with rational drug design, high-throughput screening and chemical synthesis.
The Functional Genomics Core Facility at the UofSC College of Pharmacy offers state-of-the-art resources and solutions for conducting genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics and functional genomics projects.
The Microarray Core at the UofSC College of Pharmacy is a state-of-the-art facility allowing researchers to determine specific alterations in gene expression in various disease states, following exposure to drugs or chemicals.
The Microscopy and Flow Cytometry Cores at the UofSC College of Pharmacy provide access to state-of-the-art biological imaging technologies, as well as training and services in microscopy, flow cytometry and quantitative PCR.