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The virtual event will be held April 22-23 and hosted by the Center for Natural Products, Drug Discovery & Development.

Consuming a seaweed found near the Florida Keys may offer health benefits in preventing colon cancer and inflammatory diseases of the digest tract, according to researchers in the University of Florida College of Pharmacy.

The study examined the marine natural product largazole as a treatment option for brain diseases is featured on the July 2020 ACS Chemical Neuroscience journal cover.

A logo brings a brand to life and is the signature mark that helps convey the College of Pharmacy’s connection to the University of Florida, a national leader in higher education. Consistent and constant usage of the UF College of Pharmacy logo strengthens the brand. A list of official UF-approved logos for the College of Pharmacy is provided below....

Dean Johnson shares her reflection on the college's heroic response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The department of medicinal chemistry is located in the University of Florida College of Pharmacy and is an integral part of UF Health. The department has excellent research facilities dedicated to major areas of medicinal chemistry research, and faculty in the department have been highly successful in attracting extramural research support. UF’s Preeminence initiative in...

Research in the Luesch lab lies at the interface of chemistry and biology and addresses multiple aspects of the drug discovery process ranging from assay development, identification and structure determination of bioactive small molecules with a focus on marine natural products, studies toward their mechanism of action, chemical synthesis and drug development of promising agents, the engineering of their...

Research Assistant Professors           Qi-Yin Chen, Ph.D. (Total Synthesis) Research Assistant Professor Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China M.S. Applied Chemistry, Central South University, Changsha, China B.S. Chemistry, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China chenqyufl@ufl.edu Ranjala Ratnayake, Ph.D. (Natural Products Chemistry) Research Assistant Professor & Assistant...

Pharmacy researchers at the University of Florida have isolated a new marine compound they believe may lead to improved drug therapies [...]

A new defense against prostate cancer, the most common cancer in men in the United States, may come from a seaweed found off the coast of Florida. University of Florida pharmacy researchers have screened various seaweeds with cancer-preventive potential and identified one that shows particular promise. They isolated specific compounds in this common green alga,...