School of Pharmacy

Beyond the spike protein

Mon Jan 3, 2022
Human cells dotted with viral particles
NIAID/NIH

A human cell (green) infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (purple). Research from QBI has identified how the Alpha variant of the virus evades the human immune system.

Findings from QBI point to a host of viral proteins that enable SARS-CoV-2 variants to evade the immune system.

Multi-scale modelling of cellular signalling, from protein structure to control of cell state transitions: a QBI Online Seminar with Oleksii Rukhlenko

Thu Dec 16, 2021
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The QBI/SBI Seminar Series on molecular networks of cancer and other diseases aims to facilitate collaborative relationships between scientists from both the US and Ireland. QBI and UCD recently signed a 5-year MOU to reinforce the links between scientists in San Francisco and Dublin, and enhance...

UCSF researchers develop a new drug regimen to combat malaria in children

Thu Dec 16, 2021
Child sitting on a bed surrounded by a bed net
UK Department for International Development

A child sits on a bed surrounded by a bed net intended to prevent mosquito bites that could transmit malaria, Kenya. A new drug regimen developed at UCSF offers children improved protection against the disease.

Study shows that monthly doses of two common anti-malarial drugs for the first few years of life can provide 95 percent protection against the disease.

Five School of Pharmacy trainees earn honors from the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Tue Dec 14, 2021
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Wikimedia Commons
PhD students and postdoctoral researchers earn the 2022 Presidential Trainee Award

Map of protein systems reveals new targets for cancer treatment

Thu Dec 9, 2021
A branching network of protein systems
Krogan Lab

A birds-eye depiction of the findings from the Quantitative Biosciences Institute’s recent work on cancer. Each node represents a protein system and darker-colored nodes are more likely to be involved in cancer.

Scientists at the UCSF Quantitative Biosciences institute developed a new approach for understanding cancer and applied it to breast cancer and cancers of the neck and head

Innate Immune Regulatory Circuits and Viral Antagonism: a QBI online seminar with Michaela Gack

Wed Dec 1, 2021
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Michaela Gack, PhD

The QBI and Gladstone Institute Infectious Disease and Human Health Seminar Series present Michaela Gack, PhD, Scientific Director and Chair of the Cleveland Clinic at the Florida Research and Innovation Center. Dr. Gack’s research focuses on understanding how the intricate interplay between...

Metal Complexes as Diagnostics and Therapeutics: a QBI online seminar with Gilles Gasser

Mon Nov 29, 2021
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The QBI Online Seminar Series presents Gilles Gasser, a professor at Qlife|PSL University, Chimie ParisTech. Dr. Gasser has a MSc. and PhD in chemistry from the University of Neuchâtel.

Reshaping Science and Health by Collaborating Between Borders and Disciplines

Wed Nov 24, 2021
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QBI and the Scientific Department of the Embassy of France in the United States present Reshaping Science and Health by Collaborating Between Borders and Disciplines, a science fair that will take place virtually from Tuesday, November 30 to Friday, December 3, 2021.

2021 UCSF climate survey deadline approaches

Tue Nov 23, 2021
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The deadline for completing the 2021 UCSF climate survey is November 30—make sure your voice is heard.

Dean’s Apple Teaching Awards for summer 2021

Tue Nov 23, 2021
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element5digital
The Dean's Apple Teaching Awards for summer 2021 were given to faculty and student instructors who received outstanding scores on student evaluations.

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