December 11, 2024Three Research Forward Awards Fuel Faculty InnovationProfessors Timothy Bugni, Lingjun Li, and Weiping Tang have received UW–Madison grants to advance their innovative multidisciplinary research.
December 6, 2022A Continuing Tradition of InnovationSchool of Pharmacy researchers in fiscal year 2021–22 received four patents for innovations in drug discovery and delivery.
September 20, 2021A Year of DiscoveryIn the 2020–21 Fiscal Year, School of Pharmacy researchers received six patents to improve drug delivery and discovery.
November 20, 2020New Effective and Safe Antifungal Isolated From Sea Squirt MicrobiomeBy combing the ocean for antimicrobials, scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have discovered a new antifungal compound that efficiently targets multi-drug-resistant strains of deadly fungi without toxic side effects in mice.
October 4, 2019Hutchinson Lecture Speaker Shares How Genome Sequencing is the Key to Drug DiscoveryBy Jasmyn Booker Originally from Hawaii, Bradley Moore from the Scripps Institute at the University of California San Diego shared how being curious about ocean life as a child led him to the world of pharmaceutical sciences. Moore spoke at the School of Pharmacy on September 20 as the Hutchinson Lecture, hosted by PSD Professor […]
June 6, 2019$30 Million NIH Award will Help Tackle the Toughest PathogensProfessor Tim Bugni and his colleagues receive $30 million grant from the NIH to take aim at the growing threat of multi-drug-resistant pathogens for which few — or no — treatment options exist.
- September 10, 2018Driven by Discovery
The need for new antibiotics fuels Professor Tim Bugni’s highly collaborative efforts to find novel molecules in marine bacteria.
September 10, 2018School of Pharmacy Promotes Four Faculty MembersProfessor Beth Martin, Professor Tim Bugni, Professor Sandro Mecozzi, and Associate Professor Joe Zorek have been promoted for their contributions to research and education.
June 28, 2018New Award Will Support Faster, More Powerful Drug Lead DevelopmentThe School’s Professor Weiping Tang is the principal investigator on the project that won funding from the UW2020: WARF Discovery Initiative program.
June 7, 2018Searching the Sea, and Bacterial Battles, for New AntibioticsThe School’s Tim Bugni and Lingjun Li are using coculturing techniques to recreate aspects of real ecosystems to spur dormant and hidden antibiotic capacities into action.