Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Grants & fellowships: fall 2016

Sat Dec 31, 2016

Pharmaceutical Chemistry department members have received the following grants and fellowships between October and December 2016:

12/26/2016: Judy Sakanari received a 2-year grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The project is “Novel Therapeutics for Treatment of...

Renslo Lab develops new type of targeted chemotherapy that proves effective in mice

Mon Dec 12, 2016

Elisabeth Fall

Adam Renslo, PhD

Research in the lab of UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member Adam Renslo, PhD, has developed a new way of selectively targeting cancer cells with drugs. In experiments with mice, the new approach allowed for the delivery of fifty times higher doses of chemotherapy to tumors while avoiding toxic...

Prien and MacWilliam bequests establish new endowed professorships

Wed Dec 7, 2016

Foresight, newsletter of UCSF Office of Gift & Endowment Planning

Ernest Prien, BS ’34 and Mary MacWilliam, EdD, UC Berkeley, 1956

The UCSF School of Pharmacy has established new endowed faculty positions to be held by the chairs of two School departments.

Huang wins 2016 Early Career Award

Fri Dec 2, 2016

Bo Huang, PhD

In recognition of his innovations in microscopy, Bo Huang, PhD, an associate professor in the UCSF School of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, is the recipient of the 2016 Early Career Life Scientist Award, awarded by the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB).

Shoichet receives DeLano Award for Computational Biosciences

Thu Dec 1, 2016

Robert Rizzo

Graphic depiction of a typical DOCK setup used toward the discovery of a potential disease inhibitor—in this case, testing compounds for binding to an HIV protein.

Brian Shoichet, PhD, faculty member in the School’s Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, has been named the 2017 recipient of the DeLano Award for Computational Biosciences.

Third Annual Novartis Symposium: Frontiers in Structural Biology

Tue Nov 15, 2016

The 3rd Annual Novartis Symposium will be held at UCSF Mission Bay, Genentech Hall, on Thursday, November 17, 2016.

12:30–1:30 pm
Lunch and reception
2nd floor atrium

1:30–3:40 pm
Scientific sessions
GH N-114

Grants and Fellowships: Summer 2016

Fri Sep 30, 2016

Pharmaceutical Chemistry department members have received the following grants and fellowships between July and September 2016:

9/22/2016: Nathan Schmidt, a postdoc in the DeGrado Lab, was awarded the prestigious K award by the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences. The project will be...

IBM, The NSF And UC San Francisco Combine To Power Up The Exciting World Of Cellular Engineering

Tue Sep 27, 2016

Gartner to co-direct new UCSF-based Center for Cellular Construction

Mon Sep 26, 2016

Elisabeth Fall

Zev Gartner, PhD

UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member Zev Gartner, PhD, will be co-director of a new multi-institution UCSF-administered Center for Cellular Construction, which has been awarded a five-year $24 million grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

2016 Bay Area Biotechnology Symposium

Fri Sep 23, 2016

UCSF School of Pharmacy
Industry Outreach Program presents

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