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  • Dr. Simone Promel

    Simone Promel / Promel Lab is doing on adhesion #GPCRs.

  • Predicting GPCR Function: Inside the Carlsson Lab’s Modeling Toolbox

    His lab sits at the crossroads of structure-based modeling, computational chemistry, and drug discovery To tackle these, the lab employs molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulations, and ligand-based For Carlsson, a prediction is only valid if it survives wet-lab testing.   The “Predict, Not Explain” Ethos What sets the Carlsson lab apart is its internal rule : results must The lab has witnessed both spectacular accuracy and puzzling failures.

  • From Lab Bench to Boardroom: The Unexpected Path of a Medicinal Chemist

    Maria Majellaro, the transition from lab work to leadership wasn’t meticulously planned, it was a bold “I was good in the lab… but would I be good outside of it? That was the question I had to answer.

  • From Lab Logic to Leadership: How Scientific Thinking Holds Back Biotech Operations

    What makes you excel in the lab can quietly sabotage your leadership in the boardroom. 👉 Scientific These instincts are critical in the lab, but they often undermine leadership when blindly applied in Startups Play by Different Rules — and Most Scientific Founders Miss That   A research lab is designed Leadership isn’t in your lab notebook; it’s in how you decide     How to Know If You're Still Leading And if your thinking is still shaped by academic norms, your startup will keep running like a lab, not

  • Lab Leadership Without Ego: How Sokhom Pin Built the Happiest Team at Alkermes

    Build a Lab. Build the R in R&D. empowerment , not micromanagement He hired based on attitude and team fit , not just credentials He designed lab From Lab Bench to Boardroom His work at Alkermes didn’t just improve drug screening outcomes, it redefined

  • From Student to Mentor: What Alessandro Nicoli Learned About Leading in Science

    In this podcast episode , Alessandro Nicoli shares how becoming the first PhD student in a new lab shaped Antonella Di Pizio’s lab , there was almost nothing—no team, no culture, not even proper desks. As the lab grew, so did his responsibilities: from building computational models of GPCRs to guiding Over the years you see the lab establishing, and for both of us, of course, growing.”   __ Keyword Cloud: #Mentoring #ScienceLeadership #PhDmentorship #GPCR #PhDlife #AcademicLeadership #LabCulture

  • How GPCR Collaboration Built an Innovation Engine

    When you walk into a typical academic lab, the boundaries are obvious: this PI’s corner, that group’s It wasn’t about whose lab it was. Most labs operated like small, competing startups. Engineering Collaboration: The Monash Lab Model Traditional academic labs mirror feudal structures. Suddenly, we could do experiments that individual labs just couldn’t afford.

  • Science Needs Rigor, But Also Joy

    Watch Episode 166 When’s the last time you argued in the lab about injecting GTPγS? Lab Culture Isn’t Just About Productivity Ben and his colleagues work hard in the lab. our best work.” – Ben Clements Mentorship Is the Engine of Science Ben chose his current postdoc lab When undergraduate students enter the lab, Ben doesn’t just teach them how to pipette, he teaches why Keyword Cloud: GPCR scientist network, GPCR training program, mentorship in science, GTPγS assay, lab

  • How Collaboration Drives GPCR Discoveries

    By the time his lab began dissecting the GLP-1 and GIP receptor landscape in islets and brain, the signal And it certainly wasn’t something a single lab could unpick with isolated tools. That mindset shaped his partnership with JB, the chemist who would eventually help his lab visualize They appeared because one lab’s bottleneck became another lab’s engineering challenge — and together, This collaboration reshaped the way Hodson’s lab studies receptor biology.

  • Label-free LC-MS based assay to characterize small molecule compound binding to cells

    Here we developed and validated a label-free, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) based cell

  • How a Failed Experiment Created a Powerful GPCR Imaging Tool

    Watch Episode #177 The Experiment That Was Never Meant to Succeed When David Hodson’s lab teamed up with Labs were competing. The idea was simple — turn signaling on or off with a flash of light. Most labs would have stopped there — archived the data, moved on, written it off as a failed bet. effects Why GPCR Imaging Tools Matter More Than Ever This tool could not have emerged from a single lab This is the part labs often underplay: scientific culture shapes scientific possibility.

  • From Venice to Virtual Molecules: Alessandro Nicoli’s Unexpected Journey into Computational Chemistry

    Antonella Di Pizio’s lab  in Munich. Within weeks, he moved to Germany and became her first PhD student—helping build a lab from the ground From Empty Lab to GPCR Discovery Starting in an empty lab with just a shared desk, Alessandro and Antonella

  • Reflections on My PhD Journey: Lessons Learned

    Choosing the Right Lab The lab you choose plays a pivotal role in shaping your PhD journey. In my case, I was fortunate to be part of a program that allowed for lab rotations. These rotations gave me the opportunity to explore the culture of different labs, understand ongoing However, with multiple great options, choosing the right lab wasn't easy. interest in my success stood out, and after a series of insightful meetings, I decided to join her lab

  • From Technician to Trailblazer: How Sokhom Pin Designed His Own PhD Program While Working in Industry

    Breaking the Mold Most scientists follow the usual script—graduate school, lab rotations, dissertation As a lab technician at Johns Hopkins, he was fascinated by science but also grounded in real-life responsibilities Worked BMS funded the research, salary, and even tuition UConn accepted the research done in the BMS lab

  • From One to Many: How a GPCR Curiosity Became a Field-Wide Toolkit

    A Long-Term Obsession, Reframed Sakmar’s lab had been focused on the secretin receptor family  for decades With the help of Luminex technology and collaborators at SciLifeLab in Sweden , the lab built a multiplex These tools are already in use by labs around the world, with over 500 clone requests processed.

