- December, 2006: UW Researchers discover new way to make glass that may aid drug delivery through the body. Associate Professor Lian Yu's group contributed to this work; the findings appear in the 12/8/06 issue of Science. See Capital Times coverage of this story.
- December, 2006: Assistant Professor Darin Furgeson selected to receive a 2007 PhRMA Foundation Award in Pharmaceutics
- December, 2006: Research from Assistant Professor Lingjun Li and graduate student James Dowell featured in the December 2006 issue of the Journal of Proteome Research view article on JPR website
- Professor and Dean Emeritus George Zografi was honored in a special issue of the journal Pharmaceutical Research (Vol. 23, No. 10, October 2006). The goal of the special issue is to highlight the impact and influence of Professor Zografi's four decades of scientific contributions in the areas of pharmaceutics and drug delivery. Twenty-four papers are presented from researchers in industry and academia whose scientific careers have been strongly influenced by Dr. Zografi.
- October, 2006: Professor Jon Thorson received an award for the most cited paper in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry for the years 2003-06
- October, 2006: Professor Richard Hsung received an award for the most cited paper in Tetrahedron Letters for the years 2003-06
- Graduate students James Dowell, Joshua Schmidt, Matthew Slattery, and Joe Su are named 2006-07 AFPE Pre-Doctoral Fellows in the Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Professor Emeritus Joseph Robinson remembered by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
- Thorson Lab in Chemical & Engineering News (9/4/06): view Glycosylation Engineering article on C&EN website
- Team led by Professors Jon Thorson and Lingjun Li featured in 9/1/06 issue of the journal Science. Their research examines ways to expand on nature's creativity to make critical anticancer agents and antibiotics.
See United Press International coverage of this story
- Interview with Professors Ben Shen and Jon Thorson: National Cooperative Drug Discovery Group (Aug '06)
- Professor Dexter Northrop retires
- UW-Madison retains top five R&D ranking
- Professor Dan Rich retires
- MatriLab, a Milwaukee-based biotech start-up whose technology is based on research done by Pharmaceutical Sciences Associate Professor W. John Kao, emerged as the winner of the 2006 Governor's Business Plan contest.
- Professor Ulfert Hornemann retires
- New Pharmaceutical Sciences Division Faculty during the 2005-06 year: Melgardt de Villiers (Drug Delivery core), Darin Furgeson (Drug Delivery core), and Richard Hsung (Drug Discovery core)
- In February, Assistant Professor Lingjun Li was named as an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This is an extraordinarily competitive award, involving nominations of many of the best young scientists from the United States and Canada. Congratulations, Dr. Li!! more
- An image from the research group of Assistant Professor Lingjun Li is featured on the cover of the February 2006 edition of the journal, The Analyst. This particular edition of the journal is self-described as "an issue featuring cutting-edge science from an international selection of up-and-coming researchers".
- Assistant Professor Scott Rajski’s research group is featured on the cover page of the February 2006 edition of CHEMBIOCHEM, a European Journal of Chemical Biology
- In January, Dean Jeanette Roberts announced the creation of the Joseph R. and Bonnie A. Robinson Distinguished Chair in Pharmaceutical Sciences via the generosity of an anonymous donor