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- 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
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International honors and awards
Ben Barres Early Career Acceleration Award
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
2019: Michael Keiser, PhD
Collaborative Science Award: Steven Altschuler, PhD; Lani Wu, PhD
Emil Thomas Kaiser Award, Protein Society
2021: Lei Wang, PhD
2016: Charles S. Craik, PhD
Hans Neurath Award, Protein Society
2003: James Wells, PhD
Breakthrough Science Initiative Award, Ono Pharma Foundation
2018: Michelle Arkin, PhD
Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering
2018: Ian Seiple, PhD
R.T. Williams Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award, International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics
2007: Paul Ortiz de Montellano, PhD
Stein and Moore Award, Protein Society
2015: William DeGrado, PhD
Thieme Chemistry Journals Award
2019: Ian Seiple, PhD
National honors and awards
NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, National Institutes of Health
2020: Seth Shipman, PhD
2013: Zev Gartner, PhD
2012: Xiaokun Shu, PhD
2011: Bo Huang, PhD
2008: Lei Wang, PhD
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2016: Brian Shoichet, PhD
Amgen Foundation Scholars Program
2021: Ian Seiple
Beckman Young Investigator Program, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
2021: Balyn Zaro, PhD
2018: Ian Seiple, PhD
Bernard B. Brodie Award in Drug Metabolism and Disposition, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
1994: Paul Ortiz de Montellano, Phd
Camille Dryfus Teacher Scholar Award
2021: Ian Seiple, PhD
Early Career Life Scientist Award, American Society for Cell Biology
2016: Bo Huang, PhD
Murray Goodman Memorial Prize, Biopolymers peer-review papers publisher
2017: William DeGrado, PhD
Pew Biomedical Scholar
2018
Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD
Brian Shoichet, 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
2019: Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD
2011: Danica Galonić Fujimori, PhD
2010: Bo Huang, PhD
2006: Lei Wang, 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
State and regional honors and awards
Biohub Investigator Program, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
The CZ Biohub Investigator Program funds research by world-renowned scientists, engineers, and technologists from UC San Francisco, UC Berkeley, and Stanford University.
2022: Zev Gartner, PhD; Bo Huang, PhD; Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD
2017: Zev Gartner, PhD; Bo Huang, PhD; Jason Sello, PhD; Jim Wells, PhD
Medical Research Grant, W. M. Keck Foundation
2020: Danica Galonić Fujimori
UC San Francisco awards
Bowes Biomedical Investigator Award
2020: Danica Galonić Fujimori, PhD
Byers Award Lecture in Basic Science
2020: Ian Seiple, PhD
2018: Bo Huang, PhD
2017: Danica Galonić Fujimori, PhD
Chancellor Awards for Diversity
Chancellor Award for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership
2019: Kwadwo (Kojo) Opoku-Nsiah (Student)
UCSF Medal
2018: Peter Andrew Kollman, PhD; Irwin “Tack” Kuntz, PhD; Robert Langridge, PhD
1976: Troy C. Daniels, PhD
School of Pharmacy awards
Mary Anne Koda-Kimble Seed Award for Innovation
2022: Emma Gunderson
2021: Markella Konstantinidou, PhD; Matthew McCarroll, PhD
2020: Jason Gestwicki, PhD; Lei Wang, PhD; Balyn Zaro, PhD
2019: Danica Galonić Fujimori, PhD; Zev Gartner, PhD
2015: Pamela England, PhD; Matt Jacobson, PhD
Innovation in Education Award
2015
Jaekyu Shin, PharmD
Matt Jacobson, 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
2020: Walter Moos, PhD
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
2018: Andrej Sali, PhD
1999: William DeGrado, PhD
1999: James Wells, PhD