
Their paper entitled Nuclear DNA and Mitochondrial Damage of the Cooked Meat Carcinogen 2-Amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine in Human Neuroblastoma Cells was selected as a Paper of the Month in September 2023.

Lichtenfels was named a Leader in the Promotion of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect by the American Chemical Society (ACS).

Nicole Mai Bentz, Nan Wang, and Conrad Fihn each successfully defended their PhD thesis this summer to become our program's most recent graduates.

Holdaway received the Dr. Paul B. Myrdal Memorial Pre-Doctoral Fellowship from the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE).

The Medicinal Chemistry Department celebrates and honors Dr. Phillip S. Portoghese as he retires from the University after 62 years of exemplary teaching, research, and service.

Robert Vince, PhD, director of the Center for Drug Design at the University of Minnesota, has been selected as the 2022 Lawrence C. and Delores M. Weaver Medal recipient.