Pharmacolgy Tamvakopoulos Lab

The Tamvakopoulos lab focuses on all aspects of Pharmacology & Pharmacotechnology to explore innovative therapeutic approaches with a particular focus on cancer. As a lab, we are interested in investigating the pharmacological mechanism of action of novel -mainly anticancer- agents and examine the effects and interactions of drugs on living organisms at the cellular, molecular, and biochemical level. Our research is directed towards the development and/or optimization of targeted therapies based on cytotoxic and/or antiangiogenic small molecules, peptides, or peptide conjugates or protein degraders for the treatment of solid tumors, that could become potentially promising commercial drug products in the future. In addition, the lab maintains a pertinent interest in the discovery of novel biomarkers for cancer aiming to monitor the efficacy of the therapy applied on in vivo models as well as to facilitate the design of novel targeted anticancer molecules.