danengw.bsky.social
Structural biologist, professor, NYU School of Medicine. Alum of: Skirball Institute, EMBL-Heidelberg, Univ Stockholm, Acad Sin, NEU. Personal account. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lX2sB0sAAAAJ&hl=en
👤 Joined on 29 December 2024
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@danengw.bsky.socialCheck out our latest paper on efficacy photoswitches that can locally light up opioid receptors, thus avoiding unwanted central and peripheral side effects (respiratory depression, constipation). www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Show PostOur AM-3 paper is out in Cell. Opioids are indispensable therapeutics, but have severe side effects. Because they are administered systemically, it is hard to dissect how they work, and to separate side effects. So we built one you can switch on and off with light. 🧵 www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
Show Post29(!) years ago I visited Richard Henderson at LMB to ask about doing a PhD. Richard asked Sarah, a senior student, to take me for a (truly terrible, this was England in the 90s) coffee at Addenbrooks hospital to talk about grad student life at LMB. Amazing what Sarah has accomplished since then!
Show Postpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... Under the Rug, or a Plea for a Lighter Touch I found this little article again, from almost 20 years ago. The aside to the return to Medieval Times was inspired George Bush, Jr., but little did I know that someone would come along who'd defy all rationality...
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