报告题目:Drugging the Undruggable
报 告 人:尹航(科罗拉多大学Boulder分校化学和生物化学
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报告地点:独墅湖校区二期云轩楼2301室
报告人简介:
尹航,现任科罗拉多大学化学和生物化学
报告摘要:
The Yin lab focuses on using chemical tools (e.g. peptides, small molecules) to study biology with clinical relevance. Three major research programs are:
(1) Transforming Clinical Pain Control by Targeting a Novel Non-Neuronal Receptor: Recent studies have shown that opioid-induced glial activation is regulated by toll-like receptor-4 (TLR4). Our goal is to develop agents that can improve opioid-based pain management therapies. We are interested in employing rational design as well as in vitro and in vivo high-throughput screening techniques to identify novel small-molecule inhibitors of the cell surface receptors that regulate glial cell activation
(2) Probing the Development Mechanism of Epstein-Barr Virus-Dependent Lymphomas: Conventional tools such as antibodies are unable to bind to the transmembrane regions of membrane proteins. A second project in our lab is to develop exogenous peptide and small-molecule agents that target transmembrane helices. Using these agents, we can study these important membrane protein-protein interactions, thereby further our understanding of molecular recognition in membranes.
(3) Developing non-invasive biomarkers that detect membrane curvatures: . We employed a multidisciplinary approach, utilizing our expertise in computational modeling, membrane biophysics, and cellular assay development to rationally design novel tools that sense and regulate membrane curvatures.