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Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy (CBNA)
John D. McCorvy, PhD

John D. McCorvy, PhD

Associate Professor

Locations

  • Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy

Contact Information

Education

Postdoctoral, Pharmacology, University of NC-Chapel Hill, 2018
PhD, Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, 2012
BA, Biochemistry and Psychology, Texas Tech University, 2005

Research Interests

  • Molecular and Structural Pharmacology of G protein-coupled Receptors (GPCRs)
  • Structure-based Design and Discovery of GPCR Drugs
  • Study of Biased Agonism and Pathway-Selective Compounds for GPCRs
  • Psychedelic Drug Action at the Serotonin GPCRs
  • Molecular Determinants of Opioid Receptor Signaling and Efficacy
  • Medicinal Chemistry and Structure-Activity Relationships for Psychoactive Drugs
  • Antipsychotic Polypharmacology
  • High-throughput Screening (HTS) Technologies and Assay Development
  • Protein Conformation Dynamics and Structure Determination

Publications

Publications of John McCorvy PhD from the Faculty Collaboration Database

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