Yuri Peterson, Ph.D.

My research focus is to employ in vitro, cell-based, and in silico approaches to quantitate protein and small molecule functionality as a bridge between chemical biology and pathobiology. My training and background is in cell and molecular pharmacology, cancer biology and informatics, chemical biology, and biotechnology. My expertise in bioassays, microscopy, high-throughput screening, protein-ligand and protein-protein interactions and cheminformatics have contributed in a number of biologic signaling systems. I have been a PI or Co-I on multiple projects, helped lead the Drug Discovery Core at MUSC for over ten years, and the Bioenergetics Profiling core for three years, authored over 17 drug patents, and greatly appreciate the commitment needed to support experimental biology and translational team based research.

2024-Present: Professor, Dept. of Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, MUSC 2021-2024: Associate Professor, Dept. of Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, MUSC 2020-Present: Director, MUSC Bioenergetics Profiling Core 2014-2020: Research Associate Professor, Dept. of Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, MUSC 2009-2014: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, MUSC 2008-Present: Associate Director, MUSC Drug Discovery Core 2008-2009: Research Assistant Professor, Drug Discovery Shared Resource, Dept. of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, MUSC 2004-2008: Research Associate, Dept. of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center 1996-1998: Research Assistant, Dept. of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mass Spectrometry Facility, MUSC