Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Grants and Fellowships: Spring 2016

Wed Jun 8, 2016

Pharmaceutical Chemistry department members have received the following grants and fellowships between April and June 2016:

6/9/2016: The National Science Foundation awarded Steven Altschuler a grant for his project entitled "Collaborative Research: The Genetic, Epigenetic, and Immunological...

Update from the Dean - Spring/Summer 2016

Wed Jun 1, 2016

Education: Evolving PharmD curriculum, Daniels Curriculum Awards; Collaborations and partnerships: pharmacy residency, UCSF/Haas MD/PhD startup marketplace; Patient care: SB 493 update; Faculty honors: Benet, Abate, Craik, Wells, Kroon, Corelli, Hudmon, Bourdet, Fischbach; Research publications:...

Research: Elusive drug targets; cell demolition enzymes; useful pharmacogenomics info

Thu May 5, 2016

Predicting difficult-to-detect drug binding sites

Gross advances to full professor

Tue May 3, 2016

John Gross, PhD

John Gross, PhD, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, has been promoted to full professor.

Chemical cocktail induces fibroblasts to become heart cells

Mon May 2, 2016

Research: pediatric meningitis dosing; cancer drug resistance; gene-testing economics

Fri Apr 29, 2016

Clockwise from top left: Rada Savic, PhD; Steven Altschuler, PhD; Lani Wu, PhD; Kathryn Phillips, PhD

Computer models provide optimal dosing for pediatric TB meningitis

Big stem cell news: dynamic duo of all-chemical direct reprogramming reports

Fri Apr 29, 2016

Chemicals used to turn skin cells into heart and brain cells

Thu Apr 28, 2016

Chris Goodfellow (Gladstone Institutes)

Sheng Ding, PhD (center), with Deepak Srivastava, MD (right), co-senior author of Science study, and Yadong Huang, MD, PhD (left), co-senior author Cell Stem Cell study.

In a major breakthrough, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes, led by UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member Sheng Ding, PhD, have transformed skin cells into heart and brain cells using combinations of chemicals.

Pharmacy Alumni Weekend report

Wed Apr 27, 2016

Scientists find new way to inhibit growth of tuberculosis-causing bacterium

Mon Apr 18, 2016

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