David Julius Wins Nobel Prize for Work on Pain Sensation

David Julius, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Physiology and Morris Herzstein Chair in Molecular Biology and Medicine at UC San Francisco, has won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

David Julius received the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biology and Biomedicine.

David Julius received the 

David Julius awarded the 2020 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience

David Julius, PhD, has been awarded the 2020 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for his foundational work describing the molecular machines that allow us to feel heat, cold, inflammation and related physical sensations. His research has opened up new avenues for the development of safe, targeted...

Dr. David Julius received the 49th Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research

The 49th Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research has been awarded to Ardem Patapoutian and David Julius for their fundamental and far-reaching studies of the molecular mechanisms of touch, temperature and pain.

The Department of Physiology Congratulates Dr. David Julius on Receiving the 2020 $3M Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

David Julius, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Physiology at UC San Francisco, is a winner of the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.

Laura Seeholzer selected as Helen Hay Whitney Fellow

Laura completed her graduate studies at Rockefeller University with Dr. Vanessa Ruta, where she discovered how evolutionary diversification of circuits in the fly brain can account for species-specific responses to pheromones. In the Julius lab, she will probe mechanisms of sensory signaling in the...

Nick Bellono starts his own lab at Harvard

Congratulations to former Julius lab fellow, Nick Bellono, who has recently relocated to Harvard University as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology. In his own lab, Nick will continue to explore unique mechanisms of sensory transduction in a variety of...

Yuan Gao receives Clements Award

Yet more cudos for Yuan Gao, former Julius and Cheng lab graduate student, who received the prestigious Clements Distinguished Thesis Award from the UCSF Biophysics Graduate Program, in recognition of his work describing cryo-EM structures of the TRPV1 ion channel in lipid nanodiscs. Yuan is now a...