Joseph Buonomo Receives 2017-2018 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

Congratulations to Joseph Buonomo, a Medicinal Chemistry graduate student in the Aldrich laboratory, who was awarded a 2017-2018 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship.

Sydney Schmidt, Medicinal Chemistry Undergraduate Student, Receives UMN Department of Chemistry Award

Sydney Schmidt, a junior undergraduate Chemistry major in the Harki lab, received the 2017 David A. and Merece H. Johnson Scholarship for outstanding achievement in undergraduate research as well as overall scholastic excellence. This award is from the UMN Department of Chemistry.

Dr. Turesky Receives Driven to Discover State Fair Grant

Dr. Robert Turesky received a $7,500 Driven to Discover State Fair Grant for his project, "Non-Invasive Biomonitoring of Multi-class Exposures to Carcinogens in Hair using Liquid Chromatography/High Resolution Accurate Mass Spectrometry." 

Dr. Gurvich featured in STAT story

Vadim Gurvich was featured in the STAT story, "NIH program strives to turn more lab discoveries into real-world treatments." 

Follow link: https://www.statnews.com/2017/04/17/nih-reach-biomedicine-treatments/

Dr. Todd Doran joins the Department of Medicinal Chemistry Faculty

Dr. Todd Doran will join the Department of Medicinal Chemistry on July 3, 2017 as an Assistant Professor. He joins us from the Department of Chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute in Florida.

Dr. Georg selected as a STEM Research Exemplar

Dr. Georg was selected as a STEM Research Exemplar.  The Research Exemplar Project aims to identify the practices that exemplars use to lead and manage their research labs with professionalism and integrity.  Read more

Dr. Phil Portoghese featured in Article

Dr. Phil Portoghese is mentioned in the Twin Cities Business story, "Could A Vaccine End The Opioid Epidemic?" 

Go to http://tcbmag.com/News/Recent-News/2017/March/Could-A-Vaccine-End-The-Opioid-Epidemic to read the article.