Categories: Research

Greener freezers for a greener future

Wed Nov 10, 2021
Laboratory bottles and boxes covered in frost in a freezer
Susan Merrell

Samples and reagents in an ultra-low temperature freezer in the laboratory of Adam Abate, PhD, at the UCSF Mission Bay campus. A recent effort led by UCSF Supply Chain Management’s Dean Shehu and School of Pharmacy Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD, replaced 43 of the campus’s least-efficient freezers.

The UCSF School of Pharmacy and Supply Chain Management work to halve the carbon footprint of ultra-low temperature storage

Giacomini wins 2021 Distinguished Pharmaceutical Scientist Award

Wed Nov 3, 2021
Giacomini
Noah Berger

Kathy Giacomini, PhD

Giacomini earns the highest honor given by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.

Burchard to deliver UCSF Academic Senate’s 20th Annual Faculty Research Lecture in Clinical Science

Tue Oct 26, 2021
Burchard
Elisabeth Fall

Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH

Lecture on groundbreaking research in asthma genetics and treatment disparities will broadcast on Zoom on November 2 at 3:30pm

How cells multitask: the magic of molecular switches

Thu Oct 21, 2021
Kortemme
Elisabeth Fall

Tanja Kortemme, PhD

Research unearths new details about the protein networks that keep cells healthy

Bay Area research team wins prize for working prototype of artificial kidney

Thu Sep 30, 2021

The Laboratory for Genomics Research offers Innovation Awards

Tue Sep 14, 2021
CRISPR model being held up in a laboratory
The Laboratory for Genomics Research
The $100,000, one-year awards will support the development of groundbreaking technologies in the field of functional genomics.

The Kidney Project successfully tests a prototype bioartificial kidney

Thu Sep 9, 2021
two blue plates with tubes
The Kidney Project

The Kidney Project’s bioartificial kidney, which was successfully implanted in a preclinical model.

The Kidney Project earned a $650,000 award for a successful demonstration of its artificial kidney

Data-driven drug dosing speeds tuberculosis treatment to four months

Mon Aug 30, 2021
bacterial cells
NIAID/NIH

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the cause of tuberculosis

A large trial of a new drug regimen for tuberculosis, designed in part by School researchers, leads to a new WHO recommendation for treating the disease.

No sign of Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines in breast milk

Wed Jul 28, 2021

As Delta variant turns into dominant strain in California, scientists detect 'Delta plus'

Tue Jul 13, 2021

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