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Tagged: Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences

Research points to individualized treatments for curing TB

Tue Nov 20, 2018
Savic speaking at podium

Rada Savic, PhD, senior author on the study, presented her team's work on tuberculosis treatments at the 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health in The Hague, The Netherlands, in late October 2018.

Tuberculosis is usually treated with a six month regimen of daily antibiotics, but millions of patients do not recover from the disease during treatment. Rada Savic’s team showed that adjusting the duration of this regimen based on disease severity could lead to better outcomes.

School of Pharmacy emeriti Kollman, Kuntz, and Langridge honored with UCSF Medal

Thu Nov 15, 2018
composite of Langridge, Kollman, Kuntz, and a wasabi receptor computer graphic
Drug discovery today begins with computation rather than test tube experimentation. Three School of Pharmacy faculty emeriti, Robert Langridge, Irwin “Tack” Kuntz, and the late Peter Kollman, were awarded the UCSF Medal for creating computational tools for drug discovery that are now used worldwide.

Update from the Dean – November 2018

Fri Nov 9, 2018
Guglielmo, PharmD
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Elisabeth Fall

“The best path forward for patients and for our health system lies with empowering pharmacists to practice at the top of their profession.”

Curriculum transformation, An expanded role, Gaining recognition, Graduate match rate; School of Pharmacy scientists receive UCSF Medal: Founding fathers of drug discovery honored; Beyond drugs, Two artificial pancreas projects, Bringing prosthetics to patients; Beyond drugs, Two artificial pancreas projects, Bringing prosthetics to patients; Advancing the fight against cancer, Combining drug therapies, Mapping cells; In memoriam: Robert D. Gibson A lifetime of pharmacy and advocacy

Checking In with Sourav Bandyopadhyay

Fri Oct 26, 2018
Sourav Bandyopadhyay
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courtesy of S. Bandyopadhyay

Sourav Bandyopadhyay

Prof. Sourav Bandyopadhyay has been assiduous both in the laboratory and at his desk.

QBI pioneers a collaborative and inclusive approach to scientific discovery

Tue Oct 16, 2018
Krogan, PhD, director of QBI
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Chris Goodfellow/Gladstone Institutes

Nevan Krogan, PhD, founded QBI two years ago aiming to build a thriving scientific community at UCSF.

UCSF’s Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), founded two years ago, is making waves with its unique approach to scientific collaboration, catalyzing discoveries from cancer to psychiatry while supporting female scientists and engaging with the public.

Innovations in Regulatory Science Summit by UCSF-Stanford CERSI

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agsandrew
Sat Jan 5, 2019 - 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

The UCSF-Stanford Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI) is pleased to present the inaugural Innovations in Regulatory Science Summit, a gathering of leaders from academia, industry and regulatory agencies to discuss the role of regulatory science in medical product development. This event will comprise primarily of panel discussions and short research talks by CERSI investigators on ongoing collaborative research projects with FDA investigators.

Adam Rao: Shark Tank Champ

Wed Oct 10, 2018
Rao with MTM Team
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Stacy Kim

Adam Rao (second from right) with MTM Team. They are working on Tabla as their capstone project. Other team members are (left to right) Audrey Denman, Liya Abraha, Grant Pemberton, Justin Olshavsky.

Adam Rao, MD/PhD student in Bioengineering, won the $50,000 Grand Prize at the 4th Surgical Innovations Shark Tank competition.

Rao, member of the Roy Lab in the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, won with Tabla, a low-cost portable acoustic device for pneumonia detection.

The Kidney Project and the bioartificial pancreas: When inspiration strikes twice

Wed Sep 26, 2018
Roy holds a silicon filter used in his artificial kidney prototype.
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© majedphoto.com

Shuvo Roy, PhD, is trying to make the same type of silicon filter that powers his artificial kidney work in an artificial pancreas.

Inspiration can be a hard thing to find. The history of science is filled with elusive “eureka moments” taking place under unlikely circumstances—Archimedes’ jump in a bath to intuit displacement, Issac Newton’s observation of a falling apple to grasp gravity, and Nikola Tesla’s inspiration for the electric induction motor, which came as he was observing a sunset in a park and quoting Faust. In the halls of UC San Francisco, sometimes inspiration comes knocking on the door.

Giacomini receives Bill Heller Mentor of the Year Award

Mon Sep 17, 2018
Giacomini
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Noah Berger

Kathleen Giacomini, PhD

Kathy Giacomini, PhD, an expert in pharmacogenomic transporter biology and regulatory science, is the 2018 Bill Heller Mentor of the Year Award recipient from the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) for her mentorship of students.

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