Categories: Research

Rapid genome sequencing could revolutionize health care for acutely ill babies

Mon Jun 11, 2018

Tumor analysis, prediction of transplant complications, and management of blood potassium levels take top honors at annual seminar

Fri Jun 8, 2018
Joyce Rifkind and Gary Rifkind

Joyce Rifkind (left) and Gary Rifkind, PharmD ’60

The Gary Rifkind Awards recognize and celebrate clinical pharmacy research.

Data for a difference

Tue May 22, 2018
Savic
Elisabeth Fall

Rada Savic, PhD

Low-cost drug treatments can cure TB and malaria. Why, then, do these diseases claim so many lives?

Research outlines challenges for adoption of new genetic tests

Fri May 11, 2018
Phillips
Elisabeth Fall

Kathryn Phillips, PhD

Every day, on average, ten new genetic tests become commercially available to help doctors and patients make more informed decisions about health care.

Medicine’s Wild West: 10 new genetic tests enter the market each day

Tue May 8, 2018

Cao takes second prize in the UC Grad Slam final

Mon May 7, 2018
Large group helps Cao hold an oversized check for $3,000.
UCSF Graduate Division

Yiqi Cao, third from left, earns second place in the UC Grad Slam Finals.

Yiqi Cao, a bioengineering PhD candidate, detailed a promising solution she developed for a heart stent that doesn’t trigger scar tissue buildup.

Grants & fellowships: spring 2018

Mon May 7, 2018
Pharmaceutical Chemistry department members have received the following grants and fellowships between April and June 2018:

5/4/2018: Bo Huang received funding from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for his project entitled, “Structure mapping of molecular complexes by super-...

20 years chasing the genetic roots of asthma

Tue May 1, 2018
Burchard
Noah Berger

Marquitta White, PhD (left), and Esteban G. Burchard, MD, PhD

The UCSF Asthma Collaboratory celebrates 20 years of research on genetic factors in asthma.

Behind enemy lines

Wed Apr 18, 2018
Bandyopadhyay
UCSF

Sourav Bandyopadhyay, PhD, is senior author of the paper.

New research promises to take the guesswork out of matching individual cancer cases to the most effective choices of chemotherapy.

Grants and Fellowships: Winter 2018

Tue Apr 17, 2018
Pharmaceutical Chemistry department members have received the following grants and fellowships between January and March 2018:

02/20/2018: Adam Renslo was awarded a three-year grant for his project entitled, “Expanding the Chemical Biology of K2P Channels with Selective Cellular and In vivo Probes...

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