New Research Could Unlock Old Antibiotics to Treat MRSA With a new R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health, Associate Professor Warren Rose is testing a MRSA subset that might not be as resistant to beta-lactams as previously thought.… Read More
$30 Million NIH Award will Help Tackle the Toughest Pathogens Professor Tim Bugni and his colleagues receive $30 million grant from the NIH to take aim at the growing threat of multi-drug-resistant pathogens for which few — or no — treatment options exist.… Read More
Gene-Editing Tool Now Being Used to Develop Better Antibiotics Assistant Professor Jason Peters created a new technique, known as Mobile-CRISPRi, that allows scientists to screen for antibiotic function in a wide range of pathogenic bacteria.… Read More
Empowering Young Adults to Self-Manage Cystic Fibrosis Assistant Professor Olufunmilola Abraham’s partnership with UW Health Cystic Fibrosis Clinic wins a UW Fall Research Competition award.… Read More
New Assistant Professor Jason Peters Wins NIH Career Transition Award The National Institutes of Health is helping Assistant Professor Jason Peters get to work developing CRISPR-based tools to uncover genetic functions crucial to the life and reproduction of pathogenic bacteria.… Read More
A Pharmacist-Driven Intervention to Help Veterans Breathe Easier Assistant Professor Ed Portillo wins support from the Veterans Health Administration to expand COPD CARE program.… Read More
Unraveling a Biochemical Mystery That Holds Untapped Therapeutic Potential Assistant Professor Jiaoyang Jiang is researching an unusual pair of enzymes that play a critical but unknown role in major human diseases.… Read More
Exploratory NIH Grant Supports Professor Weiping Tang’s Innovative Carbohydrate Synthesis Research Professor Weiping Tang’s research, funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health, is looking to pioneer a new, universal method for synthesizing and accessing challenging glycosides.… Read More
Global Health Leader Connie Kraus Retires from the School of Pharmacy Connie Kraus (BS ’75, PharmD ‘93)—quilter, fisherwoman, grandmother, world traveler, and pharmacist—is retiring from the School after 25 years.… Read More
Taking Cues From Nature to Unlock Pharmaceutical Potential Assistant Professor Jason Kwan, in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, is researching microbialites in South Africa to unearth new pharmaceutical tools.… Read More