The Cancer Chemical Biology Major consists of focused training in Cancer Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology. Students will also receive interdisciplinary training in the broader field of chemistry & biology through coursework and immersion in the Moffitt Cancer Center’s research endeavors. Cancer drug design and discovery will be the key component of the curriculum. The research focuses are (1) design and synthesis of chemical probes to modulate oncogenic targets and pathways, and development of selective chemical probes into novel anticancer drug candidates; and (2) to identify, validate, and characterize targets with therapeutic relevance in refractory and metastatic malignancies