Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences

Update from the Dean: Confronting racism and health inequities

Fri Jun 19, 2020

Elisabeth Fall

Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD

Our COVID-19 response: A commitment to anti-racist action

Bay Area must enable economic, equitable recovery

Mon Jun 15, 2020

QCRG + Subgroups Town Hall

Thu Jun 4, 2020

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The evolving COVID-19 situation is prompting quick responses from within our local research community and labs. In order to keep UCSF researchers informed of changes to the research activities as well as current research related to COVID-19, the Quantitative Biosciences Institute at UCSF is hosting...

Dean Guglielmo and Vice Dean Youmans statement on the killing of George Floyd and recent protests

Thu Jun 4, 2020

Elisabeth Fall

, Eric Davila

Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD (left), and Vice Dean Sharon L. Youmans, PharmD, MPH

We can fully accept that each of us must be part of the solution—and act.

QCRG COVID-19 Research Symposium

Fri May 29, 2020

On behalf of the QBI Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), the QCRG Research Symposium on COVID-19 will take place virtually from 8 am to 12 pm PST on June 19, 2020, supported by the Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) at the University of California, San Francisco.

QBI Coronavirus Research Group identifies drugs that block SARS-CoV-2 in the laboratory

Thu May 28, 2020

Susan Merrell

Nevan Krogan, PhD (standing), leads a meeting of the QBI Coronavirus Research Group with fellow UCSF faculty members (seated from left) Danica Galonić Fujimori, PhD; Natalia Jura, PhD; James Fraser, PhD; and David Agard, PhD.

The QBI Coronavirus Research Group found six drugs that effectively beat back SARS-COV-2 in the laboratory.

Update from the Dean: Building community while staying safe

Fri May 22, 2020

Elisabeth Fall

Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD

Our COVID-19 response: As we return to campus, everyone’s well-being is our top concern. But we also need to consider the need to maintain and strengthen community.

Sophie Dumont, PhD

Thu May 21, 2020

Professor

Our lab is interested in how the properties of individual molecules give rise to the mechanics and function of large cellular machines. We focus on the machines that drive cell division, asking how they build themselves through self-organization, and how they generate and respond to force to...

Expanding the scope of practice: 2020 Distinguished Alumnus James E. Knoben

Thu May 21, 2020

James E. Knoben, PharmD ’71, MPH

James Knoben, PharmD ’71, MPH, was named the 2020 UCSF Pharmacy Alumni Association Distinguished Alumnus of the Year.

Dumont Lab reveals workings of macromolecular machines

Wed May 20, 2020

Sophie Dumont, PhD

Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences

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