PhD – Science of Drug and Bioactive Substances – Department of Pharmacy

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The PhD Program in Science of Drug and Bioactive Substances (SDBS) is based within the Department of Pharmacy of the University of Pisa. The Department deals with drug research throughout its path, from design to synthesis, development, formulation and evaluation of pharmacological and molecular drug activity.

Science of Drug and Bioactive Substances PhD programme

This PhD programme is organized to prepare students to meet the challenges and the current needs of scientists engaged in the pharmaceutical sciences and drug development process.

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Luca Varricchio presents at the 37th AICC International Meeting – TRICK OR TREAT?

PhD student Luca Varricchio presented an oral communication entitled “A High-Sensitivity Radiolabeled Glucose Assay for Screening G6PD-Targeting Small Molecules in Cancer Metabolic Pathways” at the 37th AICC International Meeting – TRICK OR TREAT? Decoding therapy response and resistance in cancer and chronic diseases, held in Florence (Italy) from October 27…

Lorenzo Chiaverini presents at EICC7

PhD student Lorenzo Chiaverini delivered an oral presentation entitled “A combined SEC-based metallomics and TEM reveal the role of vicinal dithiols in reducing protein corona formation on gold nanoparticles” at the 7th EuChemS Inorganic Chemistry Conference, held in Belgrade (Serbia) from September 7 to 11, 2025.

PhD - Science of Drug and Bioactive Substances

Welcome to our PhD school!

Science of Drug and Bioactive Substances PhD programme

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Luca Varricchio presents at the 37th AICC International Meeting – TRICK OR TREAT?

Lorenzo Chiaverini presents at EICC7