Keynote presentation 6: ASCEPT Lecturer
Wednesday, December 4, 2024 |
8:00 AM - 8:50 AM |
Goldfields Theatre |
Speaker
Arthur Christopoulos
Monash University
Message in a model: GPCR allostery from theory to practice
Biography
Arthur Christopoulos is the Professor of Analytical Pharmacology and Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University. His research focuses on novel paradigms of drug action at G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and has been applied to studies encompassing neurological and psychiatric disorders, cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, chronic pain and addiction. He has received long-term support from international and national competitive, charitable and commercial sources, as well as being academic co-founder of two recent GPCR spinouts/startups. He has over 370 publications, including in leading international journals such as Nature, Science and Cell, and has been the recipient of major awards from ASCEPT, ASPET, the BPS and IUPHAR. Since 2014, Clarivate Analytics have annually named him a Highly Cited Researcher in Pharmacology & Toxicology. In 2021 he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science for his seminal contributions to drug discovery.
Chair
Nicola Smith
Head Of Department
UNSW Sydney