Cracking Codes in Cellular Communication
Event details
| Date | 19.05.2026 |
| Hour | 10:15 › 11:15 |
| Speaker | Aashish Manglik, Associate Professor at UCSF |
| Location | Online |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
| Event Language | English |
BIOENGINEERING SEMINAR
Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor at UCSF whose research focuses on how cells sense and respond to their environment through transmembrane receptors and transporters. He trained with Nobel Laureate Brian Kobilka and now leads an independent research group studying the molecular basis of cellular signaling in human physiology and disease. His lab investigates G protein-coupled receptors, the largest family of transmembrane receptors in the human genome, using protein biochemistry, structural biology, biophysics, pharmacology, and protein engineering. This work has provided important insights into key receptor families, including opioid and adrenergic receptors, and into the structural plasticity that enables GPCR signaling. His group is also developing new tools to study poorly understood transmembrane proteins, including transporters and receptors relevant to metabolism and disease. In addition to his academic work, Aashish is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Stipple Bio, where he is helping translate insights from GPCR biology, epitope biology, and protein engineering into next-generation cancer therapies.
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Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor at UCSF whose research focuses on how cells sense and respond to their environment through transmembrane receptors and transporters. He trained with Nobel Laureate Brian Kobilka and now leads an independent research group studying the molecular basis of cellular signaling in human physiology and disease. His lab investigates G protein-coupled receptors, the largest family of transmembrane receptors in the human genome, using protein biochemistry, structural biology, biophysics, pharmacology, and protein engineering. This work has provided important insights into key receptor families, including opioid and adrenergic receptors, and into the structural plasticity that enables GPCR signaling. His group is also developing new tools to study poorly understood transmembrane proteins, including transporters and receptors relevant to metabolism and disease. In addition to his academic work, Aashish is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Stipple Bio, where he is helping translate insights from GPCR biology, epitope biology, and protein engineering into next-generation cancer therapies.
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- Bruno Correia / Lennart Nickel