Topics and Expertise: x-ray crystallography

Remembering Robert Langridge, molecular computer graphics pioneer

Tue Dec 19, 2023
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Robert Langridge, PhD, professor emeritus in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry.

An emeritus faculty member and UCSF Medal winner who pushed the field of pharmaceutical chemistry into the computational era passed away after his 90th birthday.

Behind enemy lines

Tue Aug 9, 2022
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Kaitlyn Tsai, PhD, pictured, broke new ground in the fight against antibiotic resistance as a graduate student in the lab of Danica Fujimori, PhD.

School scientists make headway against antibiotic-resistant bacteria

How targeting a key SARS-CoV-2 enzyme could lead to an antiviral drug

Fri Jul 10, 2020
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Elisabeth Fall

James Fraser, PhD

The chemical fragments could bind to and disable an enzyme that helps the virus replicate.

Overcoming disease with moving pictures and molecular building blocks

Mon Apr 13, 2020
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Elisabeth Fall

Jaime Fraser, PhD

Jaime Fraser delivered the 2020 Byers Award Lecture in Basic Science

Fraser appointed to Bowes Biomedical Investigator Program

Wed Jan 9, 2019
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Elisabeth Fall

James Fraser, PhD, developed new ways of doing crystallography over a wide range of temperatures.

Fraser developed several new tools for creating maps of macromolecules, a critical first step for finding new drugs.

Fraser named Searle Scholar, will shine new light on protein shapeshifting

Wed Apr 9, 2014
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James Fraser, PhD

Biophysicist James Fraser, PhD, has been named a 2014 Searle Scholar. His laboratory will be awarded $300,000 in funding over the next three years to support his research into more accurately and precisely describing the ways that protein molecules change shape to carry out the functions of life in...

James Fraser, PhD

Thu Aug 8, 2013
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Department Chair and Professor

I coordinate the School’s broad research efforts, aiming to catalyze collaborations across labs, departments, the university, and outside institutions. Additionally, I aim to improve the evaluation of research in hiring and promotion and ensure that our research agenda aligns well with staff and...