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New research reveals two common naloxone products remain chemically stable after their expiration dates.

Dr. Frederick T. Chin is an assistant professor in the department of radiology at Stanford University. His presentation is titled "Targeted PET-MR imaging of novel biomarkers: assessing pain, cancer and other neurological disorders."

The 10 medicinal chemistry faculty currently serve as principal investigators on 18 different federally funded grants worth more than $18.4 million.

Assistant professors Rob Huigens, Ph.D. and Yousong Ding, Ph.D., each secured $1.7 million grants from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences in August. For these junior faculty hired in 2013, earning a National Institutes of Health grant is a first. For the department…

The awards recognize the top student research presentations in the Graduate Student Seminar Series 2017-18.

A UF College of Pharmacy researcher team led by Dr. Hendrik Luesch recently developed a novel molecule based on marine cyanobacteria, Apra S10, to target pancreatic cancer cells.

With the funding from the Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award, Ding aims to access and expand chemical diversity of microbes through the use of new, innovative strategies.

Dr. Cui joins the Medicinal Chemistry department as an assistant professor. She was previously at the University of New Mexico and the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her research explores the biochemical activities of carbohydrate processing enzymes involved in cancer progression and metastasis, thereby guiding the development of therapeutic and diagnostic molecules or tools for various types of cancers.

Known as the Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award, the grant will fund several of Huigens’ research projects, including efforts to develop compounds that will eliminate bacterial biofilm-associated infections.

James is one of four UF College of Pharmacy faculty members named as UF Term Professors beginning in the 2019 academic year.