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Rory Capstick

Research Specialist

  • : rory.a.capstick@vanderbilt.edu
  • Cool Springs Innovation Park
    Vanderbilt University/WCNDD, 393 Nichol Mill Lane, Suite 100
    Franklin, Tennessee - 37067

Education

Middle Tennessee State University, 2015
B.S. Genetics/Biotechnology
Minor: Chemistry

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}