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UW Medicinal Chemistry Department
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Part of the UW School of Pharmacy, researching drug metabolism, bio-analytical chemistry and the biophysical characterization of viral protein assembly.
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Our PhD Program benefits greatly due to awesome student leaders like Alesi! More details on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/lentis...
Alesi Escobedo one of our #PhD Candidates in the Miklos Guttman Lab just won 2025 Graduate Student Leadership Award for UWMedChem! | Sarah Lenti
Alesi Escobedo one of our #PhD Candidates in the Miklos Guttman Lab just won 2025 Graduate Student Leadership Award for UWMedChem! Student leaders like her make such a difference in our department and...
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July 31, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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We celebrated our 2024-25 #PhD grads today! For pics and more check out our post on LinkedIn: tinyurl.com/MedChemGRC2025
The UWMedChem Faculty at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy proudly recognize this great milestone with our 2024-2025 PhD graduates: Stephen Rettie, Tianwei Shen, Ellie James, and Marvin…...
The UWMedChem Faculty at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy proudly recognize this great milestone with our 2024-2025 PhD graduates: Stephen Rettie, Tianwei Shen, Ellie James, and Marvin ...
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June 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Last 520 Seminar of the school year: Meghan McGrath, #PhD Candidate in the @uwmedchem.bsky.social Lee Lab updated us on her exciting #ViralProtein #StructuralDynamics #research with #HIV, which will help to inform future #VaccineDesign work!

For more info: tinyurl.com/McGrath520

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#hiv #structuraldynamics #viralprotein #research #vaccine | UWMedChem
Meghan McGrath, a UWMedChem PhD Candidate in the Kelly Lee Lab presented her #HIV #StructuralDynamics #ViralProtein #research today during the last 520 Seminar of the year! Her work can help inform t...
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June 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Excellent update today from Mason Saunders, #PhD Candidate in the Kelly Lee Lab at the UW SOP #MedChem Dept.
More here: tinyurl.com/Saunders520

#CryoET #CryoEM
#virus #research
#StructuralBiology
#ProteinStructure
#birdflu #H5N1
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Mason Saunders, UWMedChem PhD Candidate gave us an update on his current… | UWMedChem
Mason Saunders, UWMedChem PhD Candidate gave us an update on his current research in the Kelly Lee Lab at the University of Washington today: “Characterizing the impact of stalk length on H5N1 neurami...
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May 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Great talk today in our 520 Seminar!

Lindsey Williams, PhD student in the @sjcao.bsky.social lab in the @uwpharmacy.bsky.social Department of Pharmaceutics, presented her #drugdelivery #research on Hybrid-Lipid Polymer Nano-Prodrugs' on #CNS autoimmunity in #MSResearch

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Lindsey Williams, PhD Candidate in Pharmaceutics in Shijie Cao's lab at… | Sarah Lenti
Lindsey Williams, PhD Candidate in Pharmaceutics in Shijie Cao's lab at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy, presented her exciting research today in the UWMedChem/PCEUT 520 Seminar: “...
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May 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Ryan Nguyen #PhD candidate in the @uwxulab.bsky.social presented his #research in our @uwmedchem.bsky.social 520 Seminar. #NIH funded thru the @uwdeohs.bsky.social EP/T.

#science
#teammassspec
#exposome
#metabolism
#xenobiotics

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Ryan Nguyen, PhD Candidate in the UWMedChem from the Libin Xu lab, gave us… | UWMedChem
Ryan Nguyen, PhD Candidate in the UWMedChem from the Libin Xu lab, gave us an update today in 520 Seminar on his current research: “Characterization of ToxCast Compounds and Their Metabolites by Ion M...
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April 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Kieann Simon, #PhD candidate in the Nina Isoherranen lab at @uwpharmacy.bsky.social Dept of Pharmaceutics gave a great talk today in our @uwmedchem.bsky.social 520 Seminar.

#metabolism
#THC
#Cannabinoids
#CBD
#toxicity
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Keiann Simon - Great talk today in our 520 Seminar! "THC and CBD Acyl… | UWMedChem
Keiann Simon - Great talk today in our 520 Seminar! "THC and CBD Acyl Glucoronides are Formed by Different UGT Enzymes and Show Different Migration Rates."
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April 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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We are glad to welcome K. Sandy Pang, PhD from @uoftpharmacy.bsky.social @uoft.bsky.social. She is presenting in @uwmedchem.bsky.social 520 Seminar today: “Idiosyncrasies of the small intestine, so what is the gut job?”

