All Articles: Research

Variety of birth control options

Newly published research from Dr. Gunda Georg and the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy lays the foundation for a hormone-free male birth control pill to enter human clinical trials.

Stethoscope surrounding a heart shape

Ataciguat, a drug investigated for use in peripheral arterial disease and neuropathic pain, has been repurposed with the help of a partnership between the Mayo Clinic and the Institute for Therapeutics Discovery and Development (ITDD).

Kate Smith, Jungeun Lee, and Whitney Maxwell receiving the 2024 AACP Innovations in Continuing Professional Development Award for a paper reviewed by the Wulling Center's journal club.

In 2013, College of Pharmacy faculty founded the Wulling Center for Innovation & Scholarship in Pharmacy Education to support scholarship aimed at advancing education. Since then, Dr. Kristin Janke, director of the center, has created several initiatives to further foster a supportive environment for this scholarship

Dr. Harki with the RSC logo

 The RSC notes his contributions to medicinal chemistry, drug design, and chemical biology.

Melanie Nicol

Nicol, associate professor and director of graduate studies in the Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (ECP), has been selected as an inductee into the Academy for Excellence in Team Science.

Prof. Ambrose and Prof. Wagner

Both are professors in Medicinal Chemistry and hold leadership positions in the department.

Melanie Nicol

Dr. Melanie Nicol, associate professor and director of graduate studies in the Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (ECP) received a  new award of $3 million across the next five years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Prof. Adam Duerfeldt

Duerfeldt's research is focused on the development of chemical tools that can be utilized to enhance our understanding of disease mechanisms and the development of new therapeutic leads for bacterial infections and ocular diseases.

Robert Vince, Abbas Raza, Christine Dreis

The Center for Drug Design (CDD), part of the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, created a novel technology using biomimetic decoy molecules to boost the skin's natural ability to mitigate ultraviolet-induced damage, a development that has the potential to revolutionize the skincare industry.

Georg Lab at the IRC

Held this year in St. Paul, the conference brings together a diverse and global community of researchers involved in basic, clinical, and translational retinoid research.