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Bo Huang receives NIH New Innovator Award

Bo Huang, PhD, a faculty member of the UCSF School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, has been named a recipient of a 2011 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award.

The award, given to 49 new investigators this year, including two other UCSF scientists in the School of Medicine, provides funding of up to $300,000 annually over the next five years to support Huang’s research. More: Bo Huang recieves NIH New Innovator Award.

UCSF Center for Quantitative Pharmacology kicks off with 2-day Mission Bay symposium

The new UCSF Center for Quantitative Pharmacology housed within the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences (BTS), a joint department of the Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, will be inaugurated next week with a wide-ranging, 2-day conference, September 22 and 23, 2011 at William J. Rutter Center on UCSF’s Mission Bay campus. More: UCSF Center for Quantitative Pharmacology kicks off with 2-day Mission Bay symposium.

Xiaokun Shu awarded funding for infrared fluorescent protein research

Xiaokun Shu, PhD, a faculty member in the UCSF School of Pharmacy, has been awarded $165,000 in first-year funding under the UCSF Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research (PBBR) effective October 1, 2011. More: Xiaokun Shu awarded funding for infrared fluorescent protein research.

Daniel Gray of CCB program wins Krevans Award for Outstanding Dissertation

Daniel Gray, PhD, who recently earned his doctorate from UCSF’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) graduate program, has won the 2011 Julius R. and Patricia A. Krevans Distinguished Dissertation Award. More: Daniel Gray of CCB program wins Krevans Award for Outstanding Dissertation.

Reflection: 30 years of top NIH funding

The last fiscal year marks the 30th in a row that the UCSF School of Pharmacy has received more research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) than any pharmacy school in the U.S. The achievement reflects the pharmacy school’s tradition of basic science research, especially in its Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry (PC) and the former Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, which evolved in 2009 into the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences (BTS).

UCSF graduate programs receive top rankings in national survey

UCSF research-doctorate programs have ranked among the nation’s best in a survey released today by the National Research Council (NRC). More: UCSF graduate programs receive top rankings in national.

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