Paul Insel - F1000 Head of Faculty (since 28 April 2006)
Department of Pharmacology and Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION:- MD (Cum Laude), University of Michigan Medical School
- Doct Hon Causa, University of Paris
MEMBERSHIPS:
- Director of the Medical Scientist Training Program, UCSD
- Founding President of the National Organization of M.D.-Ph.D. Training Directors
- Fellow and Council Delegate, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Former Editor: Jounal of Clinical Investigation, Molecular Pharmacology
- Associate Editor (current): American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology, Pharmacological Reviews, Annual Review of Pharmacology & Toxicology.
- Former Associate Editor: Circulation, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, British Journal of Pharmacology, Molecular Pharmacology
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Signal Transduction By G-Protein-Coupled Receptors; in particular, catecholamine and P2Y (nucleotide) receptors.
- Pharmacogenomics of G-Protein Signalling Pathways and how genetic variation in these pathways affect physiological and pharmacological responses.
- Cellular compartmentation of G-Protein Coupled Receptor pathway components.
- Pro- and anti-apoptotic mechanisms of cyclic AMP and impact on human disease