Drs. Jane Ishmael and Kerry McPhail, Associate Professors of Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry/Natural Products, respectively, in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, received NIH R01 funding for $1.6 million to pursue natural products drug discovery research for a project titled “Modulation of Protein Biogenesis and Secretion by Natural Product Translocon Ligands.” Drs. Ishmael and McPhail are […]
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Dr. Gaurav Sahay, an assistant professor of Drug Delivery and Nanotherapeutics in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences based on our Portland campus, received a 5-year, $3.3 million R01 grant from National Institutes of Health. Sahay’s project, “Nanoparticle-based mRNA delivery for treatment of cystic fibrosis,” is to develop a novel, inhalable system capable of delivering mRNA […]
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University has named Grace Kuo, who has spearheaded national models of collaboration between physicians and pharmacists, as dean of OSU’s College of Pharmacy. Kuo presently serves as a professor and associate dean at the University of California, San Diego. Kuo will start as dean on June 30. She follows OSU […]
Aleksandra Sikora, a researcher with the OSU College of Pharmacy and Oregon Health & Science University’s Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, will work with principal investigator Ann Jerse of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences plus collaborators from five other universities. Read more!
Stearoyl CoA Desaturase Is Essential for Regulation of Endoplasmic Reticulum Homeostasis and Tumor Growth in Glioblastoma Cancer Stem Cells. Pinkham K, Park DJ, Hashemiaghdam A, Kirov AB, Adam I, Rosiak K, da Hora CC, Teng J, Cheah PS, Carvalho L, Ganguli-Indra G, Kelly A, Indra AK, Badr CE. Stem Cell Reports. 2019 Apr 9;12(4):712-727. doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2019.02.012.
Kerry McPhail searches coral reefs around the world for chemical clues that could be the new drugs of tomorrow. She recently traveled to Saudi Arabia, where she dove the spectacular Red Sea reefs. She’s a medicinal chemist who teaches and does research at the Oregon State University College of Pharmacy. The Chemistry of Corals from […]