Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Grants & Fellowships: Summer 2018

Sun Sep 30, 2018
Pharmaceutical Chemistry department members have received the following grants and fellowships between July and September 2018:

09/30/2018: Adam Renslo received the US Army Medical Research Activity Award, Department of Defense, for work on prostate cancer. This project will be funded for three...

Explore molecular targets in daring new ways

Wed Sep 5, 2018

Veterans Job Fair and Open House

Tue Sep 4, 2018
silhouette of soldier against U.S. flag
We’re committed to building a broadly diverse community, to nurture a culture that is welcoming and supportive, and to engage diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery and patient care.

WE INVITE ALL UCSF HEALTH AND UCSF HIRING MANAGERS TO JOIN US FOR OUR 3RD...

Arkin receives Ono Pharma Foundation Breakthrough Science Initiative Award

Fri Aug 31, 2018
Arkin
Elisabeth Fall

Michelle Arkin, PhD

Michelle Arkin, PhD, has received the 2018 Breakthrough Science Initiative Award from the Ono Pharma Foundation to study a class of proteins, called 14-3-3 proteins, known to be involved in various cancers, with the ultimate goal of enabling discoveries that lead to new ways to treat cancer.

Remembering Robert D. Gibson

Tue Aug 21, 2018
Gibson

Robert D. Gibson, PharmD ’58, wearing his Remington medal at an event in 2010

A beloved educator and alumnus of the UCSF School of Pharmacy, Robert D. Gibson, PharmD ’58, died on July 19 at the age of 93. Gibson had an illustrious career over five decades at UCSF and was a strong national leader for diversity in the pharmacy profession.

The dean advocates for medication lists and pharmacist engagement in patient care

Tue Aug 21, 2018
Guglielmo
Elisabeth Fall

School of Pharmacy Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD

Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S., trailing cancer and heart disease. Many of those errors can be traced to issues with medications.

A celebration of Robert D. Gibson’s life

Fri Aug 17, 2018
Gibson

Robert D. Gibson, PharmD ’58, at an award dinner in 1991

Robert D. Gibson, PharmD ’58, had an illustrious career over five decades at the UCSF School of Pharmacy and was a strong, national leader for diversity in the pharmacy profession. Join the School in a celebration of his life.

Creating the tools to build a Human Cell Atlas

Wed Jul 18, 2018
cells under microscope.
Natalie Prigozhina

Human hair follicle cells, cytoskeletons in green and nuclei in blue.

If it’s hard to take an accurate census of the 325 million people living in the US, it’s even more daunting to survey the 37.2 trillion or so cells that make up the human body. The brain alone, for instance, contains nearly 90 billion neurons, which can be classified into over a thousand distinct...

Update from the Dean – July 2018

Mon Jul 16, 2018
Health at the molecular level: Decoding cellular signals, A trigger for tissue repair, Seeding tomorrow’s science. The future of custom care: Tracking cancer drug resistance, Treating malaria and tuberculosis, Quantitative Biosciences Institute’s culture of inclusivity, The genetics of asthma....

Drilling down to the details of opioid signaling

Wed Jul 11, 2018
Study captures an opioid drug binding to a µ-opioid receptor
Antoine Koehl (Manglik lab)

Study captures an opioid drug (orange) binding to a µ-opioid receptor (green) and activating various signaling proteins (cyan, purple, gold), which produce the effects of opioid drugs, like pain relief and addiction.

Despite using opioids for centuries for pain management, we still don’t have a complete understanding of how drugs like morphine and oxycodone actually work. And that’s a problem for patients, who must weather side effects that can range from nausea and constipation to cognitive impairment,...

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