The UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SSPPS) is pleased to host a 2025 Symposium Honoring Palmer Taylor – Scientist, Scholar, Mentor, Department Chair and Dean. The symposium will celebrate the remarkable contributions of Palmer Taylor (Founding Dean, 2002 – 2014) and will feature a number of his distinguished colleagues from around the world.
For more information please contact: honoringpalmertaylor2025@gmail.com.
Palmer Taylor served as founding Dean of the Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences at UC San Diego. Previously, he was founding Chair of Pharmacology, the first basic science department in the medical school. Taylor holds The Trout Chair of Pharmacology. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, an AAAS fellow and Chevalier dans l'Ordre de la Legion d'Honneur. Taylor's studies with colleagues employ genetic, spectroscopic, and crystallographic methods to investigate molecular recognition in cholinergic nervous system. Principal targets encompass acetylcholinesterase, nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and neuroligin. Overall goals are to develop selective therapeutic agents for neurologic disorders and antidotes against toxicants affecting neurotransmission.
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