Lingjun Li, associate professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, was honored recently with the 2011 Pittsburgh Conference Achievement Award. Li will be recognized at a special symposium honoring her work at Pittcon in Atlanta in …
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Zhu selected as 2010 AAPS graduate student symposium recipient
Lei Zhu, graduate student in the laboratory of Lian Yu, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, received the 2010 AAPS Graduate Student Symposium Award. Zhu will present his research in a podium presentation at the …
Vargas receives NIH Pathway to Independence Award
Marcelo Vargas, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Jeff Johnson, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, was awarded a Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) from the NIH. The initial award (K99) provides up to …
Gantt wins travel award
Richard Gantt, a fourth-year pharmaceutical sciences graduate student, was distinguished by receiving the Jeremy Knowles Memorial Travel Award, sponsored by the American Chemical Society’s Division of Biological Chemistry. The award was presented at the recent …
DeKorver receives 2010 American Chemical Society Fellowship
Kyle DeKorver, a third year chemistry graduate student, was named a recipient of a 2010 American Chemical Society Division of Medicinal Chemistry Predoctoral Fellowship for his research titled “Synthesis of heteroatom-rich pharmacologically useful building blocks …
Chemistry & Engineering News highlights Shen’s work
The June 14 issue of Chemical & Engineering News highlights the work of Ben Shen, professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and members of the Shen research team. The research concerns potent antitumor agents known as enediynes, …
School welcomes Thorne to faculty
Robert Thorne, joins the School of Pharmacy as an assistant professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division on June 1. Thorne comes to Madison from the New York University School of Medicine, where he served on …
Gantt to speak at national conference
Richard Gantt, fourth-year graduate student in the laboratory of Jon Thorson , professor of pharmaceutical sciences, has been selected to give a presentation at the upcoming Bioorganic Chemistry Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Nationally only three …
Five pharm. sci. grad students earn prestigious AFPE fellowships
Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD students Bruce Bagley, Grant Buchanan, Richard Gantt, Kyle Kleinbeck, and Kenneth Simmons have been awarded a Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in the Pharmaceutical Sciences by the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) for the …
Joshi receives pilot grant for Alzheimer’s research
Gururaj Joshi, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Jeff Johnson, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, was awarded an Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) pilot project grant from the University of Wisconsin ADRC. The …