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Pharmacology Mini-symposium: "The Biology of Endocrine FGFs" on Feb. 11

January 30, 2019

The Department of Pharmacology is hosting a mini-symposium titled “The Biology of Endocrine FGFs: From Basic Mechanisms to Therapeutic Opportunities” on Monday, February 11, 2019, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Anlyan Center Auditorium (TAC N107).

This mini-symposium will feature lectures by three distinguished speakers:

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“Endocrine Actions of Metabolic Stress Hormone FGF21”

Steven Kliewer

Professor and Diana K. and Richard C. Strauss

Distinguished Chair in Developmental Biology

UT Southwestern Medical Center

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“The Secretory Life of FGF21 in the Exocrine Pancreas”

David Mangelsdorf

Professor and Alfred G. Gilman Distinguished Chair in Pharmacology

Raymond and Ellen Willie Distinguished Chair in Molecular Neuropharmacology

UT Southwestern Medical Center

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“Elucidation of endocrine FGF signaling offers novel therapeutic opportunities”

Joseph Schlessinger

William H. Prusoff Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacology

Yale School of Medicine

For more information, please contact Nathan Kucera at (203) 737-7931 or nathan.kucera@yale.edu.

Submitted by Robert Forman on January 31, 2019