Hello Readers,

Welcome to our monthly Dr. GPCR Newsletter!

Dr.GPCR Ecosystem is 1 year old this month! We hope that you have been enjoying it. We are already working on adding more features including the Dr. GPCR University, where you'll be able to take a course on your favorite topic or even create a course to share with the community. Stay tuned and sign up on the waitlist to be the first in the know.

Let's dive into the news. 

Dr. GPCR Symposia 2023

Please mark your calendar for our next symposium held on Friday, September 22 on the topic of GPCRs as Therapeutic Targets. 

Our confirmed speaker list is growing and includes the following:

• Pierre Eftekhari, Inoviem Scientific

• Lauren Slosky, Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

• Christel Menet, CSO at Confo Therapeutics

• Nina Caculitan, Director of Clinical Development at GPCR Therapeutics

• Terry Kenakin, Professor at the University of North Carolina

• Sam Hoare, Kinetic Data Analyst at Montana Molecular

The symposium is free, but you must be a Dr. GPCR Ecosystem member, which is also free!

We have set aside 2 hours for networking and poster presentations on Kumospace. The posters don’t have to be fully formatted, just come with a few slides and have a chat with your community members about your favorite GPCR or other signaling protein. If you’d like to present your work during networking time on September 22nd, please fill out this form. Everyone is welcome! 

Dr. GPCR Podcast

As a premium Dr. GPCR Ecosystem member, you can always watch the video recordings of these episodes before they get released to the general public on podcasting platforms. You won’t have to wait weeks for the recordings to be available.

Our next podcast guests are Françoise Bachelerie, Evi Kostenis, and Ilana Kotliar

Dr.GPCR at Great Lakes GPCR Retreat

The GPCR Retreat is just around the corner! As proud sponsors, we invite you to join us. Submit your abstracts for poster presentation using this form - short talks will be selected from these submissions.

Remember, the early-bird registration and Abstract submission deadline is September 8, and the final registration deadline is September 21. 

We're looking forward to seeing you there!

3rd Transatlantic ECI GPCR symposium

We invite you to participate in the 3rd Transatlantic ECI GPCR symposium which is a 2-day virtual symposium organized by and organized for early career investigators (ECIs) exploring the fascinating world of GPCRs.

The symposium seeks to promote collaboration among early-career scientists in the GPCR field and to transfer the experience of more established researchers to ECIs to guide their future careers.

Remember the deadlines: Abstract submission for poster presentations closes on August 30, 2023, and Registrations close on September 6, 2023.

Don’t miss this great opportunity!

Dr. GPCR Ecosystem membership

To explore what the Ecosystem offers, we recommend you sign up for free site membership and use the footer to navigate and get acquainted with your virtual playground. 

If you’d like to register your lab/team or live in a developing country, please reach out, and we will help you join us at a special price.

Ecosystem Partners

We thank Domain Therapeutics, GPCR Therapeutics, Design Pharmaceuticals, Montana Molecular, and Orion Biotechnology for supporting Dr. GPCR Ecosystem this year. If your organization would like to become a partner, contact us here.