Journal of Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology

Vadivel Ganapathy

Biography

He is currently working in Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and The James and Jean Culver Vision Discovery Institute , Georgia Regents University, Augusta, USA. His High School: Govt. Boys' High School, Pallikonda, Tamil Nadu, India Undergraduate: Madras University, India, B.Sc., Chemistry, June 1968 - April 1971 and graduated from Madras University, India, M.Sc., Biochemistry, June 1971 - April 1974; Madras University, India, Ph.D., Biochemistry, June 1974 - Dec. 1978and Ph.D from Hyderabad University, India, Dec. 1978 - Dec. 1979; University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., Dec. 1979 - Dec. 1981; Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Ga., Jan. 1981 - July 1982. Dr. Vadivel Ganapathy’s early research at the Medical College of Georgia focused on peptide transporters. It was a continuation of the graduate work he performed at the University of Madras, India. At MCG, his laboratory was involved in the cloning of two different peptide transporters, PEPT1 and PEPT2.

Research Interest

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nutrient transport in intestine, kidney and placenta; genetic disorders of membrane transport; molecular biology of membrane transporters