Dr. Dan Harki - Engebretson/Bighley Grant

A $23,000 Engebretson/Bighley Drug Design & Development Grant was awarded to faculty member Dan Harki for his project "Discovery of APOBEC3B Small Molecule Inhibitors."

Dr. David Ferguson - HealthTalk Story

Professor David Ferguson is featured in the October 16 Academic Health Center HealthTalk story "Expert Perspective: Workout enhancer contains meth-like stimulant."

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."