Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Developmental Grant
Ken Pearce and collaborator Channing Der (Pharmacology) received a UNC Lineberger Development Research Grant for their proposal, “A Cellular Screen Utilizing the Global Protein Stability Method to Identify Chemical Probes that Expedite the Myc-degradation Pathway.” (Jan. 2016)
CICBDD Welcomes Two New Postdocs
The Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery welcomes Jichen Zhao to the Medicinal Chemistry Group and Gwonchan Yoon to the Computational Biophysics and Molecular Design Group. Jichen joins us from the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, where he … Read more
Two CICBDD Scientists Receive Awards
Emily Hull-Ryde Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery Controlling the Mucus That Kills Pulmonary Patients 50 million Americans suffer from asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cystic fibrosis. A hallmark of these diseases is excessive mucus that can lead … Read more
Take a Flake Campaign
By now you have seen the “blizzard” on the bulletin board outside of Marsico 3004. Now we need to clear that “snow!” As part of our CBMC holiday effort, let’s give back by showering our local Ronald McDonald House … Read more
Eshelman Gives $3 Million to School’s Drug-Discovery Center
September 3, 2014 By David Etchison The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy has received a $3 million gift from philanthropist and pharmaceutical-industry executive Fred Eshelman. Eshelman’s gift will support the work of the School’s Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and … Read more
New Algorithm Increases Success Rate of Drug-Compound Screening
December 15, 2014 By David Etchison Scientists developing new drugs increasingly turn to massive online catalogs of prospective compounds to test. The trouble is that very few those chemical contenders even have the potential to be useful because of inaccuracies … Read more
Jeffrey Aubé Joins Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry
August 3, 2015 By Aren Besson Jeffrey Aubé, PhD, has traded Kansas blue for Carolina blue and joined the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy as a Fred Eshelman Distinguished Professor in the School’s Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal … Read more