Categories: Research

Decoding COVID-19: QBI Researchers Pave the Way for New Drug Discoveries to Combat Virus

Tue Mar 11, 2025
Krogan (left) in his lab with Xu (right)
Susan Merrell

Nevan Krogan, PhD, left, director of the Quantitative Biosciences Institute and founder of the UCSF Coronavirus Research Group, and Jiewei Xu, specialist in the department of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, worked around the clock mapping human proteins with the goal of finding a drugs to prevent COVID from replicating.

The QBI Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG) fast-tracked antiviral drug discovery by partnering with scientists around the globe and around the clock, deepening understanding of how viruses attack cells and shaping the future of pandemic preparedness.

Frontline Pharmacy: Rising to the Moment

Tue Mar 11, 2025
UCSF staff getting vaccinated by Hom
Susan Merrell

Tomas Diaz, a clinical fellow in the UCSF Department of Emergency Medicine, gets a COVID-19 shot from Matthew Aludino, a fourth-year student in the School of Pharmacy.

As COVID-19 cases began rising in San Francisco, UCSF Health mobilized to vaccinate thousands of frontline workers; secured and rapidly deployed new therapeutics; and worked with public health and pharmacy leaders nationwide to share protocols and best practices as new therapies emerged, while...

Lessons Learned: Five Years of COVID-19 Research and Response at UCSF

Tue Mar 11, 2025
SARS-CoV-2
National Institutes of Health
UCSF School of Pharmacy experts share their perspectives on the lessons learned from the pandemic and the evolving role of pharmacy in strengthening public health, advancing scientific discovery and preparing for future global challenges.

How AI Drug Manufacturing Is Changing the Game

Thu Mar 6, 2025

UCSF School of Pharmacy Leads in NIH Funding for 45th Consecutive Year

Wed Feb 26, 2025
Krogan and lab member
Noah Berger

Nevan Krogan, PhD, speaks with a research associate in his lab.

The UCSF School of Pharmacy continues to lead the country in competitive federal research funding among pharmacy schools, capturing $45.8 million in 2024 to fuel life-changing drug discoveries, bioengineering, pharmacokinetics and more.

Aweeka: “Be More of a Global Pharmacist”

Thu Feb 20, 2025
Aweeka

Fran Aweeka, PharmD

Energized from a yearlong term as global chair at England’s University of Bath, Fran Aweeka, PharmD, is embracing the challenge of finding new ways to foster international collaboration in pharmaceutical sciences.

UCSF Scientists Discover How Hungry Fat Cells Could Someday Starve Cancer to Death

Tue Feb 4, 2025
Ahituv

Nadav Ahituv, PhD

Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences professor Nadav Ahituv is part of a team of researchers using the gene editing technology CRISPR to deprive tumors of nutrition.

Craik and UCSF Team Take Significant Step Toward Patient-Specific Radiation Therapies

Fri Jan 31, 2025
Craik
Cindy Chew

Charles S. Craik, PhD

A new therapy combines a drug to mark cancer cells for destruction and a radioactive antibody to kill them, while calculating an extremely safe dose of radiation that uses only the amount of radiation needed to beat the cancer.

UCSF-Stanford CERSI Hosts Summit to Advance Regulatory Science and Health Care Innovation

Tue Jan 21, 2025
five panel speakers seated on stage.
Holly Ly

Current and former FDA commissioners engage in the FDA Chiefs Chat at the CERSI Summit.

Leaders from the academic, industry and regulatory sectors engaged in thoughtful dialogue and addressed critical issues in regulatory science, health care and the development of medical products at the sixth annual UCSF-Stanford Centers of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI)...

Year in Review: Top 5 Milestones of 2024

Mon Dec 30, 2024
five images show people in different settings: lab, hallway, etc.
Here are some of the standout moments from 2024 that drove our commitment to leadership in research, education, patient care, and innovation, all aimed at expanding knowledge and enhancing health worldwide.

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