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Mendenhalls give back for grad students
Opportunity. For students considering graduate studies, the opportunity to explore such a choice isn’t always within reach. Doug Mendenhall has a passion to change that. The two-time graduate of the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy is grateful for his opportunity to complete a master’s degree in Medicinal Chemistry and...
$5.7 million NIH grant will fund final stretch of successful 15-year initiative
KU Alumnus pledges $1 million to support father's legacy in School of Pharmacy
LAWRENCE — Family and the University of Kansas hold special places in physician and KU alumnus Jeff Lindenbaum’s heart. ...
Dr. Barney Graham to give Higuchi Memorial Lectures on March 31
LAWRENCE — Dr. Barney Graham, recently retired deputy director of the National Institutes of Health Vaccine Research Center, will be featured March 31 at the 17th Higuchi Memorial Lectures. A scientific lecture for students and faculty will be held from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the School of Pharmacy on the Lawrence...
Researchers boost the potency of an HIV-1 antibody, tracing new potential pathways for vaccine development
LAWRENCE — Much like coronavirus, circulating HIV-1 viruses mutate into diverse variants that pose challenges for scientists developing vaccines to protect people from HIV/AIDS. ...
Brandon DeKosky Joins American Lung Association COVID-19 Action Initiative (Opens in new window)
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COVID-19 drug therapy contains crucial ingredient from Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
LAWRENCE — When the Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency-use authorization for the investigational pharmaceutical remdesivir to treat COVID-19 on May 1, in part it was due to pioneering work performed by pharmaceutical chemists at the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy in 1990. Today, KU graduates still hold...
Breakthrough enables screening millions of human antibodies for new drug discovery
LAWRENCE — A paper just published in Nature Biotechnology outlines a pioneering method of screening a person’s diverse set of antibodies for rapid therapeutic discovery. Antibody proteins are an important part of the human immune system that specifically target foreign viruses and bacteria, and they have been the fastest-growing class...
Pharmacy professor is named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
LAWRENCE — The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has again named a University of Kansas professor as an NAI Fellow, one of the highest honors for an academic inventor. ...
Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences dedicated issue for Ron Borchardt (Opens in new window)
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(Video) Higuchi Prize DVD - Life and work of Dr. Takeru Higuchi by Michael A. Schwartz Ph. D. (Opens in new window)
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Audus named Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Editor-in-Chief
LAWRENCE — Ken Audus, University of Kansas professor of pharmaceutical chemistry and former School of Pharmacy dean, has been named editor-in-chief of the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. ...
Cory J. Berkland to be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite (pdf) (Opens in new window)
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