Dr. Lee successfully defended his thesis, “Harnessing Neuron Type-Specific GPCR Targets and Tools for Precious Analgesia” under the guidance of Dr. Greg Scherrer.
Publications
The open field assay is influenced by room temperature and by drugs that affect core body temperature. Jimenez JA, McCoy ES, Lee DF, Zylka MJ.F1000Res. 2024 Jul 3; 12:234. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.130474.4. eCollection 2023. PMID: 38863500
Selective targeting of mu opioid receptors to primary cilia. Fagan RR, Lee DF, Geron M, Scherrer G, von Zastrow M, Ehrlich AT.Cell Rep. 2024 May 28; 43(5):114164. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114164. Epub 2024 Apr 27. PMID: 38678559
Cocaine-Induced Locomotor Activation Differs Across Inbred Mouse Substrains. Gaines CH, Schoenrock SA, Farrington J, Lee DF, Aponte-Collazo LJ, Shaw GD, Miller DR, Ferris MT, Pardo-Manuel de Villena F, Tarantino LM.Front Psychiatry. 2022 May 6;13:800245. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.800245. eCollection 2022. PMID: 35599758
A modulator-bound GPCR structure enables allosteric non-opioid analgesia. Lee DF, Geron M, Scherrer G.Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2021 Nov;28(11):871-872. doi: 10.1038/s41594-021-00681-8. PMID: 34754105
Honors/Awards/Highlights
David Lee receives Esjelman Institute Rankin Innovator Acceleration Award!
Dr. Lee is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Neurosciences Center.
We wish you all the best, David!