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January 8, 2018
We moved to our new home, Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience. Please visit our new space on the 3rd floor!
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January 4, 2018
Cell paper on structure and computational analysis of ligand binding to active state kappa-Opioid Receptors is out. Congratulations Saheem! MORE>>
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December 25, 2017
The study on autism mutations in TRIO gene was named one of the “12 Amazing Medical Breakthroughs of 2017” by Readers’ Digest! MORE>>
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December 20, 2017
Study on photoswitchable THC derivatives designed to optically control Cannabinoid Receptor signaling is out in JACS. Congratulations Jessica! MORE>>
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September 19, 2017
Congratulations to Anastasiia for passing Qual Exam!
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September 19, 2017
Discovery of a key hotspot for Autism mutations in the TRIO gene and its structure-based analysis is finally out in Nature Com. Congratulations Anastasiia! MORE>>
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September 7, 2017
R33 grant from NIH funded for opioid bifunctional and allosteric ligand discovery.
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August 7, 2017
Welcome to Dr. Jessica Grandner who joined the lab fresh from Ph.D. at UCLA!
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August 4, 2017
Natalie gave an excellent talk at BUGs symposium, congrats to her and Barbara!
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August 3, 2017
The paper on full length class B GPCR structural model and activation mechanism is out in eLife. Congratulations Barbara and Saheem!
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July 17, 2017
The paper on antibody-GPCR selective recognition is out in PNAS, congratulations Nil!
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May 24, 2017
Congratulations to Natalie on receiving 2017 BUGS summer research fellowship from the Trudi Berwin Student Support Fund!
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April 5, 2017
Nature paper on Angiotensin AT2 receptor structure-function and drug target properties is out. Congratulations to Anastasiia and Nil! MORE>>
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March 27, 2017
The paper on computer-assisted discovery of novel kappa-Opioid antagonists and biased agonists is out in J. Med. Chem. Congrats to Zhong and Saheem!
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November 18, 2016
Congratulations to Dr. Katritch on being named a 2016 Thompson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers!
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November 6, 2016
Congratulations to Barbara and Nil for getting the first and third place awards at iHuman Forum poster competition in Shanghai. Well done!!!
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October 1, 2016
Great news on receiving BRAIN initiative funding for discovery of new optogenetics tools.
The study will be performed in collaboration with Andrew Hires, John Lin and Vadim Cherezov labs.
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June 28, 2016
Congratulations to Barbara Zarzycka on receiving Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research 2-year Rubicon Grant!
Title: Insight into angiotensin receptor structure and function, and design of receptor and pathway specific modulators to study their role in cardiovascular diseases.
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February 26, 2016
Welcome Dr. Barbara Zarzycka! Barbara has joined the group as a new Research Associate. She has recently finished her Ph.D. at Maastricht University in Netherlands.
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February 9, 2016
Congratulations to Nil on being awarded the 2016 Bridge Institute Graduate Fellowship for Innovation!
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December 25, 2015
A warm welcome to Dr. Saheem Zaidi! Saheem is joining the group as a Research Associate having just finished
his Ph.D. at Virginia Commonwealth University.
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December 12, 2015
Analysis of ligand binding and crystallizability for Nociceptin receptor complexes is published in Structure.
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September 29, 2015
Study of structural and functional selectivity of Angiotensin Receptor 1 (AT1) receptor is published in JBC.
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July 22, 2015
Crystal structure of Rhodopsin bound to Arrestin solved by femtosecond X-ray laser is published in Nature.
Using the crystal structure, our group (Dr. Zhong Zheng) predicted interactions of flexible C-terminal of
Rhodopsin with activated Arrestin, highlighting details of arrestin mediated signaling.
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June 18, 2015
Analysis of species selectivity of Kappa Opioid Receptor is published in collaboration with Bryan Roth group at USC,
employing our models of KOR-deltorphn binding.
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April 23, 2015
A Structure of the Angiotensin Receptor 1 and models of its binding to anti-hypertensive drugs are published in Cell.
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March 15, 2015
Dr. Katritch receives R21/R33 research grant award from NIH NIDA. The project will employ structure-based approach to discover new analgesics with reduced tolerance liability.
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March 2, 2015
The Bridge@USC brochure is now available online
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February 16, 2015
A new structure of the human delta-opioid receptor in complex with a bifunctional peptide ligand were published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
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January 6, 2015
Cherezov, Katritch, and Stevens 2014 Nature paper on δ-opioid and sodium signaling noted as one of the Science Signaling Breakthroughs of the Year.
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January 1, 2015
Cherezov, Hicks, Katritch, Kuhn and Stevens Labs move to the University of Southern California to start up
a NEW convergent biosciences institute
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