Medicinal Chemistry News

Rachael Flammia works with Yan Zhang, Ph.D., in his lab. Zhang is studying the development of a means to reverse the acute and chronic toxicity of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is 30 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine. (Photo: Tyler Trumbo, MCV Foundation)

Fighting fentanyl

May 17, 2023

VCU researchers are spearheading efforts to reverse the toxicity of the potent synthetic.

Nibir Dhar, Ph.D., director of the Virginia Microelectronics Center in the VCU College of Engineering, leads a tour for National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan, Ph.D., Sen. Tim Kaine and Rep. Rob Wittman on Monday. Photo by Kevin Morley, VCU Marketing.

NSF director visits VCU and calls it one of the U.S. universities that ‘matter for the future’

Feb. 7, 2023

NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan, Sen. Tim Kaine and Rep. Rob Wittman spent Monday at VCU seeing how VCU is advancing science and innovation and helping to expand diversity in STEM.