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  • Re-cap of Endocrine Metabolic GPCR 2024 with the Organizers | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    She received her BSc in Human Biology from King’s College London in 1997, and while her Ph.D. commenced at the MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Centre, Edinburgh, a move to Perth, Australia resulted in her Her research focuses on understanding the fundamental cell biological mechanisms regulating GPCR activity Her work is currently funded by Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Diabetes Alejandra Tomas is a molecular cell biologist and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Metabolism, Digestion

  • Sam Hoare: Receptor Residence Time and GPCR Data Analysis | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    perspective to GPCR pharmacology — one trained in allosteric modulation, sharpened in Class B receptor biology For Hoare, the unsolved problem isn't the biology — it's the math no one wrote down. a difficult stretch of his NIH postdoc, Hoare's supervisor Ted Usdin handed him a defined molecular biology "He basically gave me a cookie-cutter molecular biology project and worked with me at the bench directly He guided the in vitro biology efforts of the company for numerous drug discovery campaigns.

  • Celtarys Research | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    From Cell Assays to In Vivo Systems Fluorescent tools for imaging endogenous incretin receptors across biological across reference antagonists and agonis LucĂ­a from Celtarys Research Mar 10 5 min read Illuminating C5aR Biology Celtarys Research develops high-quality, fluorescently labeled ligands and innovative chemical biology analysis, and live-cell imaging, empowering both academic and industrial scientists to uncover GPCR biology will help accelerate the adoption of our chemical tools and foster collaborations that turn receptor biology

  • Your GPCR Order Has Arrived! ❇ Feb 10 - 16, 2025 | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    Pharmacology 2025 July 12 - 17, 2026 | 20th World Congress of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology GPCR Jobs Structural Biologist Associate Director/Director, Platform & Hit-ID Chemistry Lead Junior associate position and post-doc level position Postdoctoral Position And PhD Position GPCR Molecular Pharmacologist Scientist - Biology Scientist I Cell Biology - Tectonic Therapeutic Senior Principal Scientist, Medicinal Chemistry PhD promote food consumption Reviews, GPCRs, and more How Ligands Achieve Biased Signaling toward Arrestins Structural

  • Amynah Pradhan: The Delta Opioid Receptor and the Migraine Paradox | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    Pradhan returns to often: that organisms in chronic pain are fundamentally different biological systems Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where her lab studies opioid receptor biology the same family produce opposite clinical outcomes Chronic disease states as fundamentally altered biological Pradhan turns to the structural weight carried by women and scientists of color in academia — the cumulative

  • Elva Zhao: G Protein Regulation and Biased Signaling at the GLP-1 Receptor | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    At the center of that problem is biased agonism: the differential engagement of downstream pathways by Zhao is a Research Fellow at the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS), Drug Discovery Biology Working alongside structural biologists, computational pharmacologists, and receptor scientists working 32:30 From PAR2 to GLP-1 - building the mechanistic picture one step at a time 37:01 GLP-1 receptor biology

  • Jennifer Pluznick: Olfactory Receptors in the Kidney and the Gut-Microbe Signal | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    not just sequence matches — is non-trivial, and it matters for anyone hoping to translate kidney OR biology She received her undergraduate degree in biology from Truman State University and earned her Ph.D. in renal physiology from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. laboratory of Michael Caplan at Yale University, where she studied both renal physiology and sensory biology

  • YC-CRO Advisory | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    I help CRO teams bring structure to collaboration—so your data gets acted on, not overlooked. Any CRO focused on GPCRs, pharmacology, discovery biology, or antibody discovery—regardless of size or

  • Annette Gilchrist: Native Cell Systems, Biased Agonism, and the Pharmacogenomics Gap | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    beginning to close the gap KEY INSIGHTS FROM THE CONVERSATION The cell you screen in determines the biology agonist where none had been reported - constitutive beta-arrestin coupling at FFA2 Gilchrist's lab entered activates it naturally, and getting therapeutic results, suggests the field does not always need the full biology trajectory - from medical school intent to Pfizer, PhD in immunology, and an accidental entry into GPCR biology "As much as it's been wonderful to get crystal structures and use molecular dynamics, there are still

  • Brian Arey - Part 2: GPCR Drug Discovery and the Science Nobody Publishes | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    endothelial cells, cardiovascular target validation, thrombosis pharmacology, and metabolic disease biology fields - bone biology, thrombosis, endothelial function - with limited prior expertise and build toward creative and most invisible space in pharmaceutical research Arey describes early-stage drug discovery as structurally His belief in the biology has not changed. professional cost that nobody warns you about Moving between neuroscience, reproductive endocrinology, bone biology

  • Terry Hebert: How Cellular Background and Localization Influence GPCR Function | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    Terry Hebert explains why studying GPCRs in HEK293 cells misses critical biology — and how iPSC-derived His research centers on GPCR signaling networks, biosensor development, and the role of cellular context Trained in microbiology and ion channel biology at the University of Toronto, he transitioned to GPCRs G-Proteins as Transcriptional Regulators — The observation that G-proteins enter the nucleus and interact Instead, he ended up getting interested in membrane protein as he followed the biology of a bacterial

  • Kari Johnson: mGlu2, Addiction, and the Brain Circuits Alcohol Rewires | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    optogenetics redefines the questions the field can ask KEY INSIGHTS FROM THE CONVERSATION mGlu2 Sits at the Center made the shift to optogenetics and genetically defined neuronal populations specifically because the biology A circuit-level argument 33:12 Advice for junior scientists: let the biology lead the method 35:28 Diversity at Vanderbilt University before continuing her training as a postdoctoral fellow at the Vanderbilt Center

  • GPCRs and the Science Behind Pain and Recovery with Dr. Alex Serafini | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    Pain became more than biology — it became a personal strategy. approach, though less common, could help pain research finally catch up with the complexity of real-world biology Serafini urges the field to stay bold, patient-centered, and GPCR-aware.

