Graeme Milligan

Biography

Graeme Milligan Ph.D., FRSE, FMEd Sci, FBPharmacolS Education/Training 1976-1979: University of Birmingham: Graduated with B.Sc. (Hons. 1st class) Biochemistry. 1979-1982: University of Nottingham: Graduated with Ph.D. 1982-1985: Fogarty International Visiting Fellow, National Institute of Mental Health Bethesda, MD. U.S.A. Current Positions 1994-present: Professor of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. 2010-present: Dean of Research, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. 2012-present: Gardiner Professor of Biochemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. I was elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1998 and to the Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2016. Awards The ‘Poulsson’ Medal for Pharmacology: Norwegian Society of Pharmacology and Toxicology. 1998. The Ariens Medal: Dutch Pharmacological Society. 2006 The JR Vane Medal for Pharmacology: British Pharmacological Society. 2016 My main research group centres on the function, structure and regulation of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and their interacting proteins. I have published more than 500 peer-reviewed articles on these topics. My research has been cited more than 22,000 times and I am a Thompson Reuters 2014 Highly Cited Researcher. ‌In 2015 I co-founded Caldan Therapeutics. Caldan Therapeutics discovers novel therapeutics for metabolic diseases including Type 2 Diabetes and other indications including non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and inflammatory diseases. I was a finalist in the Biosciences and Biotechnology Research Council ‘Innovator of the Year 2016’ competition.

Research Interest

Centre for Translational Pharmacology, Molecular Pharmacology