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UF’s AI model outperformed more than 350 submissions and ranked No. 1 among all entries developed exclusively using publicly available data.

Wednesday, September 23, from 10 – 11 a.m. in CG-041 Dr. Mormino’s presentation title is “Heterogenous pathways underlying cognitive variability in human aging”

Wednesday, September 9, from 10 – 11 a.m. in CG-041 Dr. Tidgewell’s presentation title is “Altering Neuronal Function with Natural Products and Their Synthetic Analogs”.

The University of Florida College of Pharmacy’s Department of Medicinal Chemistry annually recognizes its top-performing graduate students during an award ceremony. For the 2025-26 academic year, the following students were presented with awards at a ceremony on August 4.

A UF study finds that discrepancies in kratom and kratom-derived product labels pose significant safety risks to consumers.

The award will provide more than $1 million in funding over five years to train future biomedical scientists.

Hendrik Luesch, Ph.D., a professor of medicinal chemistry and the Debbie and Sylvia DeSantis Chair in Natural Products Drug Discovery and Development, appeared on the Dr. Gundry Podcast with best-selling author Steven Gundry to talk about his marine drug discovery research at the University of Florida.

The award recognizes McCurdy's decades of sustained and influential contributions to medicinal chemistry research.

McCurdy is only the third current faculty member in the UF College of Pharmacy to earn this title.

The NIH cited research led by UF College of Pharmacy faculty in the Investigational New Drug application for mitragynine.

Yanjun Li, Ph.D., and Xingui Liu, Ph.D., who are both faculty in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry in the UF College of Pharmacy, awarded inaugural UF Health Cancer Institute Catalyst Awards for high-risk, high-reward cross-campus research projects.

The Center for Natural Products, Drug Discovery and Development and the Department of Chemistry jointly hosted the 3rd RM1 Trainee Meeting at the University of Florida on March 12, 2026.

Wednesday, April 15, from 10 – 11 a.m. in C1-015 Dr. Daniels’s presentation title is “Towards new cancer medicines with degraders of chromatin regulatory proteins”.

The Fifth Scientific Kratom Symposium brought together about 100 researchers for four days of presentations and collaboration.

The college’s investigators earned $19.4 million in NIH awards in 2025, according to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.

Students, trainees, faculty and staff from the University of Florida College of Pharmacy filled the Reitz Union on Feb. 9 for the 39th Annual Research Showcase.

Dr. Ratnayake was recognized for her leadership in the renovation of a new $10 million, 14,500-square-foot laboratory designed to advance UF’s integrated drug discovery initiatives.

Li steps into a leadership role of a top-ranked medicinal chemistry department that has grown substantially over the past decade.

The UF CNPD3 will collaborate with Singapore to tap Indonesia’s rich marine biodiversity.

Tuesday, March 31, from 10 – 11 a.m. in C1-15 Dr. Schneebeli’s presentation title is “Integrating Single-molecule Sequencing and Computational Modeling to Accelerate Peptide Drug Discovery.”