  • Exploring Career Paths in GPCR Research with Dr. Jacek MokrosiƄski | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    He works in a multidisciplinary Chemical Biology team based at the recently established US R&D hub in Originally from ƁódĆș, Poland, Jacek completed his Master's degree in Biology, specializing in Biochemistry Schwartz, and worked closely with Dr Birgitte Holst studying structural and mechanistic properties of

  • Dr. John Janetzko | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    Daniel Kahne and Suzanne Walker studying the structure and function of the essential human enzyme, O-GlcNAc Over the course of my graduate work, I gained experience with structural mass spectrometry and protein position after the recording stops. ‱ John will prioritize getting feedback from people outside his lab to structure graduate school, inspired by the innovative approach of using chemistry to understand and build tools for biology

  • The Role of Quantitative Sciences in GPCRs with Dr. Nagarajan Vaidehi | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    She is also the Associate Director of the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Caltech, she became the director of biomolecular simulations at the Materials and Process Simulation Center

  • Dr. Kathleen Caron | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    Eldridge Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Cell Biology & Physiology at The University Caron received a BS in Biology and BA in Philosophy at Emory University and a PhD at Duke University special emphasis on G protein coupled receptors and receptor activity modifying proteins in vascular biology

  • Brian Arey: Discovering Signaling Bias at the FSH Receptor | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    Forty years of unresolved biology had a signaling answer The existence of multiple glycosylated isoforms specialty - it is a conserved principle The central argument of Arey's 2014 book is that the bimodal structure Arey arrived at this hypothesis in the mid-1990s, before the structural and mechanistic data existed capable of improvement, and a standing question of whether the current tool is actually capturing the biology

  • Nicole Perry-Hauser | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    a productive, independent scientific research career in adhesion G protein-coupled receptor (aGPCR) biology linked to various neuropsychiatric phenotypes, and my work will provide a basis for understanding aGPCR biology

  • Dr. Alix A. J. Rouault | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    that MRAP2 regulates the signaling of multiple G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) through different structural While writing my thesis, I published another paper in the Journal of Biological Chemistry which described C-terminal tail is not a docking space for the arrestins, but rather a necessary modification leading to a structural

  • A Brief History of allosteric modulation with Dr. Arthur Christopoulos | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    allosteric modulation and biased agonism, and incorporates computational and mathematical modelling, structural and chemical biology, molecular and cellular pharmacology, medicinal chemistry, and preclinical models & Toxicology’, and in 2021 also named him a Highly Cited Researcher in the additional category of ‘Biology

  • Dr. G. Aditya Kumar | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    He received his Ph.D. from the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology at Hyderabad, India, where he aims to work at the interface of GPCR molecular pharmacology, subcellular trafficking, and membrane biology

  • Dr. Ilana Kotliar | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    Ilana uses chemical biology-based methods to study the regulation and protein-protein interactions of Ilana graduated Summa cum laude from Cornell University, where she studied Chemistry and Chemical Biology

  • Graciela Piñeyro: Partial Agonism, Receptor Recycling, and the Limits of Bias | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    Graciela Piñeyro — who leads an opioid receptor pharmacology group at the CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center Graciela Piñeyro is a principal investigator at the CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center and a professor mechanistic story that guided a decade of biased-ligand drug discovery needs rebuilding from the underlying biology Graciela Pineyro - CHU Ste-Justine Research Centre Pineyro Lab Publications on Google Scholar Pineyro

  • About Dr. GPCR Podcast | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    journeys, groundbreaking discoveries, and the impact of their research on our shared understanding of GPCR biology , exchange, and collaborate in order to improve human health through a deeper understanding of GPCR biology trajectory, discoveries, and how their research contributed to the shared pool of knowledge about GPCR biology

  • GPCR Retreat | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    investigators from academia and industry to discuss and debate existing and novel concepts in GPCR biology The program will include also world-class and diverse GPCR scientists working in the arenas of structure

  • Ross Cheloha: Nanobody-GPCR Conjugates and the Engineering of Receptor Selectivity | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    Ross Cheloha approaches these questions from a chemical biology perspective - using synthetic peptide His research combines peptide chemistry, chemical biology, and nanobody engineering to build mechanistic on the parathyroid hormone receptor and its downstream consequences for calcium homeostasis and bone biology downstream consequences Camelid single-domain antibodies (nanobodies) as a platform for GPCR chemical biology The biology may have been using this distinction all along: two natural ligands for the same receptor

  • Eurofins DiscoverX | Dr. GPCR | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    Assay Principle of Eurofins DiscoverX Cell-based Assays Whether you are developing small-molecule or biologic array of GPCRs from various species, purified to the highest standards to ensure purity, integrity, and biological These GPCRs are excellent for use in functional, structural, or identification assays.

  • Dr. Michael Feigin | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    and Director of Graduate Studies of Experimental Therapeutics at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center interest in science originated from a young age and his desire to gain more knowledge about cancer biology They also shared their personal experiences and interest in the field of biology.

  • Dr. Khaled Abdelrahman, Victoria Rasmussen and Madelyn Moore | Dr. GPCR Ecosystem

    She completed her undergraduate education at Providence College, receiving a B.S. in Biology and a B.A Victoria started her Ph.D. at the Tri-Institutional Ph.D. program in Chemical Biology, where she joined as a therapeutic strategy. " Victoria Rasmussen on the web Tri-Institutional PhD Program in Chemical Biology

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