Incredibly honored to be named a 2025 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences! 🧬 Grateful to Pew Trusts for this recognition and support, and to my awesome lab team, mentors and colleagues at @ucsdhealthsci.bsky.social Excited for what's ahead!
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Her lab develops proximity-pharmacology approaches to tackle unmet needs in drug discovery.
Ferguson has received numerous early career honors for her innovative research, including the NIH Director's New Innovator Award, Pew Biomedical Research Scholar Award and more organizations.
Named Sloan Research Fellow. Fleur Ferguson, PhD. Prestigious fellowship recognizes future scientific leaders. Ferguson smiles in a black shirt with blurry background.
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Fleur Ferguson on receiving a prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship! This award recognizes rising stars in science ➡️ rebrand.ly/77e24d @sloanfoundation.bsky.social
Previously-discovered compounds to fight #Chagasdisease could get now life in the fight against strains of the #COVID19 virus that have become less responsive to treatment. @ucsdpharmacy.bsky.social
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Wonderful work from the lab of Brad Moore at UC San Diego: cloning and harnessing the versatile octopus camouflage pigment xanthommatin for diverse real world applications — cool TV news story here and a link to Nature Biotech manuscript below
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Touching upon the annual funding process for federal agencies, changes to federal student aid and more, Spreizter then sat down with Dr. Brookie Best, AACP treasurer and dean and professor at @ucsdpharmacy.bsky.social, to answer questions from the audience and forecast the year ahead.
The center advocates for research into NTDs through outreach and education. High school, undergraduate and graduate students frequently visit the center for hands-on training as well as lectures and workshops. The center also trains of scientists from low- and middle-income countries.
As the world warms due to climate change, insects and the parasites they carry have already begun emerging in regions where they were previously unheard of — including California and the United States.
The team is working to find better treatments for serious infectious diseases including brain-eating amoebas (pictured), “kissing bug” disease (Chagas), sleeping sickness (African trypanosmiasis), leishmaniasis and snail fever (schistosomiasis).
Awareness Day. Celebrating World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day. Learn about our nationally-renowned center studying brain-eating amoebas, "kissing bug" disease and more. Image of cells under a microscope.
In honor of last week’s #WorldNeglectedTropicalDiseasesDay we’re shining the spotlight on our unique Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases, one of the nation’s leading research centers for drug discovery in this area, with a portfolio of ten different disease areas ➡️ cdipd.org
Gilson’s research develops and tests computational methods to predict how strongly drug-like molecules bind to disease-related proteins—with the ultimate goal of accelerating drug discovery.
🔗 Read more about his research: bit.ly/3LfFjQP
American Chemical Society Award Michael Gilson, Ph.D., M.D., Recognized for his outstanding achievements at the interface of computational chemistry and drug discovery. Photo of Michael Gilson
🎉 Congratulations to Professor Michael K. Gilson (@bmix.bsky.social) on receiving the American Chemical Society (@acs.org) award for Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research! The award acknowledges his outstanding achievements at the interface of computational chemistry and drug discovery.
However, right now federal investment in critical medical research like this is at risk. To Speak Up for Science, visit ➡️ ucal.us/speakupforscience
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🎉 We're proud to share we’ve moved up to #4 in national rankings for research funding!
Our faculty secured more than $33 million in competitive research awards from top agencies that aim to find better treatments for children, Alzheimer’s disease, heart failure and more ➡️ rebrand.ly/7fs983n
💙 The treatment of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain cancers has been revolutionized by the development of statins, tPA, GLP-1 receptor agonists and immunotherapies, respectively—all enabled by NIH-funded research.
Why does federal funding matter?
💊 National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding contributed to all of the 210 drugs approved between 2010 and 2016.
💵 For every $1 invested into NIH-funded research, an estimated $2.5 dollars are generated in economic activity.
Victor Nizet, M.D., is a distinguished professor at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Antibiotic resistance is on the rise, meaning common infections may soon be untreatable. Victor Nizet, M.D., (@nizet.bsky.social) explains why sustained federal funding is crucial to developing new solutions ⬇️
📣 Tell your lawmakers to protect medical research: bit.ly/3FlXQs3
Today we honor #Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery across the United States. Our offices are closed in observance of the holiday.
To view Juneteenth celebrations occurring across campus, including the 5th Annual Juneteenth BBQ this Saturday, visit ➡️ juneteenth.ucsd.edu
Only a few weeks left to apply to become the inaugural chair of our new Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences! More details below ⬇️
Our #microbiome is constantly talking to us. @ucsandiego.bsky.social researchers are learning their language #metabolism @ucsdpharmacy.bsky.social @pieterdorrestein.bsky.social
Did you know that half of the medicines we take come from nature?
Distinguished Professor Brad Moore shares why the potential for medicinal discovery from the ocean is vast — and why now is the time to protect federal research funding ➡️ bit.ly/3FlXQs3
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #SaveResearch
🔬 At @ucsandiego.bsky.social, scientists like Brad Moore–Distinguished Professor at Scripps Oceanography and @ucsdpharmacy.bsky.social–are leading the charge to source and develop compounds from nature that are being used to develop the next generation of medicines. 🧵⬇️
💙 The treatment of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain cancers has been revolutionized by the development of statins, tPA, GLP-1 receptor agonists and immunotherapies, respectively—all enabled by NIH-funding research.
Did you know?
💵 For every $1 invested into National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded research, an estimated $2.5 dollars are generated in economic activity.
💊 NIH funding contributed to all of the 210 drugs approved between 2010 and 2016.
For our Dean Brookie Best, supporting federally funded medical research isn’t just a matter of policy—it’s personal.
📣 Tell your lawmakers to protect medical research: rebrand.ly/qi94pf6
🔍 Learn more about what’s at stake: bit.ly/3FlXQs3
#SaveResearch #ResearchSaveLives #UCSanDiego
Winzeler (@elizabethwinzeler.bsky.social
), our associate dean for research and innovation and a drug discovery expert, was also elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2021. She will be formally inducted at next year’s National Academy of Sciences annual meeting.
Congratulations, Professor Elizabeth Winzeler! Elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Photo of Winzeler in a lab holding a beaker
We are beyond proud to share that Professor Elizabeth Winzeler has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences! Election to the membership of this prestigious society recognizes excellence in research and is one of the highest honors a scientist can achieve ➡️ rebrand.ly/9zjn609 @nasonline.org
His lab, which is developing antibiotics and vaccines for severe bacteria infections, such as sepsis, staph and drug-resistant bacteria, includes more than two dozen students, postdoctoral scholars, staff, visiting scholars and affiliated faculty.
