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Dr. Yousong Ding, an associate professor of medicinal chemistry, contributed to the study that was published in the journal Communications Biology.

Center for Drug Evaluation and Safety The University of Florida Center for Drug Evaluation and Safety, or CoDES, unites researchers interested in using big data to evaluate drugs and the safety of medications in real-world populations. More than 20 drug safety researchers representing four of the six academic colleges at UF Health are members of...

Hendrik Luesch, Ph.D., and Yousong Ding, Ph.D., co-authored the study that identified the genes responsible for producing dolastatin 10.

University of Florida pharmacy researchers have modified a toxic chemical produced by tiny marine microbes and successfully deployed it against laboratory models of colon cancer. Writing today in ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, UF medicinal chemists describe how they took a generally lethal byproduct of marine cyanobacteria and made it more specifically toxic — to cancer...

Researchers in the UF College of Pharmacy teamed with collaborators in Singapore to study a novel drug candidate with marine origins as a new method to prevent or treat vision loss.

Learn about the latest news and events involving CNPD3 research and faculty. Upcoming Events The College of Pharmacy’s Center for Natural Products, Drug Discovery and Development, or CNPD3, will host the 2019 UF Drug Discovery Symposium, April 25-26, 2019, at the Hotel Indigo in Gainesville. This year’s symposium will feature an exciting lineup of invited...

UF Health honored 33 endowed professors and chairs across the six academic colleges at a special Celebrating Distinction ceremony on Oct. 13.

Endowed professorships are among the highest honors a college can bestow on a faculty member and are reserved for scholars of national and international acclaim.

The researchers found a more efficient way to harvest the UV-absorbing amino acid known as shinorine, which marine organisms like cyanobacteria and macroalgae produce.

The awards come from various federal institutions, but all 10 have at least one grant from the National Institutes of Health, or NIH.