Research

UCSF School of Pharmacy leads in NIH funding for 36th year in a row

Thu Mar 31, 2016

UCSF News

For the 36th consecutive year, the UCSF School of Pharmacy has received more funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) than any other pharmacy school in the United States.

Scientists investigate the weird genetics of bat wings

Mon Mar 28, 2016

Ahituv Lab research finds how bats grow wings, with implications for human limb development

Mon Mar 28, 2016

Mandy K. Mason, University of Cape Town

Natal long-fingered bat embryo (Miniopterus natalensis) stained to highlight bone (red) and cartilage (blue).

Researchers in the laboratory of UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member Nadav Ahituv, PhD, study the roles of gene regulatory elements—DNA segments that tell genes when, where, and to what extent to turn on and off—including in human conditions ranging from limb malformations to epilepsy and autism.

Fragment-based discovery: using smaller molecules to solve larger challenges

Thu Mar 24, 2016

ChemMedChem, 28 JAN 2016

Protease enzymes of the Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV Pr) require two monomer proteins to combine into a dimer in order to activate. Dotted black box is the protein-protein interface targeted for disruption by Craik Lab researchers. (Colored balls represent amino acids—methionines—labeled to help determine if screened fragments inhibit dimerization.)

To discover new drugs and chemical probes, researchers have traditionally screened small molecules—small enough by weight to pass through cell membranes.

Handful of Biologists Went Rogue and Published Directly to Internet

Mon Mar 21, 2016

UC San Francisco establishes Quantitative Biosciences Institute

Wed Mar 16, 2016

Susan Merrell

Nevan Krogan, PhD

UC San Francisco today announced the establishment of the Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI).

Craik receives Protein Society’s Emil Thomas Kaiser Award

Fri Mar 11, 2016

Charles S. Craik, PhD

Charles S. Craik, PhD, faculty member in the School’s Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, has been named the 2016 recipient of the Protein Society’s Emil Thomas Kaiser Award.

Categories: Research

UCSF School of Pharmacy leads in NIH funding for 36th year in a row

Scientists investigate the weird genetics of bat wings

Ahituv Lab research finds how bats grow wings, with implications for human limb development

Fragment-based discovery: using smaller molecules to solve larger challenges

Handful of Biologists Went Rogue and Published Directly to Internet

UC San Francisco establishes Quantitative Biosciences Institute

Craik receives Protein Society’s Emil Thomas Kaiser Award

Artificial kidney could free thousands from dialysis

Michelle Arkin: All Things are One Thing

UCSF Lab Working To Make Smarter Device To Help People With Diabetes

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