Research

Protein Engineering May Be the Future of Science

Thu Apr 5, 2018

A pop-up repair shop for damaged neurons

Wed Apr 4, 2018

Alma Burlingame, PhD, is a faculty member in the UCSF School of Pharmacy and director of the UCSF Mass Spectrometry Facility.

Collaborative research holds promise for harnessing the nervous system’s own repair programs.

Presenting 2018 Grad Slam Winner Yiqi Cao

Tue Mar 27, 2018

Yiqi Cao, Bioengineering, Don't Go Breaking My Heart…Again. Grad Slam, UC San Francisco, 2018 Winner.

Yiqi Cao, 1st Place Winner

Ten finalists battled for the Grad Slam Championship on 3/22/18. The competition was stiff, the crowd was raucous; but in the end, two BioEs swept the awards.

UCSF School of Pharmacy leads in NIH funding for 38th year

Mon Mar 12, 2018

Susan Merrell

Lei Wang (left), PhD, works with postdoctoral researcher Nanxi Wang, PhD.

A culture of discovery and collaboration among faculty carries potential to “completely shake up their fields of study.”

Taking a bite out of the proteome with PhaNGS

Wed Mar 7, 2018

If DNA is the blueprint for every cell in the body, then proteins are the cell’s construction workers, forklifts, and building materials.

Asthma drug response in racially diverse children

Wed Mar 7, 2018

Sam S. Oh

Senior Author Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH

“Whole genome sequencing of pharmacogenetic drug response in racially diverse children with asthma” has been published by the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (ARJCCM).