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#PhD
#sciencematters
#metabolism
#drugtransporters
April 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Last call for cherry blossoms on the UW Quad - Looks like it snowed pink!
April 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Two new Guttman Lab publications with awesome collaborators:
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#IgMAntibodies
#lymedisease
#sciencematters
#TeamMassSpec
#HDX-MS
#PhD

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Miklos Guttman
Education BS in Chemistry, 2003, University of California, Irvine PhD in Chemistry/Biochemistry, 2009, University of California, San Diego Postdoctoral Studies in viral surface glycoproteins and immune complexes, University of Washington Research Interests Understanding the structural...
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April 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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@uwxulab.bsky.social UW Xu Lab folks Ryan Seguin, Marie Brzoska, Linxi Zhu and Ryan Nguyen presented at #ASPET2025 last week!

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#OurAlumniRock
#sciencematters
#science #research
#AntiboticResistance
#TeamMassSpec
#PhD

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#aspet2025 | Libin Xu
The Xu Lab Ryan Seguin Ryan Nguyen Marie Brzoska Linxi Zhu had fun presenting at #ASPET2025 in Portland! It was great catching up with UWMedChem alumni Ben Maldonato Eric Evangelista Jed Lampe Klariss...
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April 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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@uwxulab.bsky.social for the win!
4 new articles published in the March 2025 issue of ASPET's Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

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Respective Roles of CYP4F2 and CYP2D6 in the Formation of Even- and Odd-Carbon Carboxylic Acid Metabolites of Benzalkonium Chloride in Human Hepatocytes (Abstract ID: 170055)
Abstract ID: 170055
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April 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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We've really been enjoying the "Wondrous Weekly" posts on LinkedIn by UW Pharmaceutical Sciences Training Grant alumna, Lauren Richardson.
Wondrous Weekly: Week 1
A selection of papers that tickled my wonder bone An eavesdropping arms race Neural and behavioral evolution in an eavesdropper with a rapidly evolving host Imagine you are a cricket living in Hawaii ...
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March 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Predicting 3D structures for proteins with A.I. is a lot easier than for RNA
www.nature.com/articles/d41... @nature.com feature by @dianakwon.bsky.social
RNA function follows form – why is it so hard to predict?
AlphaFold’s highly accurate structural models transformed protein biology,but RNA lags behind.
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March 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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UW SOP Nelson-Mendenhall Summer Scholars app deadline is Mon, Apr 7! "Sparking an interest in the #pharmaceutical #sciences among undergrad students who might not otherwise be considering careers in #research."

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#STEM
#standwithscience
Nelson-Mendenhall Summer Scholars Program
Begun in 2024, the Nelson-Mendenhall Summer Scholars Program (NMP) provides funded opportunities for undergraduate students – from two- and four-year colleges and universities – to conduct research with faculty members at the University of Washington...
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March 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Han Kiat Ho, PhD stopped by the dept today on his way home to Singapore from a conference. Han Kiat earned his degree at UW Med Chem 20 years ago, under the mentorship of Sid Nelson. Great to see our alumni again!

Travel Safe!

2020 SOP Distinguished Alumni video:
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March 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
Opinion | I Used to Run the N.I.H. Here’s What Worries Me. (Gift Article)
The Trump administration hobbles research and endangers the public health.
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March 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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NIH cuts are hitting young scientists the hardest. By David Baker. timmermanreport.com/2025/03/davi...
March 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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The compound slowed the growth of human melanoma and ovarian cancer cells in lab tests.​

Read more about study, published in ACS Omega, here: buff.ly/Gfc6zEf
How a middle schooler found a new compound in a piece of goose poop - American Chemical Society
Through a partnership with a nearby university, the middle schoolers collected and analyzed environmental samples to find new antibiotic candidates.
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March 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Join us for special livestream celebrating Seattle’s 2024 Nobel Prize!

David Baker will present his Nobel Lecture & our Mayor will present David with a key to the city.

Also featuring:
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& more

Mar 10, 5-6pm PT

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Celebrating Seattle's 2024 Nobel Prize with Professor David Baker
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March 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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ICYMI: Nobel laureate, Dr. David Baker presented at the 2025 Nudelman Lecture early in March at the UW School of Pharmacy (@uwpharmacy.bsky.social). Intro by our very own Dr. Gaurav Bhardwaj (@gauravbhardwaj.bsky.social) a partner in the UW Institute of Protein Design (@uwproteindesign.bsky.social)
2025 Phil & Sandra Nudelman Endowed Lecture: The AI Frontier – Shaping the Future of Drug Design
YouTube video by University of Washington School of Pharmacy
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March 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Presenting our newest, shiniest PhD grad!!! Dr Ellie James, candidate from the Nath & Guttman labs at UW Med Chem, successfully defended her dissertation: “Biophysical and mechanistic impacts of small molecule and polyanionic aggregation modulators on tau4RD.”

#proudPI
#phDone
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March 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Cristi Meuret, UW Medicinal Chemistry PhD Grad Student in the Kim Alonge & Miklos Guttman Labs has received the prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA F31 Fellowship! @uwmedchem.bsky.social
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January 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM