Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

QBI Bay Area Chemical Biology Symposium

Wed Jul 20, 2022
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QBI presents the inaugural QBI Bay Area Symposium on Chemical Biology on September 26–27, 2022, organized by Drs. Jim Wells, Kevan Shokat, Jason Gestwicki, Chris Chang, and Carolyn Bertozzi. Under the leadership of Dr.

Krogan elected to the European Molecular Biology Organization

Mon Jul 11, 2022
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Nevan Krogan, PhD

Esteemed UCSF scientist joins leading scientific research group

2nd Annual Full Circle of Native and Indigenous Scientists in Quantitative Biology

Mon Jul 11, 2022
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Organized by Willow Coyote-Maestas in collaboration with UCSF students, faculty, and staff, QBI presents the 2nd annual “Full Circle of Native and Indigenous Scientists in Quantitative Biology” symposium on January 26 and 27, 2023.

Giacomini lays out her vision for the UCSF School of Pharmacy

Tue Jul 5, 2022
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UCSF School of Pharmacy Dean Kathy Giacomini, PhD, BSPharm

New dean aims to elevate the pharmacy profession

New clues in the hunt for Alzheimer’s therapies

Tue Jun 21, 2022
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An illustration of neurons along with two types of damaging protein aggregates found in the Alzheimer’s disease brain: beta-amyloid plaques (brown) and tau protein tangles (blue). UCSF researchers have discovered a third type of aggregate associated with the disease, made of fragments of tau protein (not depicted).

Pharmaceutical chemist Arkin and neurologist Grinberg discover a new protein aggregate in Alzheimer’s disease.

Getting the Message Across: How Cell Signaling Goes Awry in Human Disease

Fri Jun 10, 2022
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The Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) at UCSF is presenting a live Twitter interview hosted by QBI Fellow Kliment Verba to chat with his colleague Natalia Jura, who was the 27th recipient of the annual Byers Award in Basic Bi

More United: Collaboration in the Time of Covid: a QBI/Gladstone Symposium with John Bridgeland

Tue May 24, 2022
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The QBI & Gladstone Institute Infectious Disease and Human Health Seminar Series presents John Bridgeland, Founder & CEO of Civic, a social enterprise firm in Washington, D.C. He is also Executive Chairman of the Office of American Possibilities, a moonshot factory to tap the...

Not everything in life is sh#$%: how enteric viruses transmit

Fri May 20, 2022
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Nihal Altan-Bonnet, PhD

The QBI & Gladstone Institute Infectious Disease and Human Health Seminar Series presents Dr. Nihal Altan-Bonnet, Head of the Laboratory of Host-Pathogen Dynamics at the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

UCSF QBI Coronavirus Research Group awarded $67.5 million to develop therapies for future pandemics

Wed May 18, 2022
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Research associate Antoine Forget, PhD, works in the lab of QCRG founder Nevan Krogan, PhD.

Award is the largest NIH grant in UCSF history

UC launches Center for Climate, Health and Equity

Thu May 12, 2022
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UCSF students and faculty gather at Senator Dianne Feinstein’s office to discuss climate policy.

Learn how the health sector can advance equitable and just climate actions in a series of upcoming live virtual events

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