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Dr. GPCR News keeps you at the forefront of receptor science—covering the latest breakthroughs in GPCR research, drug discovery, and biotech innovation. Stay connected to the global GPCR community with timely updates, trends, and stories from scientists driving the field forward.


📰 GPCR Weekly News, May 13 to 19, 2024
Hello everyone! Make sure you get our latest coverage of GPCRs for this week. We've got 15 insightful GPCR research papers and updates from the industry. Stay informed and up to date with the latest GPCR research and industry news. This week's highlight includes congrats to: John Teye Azietaku for his first contributor article on Illuminating GPCR Research: FRET and BRET-Based Sensors Shed Light on Cellular Signaling Abigail Walker, Aylin Hanyaloglu, et al., for their study

GPCR News
May 23, 20244 min read
📰 GPCR Weekly News, May 6 to 12, 2024
Hello everyone! Don't miss out on our latest coverage of GPCRs for this week. We have a total of 34 insightful GPCR research papers and seven updates from the industry. Stay informed and up to date with the latest GPCR research and industry news. This week's highlight includes congrats to: Drs. Sara Marsango and Graeme Milligan for their research on the Regulation of the pro-inflammatory G protein-coupled receptor GPR84 Drs. Chakit Arora, J Silvio Gutkind, and Francesco Rai

GPCR News
May 16, 20245 min read
📰 GPCR Weekly News, April 29 to May 5, 2024
Hello readers! We got a little busy with all the major events at Dr.GPCR, so our weekly news looks slightly different. We will be back next week with our regular weekly GPCR news digest. In the meantime, you can always check the Classified GPCR News from the last weeks. Today, we celebrate a huge milestone by releasing Episode #150 of the Dr. GPCR Podcast. Join us in this wonderful episode to meet the team of volunteers behind the work you see. The story behind how Dr.GPCR c

GPCR News
May 9, 20241 min read


📰 GPCR Weekly News, April 22 to 28, 2024
Hello readers! Check out our GPCR coverage for this week. We have 15 GPCR papers, two industry news, and one job ad. This week's highlight includes congrats to: André Nguyen Dietzsch, Simone Prömel, et al. for their work on the Dysfunction of the adhesion GPCR latrophilin 1 (ADGRL1/LPHN1) increases the risk of obesity Norton Cheng, JoAnn Trejo, et al. for their research on Ubiquitin-driven GPCR Inflammatory Signaling at the Endosome Dr. GPCR University Hurry! Only five sp

GPCR News
May 2, 20244 min read


📰 GPCR Weekly News, April 15 to 21, 2024
Hello there! We have some exciting updates for all the GPCR enthusiasts out there. This week, we have a comprehensive coverage of 12 GPCR research papers. Additionally, we have six industry news. And if you're looking for a new job opportunity, we have one job ad. This week's highlight includes congrats to: Luca Franchini and Cesare Orlandi for their research on Deorphanization of G Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs): a historical perspective Monserrat Avila-Zozaya article

GPCR News
Apr 25, 20244 min read
Job Opportunity Spotlight #1: Principal Scientist, In Vitro Pharmacology
Hello Dr. GPCR ecosystem members! As Chief Matchmaker, I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Beth Fleck, Director of In Vitro Pharmacology at Crinetics Pharmaceuticals. Beth is also the hiring manager for their open Principal Scientist, In Vitro Pharmacology role posted in the Dr. GPCR ecosystem. Our conversation provided additional insight you cannot find in a job description, so I thought I’d share this insight with you. Mark: “Beth, why did you decide to join

Mark Schmeizl
Apr 23, 20242 min read
📰 GPCR Weekly News, April 8 to 14, 2024
Hello readers! Check out our GPCR coverage for this week. We have 15 GPCR papers, three industry news, one event, and one job ad. This week's highlight includes congrats to: Tessa de Vries, Graham Ladds, Antoinette MaassenVanDenBrink, et al. for their work on Intracellular pathways of calcitonin gene-related peptide-induced relaxation of human coronary arteries: A key role for Gβγ subunit instead of cAMP. Katharina Grotsch, Bryan L Roth, Valery V Fokin et al. for their res

GPCR News
Apr 18, 20244 min read
📰 GPCR Weekly News, March 25 to March 31, 2024
Hello readers! Check out our GPCR coverage for this week. We have 17 GPCR papers and eight industry news. This week's highlight includes congrats to: Junyi Liang, Niña Caculitan, and Adam W Smith for their research on β2-adrenergic receptor associates with CXCR4 multimers in human cancer cells Dr. GPCR University Get ready for our next Dr. GPCR University hands-on workshop with Dr. Samuel Hoare on Advanced data analysis for GPCR pharmacology, which will be held on Thursdays

