4^th IRN iGPCR workshop 2024

Pharmacology in Drug Discovery

Dear PhD students and postdoctoral researchers of the iGPCRnet IRN and attendees of the meeting,

Commencing on the day after the 4^th annual iGPCRnet meeting (11^th of July 2024), the workshop in Nottingham will be based on a well-established due diligence exercise where small teams of 4-5 will work through data provided by three companies on a promising drug candidate. The ultimate aim is for each group to make a recommendation to senior management for in-licencing of one selected candidate drug. The exercise will be preceded by two lectures giving the background to analysis of ligand-binding and functional responses of GPCRs.

Programme

09:00 - 09:30:          Dr. Laura Kilpatrick – An introduction to Pharmacology in Drug Discovery

09:30 - 10:30:          Prof. Steve Hill – Lecture 1: An Introduction to Ligand Binding

10:30 - 11:00:          Coffee break

11:00 - 12:00:          Prof. Steve Hill – Lecture 2: Measurement of Functional Responses

12:00 - 12:45:          Lunch

12:45 - 13:00:          Introduction to the Workshop

13:00 - 15:00:          Workshop: Due Diligence Data Exercise and Hands-On Cellular Assays Provided by BMG Labtech and Promega

15:00 - 15:30:          Workshop feedback

Registration: https://form.jotform.com/240855290408963