Dr. Arun K. Shukla is a world leader in the field of GPCR biology and he is currently a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering at the Institute of Technology, Kanpur in India. Dr. Shukla’s research program is focused on understanding the structure, function and regulation of G protein-coupled receptors with a long-term of designing novel therapeutics with minimized side-effects.

• PrefaceArun K. Shukla1. Computational and experimental approaches to probe GPCR activation and signalingPaulina Dragan, Alessandro Atzei, Swapnil Ganesh Sanmukh and Dorota Latek2. Adrenergic receptors in breast cancerCecilia Pérez Piñero, Ezequiel Mariano Rivero, Lucía Gargiulo, María Sol Rodríguez, Carlos David Bruque, Ariana Bruzzone and Isabel Alicia Lüthy3. Tools for adapting to a complex habitat: G-protein coupled receptors in TrichodermaMonika Schmoll and Wolfgang Hinterdobler4. Targeting G protein-coupled receptors for alleviating neuropathic painPoonam Kumari, Anubhav Yadav, Monika Patel and Prem N. Yadav5. Crosstalk between neurons and glia through G-protein coupled receptors: Insights from Caenorhabditis elegansPratima Pandey, Gazaldeep Kaur and Kavita Babu6. Cardiovascular GPCR regulation by regulator of G protein signaling proteinsAnastasios Lymperopoulos, Malka S. Suster and Jordana I. Borges7. The interaction, mechanism and function of GPR158-RGS7 cross-talkShradha Darira and Laurie P. Sutton8. Taste GPCRs and their ligandsNitzan Dubovski, Fabrizio Fierro, Eitan Margulis, Yaron Ben Shoshan-Galeczki, Lior Peri and Masha Y. Niv9. Palmitoylation and G-protein coupled receptorsGeorges Chaloub and Peter J. McCormick