SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT

"Active drug transport: Opportunities for drug design, delivery, and formulation (Lecture 1)"

by

NUS Distinguished Visitor
Professor Vincent H.L. Lee, Ph.D., D.Sc.

on

Date: Wednesday 30 June 1600-1700hrs
Venue: Lecture Theatre 24, National University of Singapore

Chaired by :
A/P Lim Lee Yong, Pharmacy

This presentation is on a rapidly expanding area of drug discovery research on engaging membrane transporter proteins for navigation towards their target. The resulting drug candidate comprises a drug activity target and a drug delivery target. The drug activity target, typically a membrane-bound receptor protein, is usually well characterized. The drug delivery target, which for many decades was underappreciated, is now in the spot light. Undoubtedly, the selection of the final candidate would require insight, experience, as well as access of the principal investigator to a large collaborative network. This is a fertile ground for future research to harness the specificity of drug transporter proteins for mediating drug uptake and distribution, to identify new excipients that would amplify the efficiency of drug delivery to the target, and much more.

ALL ARE WELCOME