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The Center for Natural Products, Drug Discovery and Development and the Department of Chemistry jointly hosted the 3rd RM1 Trainee Meeting at the…
The Fifth Scientific Kratom Symposium brought together about 100 researchers for four days of presentations and collaboration.
The college’s investigators earned $19.4 million in NIH awards in 2025, according to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.
seminar series and guest speakers
Wednesday, April 15, from 10 – 11 a.m. in C1-015 Dr. Daniels’s presentation title is “Towards new cancer medicines with degraders of…
Tuesday, March 31, from 10 – 11 a.m. in C1-15 Dr. Schneebeli’s presentation title is “Integrating Single-molecule Sequencing and…
Thursday, March 26, from 10 – 11 a.m. in C1-009 Dr. Wang’s presentation title is “How New Medicines Are Made: The Path to Transformative…
fast facts | FISCAL year 2025
$7.6 million in research awards
81 Publications
11 Research Groups in Ph.D. Program
32 Ph.D. students
13 Postdoctoral fellows
29 New U.S. Patents Filed
5 New U.S Patents Issued
9 New Licenses / Options