Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

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...

Bay Area Scientists Say Computers Can Develop Cancer Drugs 6 Times Faster

Thu Nov 30, 2017

How a Public-Private Consortium Is Revolutionizing Cancer Drug Discovery

Thu Nov 30, 2017

Biopolymers Murray Goodman Memorial Prize Winner 2017: William F. DeGrado

Mon Nov 13, 2017

UCSF School of Pharmacy joins data-sharing partnership to speed cancer drugs

Thu Nov 2, 2017
supercomputers
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

A supercomputer in the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will be used in Project ATOM, a new public-private project that aims to speed discovery of new drug therapies.

A pioneering public/private consortium is poised to turn the marathon of drug discovery into a team relay, maybe even a short one.

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