Topics and Expertise: drug screening

Koda-Kimble Seed Award funds innovative projects

Thu Feb 25, 2016
Koda-Kimble
© majedphoto.com

Dean Emeritus Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD

The Mary Anne Koda-Kimble Seed Award for Innovation funds “truly innovative projects” by faculty, staff, and students that “have the potential to move forward the mission of the UCSF School of Pharmacy in new ways.”

Drugs screened for effects on key transporters, risk of dangerous interactions

Tue Nov 8, 2011
diagram

UCSF scientists are studying key drug transporters that play roles in drug absorption and elimination. Shown here: OCT2 and others in the membrane of cells in the kidney tubules (at right). The urine collecting tubules interface with capillaries (at left) to remove substances such as medications and environmental toxins from the blood.

To reduce the risk of toxic drug interactions, UCSF's Kathy Giacomini, PhD, and colleagues are screening thousands of prescription drugs, testing how much they inhibit key proteins in kidney and liver cell

UCSF Center for Quantitative Pharmacology kicks off with 2-day Mission Bay symposium

Fri Sep 16, 2011
William J. Rutter Center at UCSF Mission Bay
The new UCSF Center for Quantitative Pharmacology housed within the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences (BTS), a joint department of the Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, will be inaugurated next week with a wide-ranging, 2-day conference, September 22 and 23, 2011 at William J. ...

Cantilena appointed new ACDRS course director

Fri Sep 2, 2011
Louis R. Cantilena, Jr., MD, PhD, is the newly appointed course director of the American Course on Drug Development and Regulatory Sciences (ACDRS) effective summer 2011.