Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Lim appointed chair of the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology

Thu Feb 26, 2015

Wendell Lim, PhD

Wendell Lim, PhD, is the new chair of the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology (CMP). His appointment as chair was effective January 1, 2015. Lim holds a joint faculty position in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry.

Congratulations to Wendell, and sincere thanks to Kevan...

UCSF School of Pharmacy leads in NIH funding for 35th year in a row

Thu Feb 26, 2015

Elisabeth Fall

Jeffrey Mugridge, PhD, postdoctoral scholar in the Gross Lab

For the 35th consecutive year, the UCSF School of Pharmacy has received more funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) than any other pharmacy school in the United States.

School researchers were awarded $31.8 million during the 2014 fiscal year, from October 1, 2013 to September 30,...

Robert Gibson: alumnus, educator, advocate

Mon Feb 23, 2015

Robert Gibson, PharmD, in 1976

School of Pharmacy alumnus Robert Gibson, PharmD '58, has been a tireless advocate for equality in education and in the profession of pharmacy, and is still active as a board member of the California Pharmacists Association Education Foundation.

Professor Gunnar Hansson seminar

Thu Feb 12, 2015

The MUC2 mucin build up two mucus layers in colon. A. Domain structure of the MUC2 mucin. B. Assembled MUC2 showing. C. MUC2 stained green in colon. C1. Attached MUC2 to cells. C2. Firm stratified inner MUC2 layer. C3. Outer loose MUC2 layer. D. Composite of MUC2 (green) and bacteria (red). E. Bacteria not found in the inner firm mucus layer, only in the outer mucus layer.

Professor Gunnar Hansson from University of Gothenburg will present “Molecular Understanding of Mucin Biochemistry can Explain the Pathogenic Mechanisms of Ulcerative Colitis and Cystic Fibrosis.”

DeGrado receives Protein Society’s Stein and Moore Award

Wed Feb 11, 2015

Elisabeth Fall

William DeGrado, PhD

William DeGrado, PhD, faculty member in the School’s Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, has been named the 2015 recipient of The Protein Society’s Stein and Moore Award.

It’s About A Billion Lives Symposium

Mon Jan 26, 2015

Keynote speaker: Robin Koval, President and CEO, American Legacy Foundation

Celebrating Tobacco Research and Education at UCSF

Innovation in Education Awards go to Shin, Jacobson, Ferrone

Thu Jan 8, 2015

The glass apple is awarded as a symbol of the Dean's Innovation in Education Award. Honorees also received $1,000.

The inaugural presentation of the Dean’s Innovation in Education Awards took place during the School of Pharmacy faculty meeting at Mission Hall on the Mission Bay campus on January 6, 2015.

Huang advances to tenured position as associate professor

Fri Dec 19, 2014

Bo Huang, PhD

Bo Huang, PhD, has received tenure and advanced to the position of associate professor. He is a faculty member in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, and he holds a joint appointment in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics.

Craik named a fellow of National Academy of Inventors

Thu Dec 18, 2014

Charles S. Craik, PhD

Charles S. Craik, PhD, whose innovative research has generated ten patents and helped launch two companies, has been named a fellow by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

Most recent School of Pharmacy primary faculty hires, by department

Tue Dec 9, 2014

Elisabeth Fall

Steven Altschuler, PhD and Lani Wu, PhD are a husband-and-wife research team who recently moved their joint lab to UCSF. They are faculty members in the School's Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry.

The most recently hired faculty members to join the UCSF School of Pharmacy have research interests that range from the treatment of blood clots to mapping biological networks in cancer cells to understanding the molecular workings of ion channels in cell membranes. But they all share the common...

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