A UCSF research team led by Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences Chair and Professor James Fraser, PhD and Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Professor William DeGrado, PhD, has pioneered a breakthrough approach to designing proteins with targeted functions, which could lead to simpler ways to improve enzymes and medications, among other uses, according to a new study published in Nature Chemistry.
Professors William DeGrado, PhD, and Tanja Kortemme, PhD, have landed three out of five inaugural awards given by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) that aim to strengthen the bioeconomy by translating advances in AI into real-world biotechnologies that support domestic manufacturing, sustainable materials, and resilient supply chains.
Bill was recently interviewed for an American Chemical Society Infectious Diseases Editorial!
Congratulations to former DGL PhD student Dr. Don Engel for receiving tenure in the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Computer Science Department!
William (Bill) F. DeGrado, PhD, professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, received an honorary degree from the University of Valencia on June 6th in recognition of his pioneering work in protein design and drug discovery on June 6th
Congratulations to DGL postdoc Yuda Chen on receiving the Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI) Postdoctoral Fellowship for his proposal to develop a de novo toolkit for fluorescence cell imaging!
Congratulations to Maggie Horst for receiving the 2025 IUPAC-Solvay International Award for Young Chemists!
DeGrado Lab graduate students and postdocs grooved out to silent disco night on roller skates at the Church of Eight Wheels!
Congratulations to Maggie Horst for receiving the ACS Global Outstanding Graduate Student Award!
DeGrado lab hosted a farewell party for our visiting scholar, Sarah Yorke from the University of Cambridge!