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  • Lester Mitscher, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, was recently honored by the IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) with an Emeritus Fellowship by the IUPAC Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Development. This fellowship is to involve and honor those who have previously made outstanding contributions to the division and IUPAC itself.
  • Winners of Graduate Organic Fellowships Announced
  • Allison Donnelly receives American Chemical Society fellowship.
  • Sunil David, awarded new research contract by NIAID to discover and characterize novel adjuvants.
  • Barbara Timmermann, Looking to Nature for New Medicines. Click here for the Youtube Video
  • Wendy Hartsock, Medicinal Chemistry Student Featured in Lawrence Journal World Article (High School Dropout Finds Chemistry in Biology)
  • Brian Blagg Honored By ACS
  • MedChem 2008 Holiday Party Photos (download a PDF file)
  • MDCM 2008 Newsletter (download a PDF file)
  • Photos from the Dedication of Phases III and IV of the KU Structural Biology Center, Oct. 23, 2008 (download a PDF file)
  • Photos from the 2008 ISSX - Kansas Alumni Reunion (download a PDF file)
  • Photos from the 2008 ISSX Meeting in San Diego, CA - Attended by KU Faculty and Alums (download a PDF file)
  • COBRE-PSF External Advisory Board Meeting Photos, Sept. 25, 2008 (download a PDF file)
  • KU MedChem Alum Dan Flynn's Deciphera Pharmaceuticals and Lilly Pharmaceuticals Announce Licensing and Collaboration Agreement
  • Jeffrey Aubé Awarded KU's Largest Federal Research Grant From the NIH
  • Professor Sunil David was awarded the AACP "Best Teacher" Award at their 2008 Meeting in Chicago
  • Jeffrey Aubé Honored for International Degree Work
  • Dr. Thomas E. Prisinzano Presented with The Matt Suffness Award, 2008
  • KU-led Collaborative Lands $10 Million Grant for Protein Structure Research
  • SBC III - Work in Progress Slideshow
  • Tom Prisinzano was quoted in a Newsweek article titled "Old Herb, New Controversy" regarding the potential medicinal benefits of salvia.
  • KU Distinguished Professor, Les Mitscher, Urges Drug Firms to Create New Generation of Antibiotics - Featured on KU Home Page
  • COBRE/HTS Highlighted in Genome Technology - Downstream Discovery in the Academy. Click here for a pdf.
  • Seminar Speaker: David Colby - Research Associate - Department of Chemistry - The Scripps Research Institutes - April 3, 2008
  • Seminar Speaker: Kenner Rice - Lab Chief, Chemical Biology Branch National Institute on Drug Abuse - March 27 & 28, 2008
  • Abbott Laboratories Lecture Series - 2008
  • KU awarded $5 million for Kansas Bioscience Authority 'Eminent Scholar'
  • Brian Blagg & Barbara Timmermann are featured in Kansas IDeAs Magazine
  • Medicinal Chemistry 2007 Newsletter
  • Medicinal Chemistry Holiday Party - 2007 Photos
  • Barbara Timmermann & Les Mitscher are featured in The American Society of Pharmacognosy, Winter 07, Newsletter
  • Dedication of the Mathias P. Mertes Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory and 75th Mertes Birthday Symposium
  • Chaguturu takes charge of high throughput screening lab at KU
  • KU grant background information: Molecular libraries research
  • KU wins $9.6 million grant
  • Multidisciplinary Research Building to be dedicated March 6
  • Gary Grunewald, one of three inaugural inductees into the newly established ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry Hall of Fame!
  • Les Mitscher will receive the 2007 Research Achievement Award of the American Society of Pharmacognosy
  • Gary Grunewald's ACS Hall of Fame, Medicinal Chemistry Division, article reproduced with permission from the KU Alumni Magazine
  • Barbara Timmermann named new Principal Investigator of the Center for Cancer Experimental Therapeutics (COBRE), article reproduced with permission from the KU Alumni Magazine
  • Multidisciplinary Research Building Newsletters