Research

The Fortin Drug Discovery Laboratory is researching new treatments for both humans and animals.

Drug discovery projects in human medicine

• Alzheimer's Disease (amyloid-beta and hyperphosphorylated tau)
• Parkinson’s Disease (alpha-synuclein)
• Type 2 Diabetes (islet amyloid polypeptide)

Drug discovery projects in veterinary medicine

• Equine pars intermedia pituitary deficiency and alpha-synuclein misfolding
• Feline diabetes and islet amyloid polypeptide aggregation
• Specific cat breeds and serum amyloid A aggregation

Join Our Team

Find out about opportunities  for undergraduate and graduate researchers and be a part of the exciting research happening in the Fortin Drug Discovery Lab.

Donate

Learn more about how you can donate to support our lab's work .