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Dr. Sebastian Furness

@SebFurness

Biochemist leading the RTC lab at SBMS @UQMedicine studying #biochemistry of receptor:effector coupling. #GPCR in #metabolism
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Brisbane, Queensland rtclab.org Joined September 2018
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Dr. Sebastian Furness @SebFurness
Very excited that our recent DRD2/ghrelin work is out @MolecularCell , huge thanks to the team Farhad, @MitchellRinguet, @whit_emily, @kMutunduwe, @fionawhelan, @NerdyCammy, Desye, @EmmaXuSci, @noahbcp, Richard, @hmakhter, Linda, Stewart, @TheFurnessLab, cell.com/molecular-cell…
www.cell.com Constitutive ghrelin receptor activity enables reversal of dopamine D2 receptor signaling Dopamine is the relevant neurotransmitter in the spinal-cord voluntary-defecation command center. Dehkhoda et al. demonstrate that dopamine’s atypical excitation via the dopamine D2 receptor requires...
Dr. Sebastian Furness @SebFurness
Great article by Sean @coakleylab
‘Curiosity-driven research’ led to a recent major medical breakthrough. But it’s under threat theconversation.com/curiosity-driv… via @ConversationEDU
theconversation.com ‘Curiosity-driven research’ led to a recent major medical breakthrough. But it’s under threat Curiosity-driven research is exactly what it sounds like: research driven by the goal of understanding nature without regard for application.