Debbie Hay简介
DebbieHay,ProfessorofUniversityofAuckland,Auckland,NewZealandDebbieisacurrentJamesCookFellowandresearchintheHaylaboratoryfocusesonGprotein-coupledreceptors(GPCRs)TheseproteinsarethecellulartargetsofnaturalhormonesandaresomeofthemostimportantdrugtargetsTheresearchaimstocontributetothedevelopmentofmedicinestotreatmigraine,cancer,lymphaticinsufficiency,cardiovasculardisease,obesityanddiabetes,whilstrevealingfundamentalmechanismsofcellsignallingAparticularfocusofthelabisclassBGPCRsandtheirinteractionswithaccessoryproteinsknownas“receptoractivity-modifyingproteins”Workinthelabspansarangeofareaswithlocalandinternationalcollaborators,including:pharmacology,medicinalchemistry,peptidechemistry,structuralbiology,molecularbiology,immunohistochemistryandcultureofcelllinesandprimarycellsDebbiealsohasaparticularinterestinreceptornomenclatureinassociationwiththeInternationalUnionofPharmacology