Dr. David Ferguson - MN Daily article

Professor David Ferguson was quoted in the September 19 Minnesota Daily article "Molly drug use more common than U think."

Maggie Olson - 2013-14 ACS Predoctoral Fellowship

Graduate student Maggie Olson has been selected to receive a Division of Medicinal Chemistry Predoctoral Fellowship for 2013-14 from the American Chemical Society. Maggie is a member of Dan Harki's lab.

Dr. Gunda Georg - Grant for Non-hormonal Contraceptive Research

Medicinal Chemistry Department Head and Institute for Therapeutics Discovery & Development Director Gunda Georg will receive $8.3 million over five years from the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development to design, synthesize, and evaluate non-hormonal contraceptives for men and women.

Turesky lab - Paper of the Month

A recent publication co-authored by the Turesky lab on genome-wide sequencing of mutations and DNA adducts linking aristolochic acid to cancer is featured as an NIEHS Paper of the Month. "Mutational signature of aristolochic acid exposure as revealed by whole-exome sequencing" was published August 7 in Science Translational Medicine.

Dr. Robert Turesky - HealthTalk story

Professor Robert Turesky was featured in the September 10 Academic Health Center HealthTalk story, "Research Q&A: Identifying cancer's source."

Dr. Robert Turesky - Environmental Causes of Cancer

Professor Robert Turesky and post doc Byeong Hwa Yun presented an advance in determining the role of environmental agents in causing cancer at the 246th ACS meeting. Their research is also featured in the September 9 Medical XPress article "Advance in using biopsy samples in understanding environmental causes of cancer." Dr. Turesky is a new member of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry, working in the Cancer Center at the new Cancer and Cardiovascular Research Building.

Dr. Gunda Georg - 2013 AHC Academy for Excellence Inductee

The University of Minnesota's Academic Health Center (AHC) has named Gunda Georg, Ph.D., a 2013 inductee into its Academy for Excellence in Health Research. Each year, the Academies for Excellence recognize outstanding faculty in the areas of scientific research or educational scholarship. Dr. Georg, professor and department head of Medicinal Chemistry and director of the Institute for Therapeutics Discovery and Development, has been inducted into the Academy for Excellence in Health Research. She joins previous lifetime inductees who have enhanced the research identity of the University of Minnesota through sustained nationally- and internationally-recognized biomedical or health-related research in their field.