Dr. GPCR Podcast
We bring you closer to dedicated scientists who work tirelessly to help understand GPCR pathophysiology.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 211
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
#30 with Dr. Elva Zhao
Elva is currently a research fellow at the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Elva moved to Canada where she obtained her Ph.D. at the University of Western Ontario, working on the regulati…
#29 with Eleonora Comeo
Eleonora Comeo is a doctoral candidate in Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery in the joint program of the University of Nottingham in the UK and Monash University in Australia. We sat down to chat…
#28 with Dr. Ross Cheloha
''Dr. Ross Cheloha is an Investigator at the National Institutes of Health in the Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry in Bethesda, MD, where he started in October 2020. He completed his postdoctoral t…
#27 with Dr. Robert J. Lefkowitz
It was December 14th, 2020, 1:50 pm, when I turned on my laptop and signed into Zoom for my chat with Bob.
Bob, who, you might ask?
Well, it’s the one and only Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D., 2012 Nobel…
#26 with Dr. Debbie Hay
Dr. Debbie Hay is presently a professor at the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Otago after spending 18 years at the University of Auckland. Her work is primarily focuse…
#25 with Dr. Annette Gilchrist
Originally, Annette wanted to be a medical doctor but as luck has it, she didn’t get into medical school when she first applied. Instead, she discovered research and started her Ph.D. the day she sho…
#24 Bitter or sweet, that is the question
Dr. Niv is currently an associate professor and vice dean for research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The Niv lab is also part of the Global Consortium for Chemosensory Research. Masha earned…
#23 Deep dive into class C GPCRs
Dr. Fan is currently an associate professor of Pharmacology and Pathology and Cell Biology at Columbia University in NYC. Qing is a structural biologist interested in the molecular mechanisms control…
#22 Addiction, GPCRs and Brain Circuits
Dr. Kari Johnson is currently an assistant professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. She is a neuropharmacologist with an interest in the long-term …
#21 How a zoologist turned into an industry GPCR leader
Dr. Maria Waldhoer is originally from Austria. She earned her M.Sc. in Zoology and Neurobiology before completing a Ph.D. in Biology and Pharmacology at the University of Vienna. GPCRs led Maria to T…
#20 The role of olfactory receptors in the kidney
Dr. Pluznick discovered that olfactory receptors in mice are also expressed in their kidneys and blood vessels. Her research is focused on the role of chemosensory GPCRs in regulating renal and cardi…
Episode #19 From a lecture on adrenaline function to becoming a successful industry leader
Fiona Marshall got fascinated with GPCRs after attending a lecture on how the beta-adrenergic receptor in the heart is activated by adrenaline, during her undergraduate studies at Bath University. Sh…
Episode #18 A.I & GPCR Research - A roundtable discussion
Listen to this fantastic round table discussion that I had the privilege to moderate with Alexander Hauser. Our guests were Maria Waldhoer, Tudor I. Oprea , Thomas Sakmar, Aurelien Rizk & Yaroslav Ni…
Episode #17 Dr. GPCR: Beyond the Lab
GPCRs have played a central role in my scientific career ever since I took Dr. Michel Bouvier’s class as an undergraduate student at the University of Montreal in early 2000. During the past 2 decade…
Episode #16 GPCR antibody libraries with a Twist
In this episode of the Dr. GPCR Podcast, I spoke to Dr. Aaron Sato from Twist Biopharma, a vertical within Twist Bioscience. Aaron is currently the Chief Scientific Officer and VP of Protein Engineer…
Episode #15 How two isoforms of beta-arrestin can regulate the function of GPCRs?
In this episode of the Dr.GPCR podcast, my guest is Dr. Arun Shukla from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India. Arun is currently an Associate Professor & Joy Gill Chair Professor, Inte…
Episode #14 Creating better psychiatric medications
Dr. Bryan Roth is the Michael Hooker Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine. After receiving his MD and Ph.D. in Biochemistry from …
Episode #13 Migraine and the promising role of DOR as a therapeutic target for headache with Dr. Amynah Pradhan
In this episode of the Dr. GPCR podcast, we meet with Dr. Amynah Pradhan. She is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Amynah did her undergrad research measu…
Episode #12 Using computational pharmacology to understand chemosensory GPCR function with Dr. Antonella Di Pizio
In this episode of the Dr. GPCR podcast, we meet with Dr. Antonella Di Pizio, an independent research group leader at the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Mun…
Episode #11 Genemod: making research efficient and reproducible
In this special episode of the Dr.GPCR podcast, I sat down with the co-founders of Genemod. Jacob Lee and Jin Choe met in ninth grade in English class and have been friends since. Although both went …