  • When Pain Becomes a Catalyst: How Personal Experience Redefined One Scientist’s Mission

    medication in the midst of the opioid crisis, he turned to the one place that still offered answers: the lab His new obsession led him to Johns Hopkins, where he worked in the lab of Dr. in med school, Serafini aims to follow the physician-scientist path: part-time clinical work, mostly lab-based

  • Dr. GPCR Updates

    Explore the partnership Multiplexing GPCR Discovery - Sakmar Lab’s Toolkit Goes Public The latest podcast Their global resource is now helping labs decode GPCR biology at scale.

  • From Failed Experiments to Predictive GPCR Models

    When he first began working in a lab, success seemed elusive: experiments often failed, and bench work While others refined lab techniques, he found himself gravitating toward structural models in his spare For Carlsson, this marked a shift in how his lab approached GPCR research. This perspective influences how his lab trains students. His lab has already begun using AlphaFold models to identify ligands for targets that lack experimental

  • GPCR Collaboration: From Models to Medicine

    And most importantly, no single lab could cover the full terrain alone . Biochemistry at Uppsala University and one of the strongest advocates for an approach that too many labs From Lone Modeler to Collaborative Architect Carlsson’s lab is built to plug directly into a larger ecosystem Closing the Trust Gap If collaboration is so effective, why do so many labs avoid it? Carlsson’s lab is a proof point : collaboration is not just a cultural preference.

  • Adhesion GPCR Consortium Newsletter - May 2024

    For my postdoctoral training, I joined one of the labs that participated in Latrophilins’ discovery, the lab of Dr. asked if I was a student or a PI, I was more proud to say that I was coming as the founder of my own lab identifies extended synaptotagmin 1 as an intracellular interaction partner of GPR133 using proximity labeling PMID: 38758649 Member Simone Prömel’s lab shows that the nematode (C. elegans) homolog of CELSR, FMI-

  • Your GPCR Program Decisions Depend on Good Data Interpretation

    for inflammatory disease treatment; growth strategies from Tectonic Therapeutics Upcoming events : Lab-in-the-Loop limitations with insights from both pharma and startup environments Read Maria Majellaro's Full Recap ➤ Lab At Alkermes, Sokhom Pin built an in vitro pharmacology group from scratch—not just a lab, but a culture work-life balance without compromising scientific excellence His approach didn’t just create a productive lab—it

  • Pharmacologic Models

    foundational lesson in Terry's Corner  cuts straight to it:   Why models are vital for translating lab

  • From Pipettes to Platforms: The Evolution of GPCR Research

    Michelle describes spending hours in the lab measuring cyclic AMP levels — without multi-channel pipettes Leadership, Luck, and the Lab The episode isn’t just about technology — it’s also about how careers are It’s a call to see your lab bench not as a constraint, but as a launchpad. 🎧  Listen to the full conversation

  • How GPCR Spatial Signaling Sparked a Scientific Journey

    Watch Episode 176 She didn’t want to be in the lab. Instead of dreading lab time, she found herself chasing questions late into the night. She built on chance moments with deliberate moves—grants pursued, labs chosen, collaborations built. Spatial Signaling Is Changing Drug Discovery Today, Michelle leads the Spatial Organization of Signaling laboratory

  • The Quiet Power of RGS Proteins: Rethinking Pain Pathways through GPCR Biology

    His work in the lab of Dr. “There was this very interesting phenotype the lab found where, as a mouse was starting to enter what

  • Pharmacology Isn't What You Think—It's So Much More

    chemistry and biology How to interpret drug behavior across tissues The truth behind those “confusing” lab

  • Terry’s Corner, Celtarys' Leap, and the $7B GPCR Horizon

    Maria Majellaro shares her journey to founding Celtarys in "From Lab to Leadership". Maria Majellaro’s path from lab research to co-founding Celtarys, as told in her recent Dr.

  • Purpose-Driven Opioid Research: Catherine Demery’s Academic Path

    For Catherine, it became both—after years of uncertainty, pivots, and practical lab experience that grounded It was the first time late nights in the lab weren’t a burden but a sign of genuine engagement. makes Catherine’s work distinctive is how closely it reflects the conditions people face outside the lab

  • The Truth About GPCR Product Launches: Years in the Making

    of scientific breakthroughs with Eric Trinquet, highlighting that true innovation begins well before laboratory Eric Trinquet The Real Work Starts Before the Lab What most scientists don’t see is how long a product By covalently attaching the probe to FLAG-tagged receptors or using labeled antibodies, they created pH-sensitive dual response (brightness + lifetime) → Application to GPCR models with Jean-Philippe Pin’s lab Academic labs tested, challenged, and refined the tools.

  • Ever Wondered How Drugs Are Discovered?

    How do molecules make the leap from laboratory concept to therapeutic reality? is powerful, but can miss the forest for the trees The critical importance of translation —turning lab

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