Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Making sense of scents

Mon Mar 20, 2023

A man smelling a bundle of flowers in his hands

Unsplash/Creative Commons

UCSF researchers capture the first images of an odorant binding to an olfactory receptor.

Uncovering new molecular principles that govern epigenetic gene regulation, a QBI & Rezo Therapeutics Seminar with Paul Sauer

Wed Mar 15, 2023

QBI and Rezo Therapeutics present Paul Sauer, an HHMI postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Eva Nogales at the University of California, Berkeley. He completed his PhD in laboratory of Dr. Daniel Panne at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Grenoble, France. Dr.

Choreographed Cellular Origami: Understanding Dynamic Protein Interactions in Health and Disease, a QBI Seminar with Lars Plate

Wed Mar 15, 2023

The QBI Seminar Series presents Lars Plate, an assistant professor of chemistry and biological sciences and Cornelius Vanderbilt Dean’s Faculty Fellow at Vanderbilt University. A native of Germany, Lars Plate earned his BS at MIT working under JoAnne Stubbe. He completed his doctoral work at UC...

The Coronavirus Macrodomain: Decades of New Surprises, a QBI seminar with Anthony Fehr

Mon Mar 13, 2023

QBI presents Anthony (Tony) Fehr, an Assistant Professor of Molecular Bioscience at the University of Kansas. Dr. Fehr graduated with a BS in Biochemistry from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. At Nebraska, he was introduced to viruses in the Van Etten Lab where he explored the production of...

QCRG AViDD Happy Hour with Fraser and Krogan Labs

Mon Mar 6, 2023

QCRG AViDD Happy Hour on pink background with cocktail glasses

Please join us for a QCRG AViDD Happy Hour. Two trainees will give five-minute flash talks featuring research from different AViDD labs! Complimentary beer, wine, and bites will be served.

The evening will include flash talks by:

Lena Bergmann (Fraser Lab)
Jack Moen (Krogan Lab)

Manglik, Arkin, Bastian receive Mark Foundation ASPIRE Award for moonshot cancer research

Thu Feb 23, 2023

Elisabeth Fall

Left to right: Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD; Michelle Arkin, PhD; and Boris Bastian, MD, PhD.

Funding from the Mark Foundation for Cancer Research will fuel high-risk, high-impact research on uveal melanoma.

UCSF School of Pharmacy leads in NIH funding for the 43rd straight year

Mon Feb 20, 2023

Elena Graham

Michelle Arkin, PhD, uses a hand-held model of a small molecule bound to a protein to illustrate how her research group thinks about drug discovery. Arkin was one of the School of Pharmacy’s top NIH grant earners in 2022.

School research into health, disease, and medicine earned the most NIH research dollars of any U.S. pharmacy school for the 43rd consecutive year.

Closing the equity gap in science

Tue Feb 14, 2023

Ce’Aysia, a high school senior, conducted research at UCSF as an intern in the Bay Area Youth Science (BAYS) program.

The UCSF Bay Area Youth Science (BAYS) program prepares high school students from historically excluded backgrounds for STEM careers.

Celebrating women in discovery science

Tue Feb 14, 2023

Noah Berger

Catera Wilder, PhD, left, and Balyn Zaro, PhD

Zaro and Wilder share their passion for science as part of International Women and Girls in Science Day.

Ahituv appointed director of UCSF Institute for Human Genetics

Tue Feb 7, 2023

Elisabeth Fall

Nadav Ahituv, PhD

Leader in genetics and genomics will helm collaborative efforts across UCSF

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