John L. Joyal

John L.
Joyal has been Vice President of Discovery Research of Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Inc. since January 2008.
He joined Molecular Insight as Director of Biology in 2005.
He has over 20 years of basic research and drug discovery experience with expertise in cell and molecular biology in the areas of receptor biology, signal transduction pathways, and in vitro assay development.
Prior to joining Phylogix in 2004, Dr. Joyal held various positions at Praecis Pharmaceuticals including Director of Cell Biology, where he initiated or participated in the establishment of numerous research projects focusing on the development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of oncology, inflammation, infectious disease, and neurological disorders.
He did his post-doctoral training at Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women's Hospital examining novel interactions between calmodulin and proteins involved in breast carcinogenesis and growth factor signaling.
Dr. Joyal received a PhD in biology from Tufts University.