- About
- Research
- Research Overview
- Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry
- Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry Overview
- Discovering Enzyme Substrates and Functions
- Discovering Protein Ligands to Probe and Alter Function
- Discovering Enzyme Activators
- Analyzing Mechanisms of Drug Resistance via Chemical Biology
- Analyzing Enzyme Conformational Dynamics, Substrate Binding, and Catalysis
- Effective Drug Targeting of Pathogens via Medicinal Chemistry
- Computational Chemistry and Biology
- Computational Chemistry and Biology Overview
- Modeling protein regulation via allostery and post-translational modifications
- Visualizing and integrating bioinformatics and biomolecular data
- Modeling membrane permeation to optimize pharmacokinetics
- Determining enzyme function by predicting substrate specificity
- Physical Biology
- Protein and Cellular Engineering
- Protein and Cellular Engineering Overview
- Monitoring enzyme activity and disease biomarkers
- Generating human proteome antibodies via phage display and directed evolution
- Globally analyzing and dissecting apoptosis
- Proximity tagging of protein-protein interactions
- Investigating cellular interactions in tissues
- Creating fluorescent probes targeting the genome and key bio-pathways
- De novo design of catalytic and membrane proteins
- Probing and modulating membrane proteins
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Honors and Awards
International honors and awards
Emil Thomas Kaiser Award, Protein Society
2016: Charles S. Craik, PhD
Hans Neurath Award, Protein Society
2003: James Wells, PhD
Stein and Moore Award, Protein Society
2015: William DeGrado, PhD
National honors and awards
NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
2013: Zev Gartner, PhD
2012: Xiaokun Shu, PhD
2011: Bo Huang, PhD
The R. Bruce Merrifield Award, American Peptide Society
2003: William DeGrado, PhD
Ralph F. Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistry, American Chemical Society
2008: William DeGrado, PhD
Searle Scholar, Kinship Foundation
2011: Danica Galonić Fujimori, PhD
2010: Bo Huang, PhD
Smissman Award in Medicinal Chemistry, American Cancer Society
2011: James Wells, PhD
Volwiler Research Achievement Award, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)
2006: Paul Ortiz de Montellano, PhD
2003: Tack Kuntz, PhD
1981: Eugene C. Jorgensen, PhD
International fellows and members
Royal Society of Chemistry, Fellow
2018: Paul Ortiz de Montellano, PhD
National fellows and members
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Member
2017: Charles S. Craik, PhD
2015: James Wells, PhD
1998: William DeGrado, PhD
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow
2012: Jason Gestwicki, PhD
2011: Charles S. Craik, PhD
1995: William DeGrado, PhD
1995: Irwin “Tack” Kuntz, PhD
1990: Al Burlingame, PhD
1989: Ching Chung "C. C." Wang, PhD
1988: Paul Ortiz de Montellano, PhD
National Academy of Inventors, Fellow
2015: James Wells, PhD
2014: Charles S. Craik, PhD
National Academy of Sciences, Member
1999: William DeGrado, PhD
1999: James Wells, PhD
UCSF awards
Byers Award in Basic Science
2018: Bo Huang, PhD
2017: Danica Galonić Fujimori, PhD
UCSF Medal
2018: Peter Andrew Kollman, PhD, Irwin “Tack” Kuntz, PhD, and Robert Langridge, PhD
1976: Troy C. Daniels, PhD
School awards
Mary Anne Koda-Kimble Seed Award for Innovation
2013: Pamela England, PhD; Matt Jacobson, PhD
Innovation in Education Award
2015
- Jaekyu Shin, PharmD
- Matt Jacobson, PhD