Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Arkin receives Ono Pharma Foundation Breakthrough Science Initiative Award

Fri Aug 31, 2018

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

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

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

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

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

Elisabeth Fall

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,...

Peter Kollman Memorial Lecture

Wed Jun 27, 2018

Ken A. Dill, PhD

2021 lecture

Ken A. Dill, PhD

Director, Louis and Beatrice Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology, Stony Brook University

Professor Emeritus, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UCSF School of Pharmacy

Showcasing School science and change at Alumni Weekend 2018

Fri Jun 15, 2018

Levi Gadye

B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD, addressed Half Century Club Luncheon attendees.

Sessions include: quickly identifying molecules that show potential as drugs; improving access and treatments for AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis; why curiosity and imagination are taking the place of memorization the PharmD curriculum. Honoring the Class of 1968. Kennedy receives Distinguished...

Manglik named 2018 Pew Biomedical Scholar

Thu Jun 14, 2018

Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD, the newest member of the faculty of the UCSF School of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, was named a Pew Biomedical

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