Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Quantitative Biology of the Cancer Cell Symposium

Wed Jan 22, 2020
molecules
Co-organized by Drs. Davide Ruggero and Sourav Bandyopadhyay of UC San Francisco, the inaugural Quantitative Biology of the Cancer Cell Symposium will be held on campus at the University of California, San Francisco on February 24-25, 2020. Under the leadership of Dr.

QBI Signaling Across Scales Symposium

Wed Jan 22, 2020
cells signaling.
Organized by Natalia Jura of UCSF, Pedro Beltrao of EMBL and Nevan Krogan of UCSF and Gladstone Institutes, the Signaling Across Scales Symposium will focus on the current understanding of cell signaling from atomic resolution structures to network regulation with the emphasis on spatial...

Elizabeth Daniels Fund underscores the importance of community

Mon Jan 6, 2020
The Daniels

Troy C. Daniels and Elizabeth Daniels in 1959

A gift to the UCSF Foundation by Troy Daniels, DDS, and Leslie Daniels, established the endowed Elizabeth Daniels Fund.

Pharmacists uniquely poised to reduce unnecessary prescriptions

Mon Dec 30, 2019
Guglielmo
Elisabeth Fall

UCSF School of Pharmacy Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD

UCSF School of Pharmacy Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD, argues that pharmacists can help reduce the use of unnecessary medications.

Update from the Dean – November 2019

Thu Nov 14, 2019
Dear UCSF School of Pharmacy Family and Friends:

Two School members earn UCSF Chancellor’s Awards for Diversity

Wed Nov 6, 2019
Fabius and Opoku-Nsiah

Jacqueline Fabius (left) and Kwadwo (Kojo) Opoku-Nsiah

Jacqueline Fabius was given the Chancellor’s Award for Advancement of Women, and Kwadwo (Kojo) Opoku-Nsiah was given the Chancellor’s Award for Martin Luther King, Jr., Leadership.

Donors unite to honor Toby Herfindal and his commitment to innovation in pharmacy

Wed Nov 6, 2019
The Herfindals
Elisabeth Fall

Patt and Toby Herfindal, PharmD

The Toby Herfindal Presidential Chair for Entrepreneurship and Innovation will be used to support faculty members and/or graduate students in the UCSF School of Pharmacy

Assemi and Clinard assume new associate dean roles

Fri Nov 1, 2019
Assemi and Clinard
Elisabeth Fall
, Frank Farm

Mitra Assemi, PharmD (left) and Valerie Clinard, PharmD

Mitra Assemi and Valerie Clinard were appointed to new associate dean roles in the UCSF School of Pharmacy. Both roles support the School’s evolving doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) degree program.

PharmD students see to Dean Guglielmo’s flu shot

Wed Oct 23, 2019
Bulla, Wisniewski, Guglielmo, Lee and Li read the proclamation.
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From left, Sabrina Bulla, Jessica Wisniewski, present Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD, with Mayor London Breed’s proclamation, as Susanna Lee, and Joe Li watch.

Getting vaccinated for the flu not only lowers a person’s chance of getting sick, it also helps protect their whole community.

VR drug discovery makes precision therapy a reality

Wed Oct 16, 2019
Winger and Jacobson wearing VR gear

Beth Apsel Winger, MD, PhD (left), and Matthew Jacobson, PhD (right) explore a cancer-causing mutation in a protein in virtual reality, using UCSF ChimeraX.

ChimeraX, virtual reality software developed at the UCSF Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization and Informatics, is now the tool of choice for computational structural biologists in the School of Pharmacy. The Jacobson Lab recently used ChimeraX to find a promising new cure for a drug-resistant...

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