Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Update on PharmD curriculum transformation

Thu Feb 15, 2018
Vice Dean Sharon L. Youmans shares her perspective on the School’s new PharmD curriculum.

The search for the perfect painkiller

Mon Jan 29, 2018

Unmasking a cellular hallmark of cancer

Mon Jan 29, 2018
Wells
Elisabeth Fall

James Wells, PhD, lead author on paper

Scientists identify a signature of cancers caused by mutant RAS that may lead to precise therapies.

Stem Cells Made by Modifying the Epigenome with CRISPR

Fri Jan 26, 2018

Tissue Engineers Hack Life’s Code for 3-D Folded Shapes

Fri Jan 26, 2018

Microscopy illuminates life

Thu Jan 25, 2018
Huang at reception
Susan Merrell

Bo Huang, PhD, at Byers Award Lecture reception

Even with the best of microscopes, it's still a challenge to visualize the "inner life" of the cell.

Researchers create first stem cells using CRISPR genome activation

Mon Jan 22, 2018

Cell-folding research opens door to building with biology

Thu Jan 4, 2018
illustration of mouse embryo and folded tissue shapes
Gartner Lab/UCSF

Scientists used contractile mesenchymal cells from mouse embryos to power self-folding living tissues.

Researchers were able to coax layers of cells to form shapes not found in nature, such as cubes.

It’s surprisingly easy to program living tissue to form new 3D shapes

Tue Jan 2, 2018

Grants & fellowships: fall 2017

Mon Dec 18, 2017
Pharmaceutical Chemistry department members have received the following grants and fellowships between October and December 2017:

12/4/2017: The National Institutes of Health awarded Adam Renslo a grant for his project entitled "Biophysical Fragment Screening and Structure Determination for Class...

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