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2024 Rudolf Vrba Memorial Lecture
November 6, 2024

Speaker: Dr. Paul Insel, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology and Medicine UC San Diego
Professor Insel’s research has focused on G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), their expression, signaling mechanisms, regulation, and functional roles in health and disease. His recent work identified expression of GPCRs in native cells and tissues and the potential of novel GPCRs as therapeutic targets for cancers, especially pancreatic cancer. He has published >300 original articles and >190 invited publications, and reviews. He has received multiple patents, is on the Board of Directors of the Physician Scientist Support Foundation (founded by two Nobel laureates) and has been a consultant to multiple companies, universities and grant review panels. He has also received named lectureships at multiple universities in the U.S. and abroad.
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