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 …
Pharmaceutical Sciences
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 …
Editorial appointments recognize research
Mel de Villiers, associate professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, has been selected to serve on the Editorial Board of Current Drug Discovery Technologies. He was also recently appointed as an Associate Editor for the …
Grant furthers work of halogen-containing pharmaceutical agents
The research of Weiping Tang, assistant professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, was awarded $50,000 from the American Chemical Society-Petroleum Research Fund for his proposal, “Catalytic Enantioselective Halogenation of Olefins.” This proposal focuses on the …
Collaboration yields innovation in cancer research
Darin Furgeson, assistant professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, and colleague Dr. Chris Brace, assistant scientist at the School of Medicine and Public Health and the College of Engineering, were awarded $70,000 from the University …
The School of Pharmacy community mourns the loss of a pioneer and champion
Lenor B. Zeeh, passed away February 24, 2008. Zeeh graduated from the School of Pharmacy in 1936 and dedicated his life work to advancing the field. In recent years the school’s Pharmacy Experiment Station was …