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Scaling up the bioartificial kidney at UCSF

Mon Jun 12, 2023

Shuvo Roy, PhD

On June 12, The Kidney Project was awarded a $1 million Artificial Kidney Prize from KidneyX for advancing its prototype bioartificial kidney toward a full-sized, human scale, with manufacturing and ultimately clinical trials on the horizon.

Benet earns Lifetime Achievement Award from Frankfurt Foundation Quality of Medicines

Thu Apr 6, 2023

Leslie Benet, PhD

Leslie Benet, PhD, was recognized for outstanding contributions in the fields of biopharmaceuticals and pharmacokinetics.

Celebrating women leaders in the School of Pharmacy

Tue Mar 28, 2023

A group of men and women pose on the steps of a medical building

The UCSF School of Pharmacy PharmD Class of 1969 included 17 women, many of whom would soon lead the field of pharmacy to new heights at UCSF and beyond.

Women clinicians, scientists, and educators carry on a long tradition of leading the School to new heights.

First-year pharmacy students make an impact at the state capital

Wed Mar 22, 2023

group stands in front of a government building.

UCSF pharmacy students visited the California state capitol to advocate for the profession. Left to right: Emil Tran, Kathryn LeMoine, Zunaira Iftikhar, Kathy Bian, Amy Xiao, and Jakob Decano.

Six PharmD students traveled to Sacramento for CPhA Advocacy Day, where they met with state representatives as well as pharmacy students and pharmacists from around the state.

Making sense of scents

Mon Mar 20, 2023

A man smelling a bundle of flowers in his hands

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UCSF researchers capture the first images of an odorant binding to an olfactory receptor.

Learn about poison safety during National Poison Prevention Week

Mon Mar 20, 2023

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The California Poison Control System is hosting a series of video events to educate the public on the risks of common poisons, from over-the-counter medications to plants in your backyard.

How proteins orchestrate the biology of the cell

Mon Feb 27, 2023

A ball and stick model of a protein with allosteric sites shown as red spheres

Kortemme Lab

Research from QBI revealed a variety of allosteric sites (red spheres) on the protein Gsp1 that influence its behavior at its active site (white spheres) from afar. Allosteric maps like this highlight potential druggable sites and inform understanding of mutations found in diseases like cancer.

Research from QBI illuminates the interconnected nature of molecular networks.

Manglik, Arkin, Bastian receive Mark Foundation ASPIRE Award for moonshot cancer research

Thu Feb 23, 2023

Elisabeth Fall

Left to right: Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD; Michelle Arkin, PhD; and Boris Bastian, MD, PhD.

Funding from the Mark Foundation for Cancer Research will fuel high-risk, high-impact research on uveal melanoma.

UCSF School of Pharmacy leads in NIH funding for the 43rd straight year

Mon Feb 20, 2023

Elena Graham

Michelle Arkin, PhD, uses a handheld model of a small molecule bound to a protein to illustrate how her research group thinks about drug discovery. Arkin was one of the School of Pharmacy’s top NIH grant earners in 2022.

School research into health, disease, and medicine earned the most NIH research dollars of any U.S. pharmacy school for the 43rd consecutive year.

Closing the equity gap in science

Tue Feb 14, 2023

Ce’Aysia, a high school senior, conducted research at UCSF as an intern in the Bay Area Youth Science (BAYS) program.

The UCSF Bay Area Youth Science (BAYS) program prepares high school students from historically excluded backgrounds for STEM careers.

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