Medicinal chemistry graduate students win awards at Research Showcase
Manyun Chen and Kelton Schleyer were recognized at the UF College of Pharmacy 34th Annual Research Showcase Award Ceremony.
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34th Annual Research Showcase breaks record for most posters and oral presentations
The UF College of Pharmacy’s 2021 Annual Research Showcase featured a record number of poster presentations, as participants embraced a new format in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the addition of a new postdoctoral trainee category, the event also featured more oral presentations than ever before. The hybrid…
Hebaalla Agha and Dr. Chris McCurdy’s sigma receptor review featured on cover of Royal Society of Chemistry’s Medicinal Chemistry journal
Graduate student Hebaalla Agha and her faculty mentor, Medicinal Chemistry Professor Chris McCurdy, Ph.D., had their review article featured as the cover story for the Royal Society of Chemistry’s February 2021 Medicinal Chemistry journal. The article reviews the principles of molecular imaging with known sigma-1 receptor, or S1R,…
Register for the 4th Annual UF Drug Discovery Symposium
The virtual event will be held April 22-23 and hosted by the Center for Natural Products, Drug Discovery and Development.
UF researchers developing new cancer immunotherapy drug
UF pharmacy researchers have found a potential new way of targeting a population of immune-suppressive T cells that could possibly benefit a large population of cancer patients, including those who will not respond to other immunotherapies.
UF researchers discover marine natural product off Florida’s coast that could help fight cancer
Dr. Hendrik Luesch and a team of researchers have discovered a novel marine natural product that binds to a new site of tubulin, an important target for cancer drugs.
Dr. Laura Hanold receives UFHCC Research Symposium trainee award
Postdoctoral associate Laura E. Hanold, Ph.D., won a UF Health Cancer Center trainee award at the organization’s Virtual Research Symposium, Dec. 8-10. Hanold, whose faculty mentor is medicinal chemistry professor Jane Aldrich, Ph.D., was one of 14 trainee winners from the university’s health colleges. Laura Hanold, Ph.D. Hanold’s…
Kratom: What science is discovering about the risks and benefits of a controversial herb
Dr. Chris McCurdy explains how science is attempting to answer safety questions around kratom in this Conversation story.
Dr. Chris McCurdy’s kratom alkaloid study featured on the cover of ACS Pharmacology and Translational Science
McCurdy began researching kratom in 2005 and the study represents the first time his team’s kratom research has appeared on a journal cover.
Graduate student Kelton Schleyer wins UFHCC pre-doctoral award
Kelton Schleyer, a medicinal chemistry graduate student in Dr. Lina Cui’s lab, is one of five health college students to receive a 2020 UF Health Cancer Center, or UFHCC, award. The $10,000 award recognizes and supports outstanding predoctoral candidates conducting innovative cancer research. Kelton Schleyer Schleyer’s research develops molecular probes…
