April 12, 2023Brain-Penetrating Drug Candidate Effective Against Deadly Encephalitis VirusesA new antiviral compound designed and synthesized by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s School of Pharmacy is highly effective in mice against two types of devastating encephalitis viruses that are harmful to humans.
March 17, 2023Preventing the Next PandemicFrom COVID-19 to encephalitic alphaviruses, School of Pharmacy Associate Professor Jennifer Golden and collaborators are developing new antiviral treatments.
June 7, 2019Designing Answers, One Compound at a TimeAssistant Professor Jennifer Golden builds chemistry-centered collaborations to design and deploy new drug-like compounds to address pressing biological questions.
- April 16, 2019UW–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).
January 2, 2018Medicinal Chemistry Center Moves Drug Discovery Forward With Unparalleled ExpertiseThe early phase of drug discovery is seemingly straight-forward: screen molecules for biological activity, validate screening hits, design and synthesize novel drug molecules for testing in cells and animals. But while drug companies breeze through that process
September 8, 2017Golden delivers presentation at 2017 Med Chem Gordon Research ConferenceJennifer E. Golden, assistant professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division and Associate Director, Medicinal Chemistry Center, was selected to deliver a podium talk at the 2017 Medicinal Chemistry
August 28, 2017Golden and Fitz-Henley selected as trainer and participant for NIH Training GrantThe innovative research in virology and parasitology by the laboratory of Jennifer E. Golden, assistant professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division and Associate Director, Medicinal Chemistry Center, was a determining factor in recruiting her as a faculty trainer on the NIH Parasitology and Vector Biology (PVB) Training Grant
- July 26, 2016Golden project selected for UW2020 Award
An innovative research proposal from Jennifer Golden, assistant professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division and Associate Director, Medicinal Chemistry Center, was among a topnotch group of faculty to receive the UW2020: WARF Discovery Initiative Award. The infrastructure project entitled “Early Stage Translational Drug Discovery: Matchmaking UW Biology and Medicinal Chemistry Resources Towards High Impact Compounds […]