Shree Vijayaswathi Senthil Kumar: Calcium Signalling: A novel platform for screening anti-obesity therapeutics

Obesity, a global epidemic, has no effective treatment. It takes several years to develop and assess drugs targeted to melanocortin-4-receptor in the brain, a key regulator of obesity. The distinct calcium response between obesity-causing/protecting melanocortin-4-receptor variants serve as a rapid screen to narrow down drug of interest for further investigation. Choose your favourite poster to win the People's Choice Award at the 2021 SGS Research Showcase: https://auckland.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9Fw8Omf43pstYUu