Rory Capstick
Research Specialist
| Middle Tennessee State University, 2015 B.S. Genetics/Biotechnology Minor: Chemistry |
Phone: (615) 322-7415
Fax: (615) 778-1414
Email: rory.a.capstick@vanderbilt.edu
Location: Cool Springs Innovation Park
Mailing Address:
Vanderbilt University/WCNDD
Cool Springs Innovation Park
393 Nichol Mill Lane, Room 1000
Franklin, TN 37067
Biosketch and Research Interests
Rory received his B.S. in Genetics/Biotechnology with a minor in Chemistry from Middle Tennessee State University in December 2015.
Rory joined the Lindsley laboratory in May 2016 and has worked on positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) for the muscarinic acetylcholine receptors M1. He is currently working on PAMs for M4 and mGluR4 receptors.
His research interests include medicinal chemistry, chemical biology, neuroscience and genetics.
Selected Publications
Engers, J.L.; Childress, E.S.; Long, M.F.; Capstick, R.A.; Luscombe, V.B.; Cho, H.P.; Dickerson, J.W.; Rook, J.M.; Blobaum, A.L.; Niswender, C.M.; Engers, D.W.; Conn, P.J.; Lindsley, C.W. ‘VU6007477, a Novel M1 PAM Based on a Pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine Carboxamide Core Devoid of Cholinergic Adverse Events’ ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters (2018); 9(9): 917-922. {DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.8b00261; PMID: 30258541}