Robert Mancini, PharmD ’08, the Distinguished Alumnus of the Year for UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, brought advanced cancer care to Idaho, lead the nation’s oncology pharmacists as president of HOPA and trains the next generation of oncology pharmacists.
Cheered on by family, friends, mentors and loved ones — both in person and from afar — graduates of the UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences stepped forward at Commencement to receive their diplomas and celebrate their official entry into the pharmacy profession
A new web tool called StructureMASST lets anyone search the world’s public metabolomics data by chemical structure.
UC San Diego received a $5 million NIH renewal for its FIRST program, supporting faculty recruitment, mentorship and career development for 12 rising biomedical researchers.
Water molecules play an active, essential role in gene transcription, helping RNA polymerase II carry out the chemical steps needed to read DNA and build RNA.
Graduate programs at UC San Diego continue to stand out among the nation’s best in U.S. News and World Report’s 2026 ranking of Best Graduate Schools.
San Diego Union-Tribune, December 9
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