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.
Pharmaceutical Sciences
UW–Madison School of Pharmacy’s Jennifer Golden Designs Promising New Compounds To Fight Deadly Mosquito-Transmitted Viruses
The School of Pharmacy makes a breakthrough in creating new small molecules that penetrate into the brain where the equine encephalitis viruses reside and interfere with viral replication to stop EEV. The research is funded by a new, five-year $21 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The Legacy of George Zografi
The former School of Pharmacy dean and longtime professor left an enduring impact on research, the School, and his many students.
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.
Building Better Bacteria for Bioenergy Production
Assistant Professor Jason Peters receives a grant from the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center to re-engineer bacteria to produce biofuel.
Reconstructing Bacterial Communities
The National Science Foundation awards Assistant Professor Jason Kwan a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, funding that is granted to top young faculty in support of innovative research.
New Partnership with UW Health Strengthens Prescription Safety
The School of Pharmacy’s Zeeh Pharmaceutical Experiment Station started a new collaboration with UW Health Pharmacy Services to provide sterile product testing.
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.
Pharmaceutical Sciences and the New Age of ‘Comfort’ Foods
Pharmaceutical Sciences alumnus Kwadwo Owusu-Ofori created a food project to people manage anxiety and attention-deficit disorders.
Alumni Support Fuels Graduate Student Success
Fellowships, scholarships, and awards funded by alumni and friends advance student education in the Pharmaceutical Sciences and Social and Administrative Pharmacy programs.