Research

Proactive, Personalized, Precise: AI and Collaborative Research is Revolutionizing ALS Care

Thu May 1, 2025

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Professors Steven Altschuler, PhD, and Lani Wu, PhD

Serendipitous teamwork between Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Professors and lab partners Steven Altschuler, PhD, and Lani Wu, PhD, and Catherine Lomen-Hoerth, MD, PhD, director of the ALS Center at UCSF, is developing a new approach to classifying and treating the complex neurodegenerative...

Pharmacy PhD Student Wins First Place in UC Grad Slam

Wed Apr 30, 2025

Sophia Miliotis won UC Grad Slam, and took home the Slammy trophy and a cash award.

Sophia Miliotis, a PhD student in the school's Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics (PSPG) program, took home the top prize at the University of California’s systemwide 2025 Grad Slam.

Could this Molecule be ‘Checkmate’ for Coronaviruses like SARS-CoV-2?

Thu Apr 24, 2025

Charles Craik, PhD

Powerful drug candidates perform better than Paxlovid against SARS-CoV-2 and could head off future coronavirus pandemics. The research, from a team at UCSF and Gladstone Institutes that includes School of Pharmacy researchers, has stalled since the grant was cut.

Bridging borders in science: Q&A with Einstein Visiting Fellow Nevan Krogan, PhD

Wed Apr 23, 2025

The Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences professor will lead a new global research initiative with Freie Universität Berlin, establishing a Berlin-based lab to advancing cross-border collaboration and innovation in structural biology, infectious disease and therapeutic discovery.

How to Choose a Disease-Fighting Molecule

Mon Apr 21, 2025

Full Circle Symposium Brings Together Native and Indigenous Scientists

Fri Apr 11, 2025

Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences Assistant Professor Willow Coyote-Maestas, PhD, MS

Led by Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences Assistant Professor Willow Coyote-Maestas, PhD, MS, and presented by the school’s Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), the symposium — which is open to all — aims to build a thriving community for Native and Indigenous scientists in...

The Science of Smell: Q&A with Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD

Tue Apr 8, 2025

Erin Lubin

Manglik at his lab at the UCSF Mission Bay campus.

We asked the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry associate professor how helping to uncover the fundamental principles of our smell perception could improve understanding of how other proteins in the body recognize small molecules, including potential new drugs.

Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics PhD students win top Grad Slam prizes

Mon Apr 7, 2025

Sophia Miliotis’ presentation earned her first place from judges as well as the People’s Choice award.

Sophia Miliotis and Maggie Colton Cove came in first and second place among 10 graduate student finalists in the annual competition who delivered three-minute presentations to explain their research in an engaging, lay-friendly manner. Milotis also won the People’s Choice award.

Koda-Kimble Seed Award Fuels 11 Innovative Projects

Mon Mar 31, 2025

Eleven innovative projects with the potential to further the mission of the UCSF School of Pharmacy in new ways will garner a financial boost from the 2025 Mary Anne Koda-Kimble Seed Award for Innovation.

Kortemme awarded International Feodor Lynen Medal from the German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Thu Mar 20, 2025

Tanja Kortemme, PhD

The school’s vice dean of research received the award at an annual event that fosters scientific exchange among experts in biochemistry and molecular biology, where she delivered a lecture that delved into her work on the creation of novel proteins and their applications in engineering molecular...

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