Episode 12 – Arnab Chatterjee: Teaching Old Drugs New Tricks

27/01/2019 23 min

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Episode Synopsis

Dr. Chatterjee is the Vice President of Medicinal Chemistry at Calibr, the biotechnology division of Scripps Research. Listen as we talk about re-purposing existing compounds for new diseases, the future of robotics in drug discovery and our favorite Superheroes.

Show notes:

About Calibr

https://www.scripps.edu/science-and-medicine/calibr/about/index.html

ReFRAME Initiative

https://www.scripps.edu/news-and-events/press-room/2018/20181003-reframe-calibr.html

Footage of Calibr’s robots in action

https://www.statnews.com/2018/12/10/calibr-drug-compounds-mined-new-treatments/

Use of the ReFRAME library to treat Cryptosporidium infection

https://www.pnas.org/content/115/42/10750

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