[BIC-announce] Special Lecture - Dr. Edward Bilsky, Tuesday, May 13, Noon - de Grandpre Communications Centre- Constitutive Activity of Opioid Receptors: Implications for Treating Pain and Addiction

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Subject: Special Lecture - Dr. Edward Bilsky, Tuesday, May 13, Noon - de Grandpre Communications Centre

Special Lecture: 

Speaker:  Edward Bilsky, Phd, Department of Pharmacology, College of Osteopathic Medicine, University of New England

Title:  Constitutive Activity of Opioid Receptors: Implications for Treating Pain and Addiction

Date/Time: Tuesday, May 13, Noon 

Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre, MNI    

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Dear colleagues,

Tomorrow's special lecture will be given by Edward Bilsky, Phd, Department of Pharmacology, College of Osteopathic Medicine, University of New England 

Below is an overview of Dr. Bilsky’s research and some of his papers.


Expertise: General pharmacology, neuroscience, opioid pharmacology, acute and chronic pain, addiction, neuropharmacology. 

General Research: Drug development for neurological disorders including pain and addiction; Mechanisms of opioid receptor regulation in health and disease. 

Current Research: The research in my laboratory is focused on understanding mechanisms associate with chronic pain and addiction, and developing novel treatments for these conditions. 


Recent Publications:
Lowery, J.J., Yeomans, L., Keyari, C.M., Davis, P., Porreca, F., Knapp, B.I., Bidlack, J.M., Bilsky, E.J. and Polt, R. Glycosylation Improves the Central Effects of DAMGO. Chemical Biology & Drug Design, 69:41-47, 2007.
Hiebel, A-C., Lee, Y.S., Bilsky, E.J., Giuvelis, D., Deschamps, J.R., Aceto, M.D., May, E.L., Harris, L.S., Coop, A., Dersch, C.M., Rothman, R.B., Jacobson, A.E. and Rice, K.C. Probes for Narcotic Receptor Mediated Phenomena. 34. Synthesis and Structure-Activity Relationships of a Potent μ-Agonist δ-Antagonist and an Exceedingly Potent Antinociceptive in the Enantiomeric 9-Substituted 5-(3-Hydroxyphenyl)-N-phenylethylmorphan Series. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 50(16): 3765-3776, 2007.
Cheng, K., Kim, I.J., Lee, M-J, Adah, S.A., Raymond, T.J., Bilsky, E.J., Aceto, M.D., May, E.L., Harris, L.S., Coop, A, Dersch, C.M., Rothman, R.B., Jacobson, A.E. and Rice, K.C. Opioid ligands with mixed properties from substituted enantiomeric N-phenethyl-5-phenylmorphans. Synthesis of a μ-agonist δ−antagonist and δ-inverse agonists. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 5 (8): 1177-1190, 2007.