Shane Wright

Shane Wright

Postdoctoral Researcher
Visiting address: Solnavägen 9, Biomedicum, 17165 Solna
Postal address: C3 Fysiologi och farmakologi, C3 FyFa Individanpassad medicin och läkemedelsutveckling, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • Shane C. Wright is a postdoctoral researcher supported by the Swedish 

  • Society for Medical Research at the Department of Physiology and
    Pharmacology. He has a background in cell and molecular biology and receptor 
  • pharmacology from the University of Toronto (HBSc), the Université Paris VI 
  • (MSc) and Karolinska Institutet (PhD
  • supervisor: Prof. Gunnar Schulte). 
  • Shane received postdoctoral training at the Institute for Research in
    Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal (supervisor: Prof. Michel 
  • Bouvier) and has since returned to Karolinska Institutet as a senior
    postdoctoral fellow under the supervision of Prof. Volker Lauschke.

     

  • Postdoctoral fellow (Personalized medicine and drug development) – Karolinska Institutet (2020 – Present)
    Postdoctoral fellow (Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine) – Université de 

  • Montréal (2019 – 2020)
    Doctor of Philosophy (Receptor biology and signaling) – Karolinska 
  • Institutet (2013 – 2019)
    Master of Science (Cellular and Molecular Biology) – Université Paris VI 
  • (2010 – 2012)
    Honours Bachelor of Science (Life sciences) – University of Toronto 
  • (2005 – 2010)

Research

  • Shane's research focuses on better understanding the action of drugs on 

  • receptors known as G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Emerging concepts in 
  • receptor pharmacology such as functional selectivity and subcellular 
  • signaling have so far not been explored in the context of drug discovery. 
  • Employing a biosensor-based approach to map signaling events in fine detail 
  • holds great promise for our understanding of drug efficacy and side effects. 
  • Combining these tools with patient-derived material will provide much needed 
  • insight into the individual variability of patients and the potential for 
  • offering better treatments in the future.

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Employments

  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, 2021-2024

Degrees and Education

  • Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, 2019

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