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    We explore fundamental biological mechanisms and molecules of therapeutic relevance for better health, empowered by novel technologies at the interface of chemistry, physics, and computational sciences.

    Elisabeth Fall

Recent news

Melano and Cruz-Gonzalez
Thu Apr 27
Brenda Melano and Sebastián Cruz-González receive 2023 Genentech-UCSF School of Pharmacy Diversity Fellowships
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Mon Mar 20
Making sense of scents
Manglik, Arkin, Bastian.
Thu Feb 23
Manglik, Arkin, Bastian receive Mark Foundation ASPIRE Award for moonshot cancer research
Arkin
Mon Feb 20
UCSF School of Pharmacy leads in NIH funding for the 43rd straight year
Ce'Aysia
Tue Feb 14
Closing the equity gap in science
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Media coverage

How one private biotech seized on JPM to emerge from stealth and tell its story
Mon Jan 23
A drug based on LSD appears to treat depression in mice without the psychedelic trip
Wed Sep 28
Where are drugs to beat COVID—and the next pandemic?
Sun Jun 27
Remarkable women of UC San Francisco
Thu Mar 11
Store fat or burn it? Targeting a single protein flips the switch
Mon Feb 22
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Upcoming events

Correlates of Protection for COVID-19 Vaccines, a QBI/GIVI Online Seminar with Dan Barouch: Online (Zoom)
Mon Jun 5
Stabilization of Protein-Protein Interactions; from the fundaments of supramolecular chemistry to new opportunities in drug discovery, a QBI Seminar with Luc Brunsveld: Byers Auditorium, UCSF Mission Bay
Tue Jun 6
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