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Friday, November 14, 2025
Session 1
Chaired by Susan Taylor
(Susan Taylor, Pascale Marchot, Palmer Taylor, Larry Brunton, Joan Heller-Brown, Shelley Camp)
Interfaces in Pharmacology and Beyond
Session 2
Chaired by Pascale Marchot & Yves Bourne
Acetylcholinestearase: Structure to Function and Beyond
Targeting the Monoamine Transporters: Chemical Tools and Potential Therapeutics
From Acetylcholine to Argonaute
Session 3
Chaired by Zrinka Kovarik
Aiming to Capture the High Points of Our 20+ Year Project Together
Reactivation of Acetylcholinesterase: A Shared Research Focus for Nearly 30 Years
A Look Back on Allosteric Activation
Breathing Life into the Acetylcholine Binding Protein
Structure-based Design of Uncharged Bis-oxime Antidotes Against OP Poisoning
The Rewards of Scientific Commitment: Post Exposure RS194B Oxime is the Most Efficacious Single-Administration Treatment Today Against Lethal OP Nerve Agents and Insecticides in Primates
Computational Approaches to Nicotinic Ligand Selectivity
Session 4
Chaired by Palmer Taylor
Pacific, Atlantic, and trans-Pacific explorations
Structure and Dynamics in Pharmacology
Acetylcholine Receptors in Sickness and in Health: From Structure to Therapy
Saturday, November 15, 2025
Session 5
Chaired by William Gerwick
The Nicotine Receptor: An Allosteric Protein From the Molecular to the Cognitive Level
(alternative recording - suboptimal audio)
Cell-specific Expression of Different Nicotinic Receptor Subtypes
Lophotoxin and the Incredible Insight of Palmer Taylor
Exploring Marine Biodiversity for Drug Discovery through SSPPS Collaborations
Session 6
Chaired by Larry Brunton
Fulfilling Palmer's Vision to Build a Premier Pharmacy-oceanography Partnership at UC San Diego
Calcium Ion-Channel Modulators. Bounty from the Sea and Four Decades of Research
Macrocyclic Imine Phycotoxins and AChBP: What's on my Seafood Platter?
A wonderful Encounter in Southern California, and Then
Does Thiamine Deficiency Still Occur Despite our Modern Eating Habits?
Session 7
Chaired by Vince Dionne
“Two Roads Diverged”: A Clinician-scientist’s Journey in Pain Research
Jerold Chun
Lipid Receptors and Wonderful Wines with Palmer
My 53 Year History with Palmer and Susan
Session 8
Chaired by Brookie Best
A Legacy of Excellence: Celebrating Dr. Palmer Taylor's Contributions to Pharmacy Education
The Journey from Microbial Conversations to the Global Data Science of Small Molecules
Innovative Therapeutics Research by SSPPS Educational Programs and Collaborators
The Center for Advanced Proteomics at UCSD's Department of Pharmacology and the SSPS
Advances in Targeted Protein Degradation
Dong Wang
Unravel the “Dark Matter” of Transcription
Geoffrey Chang
Ligand-gated Fluorescent Sensors
Bridging In Silico Protein Structures and Chemical Spaces to Lab and Clinic
(by Zrinka Kovarik and Paul Insel)