CMP Latest News

How AI Found the Words to Kill Cancer Cells

22 May 2023

How AI Found the Words to Kill Cancer Cells

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Can a Leading Laboratory Unlock the Cause of Gastrointestinal Disease

13 Feb 2023

Can a Leading Laboratory Unlock the Cause of Gastrointestinal Disease?

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UCSF’s Kevan Shokat to receive the 2023 NAS Award for Scientific Discovery.

10 Feb 2023

Join us in congratulating Kevan M. Shokat! Kevan M. Shokat, University of California, San Francisco, will receive the 2023 NAS Award for Scientific Discovery.

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UCSF’s Nevan Krogan Wins France’s Highest Honor

27 Oct 2022

CMP’s own Nevan Krogan has been awarded France’s Highest Honor the prestigious Legion of Honor, France’s highest decoration.

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Announcing Dyche Mullins, PhD, as Chair of the UCSF Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology

26 Oct 2022

Announcing Dyche Mullins, PhD, as Chair of the UCSF Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology

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Congratulations to our own Holly Ingraham for receiving Endocrine Society’s 2023 Laureate Award

03 Oct 2022

Holly A. Ingraham, PhD Edwin B. Astwood Award for Outstanding Research in Basic Science

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Drug Turns Cancer Gene Into ‘Eat Me’ Flag for Immune System

15 Sep 2022

UCSF-Led Study Shows Promising Pre-Clinical Results in Killing Cancer Cells Resistant to Current KRAS-Targeted Treatments

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UC San Francisco and UC San Diego Join NIH “Bridge to Artificial Intelligence” Program

13 Sep 2022

The NIH Common Fund’s initiative will expand the use of artificial intelligence to solve pressing challenges in human health

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Congratulations to Professor Rupa Tuan for her induction to The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators

10 Aug 2022

CMP Teaching Faculty Rupa Tuan has been inducted to the The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators, Congratulations Rupa!

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Congratulations to Professor Marieke Kruidering for receiving 2021-2022 Academic Senate Distinguished Faculty Awards

31 May 2022

UCSF Academic Senate Distinguished Faculty Awards include our own Marieke Kruidering Congratulations Marieke!

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Natalia Jura Delivers 2022 Byers Award Lecture on Beating Cancer Through Molecular Photography

20 May 2022

Natalia Jura Delivers 2022 Byers Award Lecture on Beating Cancer Through Molecular Photography

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CMP Faculty Keith Yamamoto to Lead American Association for the Advancement of Science

10 May 2022

UCSF’s Keith Yamamoto to Lead American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Congratulations to Professor Kevan Shokat for receiving the 2022 AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research!

05 Apr 2022

AACR Announces Recipients of its 2022 Scientific Achievement Awards and Lectureships.

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Congratulations to Professor Kevan Shokat for being Awarded the first SWCRF Breakthrough Science Award!

18 Nov 2021

Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation Honors UCSF’s Dr. Kevan Shokat with “Breakthrough Science Award” !

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Congratulations to Professor Allison Williams for being selected for this years class of John A. Watson Faculty Scholars

01 Sep 2021

Congratulations to CMP Faculty Member Allison Williams for being selected to this years class of John A. Watson Faculty Scholars and recipients of the Dean’s Diversity Fund awards.

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Congratulations to Professor Holly Ingraham for being elected to the National Academy of Sciences

27 Apr 2021

Congratulations to CMP Faculty Member Hertzstein Distinguished Investigator, professor, and associate vice chair Holly Ingraham for being elected to The National Academy of Sciences.

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Congratulations to Professor Jennifer Doudna on sharing the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

07 Oct 2020

Congratulations to CMP Affiliate Faculty Member Professor Jennifer Doudna on sharing the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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Danica Fujimori Receives $1.25M Bowes Biomedical Investigator Award

30 Aug 2020

Congratulations to CMP Faculty Danica Fujimori Receives $1.25M Bowes Biomedical Investigator Award

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Kevan Shokat to chair Turning Point Therapeutics scientific advisory board

30 Aug 2020

Congratulations to CMP Faculty Kevan Shokat for being chosen to chair Turning Point Therapeutics scientific advisory board.

