The Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products focuses on discovering new therapeutic agents and targets. Thousands of compounds researched by the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy have the potential for therapeutic applications impacting many disease targets, such as enzymes, specific drug receptors, and even the genome.

Upcoming Division Events

• 2008-11-19: MCNP Seminar: Philip Portoghese, PhD
• 2008-12-03: MCNP Seminar: Weichen Xu

Zhang Receives Amgen Fellowship

The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy has awarded its 2008-09 Amgen Fellowship to Liying Zhang, a graduate student in the Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products. Zhang, who is in division chair Alex Tropsha’s lab, will use the fellowship to conduct chemical informatics studies on drug disposition data.

K.H. Lee Receives ASP Research Achievement Award

K. H. Lee, PhD, the Kenan Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, has been named the recipient of the 2009 Norman R. Farnsworth Research Achievement Award from the American Society of Pharmacognosy.

Zhang Receives $125K Grant from Pardee Foundation

Qisheng Zhang, an assistant professor at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, has received a one-year, $125,000 grant from the Elsa U. Pardee Foundation for a research project aimed at finding novel candidates for breast cancer treatments.