GPCR News
Apr 4, 20244 min read
📰 GPCR Weekly News, March 18 to 24, 2024
Hello readers! BIG NEWS! Check out our GPCR coverage for this week. We have 15 GPCR papers and four industry news. This week's highlight includes congrats to: Drs. Miles Thompson, Alexander Hauser, Caroline Gorvin et al. for their research on GPCR gene variants and human genetic disease. Dr. GPCR Symposia With a premium membership, you can watch on-demand the Dr. GPCR Symposium on GPCR activation and signaling sessions. Our next symposium on Structural and Molecular Insights

GPCR News
Mar 28, 20243 min read
📰 GPCR Weekly News, March 11 to 17, 2024
Hello readers! We had an amazing week. Don’t miss out on our GPCR coverage for this week. We have 10 GPCR papers, five industry news, and one job ad. This week's highlight includes congrats to: Makaía M Papasergi-Scott, Peter Gmeiner, Brian K Kobilka, Georgios Skiniotis, et al. for their research on Time-resolved cryo-EM of G-protein activation by a GPCR Remi Janicot, Alex Luebbers, Mikel Garcia-Marcos, et al. for their work on Direct interrogation of context-dependent GPCR

GPCR News
Mar 21, 20243 min read
📰 GPCR Weekly News, March 4 to 10, 2024
Hi readers! Get the latest updates on breakthroughs in GPCR research with our concise and comprehensive summaries. Stay ahead of the curve! This week's highlight includes congrats to Drs. Khaled Abd-Elrahman, Stephen Ferguson et al. Their research reveals how VU0486846 reduces neurogliosis in female Alzheimer's mice. Dr. GPCR Symposia TOMORROW, we are hosting a symposium on GPCR activation and signaling. We are pleased to confirm the participation of a great lineup of speak

GPCR News
Mar 14, 20243 min read
📰 GPCR Weekly News, February 19 to 25, 2024
Hello readers! Check out our GPCR coverage for this week. We have 19 GPCR papers, six industry news, two events, and two job ads. This week's highlight includes congrats to: Johanna Lena Schön, and Dr. Simone Prömel et al. for their study on the effect of Flamingo (FMI-1) on body size and extracellular matrix. Isabella Russell, Drs. Patrick Sexton, and Matthew Belousoff et al. for their work on Lipid-Dependent Activation of the Orphan G Protein-Coupled Receptor GPR3 Dr. GP

GPCR News
Feb 29, 20244 min read
📰 GPCR Weekly News, February 12 to 18, 2024
Greetings, avid readers! We are thrilled to present our comprehensive GPCR coverage for the week; we have 14 GPCR papers, six industry news, and two job ads. This week's highlight includes congrats to Julia Gardner, Dr. Dylan Scott Eiger, Chloe Hicks, Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal, et al. for their finding that GPCR kinases affect biased signaling downstream of CXCR3 based on their location. Drs. Nayara Braga Emidio, Ross Cheloha, Laura M Wingler, et al. for their work on Nanobody

GPCR News
Feb 22, 20244 min read
📰 GPCR Weekly News, February 5 to 11, 2024
Hi readers! Check out our GPCR coverage for this week. We have 10 GPCR papers, six industry news, and two job ads. This week's highlight includes congrats to: Drs. Magdalena M Scharf, Antonella Di Pizio, Ines Liebscher, Hannes Schihada, and Gunnar Schulte et al. on their study on understudied GPCRs and their dark sides. Dr. GPCR Symposia Our upcoming symposium on March 15th is about GPCR activation and signaling. Confirmed speakers include Drs. Franziska Heydenreich, Sudars

GPCR News
Feb 15, 20243 min read
📰 GPCR Weekly News, January 29 to February 4, 2024
Hello readers! Check out our GPCR coverage for this week. We have 21 GPCR papers, three industry news, and two job ads. This week's highlight includes congrats to: Gabriele Kockelkoren, Dr. Dimitrios Stamou, et al. for their work on the Molecular mechanism of GPCR spatial organization at the plasma membrane, featured on the cover of Nature Chemical Biology Julia Kinsolving; Dr. Gunnar Schulte et al. on the study of the interaction of Clostridioides difficile toxin B and FZD7.

GPCR News
Feb 8, 20244 min read
📰 GPCR Weekly News, January 22 to 28, 2024
Hello readers! Look at our curated GPCR coverage for this week, which includes 10 GPCR papers, seven industry news, and 2 GPCR events! This week's highlight: Congrats to Dr. Xavier Leroy on his appointment as CEO of GIO Therapeutics! Congratulations to Domain Therapeutics for being awarded the RHU SPRINT consortium grant. Erratum: In the past week's newsletter, the highlighted article should have read “Drs. Margarita Stampelou, Graham Ladds, and Antonios Kolocouris refine Alp

