Julius Axelrod Symposium: The Pluridimensionality of G Protein-Coupled Receptor (GPCR) Signaling
Tuesday April 24, 2018
9:30 am
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12:00 pm
Eastern Time (ET)
Room 16A
CVP
DDD
NEU
Chair :
Michel Bouvier
Université de Montréal
Ali Salahpour
University of Toronto
It has become clear that GPCR can transduce signal using a much greater diversity of modalities than originally anticipated. Far from being linear communication lines, GPCR signaling pathways are more akin to web-like structures involving many different partners and mechanisms underlying the spatiotemporal propagation of diverse signals. In recent years, the concepts of biased-signaling and organelle-specific signaling are changing our vision of how the receptors and their signaling partners can be pharmacologically targeted for the development of better and safer drugs. The symposium will explore the multiple dimensions of GPCR signaling, the mechanisms controlling their selectivity and efficacy with a special focus on the possibility of harnessing this knowledge for the discovery of innovative therapies.
Speakers
Marc von Zastrow
- University of California, San Francisco
Intracellular Propagation of GPCR Signaling
Stephane Laporte
- McGill University-MUHC
Study of the Biased Signaling and Trafficking of the Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor
Stefano Marullo
- Université Paris-Descartes-Institut Cochin
A Pathogen Reveals Hidden Aspects of B2-Adrenergic Receptor Functioning
Stephane Angers
- University of Toronto
Genome-Wide CRISPR Screens Reveal Wnt-Frizzled Functional Selectivity in Pancreatic Cancer
Marc Caron
- Duke University
GRKs and Arrestins-Based Bias in the Neuronal Function of GPCRs