Categories: Research

Health at the molecular level: Decoding cellular signals, A trigger for tissue repair, Seeding tomorrow’s science. The future of custom care: Tracking cancer drug resistance, Treating malaria and tuberculosis, Quantitative Biosciences Institute’s culture of inclusivity, The genetics of asthma....

Despite using opioids for centuries for pain management, we still don’t have a complete understanding of how drugs like morphine and oxycodone actually work. And that’s a problem for patients, who must weather side effects that can range from nausea and constipation to cognitive impairment,...

Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD, the newest member of the faculty of the UCSF School of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, was named a Pew Biomedical Scholar on June 14.

The Beckman Young Investigator award provides research support to the most promising young faculty members in the early stages of their academic careers in the chemical and life sciences.

Pharmaceutical Chemistry department members have received the following grants and fellowships between April and June 2018:

5/4/2018: Bo Huang received funding from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for his project entitled, “Structure mapping of molecular complexes by super-...

Pharmaceutical Chemistry department members have received the following grants and fellowships between January and March 2018:

02/20/2018: Adam Renslo was awarded a three-year grant for his project entitled, “Expanding the Chemical Biology of K2P Channels with Selective Cellular and In vivo Probes...

Collaborative research holds promise for harnessing the nervous system’s own repair programs.

A culture of discovery and collaboration among faculty carries potential to “completely shake up their fields of study.”

If DNA is the blueprint for every cell in the body, then proteins are the cell’s construction workers, forklifts, and building materials.