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Postdoc Kara McKinley Receives Award

30 Aug 2019

Congratulations to CMP Postdoc Kara McKinley for being awarded the 7th annual Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation

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Celebrating 20 Years of the UCSF Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research

17 Apr 2019

Program Has Produced $1.4 Billion in Follow-On Funding for UCSF Research

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Holly Ingraham Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

17 Apr 2019

Congratulations to Holly Ingraham, PhD. for being Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Holly Ingraham wins MLK Award

05 Oct 2017

Congratulations to Holly Ingraham, PhD. for receiving the UCSF Chancellor Award for MLK Jr. Leadership

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Keith Yamamoto Honored for Precision Medicine Work

24 May 2017

Congratulations to Keith Yamamoto, PhD, who received a PMWC Luminary Award

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Ron Vale Receives 2017 Shaw Prize

23 May 2017

Congratulations to CMP Faculty Member Ron Vale, PhD, professor and vice chair, for receiving the Shaw Prize

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Kevan Shokat Receives Kraft Prize

03 May 2017

Congratulations to CMP Faculty Member Kevan Shokat, PhD, who received the 2017 Jonathan Kraft Prize for Excellence in Cancer Research

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Danica Fujimori Delivers 2017 Byers Award Lecture

08 Feb 2017

Congratulations to CMP Faculty Member Danica Fujimori, PhD, For Delivering the 2017 Byers Award Lecture on Tackling Antibiotic Resistance.

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Shawn Douglas, PhD, Receives Presidential Early Career Award

17 Jan 2017

Congratulations to CMP Faculty Member Shawn Douglas, PhD, For Receiving Presidential Early Career Award.

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NSF Funds ‘Blue Sky’ Bioengineering Center To Be Based at UCSF

26 Sep 2016

Center Aims to Unite Bay Area Synthetic Biologists, Engineer Biological Machines

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UCSF Establishes Quantitative Biosciences Institute

16 Mar 2016

UCSF Establishes Quantitative Biosciences Institute

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Keith Yamamoto Named UCSF’s First Vice Chancellor of Science Policy and Strategy

24 Nov 2015

Congratulations to our own Keith Yamamoto for being Named UCSF’s First Vice Chancellor of Science Policy and Strategy.

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Two students win Weintraub Awards

22 Feb 2015

Two PhD students win Weintraub Award

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Wendell Lim Appointed Department Chair

20 Oct 2014

Wendell Lim, PhD, Appointed as New Chair of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology.

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Jonathan Weissman wins NAS Award

20 Oct 2014

Weissman Wins inaugural “NAS Award for Scientific Discovery”

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Three UCSF leaders elected to Institute of Medicine

20 Oct 2014

Congratulations to Ron Vale newly elected member of the The Institute of Medicine.

The Institute of Medicine announced its newly elected members at their annual meeting today, and I am happy to inform you that the list includes three of our leading faculty. Together, they highlight our broad contribution to global research in the basic, translational and population sciences.

The newly elected IOM members are:

Eric Goosby, MD, professor of medicine, and director, Institute of Global Health Delivery and Diplomacy, UCSF Global Health Sciences

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Roger Nicoll awarded 2014 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize

20 Aug 2014

Congratulations to Roger Nicoll for being awarded the 2014 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize.

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Shawn Douglas selected as Pew-Stewart Scholar

01 Jul 2014

Congratulations to Shawn Douglas for being selected a Pew-Stewart Scholar for Cancer Research.

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Shokat lab: Targeting Cancer's Holy Grail

20 Jun 2014

Our Chair Kevan Shokat is Profiled on www.ucsf.edu for his work with the Ras Protein.

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Jonathan Weissman wins Academic Senate Award

09 May 2014

Congratulations to Jonathan Weissman for winning UCSF Academic Senate Award!

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CMP Personnel make Forbes Magazine 30 under 30

06 Jan 2014

Congratulations David Weinberg and Jonathan Ostrem for getting listed in Forbes Magazine

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Shawn Douglas Wins NSF Award

17 Sep 2013

Congratulations to Shawn Douglas for winning NSF Award for Molecular Programming Project!

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Dyche Mullins joins HHMI

09 May 2013

Congratulations to Dyche Mullins for being selected as a new Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator!

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Ron Vale wins 2012 Lasker Award

27 Dec 2012

Congratulations to our own Ron Vale for winning the 2012 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award!

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