Initial studies are promising for injectable liposome-encapsulated opioids developed by Tim Heath, associate professor emeritus in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, and Lisa Krugner-Higby, clinical instructor, UW Research Animal Resources Center. The drug formulation is the …
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PhD candidate recognized with Student Innovation Award
Mingming Ma, PhD candidate working under the guidance of Lingjun Li, associate professor in the Phamaceutical Sciences Division, was awarded a 2008 Bausch & Lomb Student Innovation Award. Both student and professor were provided an …
Zografi to speak in China
George Zografi, dean and professor emeritus, has been invited to speak at the 1st Asian Arden Conference in Beijing, China in October 2008. The conference is co-sponsored by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists and …
Hak Auth accepts naval position
Hak Auth, PhD ’08, has accepted a position as a scientist-officer in the U.S. Navy Medical Services Corps. Auth will be reporting to Jacksonville, Florida later this month to begin his naval career. During his …
FDA explores oversight of nanotechnology
The nanotechnology research of Darin Furgeson, assistant professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, is referenced in the July 25 edition of Science Progress. The Food and Drug Administration’s Nanotechnology Task Force has been created to …
Start-up company begins testing Alzheimer’s drug
Mithridion, a drug development company, co-founded by Jeff Johnson, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, began a Phase 1 clinical trial of MCD-386, a small-molecule compound designed to treat Alzheimer’s patients. As highlighted in the …
Professor Kwon named to editorial board
Glen Kwon, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, was named a member of the editorial board of the Biopharmaceutics & Drug Disposition Journal. This journal focuses on biopharmaceutics, drug disposition, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, especially those …
Shen lab studies role of Tandem Acyl Carrier Protein Domains in Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Biosynthesis
The June 2008 issue of Nature Chemical Biology summarizes the impact of recent laboratory research of Ben Shen, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division and Department of Chemistry, on polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis. The full …
New business aimed at drug delivery
A start-up drug delivery company using technologies developed by three UW-Madison professors–pharmacy professors Sandro Mecozzi and Glen Kwon, and anesthesiology Professor Robert Pearce–as well as chemistry graduate student Jonathan Fast was featured in the May …
Bar Ilan named Young Investigator
Ofek Bar-Ilan, pharmaceutical sciences PhD graduate student in the laboratory of Darin Furgeson, assistant professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division and Biomedical Engineering, received the Young Investigator Award from the Midwest Regional Chapter of the …