Doctor Luis Yanez-Guerra

Dr Luis Yanez-Guerra

Lecturer in Pharmacology

Research interests

  • Evolution of the nervous system (non-bilaterian animals_
  • Pharmacology
  • Receptor deorphanisation (GPCRs)

More research

Accepting applications from PhD students.

Connect with Luis

Email: L.A.Yanez-Guerra@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 7521 167566

Address: B85, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Research

Research interests

  • Evolution of the nervous system (non-bilaterian animals_
  • Pharmacology
  • Receptor deorphanisation (GPCRs)

Current research

BBSRC Discovery fellowship (BB/W010305/1): 

Reconstructing the evolution of monoamines as neurotransmitters

BBSRC International partnering award (BB/X018512/1): 

Neuropeptide origins; study of neuropeptide functions in choanoflagellates