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Episode 12 – Arnab Chatterjee: Teaching Old Drugs New Tricks

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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