Gavin Williams, postdoctoral research associate, in the laboratory of Jon Thorson, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, has accepted a position as an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University in …
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Faculty experts edit nanotechnology book
Mel de Villiers, associate professor (CHS), and Glen Kwon, professor, both in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division served as editors of Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, the 10th volume in the book series Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Aspects. Recently …
Discovery speeds the development of antibiotics
The discovery of manipulation of a single gene can result in large amounts of platensimycin and platencin— two natural antibiotics.
Smanski to present at ASP annual meeting
Michael Smanski, graduate student, working under the guidance of Ben Shen, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, has been awarded a 2009 American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP) travel grant attend to attend the ASP annual …
Extra genes protect against Parkinson’s disease
Research by Jeff Johnson, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, and UW-Madison colleagues Pei-Chun Chen, Marcelo Vargas and Delinda Johnson, impacts the progression of Parkinson’s disease. Drawing local and national attention, the study published in …
Pharm Sci Division receives national ranking
The UW-Madison School of Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Sciences Division ranked among the best Pharmaceutical Sciences programs in the US according to Academic Analytics (AA, LLC). The division was identified by the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index (FSP …
Centrose ranks as top university start-up
Centrose, a Madison-based start-up company involving Jon Thorson, professor, and C. Richard Hutchinson, emeritus professor, in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, was selected by the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2) in the final round …
Johnson lab makes strides in ALS research
Research by Marcelo Vargas, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Jeff Johnson, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, was reported in the current issue of the Journal of Neuroscience. The experiments prolonged the life …
Chung is outstanding biomaterials researcher
Amy Chung, PhD candidate in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, has been awarded the 2009 Student Award for Outstanding Research by a PhD Candidate from the Society for Biomaterials. This prestigious award is given to student …
Johnson contributes to SMART Team
Jeff Johnson, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, is serving as the Students Modeling A Research Topic (SMART) Team mentor for the Edgewood Middle School SMART team in Madison. The teams of middle or high …