Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Nanobody-based antiviral developed at UCSF effectively blocks SARS-CoV-2 in the lab

Wed Aug 12, 2020
Aerosol spray
Noah Berger

The antiviral invented by Aashish Manglik, PhD, and colleagues is effective at blocking SARS-CoV-2 infection even as an aerosolized spray, according to laboratory testing.

School scientists developed an antiviral that fights SARS-CoV-2 that can be given as a nasal spray.

QCRG and Subgroups Town Hall

Tue Aug 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 (QBI) at UCSF is...

How does Toxoplasma gondii initiate infection in a new host?: a QBI online seminar with Pascale Guiton

Tue Aug 4, 2020
Guiton.
The QBI Online Seminar Series presents Pascale Guiton, assistant professor of biological sciences at the California State University East Bay. Pascale trained as a molecular microbiologist at Washington University in St. Louis and at Stanford University School of Medicine. Her research focuses on...

Science in the Time of Corona: Could COVID-19 change the role of conferences in science?

Thu Jul 30, 2020
people in online meeting.
QBI presents Science in the Time of Corona, a live show where scientists discuss how COVID-19 has changed science. Join us for a discussion with two researchers in the QBI Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG) about the transition to online conferences that has been made necessary by COVID-19 and...

Dozens of presumed inactive ingredients may impact human biology

Wed Jul 29, 2020
Various pills
Morguefile.com

School scientists have found that various inactive ingredients in drugs, known as excipients, may produce unwanted side effects in the human body.

School scientists identify excipients with potential to cause side effects

Science in the Time of Corona: Has COVID-19 changed how women and mothers do research, and what can we learn from this?

Wed Jul 29, 2020
people in online meeting.
Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) presents Science in the Time of Corona, a live show where scientists discuss how COVID-19 has changed science. Join us for a discussion with two researchers in the QBI Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG) about the unique impacts that COVID-19 has had on women...

Studying the diversification of ion channel regulation with insertional profiling: a QBI online seminar with Willow Coyote-Maestas

Mon Jul 20, 2020
Coyote-Maestas.
The QBI Seminar Series presents a seminar with Willow Coyote-Maestas, an HHMI Gilliam and NSF Graduate Fellow in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics at University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Willow received a master of science in bioinformatics and computational biology at the University...

Science in the Time of Corona: A unique Franco-American collaboration

Mon Jul 20, 2020
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Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) presents Science in the Time of Corona, a live show in which scientists discuss the ways that COVID-19 has changed science.

SARS-CoV-2 may spur growth of molecular “railways” out of infected cells, School scientists show

Thu Jul 2, 2020
Coronavirus and human cells
NIAID/NIH

SARS-CoV-2 viral particles and human cells

UCSF-led collaboration uncovers new avenues for COVID-19 drug discovery

Tunnels, bridges, and ferries: How bacteria move lipids between membranes: a QBI online seminar with Damian Ekiert

Thu Jul 2, 2020
Ekiert.
The QBI Online Seminar Series presents a seminar with Damian Ekiert, assistant professor for cell biology and microbiology at the NYU School of Medicine. Gram-negative bacteria are surrounded by two lipid membranes, creating a formidable barrier against the outside world.

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