Categories: Research

UCSF Quantitative Biosciences Institute and Institut Pasteur form center to fight infectious disease

Fri Oct 28, 2022
Krogan and Cole
© Institut Pasteur / François Gardy

QBI Director Nevan Krogan, PhD, and Professor Stewart Cole, PhD, president of the Institut Pasteur, sign the memorandum of understanding for the new Institut Pasteur-UCSF QBI Center of Excellence in Emerging Infectious Diseases at a ceremony in the historic Musée Pasteur in Paris, France.

QBI Director Krogan receives the Legion of Honor, France’s highest award

Virtual drug screening leads to new compounds to treat pain and depression

Thu Oct 13, 2022
Shoichet
Elisabeth Fall

Brian Shoichet, PhD

Shoichet’s “docking” approach continues to produce better drugs with fewer side effects.

Unlocking the secrets of Graves’ disease

Thu Oct 6, 2022
Manglik and Cheng

Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD, left, and Yifan Cheng, PhD.

Manglik, Cheng, and colleagues break decades-long impasse in understanding a common autoimmune disorder.

A drug based on LSD appears to treat depression in mice without the psychedelic trip

Thu Sep 29, 2022

Promising new drug flags evasive cancer cells for destruction

Thu Sep 22, 2022
Charles Craik
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Charles Craik, PhD

UCSF researchers use combination therapy to expose cancerous protein targets to the immune system 

Shipman lab develops a biological recorder of gene expression

Thu Aug 11, 2022
Shipman
Elisabeth Fall

Seth Shipman, PhD

Retro-Cascorder gives scientists a window into cell behavior and identity.

Behind enemy lines

Tue Aug 9, 2022
Tsai wearing a laboratory coat and standing next to laboratory equipment

Kaitlyn Tsai, PhD, pictured, broke new ground in the fight against antibiotic resistance as a graduate student in the lab of Danica Fujimori, PhD.

School scientists make headway against antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Pirating proteins for biomedicine

Fri Aug 5, 2022
James Wells
Elisabeth Fall

James Wells, PhD

Wells reflects on his trailblazing career in protein engineering

Generic drugs: Are they on par with pricier brands?

Thu Jul 7, 2022

Present your research at the 15th Annual UCSF Health Disparities Research Symposium

Wed Jun 22, 2022
A crowd of people conversing in front of conference posters
Trainees and faculty members are invited to submit abstracts by Friday, July 8.

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