Dr Wojcikiewicz

Dr. Richard Wojcikiewicz
Department of Pharmacology
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210
Phone: 315-464-7956
Fax: 315-464-8014
Email: wojcikir@upstate.edu
Ph.D | 1981-85 | University of Sheffield, UK |
Post-Doc | 1985-88 | University of Tennessee, Memphis, USA |
1988-93 | University of Leicester, UK | |
Asst. Professor | 1993-99 | State University of New York, Syracuse, USA |
Assoc. Professor | 1999-06 | State University of New York, Syracuse, USA |
Professor | 2006-Present | State University of New York, Syracuse, USA |
My research has always focused upon signal transduction and intracellular signaling. During my Ph.D. I studied intracellular signalling in pituitary cells. During my Post-Docs I investigated receptor-mediated phospholipase C activation and Ca2+ mobilization. That got me into the IP3 receptor field which I've been actively researching for the last fourteen years. We are currently focusing on two areas:
- The degradation of IP3 receptors by the ubiquitin / proteasome pathway.
- The regulation of IP3 receptors by phosphorylation.