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Special Presidential Symposium
Opioid Receptors from the Cutting Edge to the Clinic: Knockouts, Crosstalk
and Behavior
Chair
Sharon L. Walsh, Ph.D.
President CPDD
Speakers
Christopher Evans, Ph.D.
University of California Los Angeles
"Our Shifting View of the Nature of the Opioid Receptors"
Mark Van Zastrow, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California San Francisco
"Cellular Mechanisms of Opioid Receptor Regulation"
Julie Blendy, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Novel Mouse Model of Human OPRM1 Polymorphism (A118G)
Rafael Maldonado, Ph.D.
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
"Involvement of the Endogenous Opioid System in Nicotine Reward"
Discussant
Mary Jeanne Kreek, M.D.
The Rockefeller University, New York
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Special Symposium
honoring the memory of Billy Martin, Ph.D.
Hot Topics in Cannabinoid Research: From Chemistry to the Clinic
Chair
Mary Abood, Ph.D.
Temple University
Introductions
Louis S. Harris, Ph.D.
Virginia Commonwealth University
Speakers
Jenny Wiley, Ph.D.
Virginia Commonwealth University
“Pieces of a Cannabinoid Puzzle: CB1-Selective Agonists with Antagonist Structures”
Alex Makriyannis, Ph.D.
Northeastern University
"Ligand Assisted Protein Structure: Studies on the Endocannabinoid Proteins"
Benjamin F. Cravatt, Ph.D.
The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology and Department of Chemical Physiology
The Scripps Research Institute
"The Enzymatic Regulation of Endocannabinoid Signaling"
Charles O’Brien, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania Center for Studies of Addiction
"Treating Addictive Disorders by Modulation of Endogenous Systems"
Discussants
Mary Abood, Ph.D.
Louis S. Harris, Ph.D.
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