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Katelyn Arnold Wins Second USP Fellowship

June 20, 2017

Katelyn Arnold, a Ph.D. candidate in the Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, has been awarded a $25,000 predoctoral U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention Global Fellowship for the second year in a row. The … Read more

Function of Enzyme 3-OST Becomes Crystal Clear to Liu

April 2, 2012

Scientists at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences have crystallized 3-O-sulfotransferase, giving a clearer look at the internal composition of an enzyme critical to making a synthetic form of the blood thinner heparin. … Read more

Pempe, Xu Receive University Impact Awards for Research

April 2, 2012

Elizabeth “Liz” Pempe and Weichen Xu, both graduate students in the Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, have received Impact Awards from the Graduate School at the University of North Carolina at … Read more

UNC Scientists Find a Shortcut to Synthetic Heparin

October 27, 2011

Creating a safer synthetic version of the anticoagulant heparin can be done in as few as ten steps thanks to a breakthrough made by scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute that promises … Read more

Heparin Expert Jian Liu Promoted to Professor

May 10, 2011

Jian Liu, PhD, a faculty member at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy known for his pursuit of a synthetic version of the anticoagulant heparin, was promoted to the rank of professor in the Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural … Read more