GPCR News
Feb 1, 20244 min read
📰 GPCR Weekly News, January 15 to 21, 2024
Hello readers! Check out our curated GPCR coverage for this week, which includes 14 GPCR papers, four industry news, one GPCR Event, and two GPCR job ads! This week's highlight: Dr. Graham Ladds’ team refines AlphaFold models using binding calculations for human adenosine A3 receptor. Dr. GPCR University Our first Dr. GPCR University course, Applying Pharmacology to Drug Discovery, led by Dr. Terry Kenakin, starts February 8th, 2024. Due to popular demand, we have opened add

GPCR News
Jan 25, 20244 min read
📰 GPCR Weekly News, January 8 to 14, 2024
Hi readers! Dive into our GPCR coverage for this week! We’ve curated 10 GPCR papers, seven industry news, and two GPCR job ads! This week's highlight: Dr. Kathleen M Caron and her team studied the GPER/GPR30 complex with β1-adrenergic receptor and AKAP5 in MCF7 breast cancer cells. Dr. GPCR University February 8 - 29: Join Dr. GPCR University's live course with Dr. Terry Kenakin. The course covers basic pharmacology in four weekly segments. Registrations are open to everyone

GPCR News
Jan 18, 20243 min read
📰 GPCR Weekly News, December 18 to 31, 2023
Warm greetings and a resounding welcome back to our GPCR Weekly Newsletter, rejuvenated after the festive season! We’ve curated 23 GPCR papers, four industry news, and 3 GPCR job posts! This week's highlight: Drs. Franziska M Heydenreich, Michel Bouvier, Brian Kobilka, M Madan Babu, and their team's work on Molecular determinants of ligand efficacy and potency in GPCR signaling Save the date: February 8 - 29: Join Dr. GPCR University's live Zoom sessions hosted by Dr. Terry K

GPCR News
Jan 4, 20244 min read
📰 GPCR Weekly News, December 11 to 17, 2023
Hi friends! The latest and greatest in GPCR research is here, this week we’ve curated 14 GPCR papers, 7 industry news, and 2 GPCR job offers! This week's highlights: Kudos to our partner, GPCR Therapeutics, for partnering with Bridge Biotherapeutics to pioneer IPF treatment with CXCR4-LPA1 inhibitors! Dr. Ross Cheloha's research involves semi-synthetic nanobody-ligand conjugates with enhanced transcriptional outputs at neurokinin receptor-1 Congratulations to Dr. Nicole Perry

GPCR News
Dec 21, 20234 min read
📰 GPCR Weekly News, December 4 to 10, 2023
Hi GPCR lovers! We have some exciting news, this week we’ve curated 13 GPCR papers, 4 industry news, and 3 job opportunities! This week's highlight: Dr. Bryan L Roth study on Illuminating the understudied GPCR-ome Save the dates: February 8 - 29: Dr. GPCR University live Zoom sessions hosted by Dr. Terry Kenakin. This comprehensive course covers fundamental pharmacology in four weekly segments, delving into Agonists, Antagonists, and Allosteric Modulators. Registrations open

GPCR News
Dec 14, 20233 min read
📰 Breaking Down the Latest GPCR Discoveries: a Weekly Update (Nov 27-Dec 3, 2023)
Good day readers! This week we’ve curated 20 GPCR papers, 3 new events, 9 industry news, and 3 job opportunities! Discover our comprehensive coverage of GPCRs, We welcome GPCR paper suggestions! Submit your publications to Hello@DrGPCR.com for consideration. This week's highlight: Dr. Matthew T Eddy and his team's research on A2A adenosine receptor activation by G protein and mutations. Are you looking to hire? Or maybe looking for your next opportunity? Our Chief Matchmaker

GPCR News
Dec 7, 20233 min read
📰 GPCR Weekly News, November 20 to 26, 2023
Hello GPCR people! We have great news! This week we’ve curated 18 GPCR papers, 1 new event, 9 industry news, and 3 job opportunities! Take a few minutes, and dive into our GPCR coverage! We welcome GPCR paper suggestions! Submit your publications to Hello@DrGPCR.com for consideration. This week's highlight: Thank you to Dr. Tobias Langenhan for his papers to highlight suggestions GAIN Domain Unfolding in Adhesion GPCRs Molecular Sensing in Adhesion GPCR Dissociation Physiolo

GPCR News
Nov 30, 20233 min read
📰 GPCR Weekly News, November 13 to 19, 2023
Hi there readers! This week we’ve curated 13 GPCR papers, 1 new event, 11 industry news, and 3 job offers! Check out our GPCR roundup now, and be the first to read! This week's highlight: Drs. Brian Krumm and Bryan Roth studied CryoEM structures of adhesion in GPCR CD97, filling gaps. Last Friday was our final Dr. GPCR Symposium for the year, focusing on GPCRs in Immunology and Oncology, concluding the Dr. GPCR Symposia 2023. We extend immense gratitude to our exceptional sp

GPCR News
Nov 23, 20233 min read
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