A pop-up repair shop for damaged neurons Neurons, the building blocks of the brain and nervous system, use biological wires (axons and dendrites) to send signals to each other. Neurons can also rewire their connections as the nervous system learns and …
Giacomini named 2018 Volwiler Research Award recipient Giacomini Kathy Giacomini, PhD , has been named the 2018 Volwiler Research Achievement Award recipient by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). Giacomini was selected by her AACP …
Giacomini and Benet honored by international peers Giacomini and Benet honored by international peers UCSF School of Pharmacy Editorial Staff July 12, 2004 Kathy M. Giacomini, PhD , chair, department of biopharmaceutical sciences and Leslie Z. Benet, PhD …
Behind enemy lines Bandyopadhyay Chemotherapy is modern medicine’s first line of defense against cancer: chemotherapy drugs kill dividing cells by damaging DNA, preventing tumor cells from multiplying and tumors themselves from growing. To pick which …
Vogt named president of American Pharmacists Association Foundation board Eleanor Vogt, PhD, RPh, has been named the president of the board of directors for the American Pharmacists Association Foundation (APhAF). Vogt has had a distinguished career …
20 years chasing the genetic roots of asthma Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH, started studying the genetics of lung disease as a medical student in 1990. However, his “aha!” moment came in 1997, when he was investigating the genetic determinants of …
Sali elected to National Academy of Sciences Andrej Sali, PhD , associate dean of research in the UCSF School of Pharmacy and a leading expert in the computational modeling of complex molecular and subcellular structures, has been elected as a member of …
Cao takes second prize in the UC Grad Slam final Yiqi Cao, a bioengineering PhD candidate in the UCSF School of Pharmacy, won the second-place prize in the University of California’s Grad Slam finals on May 3. Cao’s talk, “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart… …
Medicine’s Wild West: 10 new genetic tests enter the market each day Related profiles Kathryn Phillips, PhD … Medicine’s Wild West: 10 new genetic tests enter the market each …