47th Symposium on Hormones and Cell Regulation

NEW GPCR TARGETS FOR DISEASES

Jean-Philippe Pin & Ralf Jockers

From 1st to 4th October 2025

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New GPCR targets for diseases
POC Chairs:
Jean-Philippe Pin     Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM
Ralf Jockers    Functional Pharmacology and Pathophysiology of Membrane Receptors , Institut Cochin Paris, CNRS, INSERM
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Wednesday PM

16:00 – 16:15  Welcome

Session 1: Molecular and cellular dynamics of GPCRs(Chair: TBC)
 
16:15 – 16:50  Emmanuel MARGEAT, FR  “Structural dynamics of mGlu receptors by 2 and 3 colors smFRET”.

16:50 – 17:25  Davide CALEBIRO, UK “New insights into GPCR signalling from single-molecule microscopy”.

17:25 – 18:00 Tobias LANGENHAN, DE “Mechanosensing by adhesion G protein-coupled receptors”.  

18:00 – 18:30  2 x Research talks selected from abstracts  

18:30 – 20:00  Dinner 
 
20:00 – 21:00  The Jacques E. Dumont keynote lecture (Chair: TBD)

Gebhard SCHERTLER, CH “From structural studies of GPCRs to application: Engineering OptoGPCRs as scientific tools and for optogenetic applications”  

21:00  Networking and discussion

Thursday AM

Session 2: GPCRs as novel targets for Cancer ​  (Chair: TBC)  

09:00 – 09:35  Martine SMIT, NL “Nanobodies targeting GPCRs to control metastasis”.

09:35 – 10:10  Dimitri PLACANTONAKIS, USA “Adhesion GPCRs and Glioblastoma”.

10:10 – 10:40  2 x Research talks selected from abstracts  

10:40 – 11:15  Coffee break 

11:15 – 11:50  Stefan SCHANN, FR “GPCRs for cancer”.

11:50 – 12:25  Helene CASTEL-GANDOLFO, FR “Glioblastoma Invasion and Microenvironment: Potential Handling by Discret G proteins/GPCRs”.

12:25 – 12:55  2 x Research talks selected from abstracts 

 12:55 – 14:30   Lunch

Thursday  PM

14:30 – 18:30   Networking / Round Table discussion  
18:30 – 20:00  Dinner 

20:00 – 21:00  Keynote lecture 2: (Chair: TBD) 
Prof Michel BOUVIER Institut Recherche Inflammation et Cancer, CA “GPCR signaling profiles in Cancer“ 

21:00  Poster Session 1

Friday   AM

Session 3: GPCRs as targets for Metabolic Diseases (Chair: TBC) 

09:00 – 9:35  Timo D MULLER, DE “Novel Insights into Regulation of Energy Metabolism by GIPR agonism and antagonism”.

09:35 – 10:10  Julie DAM, FRA non-canonical mechanism driving adipose tissue browning through a GPCR”  

10:10 – 10:40 Coffee break   

10:40 – 11:15  Shirly PINTO, USA “Activation of gut enteroendocrine cells leads to synergistic hormone secretion in murine models and human, potentially playing a role in weight loss and glucose control”

11:15 – 11:50  Zachary Gerhart-Hines, DK “Long-acting NK agonists”.

11:50 – 12:20  2 x Research talks selected from abstracts 

12:30 – 14:00   Lunch

Friday    PM

Session 4: GPCRs as targets for brain diseases (Chair: TBD) 

14:00 – 14:35  Philippe RONDARD, FR “Nanobodies targeting GPCRs to treat brain diseases”.

14:35 – 15:10  Peter Jeffrey CONN, USA “Muscarinic receptors as targets for Schizophrenia”.  

15:10 – 15:40  Coffee break 

15:40 – 16:15  Kirill MARTEMYANOV, USA “Glycine receptor: a new target for antidepressants”.

16:15 – 16:50  Hélène CASTEL, FR " Urotensin II/UT G Protein-Coupled Receptor to treat Glioblastoma"

16:50 – 17:25  TBD,
“TBA”.

17:25 – 18:10 3 x Research talks selected from abstracts  
18:30 – 20:00 Dinner

20:00 – 21:00  Keynote lecture 3: (Chair: TBD) 
Prof Berhard BETTLER, CH Genetic Implication of GABAB Receptors in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders


 21:00  Poster Session 2

Saturday     AM

09:00 – 12:30  Session 5: AI to help GPCR drug discovery(Chair: TBC) 

9:00 – 09:35  Aurélien RIZK, InterAx Biotech, Villigen, Switzerland “Modeling and predicting GPCR signaling

09:35 – 10:10  Chris de GRAAF, Structure Therapeutics, Switzerland “Structure-in-the-Loop AI-Augmented GPCR Drug Discovery”.  

10:10 – 10:40  Coffee break  

10:40 – 11:15   Caroline LOW, Isomorphics Labs - UK “Application of ligand-protein structure prediction to GPCRs”.

11:15 – 11:45   TBD
"TBC"  

11:45 – 12:15 2 x Research talks selected from abstracts  

12:15 – 12:30 Wrap-up     

12:30 Lunch and Departure