The 58th Annual June Land O’Lakes (LOL) Research and Development Conference will be a tribute to the groundbreaking work of University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy Emeritus Dean and Professor George Zografi in the areas …
Pharmaceutical Sciences
NIH grant allows Kwan and Rose to further antibiotic research
Jason Kwan, assistant professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, will serve as Principal Investigator, with Warren Rose, associate professor (CHS), Pharmacy Practice Division as Co-Investigator for a grant from the NIH-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases …
Zhang’s PhD research results in AAPS award
Wei Zhang, graduate student in the lab of Lian Yu, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, was awarded the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Graduate Student Research Award in Physical Pharmacy and Biopharmaceutics (PPB) …
Graduate Student Reception & Recognition Ceremony
Faculty, staff, and fellow students were on hand to celebrate the accomplishments of our graduate students. Chuck Lauhon, associate professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, and Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies, was master of ceremonies. …
Khosla is honored as C.R. Hutchinson Lecturer
A near capacity attendance was on hand to hear Chaitan Khosla, the 2015-16 C. Richard Hutchinson Lecturer, present his talk entitled “Assembly Line Biosynthesis of Polyketide Antibiotics.” Dr. Khosla is a professor in the Departments …
Kwan is recipient of 2015 ASP Research Starter Grant
Jason Kwan, assistant professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, has been awarded a research starter grant by The American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP) for the investigation of novel biofilm inhibitors made by symbiotic bacteria living in marine …
Researchers return from annual ASP Conference
Pharmacognosy (“a branch of pharmacology dealing with medicinal substances of biological origin…”) according to the online Merriam-Webster dictionary) is receiving high attention in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division with the research of faculty members Tim Bugni, …
School launches new Med Chem Center
A key translational research initiative for Dean and Professor Steve Swanson is realized this July as the Medicinal Chemistry Center (MCC) of the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy is launched.
Tang awarded funding from WARF’s Accelerator Program
Weiping Tang, associate professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, will receive an award from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) Accelerator Program that supports his project titled “Small Molecule Inhibitors of PCSK9 Secretion – Phase …
deVilliers paper selected “Top Pick”
Melgardt de Villiers, professor (CHS) in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, is among the authors of a paper selected Editor’s Pick for the May issue of Expert Opinion of Drug …